A San Antonio City Council staffer, James Branch, the chief of staff for District 7, has departed City Hall for the private sector. His last day with the City of San Antonio was Monday, according to a letter Branch provided.

Background

Branch’s departure comes after Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones sent a memo stating that Branch had access to security detail information for her home and had failed to comply with a San Antonio Police Department Internal Affairs probe of how the information leaked to the media.

Branch made no mention of the mayor’s allegations in his resignation letter. Instead, he praised Councilwoman Marina Alderete Gavito for her leadership and called her a ‘mentor, a confidant, an advocate and a friend’ during his three years with her office.

Alderete Gavito announced Monday that she had picked La-Tieka Sims as her new chief of staff. Sims had previously led the district office’s constituent services team and managed community events.

Original reporting: San Antonio, TX News (HLL/CB) — read the source article.