Personnel and Employee Relations

• Promotes the purposes and goals established in the League of California Cities bylaws. 
• Serves as a resource to the membership of the department and other departments of Cal Cities in their dealings with human resource, personnel and employee relations issues. 
• Assists in the sponsoring and support of necessary and desirable legislation to benefit municipalities, and to assist in opposing unfavorable legislation. 
• Provides a unifying structure for human resource administrators to contribute to the purposes of the Cal Cities. 

President - Michael Horta, Human Resources Director/Risk Manager, Gilroy
First Vice President - Robert Neiuber, Human Resources Director, Rancho Cucamonga 
Second Vice President - Dana Anderson, Human Resources Director, Culver City 
Department Director* - LaTanya Bellow, City Manager, Emeryville 
Past President - Kari Mendoza, Administrative Services Director, Beaumont 

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 – Lisa Murphy, Assistant City Manager, Salinas
• Environmental Quality – Paolo Beltran, Deputy City Manager, Lakewood     
• Governance, Transparency, and Labor Relations – Mary Hao, Director of Human Resources, Oakland      
• Housing, Community, and Economic Development – Larissa De La Cruz, Assistant City Manager, Lancaster
• Public Safety – Andrew Tse, Human Resources Manager, Bell Gardens
• Revenue and Taxation – George N. Harris, Senior Director/Treasurer, Lancaster
• Transportation, Communications, and Public Works – Kimberly Murdaugh, Director of Human Resources, Tracy

 For more information about the appointment process, please contact Meg Desmond.

• Personnel and Employee Relations Department Bylaws
• A Local Official's Guide to Labor Relations Terminology (ILG)
• International Public Management Association for Human Resources (IPMA-HR)
• Society For Human Resource Management (SHRM)
• California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS)