Shasta County Board Defers Decision On Potential CEO, Chriss Street
Giving Street time to respond to the results of the background check is normal procedure, County Counsel Rubin Cruse said.
After forty-five minutes of related public comment yesterday, March 28, the Shasta County Board of Supervisors met briefly in closed session to discuss the potential appointment of a new CEO.
A few weeks ago, they made a preliminary offer to former Orange County treasurer Chriss Street. As is usual for County employment, the offer was tentative, dependent on the results of a background check.
Street was offered the position after an interview process that included seven candidates. Their decision became public earlier than expected after information leaks from the Board’s closed sessions were printed in local media, prompting the Board to take the unusual step of voting to disclose information from a closed session meeting.
Yesterday the Board voted to give Street five days to respond to the results of the background check, a process which County Counsel Rubin Cruse confirmed is normal policy, not indicative of concerns.
In 2010 a federal judge ordered Street to pay $7 million for mismanaging trust funds, according to reporting from the L.A. Times. He’s also come under community scrutiny for his role as Vice President of New California, a movement which hopes to split the state. Street contends that New California is a not a secessionist movement because it intends to follow a legislative process of achieving statehood through votes by both state and federal legislators. Notably, New California has already issued a Declaration of Independence on its site.
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