Also: San Leandro’s own city manager scandal could be heating up again on Tuesday night.
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Former Alameda city manager John Russo fired in Riverside
John Russo left the Alameda City Manager’s Office in February 2015. ALAMEDAWith Alameda’s city manager situation in a state of disarray, comes news its former top administrator, John Russo, was fired Wednesday from the same position in Riverside. Russo left… Read More ›
EBC AGENDA | APRIL 13-19 | ALAMEDA scandal unfolds Monday; FREMONT tackles homelessness; HAYWARD begins budget talks
THE WEEK OF APRIL 13-19 –ALAMEDA– Special closed session meeting, Monday, April 16, 5 p.m. [ENTIRE AGENDA HERE]–SCANDAL!– It’s been six months since the Alameda City Council hired an outside attorney to investigation claims by City Manager Jill Keimach that unnamed coucilmembers violated… Read More ›
San Leandro City Council calls special meeting to discuss disciplining city manager
San Leandro City Council’s special closed session begins Tuesday, 6 p.m. SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCILSix days after the San Leandro City Manager Chris Zapata threw the doors open on the city’s dirty laundry, including allegations of sexual misconduct against himself,… Read More ›
LAST 5 THINGS I THINK ABOUT EAST BAY POLITICS
Rebecca Kaplan is going to sweep into the AD15 race late and take it. ELECTION 2018➤I think its absolutely useless to do an analysis of the 15th Assembly District’s current large field of candidates because the person who will sworn-in… Read More ›
Alameda city manager, in memo, alleges councilmembers illegally interfered in selection of fire chief
Alameda City Hall is again in upheaval after its citymanager alleged some councilmembers violated itsCity Charter. ALAMEDA CITY COUNCILAlameda City Manager Jill Keimach, in a memo sent to the City Council earlier this month, alleged that some elected city officials… Read More ›
Amid grumblings, Alameda will evaluate city manager’s performance in closed session
Alameda City Manager Jill Keimach ALAMEDA CITY COUNCIL There’s a curious closed session item Tuesday night on the Alameda City Council’s agenda, an evaluation of City Manager Jill Keimach. Curious because her annual performance review isn’t until next March. Sources… Read More ›
Hayward’s next city manager will get 7% wage increase following promotion
New Hayward City Manager Kelly McAdoo’s contract will not be finalized until September. HAYWARD CITY COUNCIL |Hayward Assistant City Manager Kelly McAdoo will get a seven percent wage increase following her promotion last week to replace retiring City Manager Fran… Read More ›
Hayward city manager announces retirement
Hayward City Manager Fran David HAYWARD | Hayward City Manager Fran David announced her retirement Friday, effective sometime in the fall. David has served as head of the city’s day-to-day operation since being appointed to the position in 2010. Her… Read More ›
Keimach becomes Alameda’s next city manager; mayor inexplicably votes no
Jill Keimach’s four-year contract includes a $245,000 annual base salary. ALAMEDA CITY COUNCIL | Alameda named its next city manager Tuesday night, but without the support of Mayor Trish Spencer. In an almost unprecedented move, Spencer was the lone vote… Read More ›
Moraga town manager to be named Alameda’s next city manager
Jill Keimach has served as Moraga’s town manager since Nov. 2010. ALAMEDA CITY COUNCIL | Moraga Town Manager Jill Keimach has accepted an offer to become Alameda’s next city manager, the city announced Wednesday. The Alameda City Council is expected… Read More ›
City Hall Insider: agenda notes from around the East Bay, Dec. 1-4
ALAMEDA/Dec. 1, 7 p.m.Council to close moratorium loophole; ALPR audit RENT MORATORIUM DO-OVER Nearly a month ago, the Alameda City Council passed an urgency 65-day moratorium on rents and evictions. Just a few days later, a South Bay equity firm… Read More ›
John Russo, Alameda’s big fish, moves to a bigger pond
Alameda City Manager John Russo accepted a new job in Riverside last February. ALAMEDA | Outgoing Alameda City Manager John Russo likes to use sports metaphors. So, when news broke in February that Russo, along with his oversize personality, was… Read More ›
San Leandro may seek short-term extension of city manager’s contract
San Leandro City Manager Chris Zapata took a pay cut in 2012. SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL | City leaders want an extra six months to come to terms with its current city manager. Chris Zapata’s three-year contract expires at the… Read More ›
Oakland City Administrator Eyeing Big D
