Author: Willam Edgar, Rodney Gould, Patricia Martel and Ted Gaebler

William H. Edgar, Former City Manager, Sacramento (1993-99); Rodney S. Gould, City Manager, Santa Monica; Patricia E. Martel, City Manager, Daly City; Ted A. Gaebler, Retired City Manager, Rancho Cordova (2003-2014); All are members of the International City/County Management Association

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Strong Mayor = Weaker City Management and Governance

Measure L, which would abandon Sacramento’s current council-manager structure in favor of the mayor-council system, will not strengthen the city’s government. Instead it would weaken

Willam Edgar, Rodney Gould, Patricia Martel and Ted Gaebler October 23, 2014