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Thursday, May 22, 2008

Capability of California's drug and alcohol treatment director questioned

By Jordan Rau, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
May 22, 2008

A state watchdog commission is skeptical that Renée Zito, hired on the recommendation of Schwarzenegger's chief of staff, will be able to turn the 'weak' agency around.
SACRAMENTO -- -- A personal connection with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's chief of staff led to Renée Zito's selection as California's drug and alcohol treatment czar. But more than a year into her tenure, Zito's aptitude is being questioned by substance abuse professionals and by an independent state watchdog agency.

Before she was tapped to run the California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs, Zito was a top official at Marin Services for Women, a nonprofit treatment center in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she worked with the domestic partner of Susan Kennedy, Schwarzenegger's chief of staff. Kennedy's partner was promoted to Zito's job after she left.
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