Jenny Kassan will get promotion from DA after leaving Fremont Metropolis Council

OAKLAND — Former Fremont Metropolis Councilwoman Jenny Kassan, after not too long ago resigning from her political place, obtained a promotion from Alameda County District Lawyer Pamela Worth this week.

“We are excited to see Jenny accept the role as the new leader for the Community Support Bureau,” Worth stated in an announcement. “She brings a wealth of talent, experience and a vision to expand our office’s engagement with community groups and residents, that will level-up our outreach programs and partnerships with local organizations with the aim of promoting crime prevention.”

Kassan joined the DA’s workplace in Might 2023 and as a prosecutor has labored on circumstances involving actual property fraud, human trafficking, the setting and unlawful dumping. In September, she resigned midway by her second time period as a Fremont councilwoman. On the time, she stated she was leaving council to focus extra on her personal enterprise, her job as a county prosecutor and to assist her husband, Vinnie Bacon, run for mayor on this yr’s election.

Jenny Kassan is the brand new director of the Alameda County District Lawyer’s Workplace’s neighborhood assist bureau 

She beforehand stated that some residents have been uncomfortable together with her probably serving on council similtaneously Bacon. The 2 beforehand served collectively between 2018 and 2020, till Bacon left council.

Kassan, a deputy district legal professional, has a bachelor’s diploma in psychology with a minor in Ethnic Research and a masters diploma in metropolis planning from the College of California, Berkeley. She obtained a Nationwide Science Basis Fellowship from Yale Legislation Faculty, the place she earned a regulation diploma in 1995.

In accordance with Clear California, an internet database of presidency salaries, Kassan was paid $75,116 in whole compensation, together with wages and advantages, for her half time job as a prosecutor in 2023.

She replaces interim Group Assist Bureau Director Esther Lemus, who additionally beforehand served as a prosecutor in Sonoma County.

Kassan didn’t return a request for touch upon this story.

Initially Revealed: October 29, 2024 at 3:07 PM PDT