About Acquanetta

Elected as mayor in December 2010 and re-elected in 2014, 2018, and 2022 Acquanetta Warren is serving her fourth term as the mayor of the City of Fontana. Mayor Warren focuses her administration on bolstering economic development, creating educational opportunities, improving public safety, and advocating for a healthier community.

During her eight years as a councilwoman and now fourth term as mayor, Warren has spearheaded significant economic growth and infrastructure improvement initiatives, including four reconstructed freeway interchanges resulting in reduced traffic congestion, safer streets, and ease of facilitating the movement of goods throughout San Bernardino County. Ms. Warren has played a critical role in positioning Fontana as a supply chain hub that provides critical goods and services to businesses in the United States and throughout the world. 

To continue this economic growth, Mayor Warren began the “Mayor’s Manufacturing Council,” which saw more than 500 women attend the first annual Inland Empire Women in Manufacturing event.

From the day Mayor Warren was inaugurated, she has emphasized that Fontana is “Open for Business” and works directly with the Fontana Chamber of Commerce to support the needs of the business community. This effort was rewarded in 2017 with the City being ranked fourth in California in the five-year annual growth of retail sales. To showcase businesses that call Fontana home, Mayor Warren started a television show titled Open for Business. The segment features local businesses and the services they provide.

Ensuring that every child in Fontana receives the highest level of education and career readiness, Ms. Warren declared a State of Emergency on education in 2019. Since then, she formed the Mayor’s Education Coalition – a network of schools, businesses, and local leaders – committed to preparing students for current and future job and career opportunities after graduation. 

Mayor Warren strives to improve public safety. In 2013, Fontana was named one of the top 20 safest communities in the country. Continuing to keep the community safe, the Mayor holds open conversations connecting the community with the police officers that serve to protect them. Realizing that a strong economy requires a healthy community, Mayor Warren founded the award-winning and model program across the nation, Healthy Fontana. The program promotes an active community lifestyle and teaches smart nutrition choices. Stemming from Healthy Fontana is the Fontana Walks! program. What began as a challenge to the community to cumulatively walk 2 billion steps in 2017 has turned into monthly walks with nearly 9 billion steps taken to date.

Through Mayor Warren’s efforts, the United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) named the City of Fontana the number one mid-sized city in the nation for eliminating childhood obesity in 2016.

Ms. Warren has received numerous recognitions and several awards for her efforts on health education, including the Helen Putnam Award of Excellence in 2019 and 2008, the Health Champion Award for Southern California Elected Officials from the California Center for Public Health in 2017, and the California Health & Public Advocacy Health Champion Award in 2015.

As a nationally recognized leader, Mayor Warren serves as:

• Chairwoman of the Workforce, Career and Technical Education Task Force, and Vice Chairwoman of the Youth Issues Committee with the U.S. Conference of Mayors
• Member of California State Treasurer Fiona Ma’s Housing, Economic Development, Jobs, and Opportunity Zone Ad Hoc Committee
• Member of the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) Community, Emerging Technologies Committee
• Member of the San Bernardino Countywide Oversight Board 
• Member of the Board of Directors, General Policy Committee and Transit Committee of the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority
• Chair, USCM Youth Involvement Task Force
• Board Member, California Association Local Agency Formation Commissions 
• Vice Chair, Local Agency Formation Commission of San Bernardino
• Emerging Technologies Committee, Southern California Association of Governments

Mayor Warren’s past service includes various council subcommittees and boards and commissions, such as Water/Recycled Water Projects and Development Processing for New Communities, the State Park Commission, Casa Colina Rehabilitation Hospital Board of Directors, and the Upland YMCA Board of Directors.

Mayor Warren earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science/Urban Studies from Occidental College and an Honorary Doctorate Degree in Theology from Next Dimension Bible College. Ms. Warren is a member of the Water of Life Community Church and has three children and two grandchildren.