How Victorville is run
Who runs Victorville, what it costs, and where your money goes
The city manager, council pay, the budget, your property tax bill and who provides each service, from Victorville's own public documents. Every number links to its source and says which year it describes. Checked Oct 10, 2026.
Who runs Victorville
A city manager hired by the council runs the city day to day. The council sets policy, adopts the budget and sets the tax rate.
What they are paid
- $1,200 a month toward medical, dental and vision coverage, or up to $400 a month cash back if coverage is waived
- Auto allowance of $300 a month for the mayor and $200 for the mayor pro tem, if they choose
- A $10,000 city-paid life insurance policy
Victorville city staff
581 full-time-equivalent positions. FY2026-27. City of Victorville · Jun 2, 2026
The city posts a salary schedule with monthly pay for every job title, including the city manager. We did not pull pay bands from the State Controller's database. We name pay only for elected officials and the city manager.
Is Victorville in the red?
Cities must pass a balanced budget, so "profit" and "deficit" mean something different here. The useful questions: does the city's everyday money (the general fund) cover its everyday costs, how much does it keep in savings compared with its own target, and how big are its pension and debt bills.
The city's own outlook
The FY2026-27 budget plans general fund spending $1.3M above revenue. Staff say actual spending has not exceeded projected revenue in recent years, and project the general fund reserve at about $95.0M, about 78% of spending, at the end of FY2026-27. Updated multi-year cash flows were presented to the city's executive team. City of Victorville · Jun 2, 2026
Savings
Unassigned general fund balance: $162M (2025-06-30). City of Victorville · Jan 6, 2026
Why we skip the "budgeted deficit": many cities plan to dip into savings, then spend less than planned. The audited result tells you what really happened.
Where the money comes from and goes
The general fund only: the city's everyday money for FY2026-27.
Comes from
- Sales tax (base 1%)$31.3M · 26%
- Property tax$25.5M · 21%
- Pass-through payments (former redevelopment)$15M · 12%
- Cost allocation charged to other funds$11.2M · 9%
- Franchise fees$5.5M · 5%
- Investment income$4.6M · 4%
- Charges for services$4M · 3%
- Other (permits, hotel tax, fines and other revenue)$23.1M · 19%
Goes to (FY2026-27)
- Contract services$50.8M · 42%
- Full-time wages$28M · 23%
- Fringe benefits$12.3M · 10%
- Insurance$6M · 5%
- Overtime$3.3M · 3%
- Part-time wages$2.5M · 2%
- Other (utilities, supplies, equipment, retiree costs, capital and other)$18.7M · 15%
Your property tax bill: who gets it
Proposition 13 caps the base rate at 1% of assessed value, shared among all local agencies. Voter-approved rates for water and school bonds are added on top. The city levies no voter-approved rate of its own.
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of each property-tax dollar goes to the city of Victorville
- 1% base levy (shared by the county, city, schools and districts)1 · 78%
- Mojave Water Agency0.1675 · 13%
- Victor Elementary School District bonds0.0529 · 4%
- Victor Valley Union High School District bonds0.0457 · 4%
- Victor Valley Community College bonds0.0156 · 1%
- Total ($ per $100 of assessed value)1.2817
FY2024-25 rates for a home in the city of Victorville (San Bernardino County). City of Victorville · Jan 6, 2026
Who provides your services
Not everything in Victorville is run by the city. Who provides a service decides whose budget pays for it and whose election decides it.
- Fire and paramedicsThe cityVictorville Fire DepartmentCity of Victorville · Jan 6, 2026
- WaterThe cityVictorville Water District (governed by the city council)City of Victorville · Jun 2, 2026
- Electricity and gasThe cityVictorville Municipal Utility Services (city-run utility)Southern California Edison and Southwest Gas also pay the city franchise fees.City of Victorville · Jun 2, 2026
- Parks and recreationThe cityCity of VictorvilleCity of Victorville · Jan 6, 2026
- StreetsThe cityCity of VictorvilleCity of Victorville · Jan 6, 2026
- Animal controlThe cityCity of VictorvilleCity of Victorville · Jan 6, 2026
Compared with similar cities
The cities in this state closest in population that we cover. Read it for scale, not as a ranking: cities provide different services.
| Per city | Santa ClaraCA | VictorvilleCA | FullertonCA | OrangeCA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residents | 138,011 | 139,680 | 140,224 | 141,063 |
| Top administrator's base pay | $439,383 | $385,607 | $305,000 | $326,400 |
| Council member pay | $25,200 | $22,800 | Not confirmed | Not current (2022) |
| General fund per resident | $2,672 | $870 | $1,050 | $1,202 |
| Debt per resident | $3,584 | $2,290 | $130 | $1,970 |
| Unfunded pension per resident | $4,595 | $645 | $2,083 | $481 |
| City staff per 1,000 residents | 8.9 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 5.0 |
Figures as shown in each city's section, divided by its population. Years differ by state, and pension figures are measured differently in each state (each city page says how).
What Victorville publishes
What a resident can find online today. A "no" is something you can ask the council to publish.
- Yes: Adopted budget posted onlineThe finance page links to the FY2026-27 adopted budget as an online budget book. A PDF of the proposed budget is attached to the June 2, 2026 agenda. City of Victorville
- Yes: Council votes recorded member by member onlineMinutes list each member's vote, e.g. the 5-0 vote adopting the FY2026-27 budget on June 2, 2026. City of Victorville
- Yes: Council pay stated in a public documentThe FY2026-27 salary schedule lists $1,900 a month for council members. City of Victorville · Jun 2, 2026
- Yes: Employee pay published City of Victorville · Jun 2, 2026
Questions to ask your council
- The city's two CalPERS plans were $90.1 million short of full funding at June 30, 2025. Does the city plan extra payments toward that amount?
- Contract services are $50.8 million of the $121.6 million FY2026-27 general fund budget. How much of that is the Sheriff's police contract, and how is it expected to grow?
- The city and its airport authority owed $319.9 million of bonds and certificates at June 30, 2025, most of it airport authority tax allocation bonds. How much tax increment revenue is pledged to repay them each year?
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