- Occupation: Educator/Board Member
- Has over 35 years of experience as an education advocate and is the Senior Member of the Los Angeles City Board Of Education for 16 years
- Since 1987 has had a Parent Community Advisory Committee and a Teachers Advisory Committee
- Provided funding for the Kindergarten Intervention Program (KIP) which addresses the needs of at-risk children.
- Established the School Safety and Security Task Force to study how to make LAUSD schools safer for children.
- Brought Phonics reading programs back to the schools resulting in improved scores throughout the district.
- Member of California Community Colleges Board Of Governors (Appointed in 1999 by Governor Gray Davis)
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Top Priorities if Elected |
- I will fight to preserve open space, protect and renovate existing parks, and keep large developments out of our community
- I will fight to add 2,000 new police officers to the LAPD
- I will continue to fight to close the Sunshine Canyon Landfill and keep the city's trash out of our neighborhoods
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- Laura Chick, LA City Controller
- Los Angeles School Police Officers Association
- Los Angeles League Of Conservation Voters
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League of Women Voters of California
