{"id":14702,"date":"2023-01-14T10:38:31","date_gmt":"2023-01-14T17:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/?p=14702"},"modified":"2023-01-14T10:38:35","modified_gmt":"2023-01-14T17:38:35","slug":"melvin-gaines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/melvin-gaines\/","title":{"rendered":"East Palo Alto native becomes next city manager"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"632\" height=\"609\" src=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/east-palo-alto.jpg\" alt=\"East Palo Alto native Melvin Gaines becomes next city manager\" class=\"wp-image-14703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/east-palo-alto.jpg 632w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/east-palo-alto-300x289.jpg 300w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/east-palo-alto-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/east-palo-alto-150x145.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baycitynews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bay City News<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>East Palo Alto&#039;s next city manager is returning home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Melvin Gaines, an East Palo Alto native who served as deputy city manager for the nearby city of Portola Valley for the past two years, has been selected to become East Palo Alto&#039;s next city manager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The job offer is contingent on City Council approval of the employment agreement, which will be considered at Tuesday&#039;s City Council meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gaines was selected after an extensive recruitment and selection process involving community members, local city administrators, city staff and the City Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Notably, Gaines has more than a decade of managerial and executive experience with Bay Area governments and agencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to his tenure in Portola Valley, Gaines was a senior management analyst in the Mountain View City Manager&#039;s Office. From 2011 to 2016, Gaines was an employee of East Palo Alto, serving in management roles in the City Manager&#039;s Office, the Police Department and the Community and Economic Development Department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am honored to be appointed City Manager of East Palo Alto, my hometown,\u201d Gaines said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am truly grateful to the City Council and the community for placing their trust in me. I have spent the last 22 years working, learning innovative approaches, and supporting efforts to improve East Palo Alto and the lives of our neighbors. I look forward to continuing this work in my role as City Manager. I am fully committed to working collaboratively with the City Council, staff, and residents to help East Palo Alto thrive,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>You may be interested in: <a href=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/fatal-shooting-in-east-palo-alto-in-2\/\">Man Sentenced to Life in Prison After Fatal 2011 East Palo Alto Shooting<\/a><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Por Bay City News. El pr\u00f3ximo administrador de la ciudad de East Palo Alto regresa a casa. Melvin Gaines, un nativo de East Palo Alto que se desempe\u00f1\u00f3 como subadministrador de la ciudad cercana de Portola Valley durante los \u00faltimos dos a\u00f1os, ha sido seleccionado para convertirse en el pr\u00f3ximo administrador de la ciudad de [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14703,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-14702","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-community","8":"category-cover"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14702"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14704,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14702\/revisions\/14704"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}