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City Manager City of Big Bear Lake, CA “Southern California’s Premiere Four-Season Resort Community”   Located 6,752 feet above sea level, within a 2 hour drive of the Los Angeles-Orange County metropolitan areas, and approximately 3 hours from San Diego, Santa Barbara and Las Vegas, Big Bear Lake is nestled in the mountains of the San Bernardino National Forest. The weather is spectacular with the sun shining more than 300 days a year, beautiful winter snowfall, mild spring and summer temperatures, as well as a colorful fall. The City of Big Bear Lake’s year-round population of approximately 5,500 is supplemented weekends by visitors and robust tourism that on average expand the