Local News in Brief : Seal Beach : Daniel Joseph Named Lawndale City Manager
Daniel P. Joseph, assistant city manager of Seal Beach, has been named city manager of Lawndale.
Under a contract approved by the Lawndale council in closed session Thursday night, Joseph will start his $62,424-a-year job on June 6.
In an interview Friday, Joseph, 37, said he plans to take time “to observe and to learn” before proposing changes that might be made at Lawndale City Hall. He said that in Seal Beach his greatest accomplishment was helping to improve the city’s financial stability in spite of Proposition 13 revenue limits.
Joseph joined the city staff at Seal Beach eight years ago. He is a resident of La Palma and has two children, 11 and 13. He said he enjoys golf and running and is “an avid Dodger fan.”
Assistant City Manager Paula J. Cone has filled in as Lawndale’s acting city manager since the departure of Paul J. Philips, who resigned under fire after a series of closed-door sessions with the council in December.
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