Candidate for
Councilmember; City of Lomita

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

Accomplishments

• Irene Lewis Park Expansion

• Pacific Coast Highway Streetscape improvements

• Picnic Shelters at Lomita Park

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.

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