City Manager Transition — Leadership Stability at a Critical Moment

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Union City is navigating a significant leadership transition that comes at a particularly demanding moment in the city's development history. City Manager Larry Cheeves stepped down at the end of December 2025 after an esteemed 25-year career with the city — a departure that removes deep institutional knowledge precisely when Union City is managing its RHNA housing mandate, the industrial land-use pivot, the Climate Action Plan update, and a new biennial budget cycle simultaneously. The city manager is the most operationally influential position in Union City's council-manager government — more so than any individual councilmember — and the interim and permanent replacement's priorities will directly shape how these competing demands are managed. Interim City Manager Joan Malloy is leading negotiations with industrial non-compliance issues — a sign that the transition is not disrupting day-to-day operations, but the permanent hire will set the strategic tone for years.

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