After leaving the top administrative position in Merced County in May, Raul Lomeli Mendez is back working in the assistant county executive officer position at Stanislaus County, according to his LinkedIn profile.
That’s the same position he held before he was appointed Merced County’s CEO in early 2022, a job he held for three years.
Mendez led the county through a number of challenges during his tenure, including the historic Planada flood in 2023, high turnover in the Sheriff’s Office, skyrocketing health insurance premiums for county employees, and the closing of fire stations…