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The Importance of Screening Laterals
City Manager Christopher Lopez emphasizes the importance of leadership.
Christopher Lopez
Aug 19, 20231 min read
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Issues Facing Today's City Managers
The City Manager world is filled with evolution, blood-sport style politics, and localized special interests which are fueling new local...
Christopher Lopez
Feb 23, 20232 min read
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The Homelessness Battle: Talking and Learning Directly from Homeless Individuals
The homelessness challenge has become a significant challenge facing our communities. Over the last several weeks I have spent time with...
Christopher Lopez
Feb 11, 20232 min read
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Connecting Elected Officials to Residents: Community Engagement for City Managers
Looking for information on how to structure an evening to connect with residents? Look no further! It was the moment we had all been...
Christopher Lopez
Feb 2, 20233 min read
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Keeping your Mind Sharp and Decompressing: A City Manager's Take on Playing in a Band.
This post is a little different from my previous posts. Many people don't know this about me, but I played in a band for a few years....
Christopher Lopez
Jan 25, 20234 min read
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Community Engagement: Creating Programs that Connect with Youth and their Local Government
One constant reoccurring theme in my life is giving opportunities; whether that's with internships, lessons at the dojo, or otherwise...
Christopher Lopez
Jan 24, 20233 min read
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Police Trust, Transparency, and Engagement
City Manager Christopher Lopez describes how to increase trust in communities while also combatting violent crime.
Christopher Lopez
Jan 24, 20234 min read
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Strategic Planning: How City Managers Can Use it to Change Culture
Imagine this scenario: you are new to an organization, it's attempting to go in twenty different directions and going nowhere fast....
Christopher Lopez
Jan 18, 20232 min read
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Listening to Your Team: Leadership Philosophy
Since leaving the City of #Hemet and #SanBernardino, many colleagues continue to reach out asking for my opinion and advice on their...
Christopher Lopez
Dec 13, 20222 min read
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Charting a New Financial Path to Victory: Part II
Last week I created a blog post discussing the path that I laid out for the #CityofHemet as their #CityManager and how we made it to...
Christopher Lopez
Nov 4, 20221 min read
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