Rita Scardaci, who replaced Kostielney as head of the Department of Health Services when he retired in 2005, said she inherited from him “a really well-organized, compassionate and professional department that was really focused on providing a broad array of services in the county.”
I believe the 2003 Sonoma County grand jury would beg to differ: http://sonoma.courts.ca.gov/sites/all/assets/pdfs/general-info/grand-jury/2003-2004/resp/MHM-DeptofHealthServices.pdf