Stockton City Manager Harry Black has resigned from his post to avoid being fired by the City Council.

Stockton’s City Council may be looking to replace City Manager Harry Black just days into a new term and only a few months after the council renewed his contract for another four years. 

Stockton Councilmember Michele Padilla has been officially censured by her fellow councilors for using city money to fund a community barbecue where candidates running for office were allowed to give political speeches.

Stockton City Councilmember Michele Padilla gave an impassioned speech at Tuesday’s City Council meeting defending herself against accusations that she misused public money.

Stockton Councilmember Michele Padilla is facing a possible censure following accusations by her fellow councilors that she misused public funds. 

Fellow Stockton Councilmembers Blower and Villapudua submitted an official letter to the city clerk’s office Friday requesting a censure hearing against Padilla be put on the agenda for the City Council’s next meeting.

Stockton City Councilmember Michele Padilla may have run afoul of council policy at a community event she hosted over the weekend by providing a public platform for local candidates seeking political office.

Stockton Unified has either spent or earmarked nearly all of the hundreds of millions of dollars in COVID-19 relief funding it’s received from the federal government over the past three years.

Stockton Unified has terminated its controversial employment contract — or resignation agreement, depending on whom you ask — with its former district superintendent, John Ramirez Jr. 

Appointment comes week before audit finds evidence of illegal financial activity within district.