In a huge victory for the rental housing industry, lifelong San Bernardino resident Carey Davis on Tuesday won the race for mayor.
Carey Davis
Davis, who garnered 55 percent of the vote in the Feb. 4 election, will help protect the city from a “landlord tax” and proposed increases to inspection fees, said Timothy Johnson, executive director of the California Apartment Association’s Inland Empire Division, or CAA-AAGIE.
CAA-AAGIE’s political action committee provided financial support to Davis and co-hosted a reception Jan. 28 for members to meet the mayoral candidate.
Moreover, CAA-AAGIE’s PAC supported incumbent City Councilman Fred Shorett, who won re-election to his Fourth Ward seat Tuesday with 66 percent of the vote.
Davis, who serves as the corporate controller for a U.S.-based window-and-door manufacturer, has more than 35 years of experience in financial management and accounting.
Shorett is a small-business owner and has served on the council since 2009.
“CAA-AAGIE looks forward to working with Davis and Shorett to ensure responsible property owners are protected from overreaching policies that increase the costs of doing business,” Johnson said.