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Escudo de San Bernardo

San Bernardo

Región Metropolitana de SantiagoFounded 1821348.640 inhabitantsPoblación proyectada INE 2024154 km² of area2.263 inh./km²$134.467M ingreso municipalSINIM · ingreso total percibido · 2025
Profile today2050
The comuna in context · among 346 comunas
Oversight
92
15th most serious Comptroller findings
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Population
+11,3%
Population would grow between now and 2050
Society
18,7%
Multidimensional poverty · 169th highest of 346
Finance
$386 thousand
per inhabitant per year · rank 262 of 346
Education
599,3 pts
above the national median in the PAES (576,9 pts)
Finance
296th
most dependent on the Common Fund of 340
Summary

What the comuna hasSource: OpenStreetMap

245 Squares and green areas
170 Schools
45 Kindergartens
36 Pharmacies
28 Health centers
6 Fire stations
4 Rodeo arenas (medialunas)
3 Universities
2 Hospitals
2 Carabineros
1 Libraries
1 Institutes

San Bernardo es una comuna y ciudad chilena, ubicada en la zona sur de la conurbación de Santiago. Administrativamente, es capital de la Provincia de Maipo, en la Región Metropolitana de Santiago.

Introductory text from Wikipedia, bajo licencia CC BY-SA.

Liveability index · EIU style

60.7 /100
Ver el ranking y simular
#44 of 346 · most liveable in the country (EIU weighting)
Safety61
Health73
Culture and environment62
Education33
Infrastructure60
AuthoritiesWho leads the comuna, its council, sessions and lobbying requests

Mayor · 2024-2028Source: DecideChile · SERVEL

Christopher White B.Re-elected
CONTIGO CHILE MEJOR · PARTIDO SOCIALISTA DE CHILE
46.816
votes (27.99%)
230.940
Electoral roll
86,65%
Turnout
Mayoral history · 7 terms
CW
Christopher White B.
2024-2028 · PARTIDO SOCIALISTA DE CHILE
46.816
votes
CA
Christopher Antonio White Bahamondes
2021-2024 · PS
27.080
votes
NC
Nora Cuevas Contreras
2008-2012 · UDI
40.385
votes
OB
Orfelina Bustos Carmona
2004-2008 · PDC
50.883
votes
FM
Francisco Miranda Guerrero
2000-2004 · UDI
24.917
votes
LN
Luis Navarro Aviles
1996-2000 · PRSD
22.560
votes
LN
Luis Navarro Aviles
1992-1996 · PR
13.255
votes

SERVEL · TRICEL (1992-2008) · DecideChile (2024) · Wikidata (pre-1992)

Concejo MunicipalSource: DecideChile · SERVEL

CF
Carolina Fuentealba A.
REPUBLICANOS E INDEPENDIENTES · PARTIDO REPUBLICANO DE CHILE
7.737
votes
MN
Marcela Novoa S.
CHILE VAMOS RENOVACIÓN NACIONAL - INDEPENDIENTES · RENOVACION NACIONAL
5.591
votes
LN
Leonel Navarro O.
TU COMUNA RADICAL · PARTIDO RADICAL DE CHILE
4.068
votes
CC
Cristina Cofre G.
POR CHILE, SEGUIMOS · PARTIDO COMUNISTA DE CHILE
4.001
votes
MA
Mariela Araya C.
CHILE VAMOS UDI-EVOPOLI E INDEPENDIENTES · UNION DEMOCRATA INDEPENDIENTE
3.963
votes
RB
Romina Baeza I.
POR CHILE, SEGUIMOS · FRENTE AMPLIO
3.963
votes
KL
Karina Leyton E.
CHILE MUCHO MEJOR · PARTIDO SOCIALISTA DE CHILE
3.734
votes
JR
Juan Rivera H.
REPUBLICANOS E INDEPENDIENTES · PARTIDO REPUBLICANO DE CHILE
3.060
votes
MN
Maria Nuñez G.
REPUBLICANOS E INDEPENDIENTES · PARTIDO REPUBLICANO DE CHILE
2.841
votes
JL
Jaime Lopez M.
ECOLOGISTAS, ANIMALISTAS E INDEPENDIENTES · PARTIDO ALIANZA VERDE POPULAR
2.218
votes

Sesiones

Última sesión19 de marzo de 2025177 minWatch session

En una línea: El concejo aprobó una modificación presupuestaria de 600 millones para pagar sentencias judiciales y cerró 11 juicios laborales contra la empresa ACEDO por 102 millones, en una sesión marcada por la preocupación transversal por el estrés financiero del municipio.

Temas tratados

  • Modificación presupuestaria N°3: Reasignación de 600 M a sentencias ejecutoriadas, recuperación de 75 M para premios de niñez e incorporación de fondos SUBDERE para incentivo al retiro y proyectos de iluminación.
  • Prórrogas y cambios de subvenciones: Cuatro organizaciones pidieron prórroga de rendición; dos solicitaron además cambio de objetivo; un caso fue retirado del punto por irregularidades.
  • Subvención Cueca Mil 2025: 105 millones a la Agrupación Folclórica de San Bernardo para la versión 32 del encuentro.
  • Readjudicación licitación de veredas: La empresa original adjudicada no firmó contrato; se pasa al segundo oferente.
  • Avenimientos laborales: Un acuerdo individual (3,2 M) y uno colectivo por 11 juicios contra empresa ACEDO (102 M, 55 trabajadoras).
  • Incidentes vecinales: Luminarias, calles, seguridad y obras inconclusas en múltiples sectores.

