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Home  Random Extras Mayor appoints new commissioners for LA and Measure R
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Mayor appoints new commissioners for LA and Measure R |
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Written by Zamna Avila
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Wednesday, 10 February 2010 |
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa recently announced the appointment of Wayne Moore for the Board of Fire and Police Pension Commissioners, Annie Chu for the Cultural Affairs Commission and Gail Kennard for the Cultural Heritage Commission.
Moore currently serves is chief financial officer for the Southern California Association of Governments where he oversees accounting, treasury and budgeting. He was assistant general manager of the Los Angeles Department of Transportation, director of Public Works for the City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works and deputy executive officer of finance for the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Authority.
Chu owns Chu and Gooding Architects and possesses with more than 20 years experience in building and design. She received her Master’s of Architecture and Building Design from Columbia University.
Kennard serves as president of Kennard Design Group, a Wilshire design group. Prior to joining KDG, Kennard worked as a journalist for Time Magazine and United Press International. She has a bachelor of arts in Communications from Stanford and a Master’s in Journalism from UC Berkeley.
The mayor also announced the appointment of Candice Cooper to the Measure R Independent Oversight Committee, a panel made up of retired judges.
The 2008 voter-approved Measure R collects a half-cent sales tax in Los Angeles County for transit and transportation improvements.
The panel’s primary responsibility is to make sure that Measure R funds are consistently spent with accordance to the law. The committee will review expenditures, ongoing activities and review an annual audit required for the ordinance.
Cooper is the first of three retired judges appointed by the LA Mayor, LA County Board of Supervisors and the LA County City Selection Committee LA. They will serve for two years and meet at least twice annually.
The oversight committee also is tasked to select and consult with an advisory panel. The advisory panel will consist of a group of business, environmental, engineering, finance and labor experts that will provide support to the oversight committee.
The committee’s first meeting will be held after the appointment of the other two members.
Cooper served for about 30 years as a judge on the California Court of Appeal, Superior Court and Municipal Court, handling civil and criminal cases. She retired from the bench in 2008 and now is a full-time mediator with JAMS Arbitration, Mediation, and ADS Services.
The University of Southern California graduate also served as President of the California Judges Association and as a faculty member for the Continuing Judicial Studies Program, the Judicial College and the New Judges Orientation.
“Justice Cooper is an ideal choice to ensure that the promise of Measure R is realized, building transit and transportation projects throughout Los Angeles County and securing the jobs and investment they will bring to our communities,” said Mayor Villaraigosa in a statement released by his office.
Mayor Villaraigosa delivered remarks before a full session of the Los Angeles City Council, Feb. 9, and took questions from all council members on the actions he took the past week to put the city’s budget back in balance.
In his remarks, Villaraigosa urged the council to partner with him in replenishing the city’s reserve fund by immediately acting on various revenue proposals including leasing city parking structures.
“I want to start with what has been done to help close the current fiscal year’s $212 million dollar deficit,” he said at the meeting. “I have profound respect for the difficulty of the decisions you have to make, but we can’t say no to everything: no to layoffs, no to furloughs, no to lending Council funds to the reserve, no to department
eliminations, no to parking meters, no to parking structures, and no to privatizing golf, the zoo and the convention center. “The status quo is not sustainable.”
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