Wednesday, the County Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 to offer their chosen candidate to be the chief administrative officer of the county’s 18,000 employees the job. The announcement was made after the final interview and vote was taken in closed session.
They didn’t announce who it was but it is widely assumed to be Ebony Shelton, the deputy chief administrative officer and chief financial officer for the county.
Shelton is considered a finance expert, which could be handy as the county braces for significant economic consequences from the state budget crisis. She would also be the first Black woman to run the county. This is supposed to be secret information so maybe we’re wrong, maybe she turns it down or maybe a member of the Board of Supervisors suddenly resigns in scandal causing the whole search to be re-started.
We’ll keep you posted.
Fight isn’t over: Thursday, writer Doug Porter published an open letter from several progressives and labor union leaders demanding that Nora Vargas, the chair of the Board of Supervisors step down from the chair role. They published a series of screen shots of messages Vargas had allegedly sent to groups of friends in which she wrote disparagingly of Black leaders and unions.
Amen. Love the diversity in San Diego Cali.