The City Council Friday will consider the appointment of Malaika Billups as the next general manager of the Personnel Department, a role in which she would receive a $7,000 pay bump compared to her predecessor.
Mayor Karen Bass nominated Billups to serve as the general manager on March 24. Billups would be taking over the position from Dana Brown, who retired Sept. 21, 2024. Grayce Liu has served as interim general manager.
City officials said that Brown’s annual salary upon retirement was $352,475, and Bass has recommended an annual salary of $359,532 for Billups, an increase of about $7,000.
If her nomination is approved, Billups would assume her new role upon confirmation by the City Council.
She would oversee the Personnel Department’s 600 employees and 16 divisions, which handles hiring, payroll
On Friday morning, the Personnel and Hiring Committee will consider BIllups’ nomination. The matter is also scheduled for a vote by the City Council the same day.
In a letter, Bass described Billups as “especially qualified by reason of training and experience” for the work.
Billiups currently works as an assistant city administrative officer for Los Angeles. She previously served as the chief diversity equity and inclusion officer for the Office of Workplace Equity with the Department of Personnel from 2019 to 2022.
She also worked as a deputy city attorney with the Labor Relations Division in the City Attorney’s Office from 2017 to 2022.
Billups earned a bachelors of arts degree in child development from Spelman College and later attended Loyola Law School.