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The role of the deputy city manager in Long Beach is responsible for ensuring that policies and programs approved by the City Council are implemented in a consistent manner.
Jackson, who was appointed by then-City Manager Patrick West in 2017, worked on the city’s billion-dollar budget to allocate money toward public safety, affordable housing and homelessness.
“Kevin has a proven history of providing exemplary leadership during his 21-year public service career,” West said at the time of his appointment. “His strong community development, organizational management, and service innovation skills will be a great addition to our Senior Management Team and help us make Long Beach an even better city.”
The City Council on Tuesday adjourned its Tuesday meeting in honor of a man who openly battled with the city for years in court, alleging his firing as an investigator for the commission that oversees police was in retaliation for speaking out against “pro-police bias.”
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Councilman Roberto Uranga requested the meeting be closed in honor of two residents, and one of them was Tomas Gonzales, 74, who died Tuesday after a years-long battle with cancer.
Gonzales was an investigator for the city’s Citizens Police Complaint Commission. He was fired in 2006 and filed a lawsuit alleging retaliation in 2009. He settled in July 2019 for a sum of $775,000.