Acuerdos y votaciones

  • Acta N°76, modificación presupuestaria, prórrogas de subvenciones, readjudicación de veredas y ambos avenimientos: todos aprobados.
  • Subvención Cueca Mil (105 M): aprobada; el concejal Navarro anunció voto en contra, pero la presidenta declaró aprobación por unanimidad (no queda claro el resultado exacto en la transcripción).

Plata y obras

  • 600 M reasignados a cuenta de sentencias ejecutoriadas, financiados recortando arriendos (201 M), servicios generales (119 M), equipos informáticos (50 M) y otras cuentas.
  • ~330 M incorporados desde SUBDERE para iluminación del Parque Maestranza (~305 M) y luminarias vecinales (~25 M).
  • Cueca Mil: 105 M (vs. 95 M el año anterior).
  • Avenimiento ACEDO: 102 M; ~82 M cubiertos con boletas de garantía de la empresa; diferencia a cargo del municipio. Plazo: 30 de abril.
  • Un informe citado en sala estimaba los pasivos contingentes totales por demandas en ~4.377 M (dato de noviembre 2024).

Puntos de debate o controversia

  • Cueca Mil vs. presupuesto ajustado: Concejales Baeza, Rivera, Cofré y Navarro expresaron preocupación por destinar 105 M a un evento cultural mientras el municipio enfrenta sentencias millonarias. El alcalde defendió la subvención y se comprometió a buscar financiamiento privado para ediciones futuras.
  • ACEDO: El municipio tuvo que pagar sueldos y cotizaciones de trabajadoras de noviembre-diciembre como deudor solidario; se interpuso querella criminal contra la empresa.
  • Pagos pendientes a proveedores del Festival del Folklore: Algunos estados de pago tienen reparos en Control interno; directora de Finanzas aclaró que los fondos están devengados pero el flujo administrativo genera demoras.
  • Jardín infantil Unei: Obras iniciadas en 2020 nunca concluidas; concejales pidieron informe completo sobre fondos gastados y estado actual.

Para seguir

  • Dos boletas de garantía de ACEDO aún pendientes de ingreso a arcas municipales (plazo: fin de marzo).
  • Pago completo del avenimiento ACEDO: 30 de abril.
  • Plaza Guarelo: resolver luminarias y piso de goma antes del 20 de abril (recepción definitiva de obra).
  • Cueca Mil:

Summary generated by AI (claude-sonnet-4-6) from the official broadcast transcript · may contain inaccuracies

Official council minutesSource: CPLT · Active Transparency inventory (Law 20.285)

Este municipio tiene carpetas de actas del concejo en su Transparencia Activa, pero SIN documentos publicados (incumplimiento de la Ley 20.285).

Comptroller auditsSource: CGR · Municipal Observatory

Findingstotal
257
Highly complex
92
Audit reports
19
YearFindingsAltam.Compl.Median.Reports
2023103521
20222111
20219631
202033161052
20193158172
2018592718144

CGR severity classification · audit findings on the municipality and its corporations

Who requests meetings with the municipalitySource: InfoLobby · CPLT (Law 20,730)

  • WC
    Walmart Chile S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 18 audiencias · 2015–2023
  • BM
    Boulevard Maestranza
    Lobby / interest management · 17 audiencias · 2016–2024
  • EC
    Empresas Carozzi S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 9 audiencias · 2016–2026
  • Fu
    Fundación Un Techo para Chile
    Lobby / interest management · 8 audiencias · 2017–2024
  • AV
    Ags Visión Inmobiliaria
    Lobby / interest management · 8 audiencias · 2026
  • AT
    Andean Telecom Partners Chile SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 7 audiencias · 2018–2024
  • PC
    Polydeck Chile Ltda.
    Lobby / interest management · 7 audiencias · 2016–2024
  • ND
    Nuevos Desarrollos S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 6 audiencias · 2017–2025
  • IP
    Inmobiliaria Py S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 6 audiencias · 2017–2023
  • MA
    Melon Aridos
    Lobby / interest management · 6 audiencias · 2018–2024
  • AD
    Arcos Dorados Restaurantes de Chile Limitada
    Lobby / interest management · 6 audiencias · 2023–2025
  • CG
    Compañía General de Electricidad S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 6 audiencias · 2018–2023
  • IC
    Inmobiliaria Chiasso Limitada
    Lobby / interest management · 5 audiencias · 2016–2024
  • CD
    Compania de Petroleos de Chile Copec S a
    Lobby / interest management · 5 audiencias · 2016–2024
  • F7
    Fundacion 7 Sueños
    Lobby / interest management · 4 audiencias · 2021–2023
  • VS
    Vulco S.a. Productos de Goma
    Lobby / interest management · 4 audiencias · 2026
  • AC
    Arquitectos Consultores S. A.
    Lobby / interest management · 4 audiencias · 2018–2025
  • OC
    Odata Chile S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 4 audiencias · 2021
  • CS
    Consorcio Santa Marta
    Lobby / interest management · 4 audiencias · 2016–2026
  • CS
    Conectados SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 4 audiencias · 2020–2025
and 374 more organizations that requested meetings

Organisations that registered Lobby Law meetings with this municipality. Registering the meeting is mandatory for the official, so the list shows who asked to be heard, not whether they got anything.

PopulationWho lives here, how they study, their healthcare and more

Population and living conditionsSource: INE · CENSO · MINEDUC · ADIS

Population trend

255.558
inhabitants
351.625
inhabitants
20022025

How it has changedSource: Official INE series 2002–2026 (2017 base).

See the full trajectory to 2050
Since 2002
+39%
inhabitants
Estimated population 2050
394.628
+5% vs. 2035 (375.791)
Over 60 · 2050
24,91%
19,18% in 2035 · +6 pts of ageing

INE projects comuna population only through 2035; the 2050 values are an own estimate by the monitor, anchored to the official INE 2050 national total (21,626,079 inhab, 32.1% aged 60+). Not an official comuna figure.

