UpdatedTue, Jan 26, 2021 at 7:30 am PT Replies(2) Feldman will stay until the city finds a replacement but wants a $375,000 buyout of her contract, plus benefits. (Shutterstock) MALIBU, CA — Reva Feldman may not complete her term as Malibu city manager, her lawyer said in a letter to interim City Attorney John C. Cotti, which was obtained by Patch. Feldman will resign because of "unprecedented personal and professional attacks by [Councilman] Bruce Silverstein," Feldman's lawyer, Therese Y. Cannata of San Francisco law firm Cannata, O'Toole, Fickes & Olson, said in the four-page letter dated Jan. 16. Feldman's contract was set to expire in May 2022. Feldman will stay until the city finds a successor but seeks a $375,000 buyout of her remaining contract, with benefits, as well as a release of claims and a nondisparagement clause, the letter said.