Bradley J. Hudson

Brad Hudson ​Date in office​: 2011-2016

Bradley J. Hudson joined Sacramento County as the County Executive on August 15, 2011. Hudson came to the County from Riverside, California, where he served as the City Manager from 2005-2011. Prior to his tenure as City Manager, he served as Assistant CEO for Riverside County, totaling more than twenty years of leadership in the Riverside area. Hudson earned a reputation as a dynamic, turn-around executive with a track record of stimulating economic growth and development, encouraging innovation and entrepreneurship.

While serving as City Manager, Riverside was the only large city in California to enter fiscal year 2011/12 without a deficit or reliance upon reserves, and to finish the year with a budget surplus. Hudson was instrumental in improving the responsiveness of City services to citizen needs through the nationally recognized Customer Relationship Management Program which uses technology and broadband applications to receive and respond to citizen requests for service.  

Hudson was also heavily involved in the Riverside Renaissance Initiative, The Smart Riverside Program and the Green Riverside Initiative. The Riverside Renaissance is a $1.57 billion capital improvement program which constructed 30 years of public improvements in five years. The Smart Riverside Program worked to establish the City of Riverside as an innovation and technology center and to provide free computers and internet access to every citizen. The Green Riverside Initiative distinguished Riverside as California’s first “Emerald City’ by developing a community driven environmental program that includes green building, recycling and reuse, renewable energy resources, resource conservation, clean air initiatives, and community education and outreach. 

Hudson left County employment in early January 2016, where he became Chief Executive Officer of Laguna Woods Village.  

Hudson received his B.S. degree in Business Administration from California State University Fresno and his M.P.A. degree from the University of San Francisco and is a Veteran of the United States Air Force.