IndicatorValueSource
Homes with public water supply (2017 Census)99,13 %CENSO 2017 2017
School disengagement (leaves the system)1,5 %MINEDUC 2023
School enrollment3.098 studentsMINEDUC · aggregated by hexagons 2024
Municipal enrollment22,9 %MINEDUC · aggregated by hexagons 2024
PAES reading comprehension (DEMRE)599,3 ptsDEMRE · MINEDUC datos abiertos 2026
PAES mathematics M1 (DEMRE)623,3 ptsDEMRE · MINEDUC datos abiertos 2026
poblacion_censo306.371 inh.2024 Census 2024
Income poverty (CASEN 2022)6 %CASEN 2022 · SAE Observatorio MDSF 2022
Pobreza multidimensional (CASEN 2022)18,7 %CASEN 2022 · SAE Observatorio MDSF 2022
Indigenous peoples9,49 %2024 Census 2024

The PAES year is that of the admission process: the test is sat in November of the previous year. The average covers only those who registered to apply to university —not every secondary-school graduate— and groups them by the comuna of the school they graduated from, not by where the student lives. Here it rests on 3.817 students registered for the PAES.

Registro Social de Hogares

People in the RSH
281.034
145.498 households
Households in the most vulnerable 40%
77.660
53% of RSH households
Female-headed households
54%
78.483
Elderly (60+)53.33019%
Children and adolescents (<18)64.38723%
Foreign nationals15.9356%
Belonging to indigenous peoples20.6217%
People with moderate/severe dependency4.6602%
Single-person households71.65749%

A monthly administrative snapshot of the Social Household Registry (self-registration to access benefits), as of abril 2026. The "bracket 40" is the socioeconomic rating of the most vulnerable 40%. It is a registry, not a survey: it complements CASEN (biennial) with fresh data, but well-off comunas under-register. Source: ADIS, Ministry of Social Development and Family.

School educationSource: MINEDUC Open Data 2025

School enrollment
58.235
143 schools
Students per teacher
15
3.889 teachers
national median: 10,15
Average attendance
88,2%
national median: 89,8%
Priority studentsSEP
55,4%
socioeconomic vulnerability
national median: 66,8%
Where they study · by provider
Public (municipal + SLEP) 27%Private subsidized 66%Private paid 5%
Pass rate
97,8%
national median: 98,2%
Dropoutschool withdrawal
2,94%
dropout during the year
national median: 1,77%

Aggregate of all the comuna's schools (RBD → comuna). Pass/withdrawal and attendance are from the 2025 school year. SIMCE is not published as open data (managed by the Quality Agency, by request only); the available quality proxy is passing, dropout and attendance. The PAES result appears in the social section.

Municipal healthcare (primary care)Source: SINIM · MINSAL / FONASA

CESFAM
7
Clinics
0
Rural health posts
2
FONASA enrollees
260.569
75% of the population
Doctors employed
229
Health staff by contract type
Permanent staff: 683Contract staff: 1.220Fee contracts: 448
Primary-care medical visits · per year
232.092
444.153
20102025
Medical specialties served · 29 in the comuna (public system)
Internal MedicineAdult PsychiatryDermatologyAdult GynecologyAdult General SurgeryOphthalmologyObstetricsAdult UrologyAdult CardiologyPediatric Respiratory MedicineAdult NeurologyUpper Digestive SurgeryPediatricsAdult GastroenterologyChild PsychiatryMedical OncologyAdult Respiratory MedicinePediatric Cardiology+11 more

Specialties with services recorded at the comuna's public facilities (REM DEIS, 2024). These are services performed, not doctor headcount. Excludes the private network.

Comprehensive home visits · per year
13.018
3.687
20192025

REM-26 section A (DEIS/MINSAL): comprehensive family visits, summed across the comuna's facilities. The last year is partial while DEIS consolidates monthly reports.

Comuna's primary-care centers · FONASA 2025 enrollees (257.159 in total)
CenterTypeProvider typeEnrollees% brackets A-B
Centro de Salud Familiar Joan AlsinaFamily Health Center (CESFAM)Municipal43.71550%
Centro de Salud Familiar Raúl Cuevas (Ex-San Bernardo)Family Health Center (CESFAM)Municipal38.38354%
Centro de Salud Familiar Raúl Brañes F.Family Health Center (CESFAM)Municipal36.62558%
Centro de Salud Familiar Carol Urzúa de San BernardoFamily Health Center (CESFAM)Municipal34.63955%
Centro de Salud Familiar Juan Pablo IIFamily Health Center (CESFAM)Municipal30.39757%
Centro de Salud Familiar ConfraternidadFamily Health Center (CESFAM)Municipal27.73959%
Centro de Salud Familiar el ManzanoFamily Health Center (CESFAM)Municipal24.66163%
Centro Comunitario de Salud Familiar Lo HerreraCommunity Family Health Center (CECOSF)Municipal6.13859%
Centro Comunitario de Salud Familiar Rapa NuiCommunity Family Health Center (CECOSF)Municipal6.02950%
Centro Comunitario de Salud Familiar Dr. Raúl BrañesCommunity Family Health Center (CECOSF)Municipal4.48457%
Centro Comunitario de Salud Familiar Cerrillos de NosCommunity Family Health Center (CECOSF)Municipal4.32555%
Centro de Referencia de Salud el PinoSpecialty CenterHealth Service2421%

FONASA brackets A-B ≈ lowest incomes (A: without resources). Source: FONASA, as of Dec 31, 2025, DEIS code.

