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Los Angeles County, CA March 5, 2013 Election
Smart Voter Full Biography for James Anthony "Jim" Light

Candidate for
Council Member, Council; City of Redondo Beach; District 1

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13.5 years as USAF Officer

  • Administered government budget
  • Environmental analysis experience
  • Leadership, contracting and management training

Over 17 years in Aerospace Industry
  • Rose to senior VP and Board positions
  • Grew start up to over 480 employees in eight years
  • Strategic planning and budget planning and execution
  • Management and leadership experience
  • Experience with government contracts

Board Member multiple non-profits
  • Drafted city charter changes
  • Drafted City zoning changes
  • Watchdog on City development activities
  • Stopped several overdevelopment projects

Citizens Growth Management and Traffic Committee
  • Achieved consensus on most items before a very diversified committee
  • Developed traffic standards for city
  • Identified significant flaws in City traffic models

10 years of activism on behalf of Redondo residents
  • One of the leaders in Heart of the City opposition which stopped 3000 condos
  • Drafted and campaigned for Measure DD which gives residents a vote in major zoning changes in the City
  • Headed up successful lawsuit when City broke the City Charter
  • Drafted and worked to qualify Measure A which is our only chance to rid our waterfront of a new unneeded, blighting, polluting power plant.

Engineering Degree

Masters In Business Administration

Professional Military Training in Project Management, Budget and Contract Management, Leadership, and Environmental Law

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