Alex Khojikian, who has served as Redwood City’s deputy city manager since August 2016, was promoted by City Manager Melissa Stenvenson Diaz to assistant city manager Wednesday, according to the city.
As assistant city manager, Khojikian will have responsibility for housing, economic development, communications and community engagement, and real estate transactions on behalf of the city. In addition, he will oversee key City Manager’s Office initiatives, including the city’s strategic plan, financial sustainability efforts, legislative advocacy, support for good government programs and the city’s transition to district elections. He will also support the City Council’s safe parking initiative and other emerging policy issues, according to the city.
Khojikian previously served as the deputy city manager for Half Moon Bay and also served in various roles for the cities of Paramount and Anaheim in Southern California. Collectively, he has 17 years of experience in municipal government. He has a bachelor’s degree in political science from University of California, Berkeley and a master’s in public administration from California State University, Long Beach, according to the city.
Keep the discussion civilized. Absolutely NO
personal attacks or insults directed toward writers, nor others who
make comments. Keep it clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd,
racist or sexually-oriented language. Don't threaten. Threats of harming another
person will not be tolerated. Be truthful. Don't knowingly lie about anyone
or anything. Be proactive. Use the 'Report' link on
each comment to let us know of abusive posts. PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK. Anyone violating these rules will be issued a
warning. After the warning, comment privileges can be
revoked.
Please purchase a Premium Subscription to continue reading.
To continue, please log in, or sign up for a new account.
We offer one free story view per month. If you register for an account, you will get two additional story views. After those three total views, we ask that you support us with a subscription.
A subscription to our digital content is so much more than just access to our valuable content. It means you’re helping to support a local community institution that has, from its very start, supported the betterment of our society. Thank you very much!
(0) comments
Welcome to the discussion.
Log In
Keep the discussion civilized. Absolutely NO personal attacks or insults directed toward writers, nor others who make comments.
Keep it clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd, racist or sexually-oriented language.
Don't threaten. Threats of harming another person will not be tolerated.
Be truthful. Don't knowingly lie about anyone or anything.
Be proactive. Use the 'Report' link on each comment to let us know of abusive posts.
PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK.
Anyone violating these rules will be issued a warning. After the warning, comment privileges can be revoked.