League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
	Los Angeles County, CA March 8, 2011 Election
	Member of the Board of Trustees; Los Angeles Community College District; Office 1 Voter Information 4 Year Term. A runoff may be held on 5/17/2011 between the top 2 candidates who received the most votes if neither receives a majority. If one candidate receives a majority of votes in this election, that candidate wins and no runoff will be held.

Results as of Jun 10 1:36pm

Official Results Candidates (Vote for 1) Click on highlighted name for additional information supplied by candidate. Contact non-highlighted candidates and encourage them to provide information for voters. Mona Field 128,617 votes 59.1% Occupation: Community College Professor Professor of Political Science Glendale Community College District Past President Board of Trustees, LACCD Past President Glendale College Guild field4collegebd@hotmail.com Priorities: Get Community Colleges our fair share from state budget Protect access to higher education for all Californians Provide quality instruction and support services for all students Gwen Walker 30,852 votes 14.2% Occupation: Retired Educator M.A. degree/CSUN /Counseling &Guidance Professor/Sociology/Psychology/Counseling Emeritus Member AFT local 1521 Ministry of Alliance Affiliation National Youth Council gwl131@msn.com Priorities: Increase student transfer rates Accountability and Transparency and oversight of a stable budget Improve academic/vocational programs/curriculum Jozef Thomas "Joe" Essavi 23,392 votes 10.7% Occupation: Los Angeles County Commissioner Community College ASB Union Treasurer 1994-1996 Communtiy College District Student Trustee Nominee from LA Valley College 1994 Businessman, Married, 3 Children Former Senator, Los Angeles Congress of Neighborhood Councils Neighborhood Councilmember, Winnetka, 2005-2010 BA UCR, MA CAL State Univ Northridge Jozef@Jozef4College.com Priorities: 69% FAILURE IN STUDENT GRADUATION RATES MUST BE REVERSED. FIGHTING for Students, Teachers, and Taxpayers, keeping special interests out Public demands to know the Results of Secret Capstone Audit Report Oswaldo "Ozzie" Lopez 23,074 votes 10.6% Occupation: Community Center Director Master's Degree in Public Administration Bachelor's Degree in Political Science L.A. Unified School District Superintendent Review Panel Recipient of the National Community Development Association Recipient of the California Council for Performance Excellence Coro of Southern California Alumnus ozzielopez.2011@gmail.com Priorities: I want to develop a three bridge system, in which high schools, community colleges and four year universities in an effort to improve academic success Work to build alternative campuses within LACCD to provide better accessability to education Provide alternative access to education through technology Derrick Mims 11,874 votes 5.5% Occupation: Los Angeles City Workforce Boardmember Graduate of Los Angeles Southwest College Graduate of USC Appointed to Los Angeles WIB Youth Council Article published in Congressional Record Received UCLA "Bruin Bear" & USC Tommy Award District Director for Assemblymember Warren Furutani dmims18@gmail.com Priorities: Increase student success - it is currently dismally low Offer district accountability to give tax payers transparency on actions Tackle budget problems in order to better fund our colleges Basic candidate data supplied by the applicable elections official. Order of candidates is random and changes daily.

Official Information LACCD Candidate Statements from Channel 35 Essavi: video, transcript Field: none provided Lopez: video, transcript Mims: none provided Walker: none provided This election is archived. Any links to sources outside of Smart Voter may no longer be active. No further links will be added to this page. Links to sources outside of Smart Voter are provided for information only and do not imply endorsement.

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