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Member, City Council; City of Los Angeles; District 9

Jan Perry Adds LA Times, La Opinion and La Weekly To Her List of Endorsements

The momentum is with Jan Perry for Council District 9, after receiving endorsements this week from La Opinion, LA Weekly and the Engineers And Architects Association. They recognize her vision, determination and independence to get things done for the Ninth District. These, along with endorsements from The LA Times, The California Democratic Party, LA Chamber of Commerce and Los Angeles League of Conservation Voters have community leaders and stakeholders aligning with her.

Jan will collaborate with community leaders and stakeholders to make the city more responsive to the needs of the people living and working in the Ninth District. She will bring a new vision to the Ninth District. She will work hard and bridge downtown to the South Los Angeles community. She will encourage communities of interests--communities interested in affordable housing, converting vacant lots into community gardens and revitalizing the Central Avenue Historic District--to work together.

The LA Times says, "Perry has the skills to represent the full Ninth District. She has creative ideas about reusing strip malls for after-school programs, finding ways to bring greenery into old and neglected neighborhoods and working with business interests to spread downtown economic revitalization to benefit the larger district."

Jan is determined to improve the quality of life, by ensuring that city services reach all the residents in Ninth District. Her background in Urban Planning and Land Use plus her five years as Chief-of-Staff in the district makes her uniquely qualified to understand the needs of the Ninth and how to get services to its residents.

La Opinion says, "We think she has the capability to manage the District%s issues better than anyone else and that she presents the most coherent work plan. We also believe her vision reaches far beyond her own district to include the entire city council."

Jan, who is bilingual, has attracted a diverse group of supporters, including stakeholders, leaders from community and faith-based organizations.

LA Weekly says, "She has consistently practiced a non-racialist politics. She was one of relatively few local African-American politicos who actively opposed the immigrant-bashing Proposition 187."

Jan's diverse list of endorsements include :

Elected Officials

Hon. Diane Watson, Congresswoman-elect
Hon. Hal Bernson, Los Angeles City Council
Hon. John Chaing, California Board of Equalization
Hon. Laura Chick, Controller-elect
Hon. Mervyn Dymally, California Lt. Governor (ret)
Hon. Valerie Fields, Los Angeles School Board
Hon. Ruth Galanter, Los Angeles City Council
Hon. Mike Hernandez, Los Angeles City Council
Hon. Kenneth P. Hahn, Los Angeles County Assessor (ret)
Hon. Nate Holden, Los Angeles City Council
Hon. Joy Picus, Los Angeles City Council (ret)
Hon. Mike Woo, Los Angeles City Council (ret)
Hon. Genethia Hudley Hayes, Pres. LA School Board
Hon. Valerie Fields, Los Angeles School Board
Hon. Sheila Kuehl, California State Senate
Hon. John Chiang, California Board of Equalization
Hon. Jeffery Prang
Hon. Cindy Miscikowski, Los Angeles City Council
Hon. Rick Tuttle

Organizations

Teamsters Joint Council 48
Americans for Democratic Action
California Democratic Party
Los Angeles County Democratic Party
The Los AngelesTimes
La Weekly
La Opinion
The Wave Community Newspapers
Los Angeles League of Conservation Voters
United Transportation Union
Painters Alliance
Central City Association
LA County Dem. Central Comm.
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
Stonewall Democratic Club
National Association of Electrical Contractors
NOW (National Organization for Women)
NWPC (National Women Political Caucus)
WPC (Women's Political Caucus)
Animal Legislative Action Network
Women For
Women's Campaign Fund
Women's Political Caucus
Los Angeles African-American Women's Law PAC
Los Angeles Young Democrats
Mimi Robbins, Vice Chair LA County Comm. Region 2
St. Anthony Grand Lodge
Ron Brown Democratic Club
IBEW, Local 18
Women's Campaign Fund

Religious

Bishop E. Lyn Brown
Rev. Dr. William S. Epps, Second Baptist Church
Pastor William Smart, Phillips Temple, CME
Rev. Earl Thompson
Rev. Norman Johnson
Rev. Joel Anthony Ward
Rev. Roy Pettit