Chula Vista City Manager Office at 276 Fourth Avenue serves as the executive arm of a council-manager government that has directed municipal operations since the city's 1911 incorporation. Appointed by the five-member City Council, the City Manager oversees 14 departments and a workforce of approximately 1,300 employees, implementing council policy across a consolidated annual budget exceeding $600 million for the operations housed at City of Chula Vista – City Hall and satellite facilities citywide. The office coordinates major development initiatives, including the 535-acre Bayfront Master Plan—one of the largest waterfront redevelopment projects on the West Coast—in partnership with the Port of San Diego. Smart-city programming under the City Manager's direction earned Chula Vista a 2017 U.S. Department of Transportation designation as one of ten Autonomous Vehicle Proving Grounds nationally, with test routes spanning local streets adjacent to the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge corridor. The office also steers the Measure P sales-tax extension that funds public-safety staffing, infrastructure maintenance, and neighborhood-service expansion across all six Chula Vista ZIP codes.