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June 2, 2021
According to reports, Montebello City Manager Rene Bobadilla will be hired as Santa Monica’s new City Manager.
The Council will hold a special session Wednesday evening, when they expect to announce the hiring.
Back in 2018, Hews Media Group-Community News exclusively learned that then-Pico Rivera City Manager Bobadilla, who had his contract extended in 2017 on a 3-2 vote, was being forced to resign by three city councilmembers that include disgraced El Rancho Unified teacher Gregory Salcido.
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The revelation came from high level sources inside City Hall as well as outside sources.
Just a few days later, then-Mayor pro tem Brent Tercero, along with former Councilmen David Armenia and Greg Salcido, forced Bobadilla to “resign” during a City Council.
They paid Bobadilla nearly $400,000.
Jus 15 months later he was hired to run Montebello in June 2019, he will now take the reigns in Santa Monica.
