Long Beach City College board member and 7th District City Council candidate Roberto Uranga has been elected vice chairman of the Association of Community College Trustees' national board of directors, he announced today. The nine-year member of the LBCC board member will be the next in line to head the ACCT in 2011. No Southern California member or Latino has ever led the ACCT board, Uranga said.
Good news for Uranga and Long Beach, of course, but perhaps just another piece of candidate publicity in the slowly building fight for the 7th District seat to replace Uranga's wife, Councilwoman Tonia Reyes Uranga.
Other candidates in the 7th District race are Assistant City Auditor James Johnson and Jill Hill, co-president of the Wrigley Area Neighborhood Association; and Jack Smith, a Hollywood line producer and local homeless and housing advocate.
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