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL | Oakland City Administrator Deanna Santana is among five finalists to become Dallas’ next city manager, according to The Dallas Morning News. The Dallas City Council announced the finalists Thursday, which also includes its current interim city manager and… Read More ›
On Second Thought, Armas Will Not Be South San Francisco’s City Manager
Jesus Armas HAYWARD | South San Francisco is having second thoughts about hiring former Hayward school board president Jesus Armas as its next city manager. After the city’s city council apparently approved the terms of a 2-year, $230,000 contract earlier… Read More ›
JESUS ARMAS RISES AGAIN
HAYWARD | Jesus Armas, the embattled former Hayward city manager and school board president who chose not to run for re-election in 2012 following an embarrassing sex scandal, has reemerged across the bay. On Wednesday, the South San Francisco City… Read More ›
San Leandro City Manager Takes Cut To Offer Lucrative Five-Year Agreement For Two Top City Officials
SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL | The San Leandro City Council adopted a new five-year agreement starting next year increasing compensation and benefit packages for two top level executives in San Leandro, Police Chief Sandra Spagnoli and Assistant City Manager, Lianne… Read More ›
With New Directive, San Leandro Police To Report Directly To Assistant City Manager
[UPDATE] SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL | San Leandro’s new City Manager Chris Zapata came to the city with a pedigree in grand development projects. With just six months on job, he wants to spend more time of raising the profile of… Read More ›
Not A Bargain, But A Market-Rate New City Manager
Fifty+One BLOGJan. 11, 2012 | Some in San Leandro will issue protest over Chris Zapata’s pending contract to become their next city manager. A staff report released today reveals the former National City city manager will receive a three-year, $223,000… Read More ›
San Leandro Names Chris Zapata Its Next City Manager
Chris Zapata Jan 6, 2012 | After a year since the job became available, San Leandro unanimously named Chris Zapata its next city manager. The announcement was made Thursday evening after a special closed session. The new city manager has held the… Read More ›
Second Search For San Leandro City Manager Begins
SAN LEANDRO | Sept. 7, 2011 | San Leandro is targeting the end of the year for hiring a new city manager. If successful, the occasion will mark nearly a year since the former city manager announced his retirement last Dec. 21. The recruiter tabbed by the city… Read More ›
Alameda Councilman Searches for Closed Session Leakers
Sept. 6, 2011 | Alameda Councilman Doug DeHaan wants to know who is leaking the names of possible candidates for its city attorney job. The second-term councilman will formally during Tuesday’s meeting for help from his colleagues in identifying who is distributing the… Read More ›
Top Candidate For San Leandro City Manager Declines Offer
WITHOUT UNANIMOUS APPROVAL FROM CITY COUNCIL, CANDIDATE DECLINES POSITIONBy Steven Tavaressteven.tavares@eastbaycitizen.comFollow @eastbaycitizen on twitter San Leandro’s search for a city manager has become far more complicated in the past two weeks, according to a source familiar with the city council’s… Read More ›
Gregory Elected New Vice Mayor Of San Leandro
CASSIDY PUSHES FOR CITY RESIDENCY OF NEXT CITY MANAGER; GREGORY WANTS TO TRACK CITY’S HAPPINESSBy Steven Tavares Vice Mayor Michael Gregory Apparently the main job of vice mayor in San Leandro is not periodically filling in for the mayor, but keeping… Read More ›
Is Cassidy Attempting To Hand-Pick The New City Manager?
DESPITE CALL FOR TRANSPARENCY, THE POWER OF CHOOSING SAN LEANDRO’S MOST IMPORTANT HIRE IS CONCENTRATED AMONG THREE PEOPLEBy Steven Tavares Government transparency for San Leandro Mayor Stephen Cassidy usually means recording city hearings for broadcast on the web. Increasingly, though, it is… Read More ›
Russo to Alameda? The Wild Island Just Got Crazier
REPORTS SAY OAKLAND CITY ATTORNEY IS CHOICE FOR ALAMEDA CITY MANGERBy Steven Tavares When it comes to bizarre antics and dastardly political soap operas no city in the East Bay tops Alameda. From deposing its city attorney, city manager and… Read More ›
Is One Half Of Hayward’s First Couple Itching To Return?
HAYWARD’S DAVID BLOGS WITH CONSERVATIVE BENT ON CITY WEB SITEBy Steven Tavares Hayward’s first couple, former cityleaders Anna May and Greg Jones What’s up with Hayward’s Greg Jones? The former Hayward city manager abruptly quit the position around this time… Read More ›
Hayward Renews City Manager’s Contract
DAVID TO PAY MORE FOR CITY PENSION IN ONE-YEAR EXTENSION; WHAT IT MEANS FOR SAN LEANDROBy Steven Tavares Fran David replacedGreg Jones in May 2010. Hayward will extend the contract of current City Manager Fran David until 2012, pending approval… Read More ›
