Search Expands to Fill Mental Health Post
From Times Staff Reports
County officials are expanding efforts to find a new director for their troubled mental health department after only 14 candidates applied for the $114,000-a-year post.
The county will soon hire a recruiting firm to widen the pool of candidates.
Former mental health chief Stephen Kaplan resigned in 1999 after battling with his boss, Health Care Agency Director Pierre Durand. Kaplan’s replacement was fired by supervisors after repeatedly clashing with other department managers.
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