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Full Biography for Ken Blackwood
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Ken Blackwood - Proven Leadership for Lomita: President, West Los Angeles County Vector Control Board Member, Peninsula Community Emergency Response Team Executive Board City of Lomita, Volunteer Emergency Preparedness Coordinator 8 years Lomita City Council Member (2 years as Mayor) Past President, League of California Cities, Los Angeles Division representing the 83 cities of Los Angeles County Past Chair, South Bay Council of Governments, representing the 16 cities of the South Bay region. Past Committee Member, League of California Cities State Policy Committee Past Commissioner, Los Angeles County Commission for Emergency Preparedness Friends of Lomita Library (current, Life Member) Past President, Lomita Sister City Association, (2 terms, ) Former Commissioner, Lomita Planning Commission, Lomita Public Safety Commission Former Board Member, Lomita Comm. Development Advisory Board Past Co-Chair, Lomita 5000 Run/Walk (befitting Lomita non-profits including Lomita Little League) Former Member Lomita General Plan Committee Past President, Parent Teachers Council, St. Margaret Mary School
AccomplishmentsWorked with our State Assemblyman and State Senator to secure funding for:
Began the "Lomita Slow Down Campaign" Assist with community meeting that determined the Downtown Streetscape. Implement the Lomita customer survey process found on the web page Help to bring back the Lomita 5000 run/walk Introduced to council for consideration items that deter blight such as: Uniform news rack appearance ordnance Limits to the number of pay phone allowed in an area Limits to heights of fencing that fronts commercial lots to 42" Limits on the placement of security bars in commercial area to interior systems. (Partial list) |
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