City Clerks
Each year the City Clerks Department elects officers to oversee the work of the department, represent the department on the Cal Cities Board of Directors and other Cal Cities committees. The city clerks' officers meet to discuss issues of concern to the department and to plan upcoming conferences.
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A list of City Clerk Department related bills can be found here: City Clerk Department Legislation.
First Vice President - Candice Alvarez, City Clerk, Lake Elsinore
Second Vice President - Thai Nam Pham, City Clerk, Union City
Department Director* - Randi Johl, Legislative Director/City Clerk, Temecula
Past President - Ashton R. Arocho, City Clerk Services Director, Rancho Cucamonga
*Department Director serves for a two-year term.
Appointed by the department president, each department has at least one representative on each of Cal Cities' standing seven policy committees that can provide technical information to the committee as a whole to ensure that the department has a voice in the decision-making process, and make recommendations to the board of directors on legislative and policy issues.
- Community Services – Lara Christensen, Assistant City Manager, City Clerk, Atascadero
- Environmental Quality – Toni Taber, City Clerk, San Jose
- Governance, Transparency, and Labor Relations – Angelica Avila, City Clerk, Indian Wells
- Housing, Community, and Economic Development – Stephanie Vargas, Chief Deputy City Clerk, Colton
- Public Safety – Christina Rudsell, Chief Deputy City Clerk, Fontana
- Revenue and Taxation – Marc A. Donohue, Government Services Director/City Clerk, Eastvale
- Transportation, Communications, and Public Works – Andrea Alexander, City Clerk, Lancaster
For more information about the appointment process, please contact Meg Desmond.
Cal Cities Resources
City Clerks
- California Municipal Clerks Association (CMCA)
- California Assn of Clerks & Elections Officials (CACEO)
- International Institute of Municipal Clerks (IIMC)
State of California
Records & Information Management
- Association for Informational Management Professionals (ARMA)
- Association for Information and Image Management International (AIIM)
- National Association of Government Archivists and Records Administrators (NAGARA)
Institute for Local Government
- General Information about Local Government for Candidates/Newly Electeds
- Public Meetings/Public Engagement
- Public Service Ethics
- Ethics Information for Candidates
Other Organizations
- California Association of Public Information Officers (CAPIO)
- National Association of Parliamentarians
- National Notary Association
- Roberts Rules of Order
Legislative Links
Documents
Contact Staff
Meghan McKelvey
Senior Member Services Manager
(916) 658-8253
Isaac Black
Member Services Specialist
Johnnie Piña
Legislative Advocate, Governance, Transparency, and Labor Relations
(916) 658-8214
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