A news release from the city Thursday also seems to acknowledge that Steve Colangelo may not have initially been up to the job of running California’s 11th largest city.

Vice Mayor Jason Lee wants to know why nearly $100,000 of public money allocated for DEI is being used by Stockton’s interim city manager to pay for a consultant to help him do his job.

Interim City Manager Steve Colangelo was hired in February despite concerns from the community and some councilmembers that he wasn’t qualified for the job.

Stockton City Council is set to appoint serial political candidate and long-time event producer Steve Colangelo as interim city manager. He has noe experience in city government.

A temporary order sealing the arrest warrant for a former San Joaquin County court clerk was lifted Friday following deliberations that lasted nearly two months after a judge ruled that the document shouldn’t have ever been sealed in the first place.

A judge questioned why the San Joaquin County Superior Court had motioned to seal an arrest warrant for one of its former employees when the document had already been public for several days before court proceedings began.

Harry Black spent nearly five years as Stockton’s city manager, excelling at times, facing criticisms at others, and surviving multiple attempts to oust him. That all changed last week.

SJ County Sheriff Patrick Withrow has vowed to investigate what his office calls a possible conspiracy after the release of a sealed search warrant. A coalition of free-speech advocates pushes back, warning of a “chilling effect” for covering the case.

The San Joaquin County Superior Court says evidence used to obtain an arrest warrant for one of its former clerks should have never been in the hands of the county Sheriff’s Office.

The first court hearing for a former Superior Court clerk charged in the release of one sealed document led instead to a surprise move to seal another one.