Vice Mayor Ana Apodaca Finalist for Nadia Lockyer's County Seat

Newark Vice Mayor Ana Apodaca is among five finalists being considered to fill the District 2 seat on the Alameda County Board of Supervisors, according to media reports.

The Oakland Tribune reported Tuesday that the councilwoman also received the most votes – with each of the four current representatives of the five-member board voting for her to move forward in the appointment process.

Finalists will be interviewed May 29.

Union City Mayor Green; former Union City councilman and mayoral candidate Richard Valle; Sheryl Grant, who has no political history; and former District 2 Supervisor Gail Steele are the other finalists, according to the Tribune.

The finalists were chosen out of a pool of .

Steele is the only applicant who proclaimed she would not seek election for the seat in November.

The seat became vacant when former District 2 Supervisor Nadia Lockyer after a highly covered bout of drug addiction, an extramarital affair and an alleged, unfounded assault in which she claimed her ex-lover attacked her.

The board plans to appoint someone by June 5 and that person will serve in the District 2 seat until the November general election, the Tribune report states.

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