Courtney Ruby Oakland City Auditor Is Leaving Oakland - Rumor Is Southwest Airlines Will Depart Too - ATLNews

Courtney Ruby Oakland City Auditor Is Leaving Oakland - Rumor Is Southwest Airlines Will Depart Too Courtney Ruby, who served a Oakland's two term City Auditor, just announced she is resigning effective immediately. She wrote: Dear Oaklanders, Today, I write you with sadness and gratitude in my heart. It has been a great honor to serve as your City Auditor for 13 years, and for personal and family reasons, I will be resigning from my position effective October 13th. This was not an easy decision to make, yet I feel it is the right decision for me and my family. As I step away, I could not be prouder of what my team and I have accomplished, and I could not be more excited about the future of the Auditor’s Office with our recently published Annual Work Plan, and the impactful work yet to come. In my stead, Assistant City Auditor Michael Houston will be leading the City Auditor’s Office. Michael has over 15 years of government auditing experience having previously worked at the San Jose City Auditor’s Office where he analyzed the efficiency and effectiveness of myriad city programs, and at Cal State University East Bay, where he directed the campus’ internal audit and investigation functions. He joined my team in 2019 as the Whistleblower Program Manager, a role in which he led investigations into allegations of fraud, waste, and abuse reported to the City Auditor’s Whistleblower Hotline. He was promoted to Assistant City Auditor in 2021. His current role assumes responsibility for the department’s operations in the absence of the City Auditor and he will manage the charter responsibilities of the City Auditor’s Office effective October 14, 2023, until a new Auditor is elected. While our audit and investigative work will be happening in the forefront, in the background, a series of steps will take place to permanently fill the vacant City Auditor position. According to the City Charter, when the elected City Auditor vacates their position, the City Council sets a special election to be held within 120 days and may extend the time period by up to 90 more days, if the election can be combined with a scheduled election. Michael and I are fortunate to lead an exceptional team of audit professionals and dedicated public servants. We anticipate limited impacts on the Office’s work during this transition, as we have built a stable foundation that is dependent on executing our work according to standards and leading practices. My personal and professional next steps include relocating to Southern California with my family, where I will begin working for the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) to lead its independent performance audit function, established by the California State Legislature in 2018. While I am excited about what this move will afford me and my family, I will deeply miss serving Oaklanders and working alongside so many amazing public servants – you will forever remain in my heart. In gratitude and always, Courtney I think Oakland is losing a good City Auditor, While she always gave the Oakland Coliseum a pass, overall, she did a good job of pointing out problems. But for Courtney to take this action means she's concerned about her kids and crime. Is Southwest Airlines Leaving Oakland Too? Word is that Oakand Mayor Sheng Thao held an emergency meeting over the word that Southwest Airlines is planning to leave Oakland. The reason is simple: crime. There's too much of it and it's to the point that flyers who come in and rent cars are immediately subject to smash and grab robberies that put extra costs and time on them. The City of Oakland is collapsing because its leadership is feckless. Period, end of story.
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