{"id":18687,"date":"2023-06-17T10:33:29","date_gmt":"2023-06-17T17:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/?p=18687"},"modified":"2023-06-17T10:33:29","modified_gmt":"2023-06-17T17:33:29","slug":"alex-khojikian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/alex-khojikian\/","title":{"rendered":"San Mateo Names Alex Khojikian as New City Manager"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18690 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Alex-Khojikian.png\" alt=\"San Mateo Names Alex Khojikian as New City Manager\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Alex-Khojikian.png 1920w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Alex-Khojikian-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Alex-Khojikian-1024x682.png 1024w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Alex-Khojikian-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Alex-Khojikian-18x12.png 18w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Alex-Khojikian-150x100.png 150w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Alex-Khojikian-696x464.png 696w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Alex-Khojikian-1068x711.png 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baycitynews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bay City News<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The San Mateo City Council has appointed Alex Khojikian to serve as city manager, according to an announcement issued this week by city officials.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Khojikian, who currently serves as deputy city manager in Redwood City, was selected after a nationwide search and will begin his new role on August 21.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Khojikian said in the announcement that he is excited to get started.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSan Mateo is a vibrant and inclusive city with diverse neighborhoods and business districts, and my goal is to support people of all backgrounds so that everyone in the community can thrive. I look forward to the work ahead and know that collaboration and engagement with residents, businesses, regional partners, community organizations, and stakeholders is key to achieving community priorities.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">San Mateo Mayor Amourence Lee praised Khojikian for his \u201cpassion for community engagement\u201d and said he would be a suitable replacement for outgoing City Manager Drew Corbett.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHis dedicated leadership guided our city through the pandemic and it is thanks to his tireless efforts that our city is on solid footing,\u201d Lee said of Corbett in the announcement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Corbett will retire June 30 and Community Development Director Christina Horrisberger will serve as interim city manager until Khojikian takes over.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>You may be interested in: <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/mark-myers-new-police-chief\/\"><em>Captain Mark Myers Named as New Police Chief of the City of San Carlos<\/em><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Por Bay City News. El Concejo Municipal de San Mateo nombr\u00f3 a Alex Khojikian para que se desempe\u00f1e como administrador de la ciudad, seg\u00fan un anuncio emitido esta semana por funcionarios de la ciudad. Khojikian, quien actualmente se desempe\u00f1a como administrador municipal adjunto en Redwood City, fue seleccionado despu\u00e9s de una b\u00fasqueda a nivel nacional [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":18690,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-18687","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\/18687","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=18687"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18692,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18687\/revisions\/18692"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}