City Manager History

The City Council established Arcata as having a Council / Manager form of government in 1958, and hired its 1st City Manager that year.
  • James L. Kay
    April 17, 1958 - February 1, 1962
  • Phillip Brown
    April 16, 1962 - July 31, 1965
  • George Wood
    August 1965 - April 3, 1974
  • Roger Storey
    April 15, 1974 - July 1, 1981
  • Rory Robinson
    December 1, 1981 - February 17, 1988
  • Alice Harris
    March 2, 1988 - September 30, 1997
  • Keith Breskin
    October 1, 1997 - June 30, 2000
  • Daniel E. Hauser
    October 1, 2000 - April 30, 2006
  • Michael Hackett
    May 15, 2006 - May 25, 2009
  • Randal J. Mendosa
    May 25, 2009 - July 7, 2014
  • Karen Diemer
    December 1, 2014 to present