Valley VOTE Press Release
Valley Voters Organized Toward Empowerment
14622 Ventura Blvd. #424, Sherman Oaks, CA. 91403
August 13, 2005      Contact: Joe Vitti -President 2005
javittisr@cs.com (818) 366-1668

The Valley VOTE Board of Directors has voted overwhelmingly to support the appointment of Valeria Velasco, by Mayor Villaraigosa, to the Los Angeles World Airports Board of Airport Commission.

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Valley VOTE praises Mayor Villaraigosa for his selection of a diversified group of nominees to the Los Angeles World Airports Board of Airport Commission who each support the establishment of a regional network of airports.

Special recognition goes to nominee Valeria Velasco, who as the uncompensated President of the grass roots organization, Alliance for a Regional Solution to Airport Congestion, ARSAC, worked tirelessly for over ten years to forge a coalition of elected officials to secure a regional network of airports for Southern California.

Valeria is presently the Vice President of the Westchester Rotary Club, former President and member of the Alliance for a Regional Solution to Airport Congestion (ARSAC), a member of the Westchester/MDR/LAX Chamber of Commerce and is currently serving on the Los Angeles Superior Court Probate Volunteer Panel. She has served as a Los Angeles Planning Commissioner, Staff Legal Counsel and Hispanic Liaison to former Los Angeles City Councilman Michael Woo, Assembly Aid/Hispanic Liaison to former Assembly Speaker Mike Roos, a bilingual elementary school teacher, and a Fee Dispute Arbitrator for the State Bar of California.

Valeria earned a Juris Doctorate from the University of West Los Angeles School of Law, a Masters Degree in education from the Claremont Graduate School, and a Bachelor of Arts from California State University of Long Beach.

Valeria is a native Californian. She has lived with her husband Frank and their son Frank in Playa del Rey since 1988. Valeria is a sole practitioner estate planning attorney in Playa del Rey.


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