Comings and Goings

Mountain View City Councilmember Sally Lieber will resign from her seat, effective Dec. 30.

The City of Petaluma is delighted to welcome Brian Oh to the newly created position of Director of Community Development.

He’ll succeed Ken Domer, who has been selected as the City Manager of La Verne.

Before coming to Palo Alto, Nosé held a number of financial and budgeting roles with the City of San Jose. She also previously worked OpenGov, a leading government technology company. 

San Gabriel Police Chief Eugene Harris is moving to a larger SGV city. Pasadena City manager Miguel Márquez announced Harris’ appointment as head of the Pasadena Police Department last month.

Alameda has named local government veteran Jennifer Ott as its next city manager. Ott’s appointment will be approved at the City Council’s Dec. 6 meeting.

Mike Futrell, the highly accomplished longtime administrator of South San Francisco, is headed to Southern California to serve as city manager of Riverside. 

Riverside has hired a new Director of Community and Economic Development.

Jim Schutz will end his eight-year run as San Rafael City Manager this July. Schutz announced his retirement last month. 

Patrick Johnson has resigned after 11 years as Vista’s City Manager, and he’s placing blame on a recent vote by the City Council.