City
Administrator’s
Office (CAO)
Mission Statement:
The Office of the City
Administrator provides
strategic leadership that
supports the Mayor, City
Council and City -wide
Departments; the Office
motivates and challenges
the organization to deliver
efficient and effective
services toward equitable
outcomes in the
community.
CAO - Key Team Members
• Steven Falk, Interim City Administrator
• Elizabeth “Betsy” Lake, Assistant City Administrator • LaTonda Simmons, Assistant City Administrator
• Angela Robinson Pi non, Deputy City Administrator
• Joe DeVries, Deputy City Administrator
• Nicole Neditch, Acting Citywide Communications Director • Aracely “Shelly” Garza, Executive Assistant to the City Administrator ~
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CAO - Business Goals
• Administer the affairs of the City in an efficient and effective manner;
• Conduct necessary reviews of City operations to improve accountability of City government toward equitable outcomes; • Manage and coordinate Citywide service delivery;
• Enforce all applicable laws, ordinances, and policies of the City; CAO - Business Goals
• Advance the City’s vision and goals and build organizational capacity;
• Provide professional expertise and support to the Mayor and City Council in the formulation, interpretation, and application of public policy; and
• Advance the Mayor’s and City Council’s priorities.
Proposed Staffing FY 23-25
• 74.10 Full -Time Equivalent Employees (FTEs)
• Administration/Operations – 32.6 FTEs
• Homelessness Administration – 6.0 FTEs
• OAK311 Call Center – 10.0 FTEs
• Sustainability – 4.0 FTEs
• Neighborhood Services – 12.5 FTEs
• Employment Investigations & Civil Rights Compliance – 5.0 FTEs • Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Programs – 4.0 FTEs Proposed Enhancements FY 23-25
• Housing Security & Homelessness Solutions
• Adds 2.0 FTE Assistants to the City Administrator and deletes 1.0 FTE Deputy City Administrator
• Adds 1.0 FTE Project Manager III (Housing Development Officer) • Community Safety, Prevention & Healing
• Adds 1.0 FTE Assistant to the City Administrator
(Interdepartmental Operations) and deletes 1.0 FTE Project Manager III
• Adds 1.0 FTE Project Manager II (Internal Affairs Civilianization) Proposed Enhancements FY 23-25
• Clean, Healthy, Sustainable Neighborhoods
• Transfers the Summer Food Program from the Human Services Department (HSD) to the City Administrator’s Office (CAO), which includes 6.0 FTEs that cost approximately $650,000 to run the Summer Food program.
Proposed Reductions FY 23-25
• Good Jobs and a Vibrant Economy
• Continues to freeze vacant 1.0 FTE Assistant to the City Administrator (Performance Management)
• Continues to freeze vacant 1.0 FTE Accountant III
• Community Safety, Prevention & Healing
• Freezes vacant 1.0 FTE Neighborhood Services Coordinator (NSC) and continues to freeze 1.0 FTE Neighborhood Services
Coordinator from the FY 2022 -23 Mid -Cycle Budget
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Proposed Organizational
Channels
LEARN MORE
For more information about the work of the City Administrator’s Office, please visit the City of Oakland website.
www.Oaklandca.gov/departments/city
-administrator