Now that we officially have seven 1st District City Council candidates, I've put together all of the candidates' Web sites and dug up some videos of them. Some of the videos are for their campaigns, others are older ones that highlight them in other ways.
Here are a list of the candidates and links to their campaign Web sites, or in some cases Facebook pages, where accessible.
- Rick Berry, product management consultant and former president of the Long Beach Community Band.
- Evan Anderson Braude, attorney, former 1st District council member and president of the Long Beach Historical Society.
- Robert Garcia, president of the North Pine Neighborhood Alliance and a Long Beach City College administrator.
- Bill Francisco Grisolia, legal specialist and homeless advocate.
- Eduardo Lara, professor at Pepperdine University.
- Jana Shields, linguist and president of the Willmore City Heritage Association.
- The Rev. Misi Tagaloa, pastor at the 2nd Samoan Church
This is a video about Tagaloa's efforts at the 2nd Samoan Church to get the church involved in politics and hosting a candidate forum in May for the 54th District Assembly race:
A Tagaloa campaign video:
Garcia's campaign kickoff:
Garcia on the arts:
This last one is a video of Grisolia during his bid for Congress in 2007. He was one of several candidates to run for the 37th District, which ultimately went to Laura Richardson.
Paul Eakins reports on Long Beach City Hall, and local and regional
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Kris Hanson reports on the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles,
covering environmental issues, economic triumphs and
pitfalls and trade trends of America’s largest port.
He also writes a weekly column “On The Waterfront”,
appearing Tuesdays, and also produces an occassional video
and column titled “On The Job,” which follows the hard-working
men and women who keep Southern California’s economy humming.
Karen Robes Meeks came to work for the Press-
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