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General Inquiries and Requests	City Manager's Office 760-434-2820 help@carlsbadca.gov
Administrative Services (IT and Finance) 760-602-2430	Laura Rocha, Deputy City Manager, Administrative Services laura.rocha@carlsbadca.gov 760-602-2415
Building Inspections bldginspections@carlsbadca.gov 760-602-2700 Building Permits building@carlsbadca.gov 760-602-2719	Mike Peterson, Assistant Director, Community & Economic Development mike.peterson@carlsbadca.gov 760-602-2721
Business License Office finance@carlsbadca.gov 760-602-2495	Cheryl Gerhardt, Finance Manager cheryl.gerhardt@carlsbadca.gov 760-602-2468
City Manager’s Office manager@carlsbadca.gov 760-434-2820	Scott Chadwick, City Manager Elaine Lukey, Chief Operations Officer scott.chadwick@carlsbadca.gov elaine.lukey@carlsbadca.gov 760-434-2820
City Clerk's Office clerk@carlsbadca.gov 760-434-2808	Sheila Cobian, Clerk Services Manager sheila.cobian@carlsbadca.gov 760-434-2917
Code E nforcement codeenforcement@carlsbadca.gov codecompliance@carlsbadca.gov 760-602-2703	Mike Peterson, Assistant Director, Community & Economic Development mike.peterson@carlsbadca.gov 760-602-2721
Communication & Engagement communications@carlsbadca.gov 760-434-5352	Kristina Ray, Communication & Engagement Director kristina.ray@carlsbadca.gov 760-434-2957
Community Development business@carlsbadca.gov 760-602-2710	Jeff Murphy, Director jeff.murphy@carlsbadca.gov 760-602-2710
Community Services	Gary Barberio, Deputy City Manager, Community Services gary.barberio@carlsbadca.gov 760-434-2822
Cultural Arts arts@carlsbadca.gov 760-434-2920	Richard L. Schultz, Cultural Arts Manager richard.schultz@carlsbadca.gov 760-602-2086
Development Services 760-602-2710	Jeremy Riddle, Development Services Manager jeremy.riddle@carlsbadca.gov 760-602-2785
Emergency Operations david.harrison@carlsbadca.gov 760-931-2137	David Harrison, Assistant Director of Emergency Services david.harrison@carlsbadca.gov 760-931-2137
Environmental Management 760-602-7584 Recycling & Trash recycle.trash@carlsbadca.gov 760-602-4646	James Wood, Environmental Manager james.wood@carlsbadca.gov 760-602-7584 Avecita Jones, Senior Program Manager avecita.jones@carlsbadca.gov 760-602-7542
Finance finance@carlsbadca.gov 760-602-2430	Kevin Branca, Director kevin.branca@carlsbadca.gov 760-602-2418
Fire (non-emergencies) firemail@carlsbadca.gov 760-931-2141	Michael Calderwood, Fire Chief michael.calderwood@carlsbadca.gov 760-931-2141
Housing Services housing@carlsbadca.gov 760-434-2810	David de Cordova, Principal Planner david.decordova@carlsbadca.gov 760-602-4604
Human Resources hr@carlsbadca.gov 760-602-2440 760-602-2480 Job line	Judy von Kalinowski, Director judy.vonkalinowski@carlsbadca.gov 760-473-4670
Information Technology 760-602-2450	Maria Callander, Director maria.callander@carlsbadca.gov 760-602-2454
Library librarian@carlsbadca.gov 760-602-2026	Heather Pizzuto, Library & Cultural Arts Director heather.pizzuto@carlsbadca.gov 760-602-2056
Parks & Recreation parksandrec@carlsbadca.gov 760-434-2826	Kyle Lancaster, Director kyle.lancaster@carlsbadca.gov 760-434-2941
Planning planning@carlsbadca.gov 760-602-4600	Don Neu, City Planner don.neu@carlsbadca.gov 760-602-4601
Police (non-emergencies) police@carlsbadca.gov 760-931-2197	Neil Gallucci, Police Chief neil.gallucci@carlsbadca.gov 760-931-2130
Public Works 760-602-2730 Streets and Storm Drain Maintenance 760-434-2856	Paz Gomez, Deputy City Manager, Public Works paz.gomez@carlsbadca.gov 760-602-2751 Michael O'Brien, Public Works Superintendent michael.obrien@carlsbadca.gov 760-434-2890
Sewer wastewater@carlsbadca.gov (sewer after hours) 760-438-2722 760-931-2197 Water and Utilities Customer Service 760-602-2420 760-438-2722	Vicki Quiram, Utilities Director vicki.quiram@carlsbadca.gov 760-438-2722 x7107
Short-Term Vacation Rental stvr@carlsbadca.gov	Kerry Jezisek, Senior Program Manager kerry.jezisek@carlsbadca.gov 760-434-2883
Transportation transportation@carlsbadca.gov 760-602-273	Tom Frank, Transportation Director tom.frank@carlsbadca.gov 760-602-2766

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