The Lafayette City Council has announced it has appointed long-time resident John McCormick to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Councilmember Teresa Gerringer.  

Gerringer announced her resignation from the council on Dec. 15, effective Jan. 23. Gerringer had served on the council since 2018 after spending 18 years on the Lafayette School District board.   

Teresa Gerringer announced she will resign her seat on the Lafayette City Council on Jan. 23, 2024. (Contra Costa County)

McCormick will serve until the next municipal election in November.  

Seven people applied for the seat and all were interviewed by the City Council on Monday. According to the city, the selection of McCormick was a unanimous decision.  

McCormick has been a resident of Lafayette for more than 30 years and has raised two children there, the city said Tuesday. He owns the local music store Lamorinda Music and has served on the planning commission since 2023 and as the chair of the city’s Land Acknowledgement Task Force. He also sits on the boards for both the Lafayette Chamber of Commerce and the Park Theatre Trust. In 2021, he was voted Lafayette Business Person of the Year.  

Katy St. Clair got her start in journalism by working in the classifieds department at the East Bay Express during the height of alt weeklies, then sweet talked her way into becoming staff writer, submissions editor, and music editor. She has been a columnist in the East Bay Express, SF Weekly, and the San Francisco Examiner. Starting in 2015, she begrudgingly scaled the inverted pyramid at dailies such as the Vallejo Times-Herald, The Vacaville Reporter, and the Daily Republic. She has her own independent news site and blog that covers the delightfully dysfunctional town of Vallejo, California, where she also collaborates with the investigative team at Open Vallejo. A passionate advocate for people with developmental disabilities, she serves on both the Board of the Arc of Solano and the Arc of California. She lives in Vallejo.