City Manager Susan McCarthy will speak April 5 in front of the League of Women Voters about the city’s current economic condition.
The talk is entitled, “Making Every Dollar Count: Adjusting City Hall to New Economic Realities”
McCarthy’s first public appearance as city manager when she was hired in November 2000 was at a League of Women Voter’s reception.
McCarthy will talk about how city staff is dealing with less resources and money. She welcomes the opportunity to answer questions and hear the views of the electorate.
Getting her start in Santa Monica government in administrative positions with the city’s transportation and administrative services departments from 1975-76, McCarthy has served in a variety of positions with the city.
Before her appointment as assistant city manager in 1996, she was director of Community and Cultural Services, director of personnel, assistant director of administrative services and human resources administrator. In 1985, she took a six-year break from municipal service for graduate study and joined the L.A. County Natural History Museum in public relations and development positions.
McCarthy has a bachelor’s degree from Mount Holyoke College and a master’s degree from USC’s Annenberg School of Communications. She lives in Santa Monica with her husband, Kevin McCarthy, who works at the Rand Corp.
The meeting will be held on Saturday at 9:30 a.m. in the Community Room of Village Park Town Homes at 2700 Pearl St., in Santa Monica. There is no charge and all are invited. Ample free parking is available.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on March 24, 2003. Read the original PDF.