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Runoff Election 5/15/2007
Candidates
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Georgia L. Mercer
85,930 votes
45.9%
- Occupation: Member of the Board of Trustees
- California Community CollegeTrustees (CCCT), Boardmember
- CSUN Foundation, Boardmember
- LA City Human Relations Commission, Former President
- CA State Advisory Committee on School Finance, Former Member
- Juvenile Justice Connection Project, Former President
- CA State Task Force on Civil Rights, Former member
Priorities:
- Enhance career and technical training opportunities-especially for first responders
- Maximize taxpayer investment in the 2001 & 2003 $2.2 billion construction bonds for upgrading and modernizing our 9 colleges and 2 centers
- Improve counseling & mentoring to enable students to complete certificate and degree programs
Roy Burns
59,572 votes
31.8%
- Occupation: Educator/Teacher
- Veteran, USMC, Service in Vietnam
- Retired Deputy Sheriff
- Fmr Member, Calif. POST Commission on Race Relations
- Father of Five Children
Priorities:
- Spend Bond money at the campus level, not on administration
- Empower students and professors
- Improve Access for lower income students
Mike Rives
22,538 votes
12.0%
- Occupation: Cancer Center Coordinator
- AA Los Angeles City College, BS CSULA
- Masters, Boston University
- Diploma, LAPD Reserve Ofcr Academy
- Worked for LA County Office of Education
- Worked for Occidental College
- Worked for Law Firm of Skadden, Arps
Priorities:
- Creation of a healthcare campus; expansion of job training
- Access by students, parents, and professors to board member
- greater scrunity of expenditures of budget and AA bonds
Hanna Hajjar
19,046 votes
10.2%
- Occupation: Engineer/Inventor/Entrepreneur
- Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering from the American University, with Art as a minor
- President of the American University Alumni of Southern California
- Worked in the field of HVAC, & IAQ, in both design, sales, & manufacturing
- Studied Screenplay writing & Pierce College, & Photography at Triton College
- Several inventions in the fields of: toys, air purification, art framing, water misting, & pet grooming
- Boy Scout troop leader
Priorities:
- Eliminate wasteful spending
- Active college student participation in decision making
- Require bidding contractors to give back to college students through giving them opportunities to gain hands-on experience
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Official Information
- Los Angeles Community College District
- LACCD Board of Trustees
Candidate Videos
- Burns: video; transcript
- Hajjar: video; transcript
- Mercer: video; transcript
- Rives: video; transcript
Candidate Forum Videoconference
Tuesday February 20, 1-3pm
- moderator: Lynn Lowry, LWV Los Angeles
main location: L.A. Valley College PMRC
other sites: (see maps)
L.A. City College, Faculty-Staff Center
East L.A., Rm 315; Bldg E7
Harbor, LRC 125
Southwest, Student Services Rm 310
Trade Tech, A114
info: 213/368-1616
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