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Lodi Taps Elk Grove's Kara Reddig as New City Manager
After more than a year of acting appointments, interim placeholders, and legal bills approaching seven figures, the City of Lodi has hired Kara Reddig, Deputy City Manager of Elk Grove, as its next City Manager. A seasoned municipal executive with more than two decades of local-government leadership, Reddig arrives to stabilize an office that has cycled through four different managers since April 2025 — and to reset a City Hall still working through the fallout of the Scott Carney removal, an estimated $600,000 in legal costs, and two independent reviews of the city's internal controls.
Who Is Aaron Busch? Lodi’s New Interim City Manager
The City of Lodi has appointed Aaron Busch, the recently retired city manager of Vacaville, CA, as its interim city manager — the latest chapter in a leadership crisis that has consumed City Hall for nearly a year and cost taxpayers over $1 million. The City Council discussed the interim recruitment in closed session on February 11 and is expected to formalize the appointment at its February 19 meeting.
Lodi's Leadership Crisis: City Moves to Remove Carney
Lodi’s City Council has initiated proceedings to remove City Manager Scott Carney while Acting City Manager James Lindsay nears his CalPERS 960-hour cap, creating urgent pressure to finalize interim leadership and accelerate the permanent city manager search.