PITTSBURG — The Pittsburg Metropolis Council unanimously appointed Vice Mayor Dionne Adams on Monday as the town’s new mayor, handing the gavel to a councilmember who has served on the dais since 2022.
Councilmember Angelica Lopez was additionally unanimously chosen to function vice mayor.
Adams stated she was “deeply humbled and profoundly grateful” to be given the chance to function the mayor within the metropolis she grew up in.
“Pittsburg is my home. It’s the community that shaped me, that raised me, that prayed for me, and taught me the value of service. I am standing here as a daughter of this city, a child who was raised by its schools, its neighborhoods, its churches, and its people,” stated Adams. “Tonight is not simply a moment of ceremony for me, it’s a homecoming.”
Adams stated her purpose as the following mayor is to make Pittsburg a spot the place everybody feels “seen, valued and supported,” assist households and companies thrive, hold neighborhoods protected, guarantee youngsters are impressed by their leaders, and have a metropolis authorities that’s “responsive, transparent and accountable.”
Different key priorities embody growing alternatives for youth and dealing households, addressing housing stability with the county, enhancing metropolis providers, and fostering areas for tradition and neighborhood.
In response to the town, Adams has been a part of numerous our bodies, together with Neighborhood and Financial Growth, Life Enrichment, and Infrastructure and Transportation subcommittees, working with the neighborhood, metropolis workers, and native leaders to help residents’ well-being.
Adams has additionally represented Pittsburg on a number of regional and state boards, such because the Bay Space Air District Board of Administrators; Tri-Delta Transit Board, the place she serves as vice chair; and the Affiliation of Bay Space Governments board, serving to to form insurance policies on clear air, fairness and social justice, transportation, financial improvement, and regional planning, stated the town.
Succeeding Adams’ function is Lopez, a fellow Pittsburg native who stated she is wanting ahead to serving the neighborhood in her new place.
“I am excited to work alongside the new mayor, honor her and respect her (and) the rest of my councilmembers because they do put the work in to make Pittsburg better, and that’s what it is all about,” stated Lopez, who has been a councilmember since 2022.
Outgoing Mayor Jelani Killings thanked his fellow councilmembers for the assorted accomplishments and progress the town has remodeled the yr.
“I’m always proud of the work that we accomplish as a team. This is really a team effort. Although we have this opportunity to serve as mayor, we know this is ‘Team Pittsburg,’” stated Killings. “Without the full council, with all the staff that we work with, and definitely, all of our community partners, none of this can happen. So just tremendously blessed to be able to serve and looking forward to the continued progress here in the city.”
