Top budget officials in crisis-hit San Bernardino, Calif., are quitting the city at a crucial juncture in its quest to seek bankruptcy protection, Reuters reported today. San Bernardino's interim city manager Andrea Travis-Miller has quit and will start a new job on Feb. 19. The city's finance chief Jason Simpson is also expected to leave soon, and the city's head of human resources has also quit, as has its head of code enforcement. Their loss calls into question whether San Bernardino has the ability to present a viable plan to satisfy creditors, and a bankruptcy court, that it should qualify for bankruptcy protection. All parties meet in court on Feb. 12 to argue that issue.
