Cheylynda Barnard
CA · Moreno Valley City Council Member, District 4
Moreno Valley council member since 2022 and former mayor pro tem, who spent 9 years as a Riverside County social worker and served as an SEIU Local 721 vice president. Her priorities are limiting warehouse growth and safer neighborhoods and parks.
Where Cheylynda Barnard stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Safety and Crime Control (1 record), Public Infrastructure (1 record)
Mixed record
Housing Affordability (1 support · 1 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 1 support
Seconded and voted for a council resolution opposing Assembly Bill 742, a state bill to ban police use of K-9 dogs for arrests. It passed 3-1.
April 4, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: movalarchive.org
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 1 support · 1 oppose
At one meeting, voted for the Gateway Heights project, a 108-unit condominium development, on the condition that its park be a dog park. It passed 3-2. She voted against the Beyond Food Mart project, a 24-hour gas station with a store and car wash, which passed 3-2 over her no vote.
December 19, 2023Supports Housing Affordability
Source: movalarchive.org
Seconded and voted for denying a developer's appeal, which upheld the Planning Commission's rejection of a 37-home subdivision on 4.81 acres. The vote was 3-2.
January 17, 2023Opposes Housing Affordability
Source: movalarchive.org
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 1 support
Made the motion to adopt a new development impact fee study and updated fees that builders pay for city infrastructure. It passed unanimously.
April 2, 2024Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: movalarchive.org
Track record — General
General · 15 records
Voted for a 45-day moratorium on new or expanded logistics warehouses. It failed 3-2 because it needed four votes.
February 3, 2026
Source: riversiderecord.org
Made a motion to explore a 45-day pause on new warehouse, logistics and industrial projects while the city updates its general plan.
January 6, 2026
Source: riversiderecord.org
Voted to keep holding city events as planned despite fears of immigration enforcement raids. It passed 4-1.
August 19, 2025
Source: riversiderecord.org
Led the Inland Empire Labor and Community Center at UC Riverside as executive director, which trains new labor organizers and gave its first student scholarships.
September 2, 2024
Source: ielabor.org
Voted to wait on creating a council committee on homelessness until the empty District 3 seat was filled. The delay passed 3-1.
August 20, 2024
Source: riversiderecord.org
Stepped away from the vote on the Heritage Park housing projects because she owns property within 500 feet of them (a conflict of interest recusal).
March 5, 2024
Source: movalarchive.org
Voted against a proposal to change the mayor's and council members' roles and duties. It failed on a 2-2 vote.
February 20, 2024
Source: movalarchive.org
Was chosen unanimously by the Moreno Valley City Council to serve as Mayor Pro Tem.
December 19, 2023
Source: moval.gov
Voted to bring back a plan to make the interim city attorney the city's permanent city attorney. It passed 3-2.
June 20, 2023
Source: movalarchive.org
Voted to deny an appeal and uphold the Planning Commission's rejection of the Moreno Valley Trade Center project, which needed general plan and zoning changes. The vote was 4-1.
April 18, 2023
Source: movalarchive.org
Voted to end the mayor's power to add items to the council agenda alone, and to let two council members add an item instead of three. It passed 4-1.
March 21, 2023
Source: movalarchive.org
Seconded and voted for upholding approval of a car parking lot near the March Air Reserve Base clear zone, denying two appeals. The vote was 3-2.
February 21, 2023
Source: movalarchive.org
Voted against sending the proposed ordinance on the mayor's duties to a study session. The motion to delay passed 3-2, with Barnard and Baca-Santa Cruz voting no.
January 17, 2023
Source: riversiderecord.org
Voted to censure council members over a 2021 Brown Act (open meetings law) violation in filling a council vacancy. The censure passed 4-1, with Mayor Cabrera voting no.
December 20, 2022
Source: movalarchive.org
Took the oath of office as the Moreno Valley City Council member for District 4.
December 12, 2022
Source: movalarchive.org
Past race Cheylynda Barnard ran in:
- City Council Member, District 4 · November 3, 2026 · Moreno Valley city, California · incumbent