Yucaipa council announces city manager's retirement, quickly appoints replacement
Yucaipa leaders have appointed Chris Mann to replace retiring City Manager Ray Casey, Mayor Justin Beaver confirmed by phone Tuesday, Jan. 10. Case...

Yucaipa leaders have appointed Chris Mann to replace retiring City Manager Ray Casey, Mayor Justin Beaver confirmed by phone Tuesday, Jan. 10. Casey, whose Jan. 31 retirement was accepted in closed session Monday by Beaver and Yucaipa City Councilmembers Bobby Duncan and Matt Garner, has served as top administrator in Yucaipa the past 14 years. Councilmembers Jon Thorp and Chris Venable did not accept Casey's retirement Monday, according to the closed session report. Mann's subsequent appointment behind closed doors was approved by all councilmembers but Thorp.