OK, I get to meet lots of people in my work, but yesterday was a hoot when our little delegation from Seattle walked into the office of Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson. That's Mayor Mike McGinn's legal counsel, Carl Marquardt, on the left. Members of our team not pictured are Pam Inch from the city's personnel office and Kate Joncas, co-chair of the Mayor's Police Chief Citizen's Search Committee. Mayor Johnson was one of the leaders we met with in Sacramento to learn more about Chief Rick Braziel, one of the finalists to become Seattle's new chief.
On Tuesday, our team was in East Palo Alto, California meeting with Chief Ron Davis and meeting with community leaders.
Next Wednesday, June 2 at 9:30 a.m., all three finalists for the Seattle position will appear before the City Council's Public Safety and Education Committee in a public session at City Hall. Wednesday night, the finalists will participate in a public forum at Seattle Center.
Mayor McGinn is expected to select his appointee by the middle of June.