The source record
A functioning Census entity.
The Census ACTIVE field is Y for this record.
- Census ID
- 161158
- Record type
- General-purpose government
- Classification
- Municipal
- Status
- Functioning
U.S. Census government inventory · ID 161158
City of Ridgecrest.
General-purpose government in California · Census county area: Kern.
General-purpose governmentMunicipalFunctioning
Published contact fields
Contact and location
Mailing address100 W CALIFORNIA AVE · RIDGECREST, CA · 93555-4054
Census contact/title fieldCity Manager
County areaKern
Reported websiteOpen reported website ↗
Websites are primarily self-reported and received only limited Census Bureau quality control. County area can mean the area most served or the headquarters county when boundaries cross counties.
Official 2026 California roster
Current public officials reported by the jurisdiction
INCORPORATED CITY OR TOWN DIRECTORY
View source page 69 ↗City of Ridgecrest
Governing board and executive
Records and elections
City ClerkMs. Ricca Charlon
Administration
City ManagerMr. Travis Reed
Phone(760) 499-5000Address100 W. California Ave., Ridgecrest, CA 93555Jurisdiction websitehttps://ridgecrest-ca.gov/ ↗
The CalRoster labels county entries elected and appointed officials and does not publish a selection method for each individual role. Election.org therefore does not infer elected or appointed status from the title alone. The Secretary of State notes that each local jurisdiction supplies its own roster data; this is a dated public record, not a live officeholder feed.
Published context
Scale and parent relationship
Population estimate28,0882023
Evidence boundary
What each source proves—and what it does not.
Established by the published records
- The entity or system appears in the 2025 Census listing.
- Its Census category, identifier, and functioning/dormant field.
- Only the location, function, population, enrollment, and contact fields actually published.
- The separate 2026 CalRoster reports the public-official roles and holder text shown above.
Not established by these records
- Whether each governing or administrative role is elected, appointed, or mixed.
- The exact geographic service boundary or that a reported website remains current.