"OAKLAND - A high-ranking Oakland city official who said he provided federal investigators key evidence that led to criminal indictments against ex-Mayor Sheng Thao and others is leaving his role to take a leadership job in another East Bay city."
""His deep experience in budgeting, economic development, capital improvements, solid waste and emergency operations will support strong collaboration and trust," Brentwood Mayor Susannah Meyer said Wednesday in a release announcing the hire."
"Duffey, whose exposure as an apparent witness in the federal corruption investigation in Oakland heightened his public profile, said in a statement to this news organization on Wednesday that he was "extremely proud of the city's resilience and the way we bounced back from emergency after emergency.""
G. Harold Duffey served as assistant city administrator in Oakland and worked closely with former mayor Sheng Thao during a tumultuous period. He provided federal investigators evidence that helped produce criminal indictments and left the city on Sept. 25 to take a city manager position in Brentwood, a Contra Costa County town of about 67,000. Brentwood will consider his hire on Oct. 28; the role pays up to $315,967 plus benefits. Duffey brings experience in budgeting, economic development, capital improvements, solid waste and emergency operations and will address jobs-housing imbalance and long commute challenges. He cited pride in Oakland’s recovery from a 2023 ransomware attack and storms that worsened potholes.
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