Costs · 2025
Health spending accrued: $46.095.031.000 ($176.901/enrollee)MINSAL per capita: $44.496.377.000Municipal contribution: $4.607.344.000

Indigenous peoplesSource: 2024 Census (INE) · CONADI via IDE SMA

Indigenous population
29.080
9.5% of the census population (Census 2024)
PeoplePeople% of total
Mapuche27.37294.1%
Aymara6252.1%
Diaguita5822.0%
Otro1760.6%
Rapa Nui1020.4%
Quechua830.3%

2024 Census: people who consider themselves as belonging to an indigenous people (small counts are suppressed for confidentiality at the source and not shown). Communities: CONADI national registry as of March 2024 — Araucanía and Los Lagos not refreshed in that update, the count is a floor. Land grants: 2022 registry.

Community organizationSource: RPJSFL Civil Registry (Law 20.500/19.418) · as of Jun 2026

Active neighborhood councils
238
Councils per 1,000 inhabitants
0.7
density of territorial organization
Non-profit organizations
2.577
the entire active civil fabric
Committees (water, housing, progress)
638
Sports
570
For the elderly
143
Social and aid
122
Cultural
104
Foundations and corporations
36
Religious
6
Fire brigades
3

All the comuna's active non-profit legal entities (Law 20.500 / 19.418), classified by organization name. It portrays the civil fabric: not just neighborhood councils, also committees, sports clubs, cultural and elderly groups, foundations and fire brigades.

4 Local media · 3 Comunitaria · 1 FMSource: SUBTEL · broadcasting licences · Regional Media Survey (MSGG)

Local mediaTypedial
CCALIPSOFM90.1 FM
FFRANJAComunitaria106.1 FM
MMAXIMAComunitaria107.1 FM
CdCentro de Desarrollo Social San Bernardo Promotor de Desarrollo Integral · holderComunitaria106.7 FM

The dial (frequency) of every FM, AM and community radio with a studio in the comuna (SUBTEL, active sound broadcasting concessions). National networks appear in their headquarters' comuna, not necessarily where they broadcast. When SUBTEL records no brand name, its holder (the concession holder).

Foreign-born populationSource: 2024 Census · INE

Foreign nationals
19.544
6,4% of the census population (Census 2024)
Main origin
Venezuela
7.752 people · 40% of the foreigners
Main countries of origin
7.752 Venezuela
4.539 Haití
2.262 Perú
1.550 Colombia

International immigrants per the 2024 Census (people born outside Chile living in the comuna). Nationwide they are 1,608,650 people, 8.8% of the population.

Housing and housing deficitSource: MINVU (Encampment Registry + 2024 Census deficit + subsidies) · INE

Families in informal settlements
187
8 encampments (2024 Registry)
Housing deficit
8.922
9,1% of the comuna's households
Housing permits · 2024
1.073
67.311 m² · new construction
Subsidies Integrated System · DS01
4.757
paid · 2011–2025
Subsidies Solidarity Fund · DS49
7.789
beneficiaries · 2012–2026
Subsidies Rental · DS52
476
paid · 2014–2024

Encampments: MINVU National Registry 2024 (irregular settlements and the families living in them). Quantitative deficit: homes missing per the 2024 Census (doubling-up + unrecoverable overcrowding). Permits: new homes authorized by the Works Directorate in 2024 (INE) — measures future construction, not stock. Subsidies: MINVU by application comuna — DS49 accrues beneficiaries by resolution year; DS01 and DS52 accrue payments by application cohort (national totals in the source file differ ~1–6% from the comuna sum; the comuna series is published).

What the homes are like

185.235homes · by type (2017)
House
77.058 · 81.1%
House
73.148 · 81.1%
Apartment
16.656 · 17.5%
Apartment
14.762 · 16.4%
Shack/hut/shanty
1.247 · 1.4%
Room in old house/tenement
645 · 0.7%
Room in old house/tenement
586 · 0.6%
Other private
414 · 0.4%
Other private
368 · 0.4%
Shack/improvised dwelling
271 · 0.3%
Mobile
41 · 0%
Mobile
18 · 0%
Traditional/indigenous dwelling
16 · 0%
Indigenous dwelling
5 · 0%
79%owner-occupied · tenure (2002)
Owned outright
26.407 · 44.9%
Owned, being paid off
19.858 · 33.7%
Rented
8.930 · 15.2%
Free of charge
2.143 · 3.6%
Provided for work
1.519 · 2.6%

Housing type: 2017 Census · tenure: 2002 Census (INE).

Elderly careSource: Chile Cuida · National Assets / SENAMA

Long-stay residencesELEAM
15
Beds
369
6,8 per 1,000 over-60s

Long-stay facilities for the elderly registered in Chile Cuida. Comunas without ELEAM send their elders to other comunas. With projected ageing (see Demographic projection), this capacity defines whether one can age in one's own comuna.

ResourcesBudget, spending, municipal procurement and more

Budget and revenue sourcesSource: SINIM · SUBDERE

Total revenue · 2025
$134.467.256.000
Own revenue
$46.589.467.000
35% of the total
Municipal Common Fund
$25.804.754.000
19% of the total
State transfers
$54.426.596.000
40% of the total
Ingreso total y desglose de ingresos propios

Total revenue · trend (2001–2025)

$12.914.018.000
$134.467.256.000
20012025

Own revenue breakdown (IPP) · 2025

30.7%
33.2%
6.5%
24.3%
Property tax$14.288.201.000
Business licenses$15.478.390.000
Vehicle permits$3.031.237.000
Cleaning fees$2.493.488.000
Other own revenue$11.298.151.000
Special-law revenues · 2025

Distributed by law to specific comunas; they arrive via transfers.

