Dennis Herrera, executive director of the city Public Utilities Commission, called Planthold “a good-government advocate in the truest sense of the word.” During the recently ended two decades that Herrera was city attorney, Planthold “was someone who was constantly in my ear. And it was a...
Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez may pursue legal action against San Diego County after being snubbed twice for one of the region’s top jobs. Chavez’s lawyer, B.J. Chisholm of San Francisco-based law firm Altshuler Berzon LLP, submitted a letter to Sa...
Bennett was the former Oceanside city attorney and port attorney/general counsel for the Port of San Diego. Bennett was the first African American appointed as city attorney in the County of San Diego. He also served as an assistant city attorney, police legal advisor and deputy district attorne...
The city council fired the city manager, Andrea Miller, on May 29 with no publicly stated cause amid conflicting reports of poor budget work and personal grudges. The new budget cut the pay of three elected officials, the city attorney, treasurer and clerk. Their elected positions are eliminate...