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Los Angeles County, CA March 3, 2015 Election
Member of the Board of Trustees; Los Angeles Community College District; Office 7 Voter Information

4 Year Term.

Results as of Mar 31 4:45am
Candidates (Vote for 1)
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Mike Fong Click here for more information about this candidate 115,526 votes 59.0%

  • Occupation: Educator/Job Trainer
  • Chair, PBS SoCal API Community Council
  • Vice Chair, White Memorial Medical Center Community Leadership Council
  • Workforce Development Program Analyst
  • Past Board Member, UCLA Alumni Association
  • UCLA Government & Community Relations - Bruin Caucus Council Member
  • mikefong4laccd@gmail.com
Priorities:
  • Improve and Expand workforce education and training opportunities
  • Improving the quality and access to educational opportunities
  • Creating jobs
John C. Burke Click here for more information about this candidate 41,823 votes 21.4%
  • Occupation: Community College Faculty; Associate Dean
  • BA ; MA American History CSUN
  • MBA Accounting/Marketing UCLA
  • California Community College & Secondary Teaching Credentials USC
  • Los Solteros President; Boy's Republic Board of Directors
  • Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities
  • Los Angeles City Council Ephebian & Outstanding Community Service Awards; LACCD Excellence in Workforce Development Award; LAVC Apple Award
  • burke.johnc16@gmail.com
Priorities:
  • Replace third week census enrollment State funding formula with a student success class completion rate system.
  • Replace culture of competition with one of collaboration within the District.
  • Expand School to Career Academies from five District colleges to all nine colleges: see johncburke.org 26 academies 2000 LAUSD students to date.
Joyce Burrell Garcia Click here for more information about this candidate 38,498 votes 19.7%
  • Occupation: Educator
  • Professor, the Peoples Republic of China
  • Policy Analyst - Charles Drew Postgraduate Medical School
  • Compliance Policy Advisor - L.A. Care Health Care
  • M.S., UCLA
  • joycebgarcia@att.net
Priorities:
  • Ensure inclusivity and equity within the LACCD in the face of shrinking budgets.
  • Increase student success rates for all students with particular emphasis on historically underrepresented students.
  • Expand the number and types of community partnerships within the LACCD.

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