Feldman Named ‘City Manager Of The Year’
Written by 991KBU on February 21, 2019
Malibu city manager Reva Feldman has been named city manager of the year by the California City Manager Foundation.
Feldman has been the chief executive officer in Malibu for three years.
The association noted that Feldman has assisted other cities and other city managers …
In naming Feldman city manager of the year … the foundation lauded her for … and we quote … “successfully (leading) the City of Malibu’s emergency response during and after the Woolsey Fire.”
Unquote.
That statement predictably set off howls of protests from people who have been opposed to Feldman for years.
Feldman has faced an active group of vociferous opponents for years … a group of people that had been seeking to remove her from office well before the Malibu fire.
That movement is now circulating petitions to recall two city council members … Rick Mullen and Skylar Peak … from office.
They accuse Mullen and Peak of reneging on supposed campaign promises to remove Feldman.
Mayor Jefferson Wagner was the only city council member who voted against Feldman when her contract came up.
But Wagner sent out a press release yesterday that supports Feldman.
Wagner says … and we quote …. “I am proud of our City Manager for receiving this recognition from a professional association of peers consisting of several hundred city managers from across the state.”
The Executive Director of California City manager foundation noted that Feldman travelled to Santa Rosa in 2017 to provide mutual aid during that city’s devastating wildfire.
There, she served as the EOC Director in Santa Rosa’s Emergency Operations Center, offering crucial relief to that city’s Emergency Operations Center staff.
But her critics in Malibu say that she failed in that job during the Woolsey Fire …
Unlike in Santa Rose … Malibu was powerless to end roadblocks and bring in more fire trucks.
Similar criticisms were of course leveled in Santa Rosa after their deadly fire there …. but Malibu is a small city that does not have control of its sheriffs or fire departments.
