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Anaheim City Council members voted unanimously Tuesday to appoint Chris Zapata as the new city manager, ending a more than year-long leadership transition where three top executive roles were filled by temporary replacements.
Anaheim City Council members Tuesday will consider appointing Chris Zapata, the former city manager of San Leandro, as the city’s top executive, less than a week after Zapata announced he would step down from leading the city of 90,000. Zapata had been accused, and cleared, of sexual misconduct while city manager.
If city council members approve his appointment Tuesday, Jorge Cisneros, the chief of the University of California, Irvine police department, will become Anaheim Police Chief in mid-July.
Newly elected Anaheim City Councilman Jose F. Moreno, the first Latino on council in many years, brought the crowd to its feet during his swearing-in speech. Then he found out he’s serving a shortened term.
The lobbyist and former mayor departs after a call from Mayor Tom Tait that committee members disclose economic interests.
To make the November ballot, an initiative to require a citywide vote on hotel development tax subsidies needs approximately 7,000 more petition signatures than previously thought.
City Hall wants $19,000 to provide Voice of OC with emails that an open-government expert says were deleted illegally from the city’s computers.
A memo from a Planning Department official, which comes after a
Voice of OC records request, threatens disciplinary action if
“unnecessary” documents are found on employee computers or in
offices.