Politics & Government
Williams Out After 9 Years As City Attorney
The San Leandro City Council has elevated her former deputy, Richard Pio Roda, to the post. Williams will assist him, according to a city press release.
Assistant City Attorney Richard D. Pio Roda has been named City Attorney for San Leandro, replacing Jayne Williams who had held that post for nine years.
According to a press release issued by the city Tuesday, Williams will continue to provide legal services to San Leandro as an assistant to her former assistant.
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For the past five years Pio Roda was Assistant City Attorney and counsel to the City’s Board of Zoning Adjustments, and its Planning Commission.
The changes result from a unanimous decision by the City Council that announced at the end of the long Monday night meeting dominated by debate over the Halus windmill.
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Pio Roda and Williams are both employees of the Meyers Nave law firm, and they work under contract to San Leandro.
Meyers Nave is a 90-person law firm whose clients are government entities according to a Business Journal profile. The firm was cofounded in 1986 by former San Leandro city attorney Steven Meyers.
According to San Leandro Bytes, when the city council reviewed the Meyers Nave contract in February, six council members opted to retain the relationship while Mayor Stephen Cassidy urged more scrutiny of alternatives.
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