Wellman is taking over for Josh Pinheiro, who was terminated in a divided vote by the city council last month.
A San Francisco prosecutor who resigned in opposition to Chesa Boudin’s policies will replace her former boss as the city’s next District Attorney.
For the past three months, Darrell George has served as El Segundo’s interim city manager. But as of July 1, he has dropped the “interim” title.
Pasadena has selected Miguel Márquez as its next city manager.
Steve McClary has been promoted to the permanent top administrator’s position.
The Orange County cities of Westminster and Fountain Valley both hired new city managers this month.
Ojai City Manager James Vega will take over as the top administrator of Port Hueneme on July 17.
California’s Big City Mayors were in Sacramento last week to lobby for another $1 billion in funding to combat homelessness.
GrassrootsLab’s Mike Madrid published an important op-ed in the Los Angeles Times