Revenue by sector · 2025
55.5%
18.7%
25.7%
Municipal$134.467.256.000
Education$45.360.517.000
Health$62.354.176.000
Municipal Common Fund balance · 2025
Net recipient: it receives $19.300.408.000 more than it contributes.
Evolución por fuente de ingreso

Permanent own revenue (IPP) · trend

$5.137.714.000
$46.589.467.000
20012025

FCM received · trend

$3.542.486.000
$25.804.754.000
20012025

State transfers · trend

$485.640.000
$54.426.596.000
20012025

Municipal spending and budget executionSource: SINIM · SUBDERE

Current budget · 2025
$152.196.777.000
Accrued spending · 2025
$136.644.983.000
Execution rate
89.8%
Unexecuted: $15.551.794.000
Medium execution: it executed 89.8%. Left unspent: $15.551.794.000.

Accrued spending · trend

$11.508.462.000
$136.644.983.000
20012025

Distribution by management area · 2025

27.7%
68.1%
Internal management$37.877.889.000
Community services$93.044.146.000
Social programs$2.895.594.000
Municipal activities$767.731.000
Recreational programs$1.297.910.000
Cultural programs$761.713.000

What the budget is spent on · 2025

Spending lineAmount% of spending
Transfers to health$57.725.007.00042.2%
Municipal healthcare (primary care) · comuna health-sector spending$46.095.031.00033.7%
Goods and services (operations) · supplies, contracts, maintenance$37.295.980.00027.3%
Municipal personnel · municipal wages and fees$16.465.094.00012.0%
Cleaning, garbage and landfills · waste collection and disposal$13.981.570.00010.2%
Street lighting$2.533.763.0001.9%
Electricity (facilities)$2.452.733.0001.8%
Investment (works and projects)$2.436.861.0001.8%
Water (facilities)$1.186.425.0000.9%
Councillor stipends$137.737.0000.1%
Transfers to education$39.713.0000.0%
Travel allowances$10.082.0000.0%

Share of total accrued spending. Lines overlap (personnel sits inside several areas), so they don't add to 100%. Source: SINIM.

Personal y dotación municipal

Spending composition · 2025

12.0%
27.3%
60.7%
Personnel (Subt. 21)$16.465.094.000
Goods and services (Subt. 22)$37.295.980.000
Others$82.883.909.000

Personnel by contract type · 2025

43.8%
21.6%
9.5%
22.6%
Permanent staff$9.619.038.000
Contract staff$4.751.403.000
Fee contracts$2.094.653.000
Labor Code$544.185.000
Community progs.$4.954.494.000

Municipal headcount · 2023

54.4%
32.3%
13.3%
Permanent staff258
Contract staff153
Fee contracts63
Total: 474 staffFee contracts: 13.3% of the headcountWomen: 42.3%Professionalization: 29.9%
Cost/staffer permanent: $34.396.760/yearCost/staffer contract: $27.607.810/yearCost/staffer fees: $23.941.556/year

Municipal staff by contract status (SINIM, 2023). Cost per staffer = annual spending of the type ÷ same-year headcount.

Inversión, servicios básicos y obras

Investment and authorities' expenses · 2025

Municipal investment: $2.436.861.000 (1.8% of spending)Councillor stipends: $137.737.000Travel allowances: $10.082.000

Basic and general services · 2025

Garbage and landfills: $13.981.570.000Street lighting: $2.533.763.000Electricity: $2.452.733.000Water: $1.186.425.000

Final works approvals (DOM) · per year

1.836
172
20012024

Building permits issued · per year

132
200
20122024

What it buys · Mercado PúblicoSource: ChileCompra · open data

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Historic amount
$167.825.394.330
Purchase orders
42.187

Purchase-order amount · trend

$1.209.553.071
$10.596.013.963
20072026
Top suppliersAmountPOs
Diseños, Servicios y Construcciones Hidrosym Ltda.$15.207.179.2926
Tresur SpA$11.627.964.1566
Dimension S.A.$7.358.752.19911
Soloverde S.A.$4.471.071.5013
Constructora Réné Corvalán Correa$4.201.889.0111
Miva SpA$3.890.254.1659
Ingenieria y Construccion Mtv SpA$3.527.079.7952
Ebt S.A.$3.416.243.3063

Purchase mechanism · 2026

Tender $6.960.012.80766%
Direct award discretionary$1.453.712.00214%
Framework Agreement $1.388.279.21813%
Agile Purchase $794.009.9387%

Companies and economic activitySource: SII · company statistics and roster (domicile/HQ)

Registered companies
17.557
domiciled in the comuna
Dependent workers
116.345

Pyramid by sales bracket

56.6%
16.3%
22.8%
Micro (≤2,400 UF)9.938 companies
Small (≤25k UF)2.870 companies
Medium (≤100k UF)484 companies
Large (>100k UF)267 companies
No sales/no info3.998 companies

