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Longtime Escondido City Attorney Jeffery Epp has unanimously been named city manager of Escondido, the City Council announced at its Wednesday meeting.
Epp replaces Graham Mitchell, who served as city manager for just over a year until resigning for personal reasons in October. Mitchell stayed on until early March at the council’s request. Epp has been the acting city manager since then.
Mayor Sam Abed Thursday said more than 100 applications were received for the job but the council decided to go with what they knew was already working.
“We have been watching closely the performance of the interim city attorney and city manager,” Abed said. “The entire council believes their performance has exceeded our expectations.”
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Candidates for city offices in Escondido may have to work harder to raise campaign cash in future elections, after the City Council decided to slash limits on political contributions by as much as 75 percent.
Currently, donors can contribute up to $4,300 per election to a candidate for city offices such as city council, mayor and treasurer. But after the new limits take effect in mid-December, the limit will be $1,000 for district races for city council seats, and $1,750 for mayoral and treasurer races. The new limits will be in force for the next municipal election in 2022.
For the record:
12:24 PM, Nov. 09, 2020This story has been corrected to reflect that Poway’s campaign contribution limit is $250
QBE Names 4 From Berkshire Hathaway to Financial Lines Team December 16, 2020
Danielle Librizzi as head of Professional Liability
Thomas Kocaj as head of Management Liability
Michael McGuinness as senior vice president, Public Directors & Officers
Adam Fleischner as senior vice president, Financial Institutions
QBE last month announced the addition of two executives from Berkshire Hathaway: Dan Fortin as president, Financial Lines, and Todd Greeley as chief operating officer, Financial Lines.
All four of the newest executives are also from Berkshire Hathaway, where Librizzi was head of Professional Liability; Kocaj was senior vice president, Financial Institutions; McGuinness was vice president, Executive & Professional Lines, and Fleischner was vice president, Financial Institutions.