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 - Jamie Cannon, Director of Human Resources, Rohnert Park 
First Vice President - Kari Mendoza, Administrative Services Director, Beaumont 
Second Vice President - Michael Horta, Human Resources Director, Morgan Hill 
Department Director* - LaTanya Bellow, Deputy City Manager, Berkeley 
Past President - Lisa Murphy, Deputy City Manager, Santa Cruz 

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, Deputy City Manager, Santa Cruz
• Environmental Quality – Paolo Beltran, Deputy City Manager, Lakewood      
• Governance, Transparency, and Labor Relations – Jamie Cannon, Director of Human Resources/Risk Management, Rohnert Park       
• Housing, Community, and Economic Development – George N Harris, Director of Finance, Lancaster          
• Public Safety – LaTanya Bellow, Assistant City Manager, Berkeley
• Revenue and Taxation – Robert Neiuber, Senior Human Resources Director, Rancho Cucamonga   
• Transportation, Communications, and Public Works – Lucy Garcia, Assistant City Manager, Alhambra

 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)