Stockton City Council will meet in closed session Tuesday to discuss the appointment of a new city attorney, marking the first formal action on the position since the resignation of City Attorney Lori Asuncion earlier this month.
The agenda lists the item as “Public Employee / Public Employee Appointment: City Attorney,” a personnel matter authorized for closed session under California law, which allows local officials to privately consider the appointment, evaluation or dismissal of a public employee.
Asuncion’s resignation was accepted unanimously during the council’s first meeting of the year, where Assistant City Attorney Taryn Jones was subsequently named acting city attorney…