Largest companies domiciled in the comuna

CompanyLine of businessSales bracketWorkers
Empresas Carozzi S aINDUSTRIA MANUFACTURERALarge 4 (>1M UF)10.731
Corporacion Municipal de Educacion y Salud de San BernardoACTIVIDADES DE ATENCION DE LA SALUD HUMANA Y Large 4 (>1M UF)5.958
Dimension Sociedad AnonimaSUMINISTRO DE AGUA; EVACUACION DE AGUAS RESIDLarge 4 (>1M UF)5.551
Watt's S.A.INDUSTRIA MANUFACTURERALarge 4 (>1M UF)3.197
Fedex Express Chile SpATRANSPORTE Y ALMACENAMIENTOLarge 4 (>1M UF)2.230
Weir Minerals Chile S.A.INDUSTRIA MANUFACTURERALarge 4 (>1M UF)1.393
Keylogistics Chile S aCOMERCIO AL POR MAYOR Y AL POR MENOR; REPARACLarge 4 (>1M UF)1.035
Ingenieria, Proyectos y Montajes Propamat SpACONSTRUCCIONLarge 4 (>1M UF)997
Soc de Transportes Nazar LimitadaTRANSPORTE Y ALMACENAMIENTOLarge 4 (>1M UF)839
Rema Tip Top Chile SpAINDUSTRIA MANUFACTURERALarge 4 (>1M UF)812

SII roster of legal entities (public). Due to tax secrecy sales come in brackets, never amounts. The comuna is that of the domicile/HQ: operations may be elsewhere.

Investment in SEIA projects

Under review
8
US$ 264 M declared
Approved last 5 years
21
US$ 579 M declared
Construction jobsunder review
1.172
+ 53 in operations
Construction jobsapproved 5 yrs
3.021
peak labor
ProjectOwnerStatusInvestment (US$M)Constr. jobs
PROYECTO ODATA SAN BERNARDODIALo Espejo Data Center SpAApproved250493
Fantasilandia San BernardoEIASociedad Comercial Itahue LimitadaApproved110400
Conjunto Armónico Siete Horizontes - Viviendas Sociales DS49 y LocalesDIAEntidad Patrocinante Juntos SpAUnder Review75,822280
Nueva Esperanza de NosDIAInmobiliaria Concrecasa dos Ltda.Under Review73,6450
Conjunto Habitacional El Mariscal -3DIAInmobiliaria Concrecasa dos Ltda.Approved56,134450
Mejoramiento de las Condiciones Medioambientales y de Seguridad en TraDIAEmpresa de los Ferrocarriles del EsApproved46156
Nuevo Proyecto Inmobiliario Mariscal Etapa Roja 1 y Etapa Roja 2DIAConstructora Puerto Azul SpAApproved43,806150
Ampliación del Proyecto Inmobiliario AlercesEIAInmobiliaria los Cóndores S.A.Under Review43,352
Condominio Lotes X1, X2 y X4DIAConstructora Pocuro SpAApproved41,287120
Ampliación Centro de Distribución Autoportante y Nuevo Centro de DistrDIAEmpresas Carozzi S.A.Under Review35,8120
Proyecto Inmobiliario DS49 Mariscal 1A y 1BDIAInmobiliaria Concrecasa dos Ltda.Under Review30,499300
Proyecto Inmobiliario Loteo DFL N°2 con construcción simultánea, Lote DIASerey y Otros Asociados LimitadaApproved28,12400

Investment DECLARED by the owner upon entering SEIA (not necessarily materialized; the RCA expires after 5 years without works). Multi-comuna projects: prorated investment, jobs counted in full. Jobs = declared peak labor (source PRISMA/SOFOFA). Source: e-SEIA + PRISMA.

TerritoryClimate, biodiversity, national heritage, SEIA-approved projects and more

Roads and motorwaysSource: OpenStreetMap · 2026 snapshot

Kilometres of trunk road
50 km
Motorways and trunk roads crossing the comuna

Road infrastructure of the MOP and concession holders, not the municipality: it measures how much highway crosses the territory, not municipal management. Only comunas with roads of this category are counted.

Environment and air qualitySource: MMA · SINCA + PPDA + RETC

No air monitoring station (SINCA) in the comuna.

vigentemixtoMP2,5; MP10; O3
PPDA Región Metropolitana
DS 31/2017 · published 2017 · see plan

Zone with decontamination plan PPDA Region Metropolitana de Santiago · critical pollutant MP2.5 / MP10 / O3

Air emissions from industrial sources · tons/year (RETC 2020)
13 t MP10
9 t MP2,5
4 t SO₂
4 t Material particulado

Air quality observed at MMA's SINCA stations within the comuna (2020); when there are several, the worst is shown. The scale compares the annual average with the WHO 2021 guideline (PM2.5 = 5 · PM10 = 15 µg/m³, international health reference) and the Chilean annual primary standard (PM2.5 = 20 · PM10 = 50 µg/m³): green within the WHO guideline, amber between guideline and standard, red above the national standard. "Days above standard" use the 24-h daily standard (PM2.5 = 50 · PM10 = 150 µg/m³). RETC emissions = declared point sources (industry/energy), excludes diffuse sources like residential firewood.

Biodiversity and protected areasSource: SNASPE · SEIA baselines

Nearest protected wilderness area (SNASPE)
Rio ClarilloNational Reserveat 19.7 km

Species of flora, fauna and funga documented in the baselines of the projects evaluated by SEIA in the comuna — what their environmental studies recorded in the territory. Conservation status (RCE/IUCN) and Chilean endemism are flagged.

