GREATER LOS ANGELES COUNTY
VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT
13545 1c 6) 974-05 ax 56304-8, CA 90670
Email: [email protected] Website: www.GLAmosquito.org
PRESIDENT GENERAL MANAGER
Susanne Kluh
Ali Saleh, Bell
VICE PRESIDENT
elissa Ramoso, Artes
CRETARY-TREASURE
Sonny R. Santa Ines, Bellflower
September 29, 2025
Mr. Philippe Eskandar
City Manager
DIAMOND BAR 2200 Huntington Drive
Ruth M. Low San Marino CA 91108
DOWNEY
Dorothy Pemberton
GARDENA Re: Appointment/Re-appointment of Representative to the Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control Paulette C. Francis
GLENDALE District Board of Trustees
Steve Ryfle
HAWAIIAN GARDENS
Luis Roa Dear: Mr. Eskandar
HUNTINGTON PARK
Jonathan A. Sanabria
LA CAÑADA FLINTRIDGE This correspondence is to inform you that the term of office for Trustee Howard Brody as a member of Leonard Pieroni
LA HABRA HEIGHTS the Board of Trustees of the Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District will expire on Catherine Houwen
LAKEWOOD January 5, 2026. Pursuant to Section 2024 of the State Health and Safety Code (SHSC) governing the Steve Croft dates of term of office of members appointed to the Board of Trustees, the City Council may consider
LA MIRADA
Matthew Wight reappointing Trustee Brody or appointing a new trustee for a 2- or 4-year term of office commencing at
LONG BEACH
Emily Holman noon on the first Monday of January (i.e., January 5, 2026). Please note, according to the State Health LOS ANGELES CITY and Safety Code, representatives must be appointed to serve a full 2 or a 4-year term commencing Steven Appleton
LOS ANGELES COUNTY on January 5, 2026, and should not be appointed on a yearly basis. Furthermore, the District does Steven A. Goldsworthy
LYNWOOD not accept or recognize the appointment of alternate representatives.
Rita Soto
MAYWOOD
Heber Marquez Please review all subsections of the SHSC 2022 (i.e., a-e) enclosed. Subsections a and b require that
MONTEBELLO
Avik Cordeiro each person appointed by a board of supervisors or by a city council shall be a voter and resident within
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Margarita L. Rios the respective county or city of the appointing body. Section 2022 (c) incorporates language that PARAMOUNT clarifies the issue over the doctrine of Incompatibility of Office, exempting and enabling an appointee Isabel Aguayo
PICO RIVERA who holds elected offices to also simultaneously serve on the District's Board of Trustees. Trustees stavo V. Camac represent the mission and interests of the District at large rather than the individual interests of the
N FERNANI
Sonia Romero-Fuentes
SAN MARINO appointing body. Once appointed, the representative cannot be removed at-will by the appointing Howard Brody city or county. The representative will serve until the expiration of his/her term unless he/she
SANTA CLARITA
Heidi Heinrich resigns, vacates the office due to absences, or is no longer a voter and resident within the respective SANTA FE SPRINGS county or city of the appointing body.
William K. Rounds
SIGNAL HILL
Robert D. Copelana
SOUTH EL MONTE Representatives are expected to attend the district's general board meetings held monthly on the 2nd Hector Delgado
SOUTH GATE Thursday of the month.
VERrodel Pilar Avalos Pursuant to California Government Code Section 1770(g), the Trustee's seat will be considered Melissa Ybarre abandoned if the person holding the office ceases to discharge the duties of that office for a period of
WHITTIER
Mary Ann Pacheco three consecutive months, except when prevented by sickness or specified excuses.
A CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY
PROMOTING COMMUNITY HEALTH, COMFORT AND WELFARE THROUGH EFFECTIVE AND RESPONSIVE VECTOR CONTROL SINCE 1952 Please make your appointment/reappointment prior to January 5, 2026, as stipulated in the SHSC.
Should you have any questions regarding this appointment, please contact Araceli Hernandez or Maria Weinbaum at 562-944-9656 ext. 504 or e-mail at [email protected].
Sincerely,
Susanne Kluh
General Manager
Enclosure: Sections 2022 & 2024 of the SHSC
cc: Mr. Howard Brody
Ms. Alison Walker, CMC
SHSC
2022.
(a) Each person appointed by a board of supervisors to be a member of a board of trustees shall be a voter in that county and a resident of that portion of the county that is within the district.
(b) Each person appointed by a city council to be a member of a board of trustees shall be a voter in that city and a resident of that portion of the city that is within the district.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law including the common law doctrine that precludes the simultaneous holding of incompatible offices, a member of a city council may be appointed and may serve as a member of a board of trustees if that person also meets the other applicable qualifications of this chapter. (d) It is the intent of the Legislature that persons appointed to boards of trustees have experience, training, and education in fields that will assist in the governance of the districts.
(e) All trustees shall exercise their independent judgment on behalf of the interests of the residents, property owners, and the public as a whole in furthering the purposes and intent of this chapter. The trustees shall represent the interests of the public as a whole and not solely the interests of the board of supervisors or the city council that appointed them.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 395, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2003.) 2024.
(a) Except as provided in Section 2023, the term of office for a member of the board of trustees shall be for a term of two or four years, at the discretion of the appointing authority. Terms of office commence at noon on the first Monday in January.
(b) Any vacancy in the office of a member appointed to a board of trustees shall be filled pursuant to Section 1779 of the Government Code. Any person appointed to fill a vacant office shall fill the balance of the unexpired term. (Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 395, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2003.)