Oakland City Administrator Jestin Johnson submitted his resignation after texts were revealed showing comments he made about female subordinates, Mayor Barbara Lee announced Sunday.
Texts from 2024 show that in a conversation with former Public Works Director G. Harold Duffey, Johnson referred to an employee as his “kryptonite,” saying she had a “helluva walk.” Another time, he told Duffey that another female employee made him “a little giddy” and that he had to force himself to look only into her eyes.
In a statement, Lee called the communications “degrading and unprofessional.”…