96
Species
61
Flora
35
Fauna
25
In conservation status
26
Endemic to Chile
Species in conservation category
Belloto del norte, belloto (genérico)Beilschmiedia miersiiVUBelloto del surBeilschmiedia berteroanaENRuilNothofagus alessandriiENQueuleGomortega keuleENGuayacánPorlieria chilensisVUPitaoPitavia punctataENSapo de ruloRhinella aruncoVUPejerrey chilenoBasilichthys australisVUPochaCheirodon pisciculusVULagartija de gravenhorstLiolaemus gravenhorstiVURana chilenaCalyptocephalella gayiVUPerca negraPercichthys melanopsVUPejerrey chilenoBasilichthys microlepidotusVUCarmelitaPercilia gillissiENSapoAlsodes cantillanensisENAraucaria, pehuén, piñonero, pino piñonero, pino chileno, pino araucaria, pewen, guiliuAraucaria araucanaENAlerceFitzroya cupressoidesENBagrecitoTrichomycterus areolatusVULagarto nítidoLiolaemus nitidusNTSapo arrieroAlsodes nodosusNTLagartija de cuello liso de hajekLiolaemus hajekiNTFrangel, olivillo de la cordillera, pulpicaKageneckia angustifoliaNTSapito de cuatro ojosPleurodema thaulNTPerca truchaPercichthys truchaNTRana de ceja, ranita de antifazBatrachyla taeniataNT

CR critically endangered · EN endangered · VU vulnerable · NT near threatened (Species Classification Regulation / IUCN). ★ endemic to Chile. Extracted from SEIA studies by kingdom; presence reflects what baselines characterized, not a census.

10 Wetlands · 9 urban · 913 haSource: National Wetlands Inventory · SIMBIO (MMA)

CodeWetlandHectares
HUR-13-01Sist. Rios Maipo- Mapocho, esteros Colina- Angostura- Puangue y Trib.urban899 /18.814
HUR-13-109Parque Rio Maipourban3
HUR-13-06San Bernardo 3urban3
HPU-13-26San Bernardo 62
HUR-13-07San Bernardo 2urban1
HUR-13-08San Bernardo 1urban1
HUR-13-04San Bernardo 5urban1
HUR-13-05San Bernardo 4urban1
HUR-13-97Sin Identificarurban1
HUR-13-105Sin Identificarurban1

Area = hectares of wetland within the comuna boundary (apportioned using the DPA table of each record). For wetlands shared between comunas, "portion / total" is shown. "Urban" = urban wetland (HUR code). Official source migrated to the SBAP (Law 21,600).

Large projects approved by SEIASource: SEIA · approved projects

Projects with an environmental permit (RCA) approved by SEIA and declared investment above US$ 10 million, located in the comuna according to the case file and grouped by sector. Every sector with at least one project is listed: this is not a ranking or a selection. 85 projects totaling US$ 3.070 million, approved between 1996 and 2025. When a project spans several comunas, its investment is split among them.

Real estate35 projects · US$ 1.394 M · 1998–2025
Desarrollo Inmobiliario de San BernardoInmobiliario Maestranza de San Bernardo · Haras de San Bernardo
Transport Infrastructure6 projects · US$ 501 M · 2000–2021
Empresa de Transporte de Pasajeros Metro S.A.Extensión Línea 2 a El Bosque y San Bernardo · Sistema Norte-Sur
Miscellaneous industrial facilities13 projects · US$ 451 M · 1998–2021
Molymetnos S.A.Segunda Reducción Voluntaria de Emisiones de SO2 Mediante Modernización y Fortalecimiento de las Instalaciones de Limpieza de Gases y Tostación en MolymetNos · Ampliación Complejo Industrial Nos
Energy13 projects · US$ 440 M · 1996–2022
Gasoducto del Pacífico S.A.Gasoducto Trasandino y Distribución de Gas Natural en Chile · Red de Distribución de Gas Natural Metrogas
Others11 projects · US$ 167 M · 1998–2024
Lo Espejo Data Center SpAPROYECTO ODATA SAN BERNARDO · Mejoramiento de las Condiciones Medioambientales y de Seguridad en Tramo Santiago - Nos.
Environmental Sanitation5 projects · US$ 63 M · 1999–2002
Aguas Andinas S.A.Sistema de Colectores - Interceptores y Emisario de entrada a la Planta de Tratamiento de Aguas Servidas Santiago Sur · Colector e Interceptor de Aguas Lluvias Puente Alto
Mining2 projects · US$ 54 M · 2000–2020
Melón Áridos LimitadaExtracción y Procesamiento de Áridos y Recuperación de Suelos Planta San Bernardo · Optimización Reservas Pozo San Bernardo y Nuevo Plan de Recuperación de Terreno

Approved is not the same as built or operating: the RCA authorises the project, but some were never carried out and others have since closed.

Source: projects with an RCA approved by SEIA (investment declared by the developer, split among the comunas the project spans). Under each sector are its two largest projects by investment. It is the best public proxy for large industrial sites; SERNAGEOMIN’s registry of active mining operations (by mineral and type of operation) is a layer not yet incorporated.

Basic utilitiesSource: SISS · CNE · MINEDUC

Distribuidora eléctrica
Enel · also CGE
Empresa sanitaria (agua y alcantarillado)
Aguas Andinas · also SMAPA
Higher education
2 campuses in the comuna

Almost no comuna has its own utility: it is served by a major regional concession holder. Water = urban operational territory (SISS; rural goes via APR); electric = concession distributor per the tariff decree (CNE); higher education = university, IP and CFT campuses (MINEDUC/SIES), with the nearest comuna when there are none.

Environmental conflictsSource: SNIFA · SMA + Environmental Search · Environmental Courts

Final SMA sanctions

Final sanctions
3
Sanctioned entities
2
companies, individuals and institutions
Total fines
15 UTA
3 with fines
Sanctioned entityAuditable unitCategoryFine (UTA)
Inversiones Chena LimitadaCASONA PEREZ OSSAAmenities9
Inversiones Chena LimitadaCASONA PEREZ OSSAAmenities4
Comercial Li Jia Ltda.RESTAURANT LA BOUGIEAmenities2

Environmental sanctions final from the SMA (no pending appeals) whose auditable unit sits in the comuna: companies, individuals and institutions (including the municipality). Fine in UTA (Annual Tax Unit). Source: Public Sanctions Registry, SNIFA.

