Several sources in and around Santa Ana’s City Hall are reporting that the City of Santa Ana has suspended their search for a new city manager. I am told that this was also conveyed to a reporter from the Voice of OC today. However, another source reported that there is no suspension. The truth is likely somewhere in between…
My sources said that an argument will be made that conducting a national search for a new city manager is too expensive and that we ought to just roll with interim City Manager Paul Walters, who also serves as our Chief of Police, to save money.
The downside of this however is that the defacto city manager is now none other than longtime assistant to the last city manager, Jill Arthur. Apparently Walters is leaning on her a lot – and she is now effectively running the 8th floor. Continue reading