Cupertino Loses Another City Manager

The City of Cupertino has now parted ways with another city manager. This, unsurprisingly, comes after the anti-growth and divisive Better Cupertino coalition won a majority of City Council seats. This is the sixth change in leadership since 2018, although turnover had decreased in recent years when Better Cupertino had lost control of the board. Deputy City Manager Tina Kapoor will serve as interim city manager until a recruitment for a permanent replacement can be performed.

Pamela Wu had served as city manager since June 2022 and now will depart with a hefty severance package and eight months of pay and benefits. While the final terms of the severance were not specified, the pay and benefits should total over $300,000. As part of the severance, it was shared that any and all “investigations” into the city manager’s performance will be dropped.

Current Mayor Liang Chao, part of Better Cupertino, was quoted as saying turnover is necessary to maintain “stability and transparency.” However, it is unclear how a seventh city manager search and an unidentified investigation provide for that.

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Source: San Jose Spotlight

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