Irvine City Manager Oliver Chi Set to Step Down and Head to Santa Monica

Irvine City Manager Oliver Chi set to step down and head to Santa Monica

Santa Monica city officials announced on Friday, May 23, they’ve chosen Irvine City Manager Oliver Chi to fill the top administrative job in their city. Pending final approval by the Santa Monica City Council on Tuesday, Chi appears set to start with the town to the north in July, according to a press release. “I am overwhelmingly humbled and so exceptionally grateful for this opportunity to serve a city as dynamic and iconic as Santa Monica,” C…

Santa Monica hires Oliver Chi as City Manager

Santa Monica has selected Oliver Chi as its next city manager following a nationwide search, the City Council announced Friday. Chi, who has served as Irvine's city manager since 2021, will earn an annual salary of $410,604 when he officially joins Santa Monica on July 14. The City Council is scheduled to formally approve his […] The post Santa Monica hires Oliver Chi as City Manager first appeared on Santa Monica Daily Press.

BREAKING: Oliver Chi may be leaving as City Manager - Irvine Watchdog

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Irvine City Manager Oliver Chi is Outta Here; updated – The Liberal OC

As my phone has been buzzing since last night, I got a reliable tip this afternoon that Irvine City Manager Oliver Chi has served notice and will leave Irvine to take a similar post for the city of Santa Monica. I’m told the city council may hold an emergency meeting to counter the offer to retain Chi. Chi joined Irvine in December 2022 from Huntington Beach.  Oliver has more than twenty-four years of extensive government experience at both the …