BOARD POSITION

# OF SEATS

ELECTED OR APPOINTED?

QUALIFICATIONS TO
RUN FOR THE SEAT

QUALIFICATIONS TO
VOTE FOR THE SEAT

CANDIDATES FILED:

George Yu

George Yu has over 36 years of working experience in Chinatown and greater Los Angeles community. Knowledge of various projects and relationships with residents, stakeholders, and property owners in Chinatown, the HCNC, and surrounding communities is an asset to the HCNC.As Interim Chair, led formation of the Historic Cultural Neighborhood Council (HCNC) with Art District, Little Tokyo, El Pueblo, Chinatown, Victor Heights/Forgotten Edge, and Solano Canyon communities. Currently serving as HCNC Treasurer.

Founding Boardmember of the Los Angeles Chinatown Business Council.

Over 23 years of working experience in the City of Los Angeles with various City Agencies and Departments.

In 2004 was a member of the Mayor’s Arts Council responsible for saving the City Department of Cultural Affairs.

Currently serving on the SurveyLA project committee for the Office of Historic Resources, Los Angeles City Planning Department.

Near fluent in conversational Mandarin Chinese. Basic knowledge of Spanish.

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Angie An

Since 1992, I have called the Arts District home. In 1998, I opened my first restaurant with a few sandwiches and a cup of coffee. For thirteen years, I witnessed much change and continue to have belief and confidence that the Arts District will continue to grow and change for the better. As three year member of the Board of the Arts District Bid and two year member of the Board of the Historic Cultural Neighborhood Council, I wish to continue to help shape the downtown community to a bright and prosperous future.

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Peter Hick Loon Pang

Ly Chou Tran

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Stephen Nagano

As a resident of Little Tokyo I have utmost concern the this community maintains and develops it historical and cultural ties to its origins, and continues to reflect the uniqueness of Japanese in America.

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Sara Harris

As a mother and programs chair for the Solano Avenue PTA, I am committed to engaging our school and neighborhood in creative strategies for a safe walking environment. It is my hope that our unique mix of green space, vibrant immigrant culture, and centuries-old city infrastructure survives and thrives through the changes afoot in our historic city core.

Soy madre y la directora de programación para la Asociación de Padres y Maestros (PTA) en Solano Avenue Elementary. Estoy comprometida a involucrar a la escuela y al vecindario en encotrar soluciones creativas para la seguridad peatonal en nuestro barrio. Espero que el ambiente que gozamos – de parques y espacios verdes, de vida vibrante de inmigrantes, y de vías históricas de transporte – que sobreviva y que salga adelante en este momento de gran cambios en el centro histórico de nuestra ciudad.

CANDIDATES FILED:

Gi-Hao Cheung

Esther Joaquin Pang

Xiayi Zhang

A resident of Victor Heights, Xiayi Shirley Zhang has lived in the Downtown Los Angeles area since 2005. She was born in China and immigrated to America at the age of 6. Always challenging herself, by her junior year she had already exhausted the curriculum at her high school. This, combined with her perfect SAT scores, gave her the opportunity to forgo her senior year and instead enroll at the University of Southern California.

At USC, Xiayi was actively involved in the Asian-American and Chinese-American student community by serving as Vice President of her sorority, and as Event Director for the Chinese Student Association. In 2011, she was crowned as Miss Los Angeles Chinatown Queen.

During her term as Miss Chinatown, Xiayi was fortunate to have been exposed to great projects and inspiring figures in the community. She hopes to do her own part in continuing to serve the community.

Hoover Tang

My name is Hoover Tang and I am the incumbent for Victor Heights Non-Profit seat and am the head of the Victor Heights Neighborhood Watch.  I have served Victor Heights for many years and and have been a Board member in good standing of the Historic Cultural Neighborhood Council, rarely ever missing a meeting.  i would like to continue to serve Victor heights and the Historic Cultural Neighborhood Council.

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Brian Kito

•I am 55 year old
•I own Fugetsu-do Confectionery which was started by my grandfather in 1903
•President of Little Tokyo Public Safety Association
•Board member of the Little Tokyo Community Council

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Alejandra Flores

I am committed to provide the best cultural environment for our children and I want to make sure that our beautiful Solano Canyon and Elysian Park remains pristine for our children and their children.
Mi compromiso es que Solano Canyon pueda proveer el mejor ambiente cultural para todos los ninios y a la vez quiero asegurar Solano Canyon y en especial el Parque Elysian mantengan su belleza inmaculada.

CANDIDATES FILED:

Nick Curl

The LA Marathon is a health and fitness company that has established ties into improving our neighborhood and community. For the 4 years we’ve produced and promoted the Marathon, we’ve underwritten the widely successful Students Run LA program that has trained over 8,000 LA Unified High School students to run and finish the LA Marathon. Over that same time period we worked closely with more than 80 official charities that have raised over $7 million dollars for mostly Los Angeles based charities. Our Mission Statement is ‘we inspire individuals and connect communities’. We are a leading U.S. running organization dedicated to transforming lives through year-round resources and events while serving and connecting communities. We want to be more engaged in the goal of greater health and wellness for our neighborhood.

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Alan Kumamoto

I am running as the incumbent nonprofit representative for the Arts District as a member and volunteer at the St Francis Xavier Chapel Japanese Catholic Center. Both my grandparents settled in this location. Our family attended the Buddhist Temple and Catholic Church which were established with the help of both grandparents.My parents where both raised in the area and both grandfathers owned businesses here. I was born here and forcefully removed with my grandparents and parents during World War II. My father and I worked in adjacent Little Tokyo.

I have been an active member and officer of the Historic Cultural Neighborhood Council dating to its original formation and active member of the Arts District Caucus.

I have participated in recommending positive improvements and brought resources to the area. I co-facilitated two gatherings, Uncommon Ground II and III, to provide a vision for the area.

Please vote for me.

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Edmund Soohoo

Hi, I am Edmund Sooko. I am running for the Non-Profit seat in Chinatown. Your vote for me will represent your confidence in a candidate who grew up in Chinatown, attended Castelar School, worked at Alpine Recreation Center, Chinatown Teen Post and serves on the Chinatown Firecracker run Board of Directors, raising funds for local Chinatown school & community organizations.
Vote with confidence, vote for Edmund Soohoo

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Valerie Garcia-Hanley

I have been a member of the El Pueblo Community for 44 years. My family has been at Olvera Street since its inception in 1930 and I am a third generation merchant. This unique community is made up of small family businesses, museums & non-profit organizations. I am a board member & treasurer of the Olvera Street Merchants Association Foundation (OSMAF) which co-sponsors the Traditional Events on Olvera Street. I am the liaison from our foundation with other non-profits in the community (La Placita Catholic Church, Plaza Methodist Church, COFEM, MCI, and The Italian Hall). I have served on the HCNC as a business owner and continue to be active in their meetings. I am committed to the preservation of this historic heart of Los Angeles. If elected I will actively support ALL non-profit organizations and their endeavors within he El Pueblo community.

Richard Estrada

I believe that I am qualified to represent our church, a non-profit organization and the first church building of El Pueblo de Los Angeles, because I am a pastor of this congregation of 170,000 people who come to worship and receive social services each week.