Matt Wachter to lead city`s Planning, Community and Economic Development Department

Following a national search, Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway on Wednesday named Matt Wachter to lead the city’s influential Planning, Community and Economic Development Department.

Wachter, who currently manages the city’s Office of Real Estate Services, was chosen from a field of 28 candidates and three finalists that also included Justice Castaneda, executive director of nonprofit Common Wealth Development, and Eric Shaw, an adviser in community planning and capacity building for the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services.