Appeals before the Environmental Courts

Appeals
3
on projects in the comuna
Upheld
2
the court sided with the claimant
Case no.Parties / projectSubjectDecision
2.893-2025
2TA
Walmart Chile S.A. / Superintendencia del Medio Ambiente
Centro de Distribución el Peñón
Environmental sanction proceedingPartially upheld
111009-2022
2TA
Ávila Nuñez Alejandra y otros/ Comité de Ministros del Servicio de Evaluación Ambiental
Centro de Distribución El Peñón
Administrative invalidation - Environmental AssessmentRejects
R-271-2020
2TA
Ilustre Municipalidad de Cerrillos con Comisión de Evaluación de la Región Metropolitana
Cerrillos Data Center
Environmental assessment – Administrative invalidationPartially upheld

Appeals resolved by the Environmental Courts (Law 20.600) on the comuna's projects or facilities, geolocated by the associated project (SEIA) or sanctioned facility (SMA). Partial coverage: Supreme Court appeals and cases without a locatable act are excluded. Source: 1st Environmental Court's Environmental Search.

Green areasSource: SINIM · SUBDERE (2024)

Green space per capita
4 m²
40% of the CNDU standard
standard 10 m²

Municipally maintained green area per inhabitant (SINIM). The National Urban Development Council recommends a minimum of 10 m²/inhab (WHO, ~9). Self-reported by municipalities, with quality varying across comunas.

National heritageSource: National Monuments Council (Feb 2026)

National monuments
13
Historic monuments
12
Heritage zones
1

Monuments declared by decree (official CMN roster). Excludes archaeological and public monuments. Declaration entails legal protection and intervention restrictions.

Territorial burdensSource: SUBDERE (waste, Jun 2023) · Gendarmería (Jun 2025) · SISS (WWTP)

Where this comuna's waste goes
Relleno Sanitario Santa Marta (Talagante) · 122.441 t/year

Official registries: they exclude illegal dumps and rural WWTPs (no consolidated public registry).

Forest firesSource: CONAF · Occurrence and damage statistics (2023-2024)

Wildfires · 2023-2024
23
Area affected
33 ha
mostly grassland
Cumulative last 5 seasons
51 ha
includes the 2022-2023 mega-season

Occurrence and area affected by wildfires (CONAF). The 5-season cumulative gives a fairer picture than a single year: fire is episodic and big catastrophes concentrate in few seasons. The area is comuna-wide, not just urban.

Winter riskSource: SENAPRED · winter critical points 2026 (via FAU U. de Chile)

Critical points registered
47
At high or very high risk
32
15 very high
Main threat
Anegamiento de caminos/pasos…
Anegamiento de caminos/pasos a desnivel

Points in the comuna where SENAPRED identifies winter-rain risk (channel overflows, flooding, collector collapse, landslides, mudflows, snow), with risk level and the agency responsible for the fix.

Water scarcitySource: DGA · MOP (scarcity-zone decrees)

No scarcity decree in force today.
Years under decree since 2008
4
latest: 2022 · drought chronicity

DGA water-scarcity zone decrees (by comuna, province or region; basin decrees are not counted here, so chronicity is a floor). The decree enables extraordinary water redistribution measures. At the megadrought's peak (2021) 286 comunas were under decree; today 26.

Climate and climate changeSource: ARClim · MMA + CR2/UC (CMIP6 modeling)

Mean annual temperature
15,23°C
2035-2065 projection: +1,31°C
Annual precipitation
425 mm
projection: -4%
Hot days>30°C
54
projection: +37 days
Frost days
8

Modeled climatology (CMIP6 downscaling ~5 km): present ≈ 1980-2010, projection ≈ 2035-2065 middle scenario. Not recent weather observation.

SafetyCrime, road crashes and municipal security infrastructure

Crimes (police cases)Source: CEAD · Ministry of Public Security

Police cases · 2025
19.195
all crimes
Rate per 100,000 inhab.
5.506
Police cases · trend
20.162
19.195
20102025
By crime type · 2025
CrimeCasesRate/100k
Threats3.018866
Domestic violence2.243643
Property damage2.218636
Robbery with violence or intimidation1.733497
Larceny1.590456
Theft of items from vehicles1.277366
Minor injuries1.085311
Motor vehicle theft925265
Alcohol and drug use in public spaces699201
Snatch theft594170
Burglary of an uninhabited place551158
Violent vehicle robbery (carjacking)448129

Showing the 12 crimes with most cases of 29.

Police cases (reports + arrests) recorded by Carabineros and PDI. Not victimization (ENUSC measures the real figure, higher due to underreporting). The rate uses INE 2024 population. Source: CEAD, Ministry of Public Security.

What the municipality does

Municipal security infrastructure and staff declared to SINIM (since 2016). Excludes Carabineros and PDI, which are national.

Surveillance cameras
33
Guards and inspectors
21
1 per 16.602 hab
Patrol fleet
29
cars, pickups, motorcycles, bikes
Security booths
4
Patrol fleet by type
Cars: 8Pickups: 10Motorcycles: 5Bicycles: 6Drones: 2
Surveillance cameras · trend
25
33
20202025

Road crashesSource: CONASET · Data Observatory (2024)

Crashes · 2024
1.237
Deaths
11
3,2 per 100,000 inhab.
Injured
365
71 serious
Pedestrian collisions
75
2 pedestrians killed

Crashes georeferenced by CONASET (urban + highway) during 2024. The only per-comuna source; covers ~70% of the country's deaths (non-geolocatable ones are excluded), so it slightly underestimates the total. Pedestrian collision is the leading cause of pedestrian death.