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Dr. Suja Lowenthal was elected to represent the Second District in a special election held on June 6th, 2006. She ran unopposed and was re-elected to a four-year term in June 2008 and was elected Vice Mayor by her Council colleagues in 2010. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics from UCLA, a Master's in Business Administration from California State University, Los Angeles and a Doctorate in Policy, Planning and Development from USC. In 2001, Suja was elected to the Board of Education in the Long Beach Unified School District and helped it earn recognition as the best urban school district in the nation by the Broad Foundation. She served as an alternate to the California Coastal Commission and currently represents Long Beach on the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, a consortium of 26 cities and water districts responsible for providing high quality and reliable drinking water to nearly 18 million in Los Angeles and surrounding counties. Suja also serves on the board of Heal the Bay and as an alternate on the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission Governing Board. Suja's professional background includes her work for the City of Los Angeles Department of Aging and the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office as the Coordinator of its Domestic Violence Unit. She also has over 10 years of experience in the water industry serving policy roles in the Central Basin Municipal Water District, West Basin Municipal Water District and Water Replenishment District of Southern California. In 2007, she joined the Geological Sciences faculty as an Adjunct Professor at California State University, Long Beach, teaching an upper-division class on California's water supply, water-pricing and best practices for water management and currently teaches a class on Public Policy. Suja has combined her experience in the community and on the school board with her education in business and planning to address issues such as parking, public safety, air & water quality and commercial development through sustainable, long-term policies. She has provided the political will and leadership to advance the City's award-winning bicycle-friendly agenda, its progressive strategies in animal care services and green policies involving plastic bags, recycling, stormwater runoff and alternative forms of energy.
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City Council Standing CommitteesChair: Tidelands and Harbor Committee
Environmental Committee
Member: Budget Oversight Committee Personnel and Civil Service Committee Charter Amendment Committee
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Regional and Statewide Representation on behalf of Long Beach
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Director
Heal the Bay, Board Member
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Photo Gallery _1.jpg) | _1.JPG) | | May 10, 2008 - Grand Reopening of the Bixby Park Bandshell: John Thomas (President of Bluff Heights Neighborhood Association), CD2 staff members: Ramon Aguilar, Heather Burke, Jemie Sae Koo, Councilmember Suja Lowenthal and Broc Coward. | May 10, 2008 - Councilmember Suja Lowenthal runs the grill with Firefighters Jason Scott and Brandon Bear. |
 | _1.JPG) | | August 6, 2007 - Councilmember Suja Lowenthal and East Village residents at "Flip the Switch" ceremony. Traffic light installed at Broadway and Lime to improve pedestrian and motorist safety. | May 10, 2008 - Councilmember Suja Lowenthal and Long Beach Fire Fighter at the Grand Reopening of the Bixby Park Bandshell Celebration. |  |  | | Councilmember Suja Lowenthal rolls a tire from a vacant alley during a Saturday morning clean-up just south of Anaheim street near the recently-designated Cambodia Town. Photo by Thom Wasper | July 11, 2007 - Councilmember Suja Lowenthal delivers her first State of the Second District Address to provide an in-depth evaluation and her preliminary plans for next year as well as highlight the achievements of Second District residents, activists, and community-builders at the Aquarium of the Pacific. |  | 
| | Councilmember Suja Lowenthal speaks with a Second District resident at the Village Grind about city and neighborhood issues in the Second District.
Photo by Thom Wasper | Councilmember Suja Lowenthal speaks with a resident at the Village Grind in the East Village as part of her Coffee & Conversation series, which allows residents to chat directly with Suja about their concerns.
Photo by Thom Wasper |  |  | | Volunteers gathered over 18 tons of electronic waste, including the monitors and televisions above, at Councilmember Suja Lowenthal's E-Waste Drive. Goodwill recycles the e-waste and uses the recycling rebates to support its employment programs. | Russ Roca, local bicycling photographer, stands with Leonard Robinson, Chief Deputy Director of the Department of Toxic Substances Control and Councilmember Lowenthal at her E-Waste Drive.
Photo by Richard Guiss, DTSC |  |  | | Councilmember Suja Lowenthal sits with Ron Quincy at the 2006 Veterans Day parade. | Councilmember Suja Lowenthal stands with local veterans, including her Aide and Navy vet Ramon Aguilar (on the right). |  |  | | Heather Burke, Administrative Aide to Councilmember Suja Lowenthal, speaks with Second District community activist Doug Bailey at the "Let's Talk About Noise" Townhall. | Councilmember Suja Lowenthal speaks with constituents about noise in the Second District at her "Let's Talk About Noise" Townhall. |  |  | Suja speaks at an annual awards ceremony of the Kerala Association of Los Angeles in September 2006.
Photo by Kerala Association of Los Angeles | Suja stands with leaders of the Kerala Association of Los Angeles to receive the Public Service award. Photo by Kerala Association of Los Angeles | Back to top |
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