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Zev Yaroslavsky
Zev Yaroslavsky
Los Angeles County Supervisor
Incumbent
Assumed office 
1994
Preceded by Edmund D. Edelman
Born Dec 21, 1948
Political party Democratic
Spouse Barbara Yaroslavsky
Children Mina, David
Website http://zev.lacounty.gov

Zev Yaroslavsky (born December 21, 1948) is a Los Angeles County politician. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Edmund D Edelman served on the Los Angeles City Council from 1965 until 1974, when he was elected to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. Events 69 - The end of the Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Los Angeles County is a county in California and is by far the most populous county in the United States. A politician (from Greek " Polis " is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of Politics or a person He served on the Los Angeles City Council from 1975 until 1994, when he was elected to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California United States The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is the five member non-partisan governing board of Los Angeles County California. He was preceded in both offices by Edmund D. Edelman. Edmund D Edelman served on the Los Angeles City Council from 1965 until 1974, when he was elected to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors

Yaroslavsky represents the Third Supervisorial District of Los Angeles County, which encompasses the cities of Malibu, Santa Monica, West Hollywood, Calabasas, as well as most of the western San Fernando Valley and other portions of the City of Los Angeles. West Hollywood, a city in Los Angeles County California, was incorporated on November 29, 1984. Calabasas is a city in Los Angeles County California in the western United States. The San Fernando Valley or The Valley is an urbanized Valley located in the north-western section of the city of Los Angeles California, United States Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West [1]

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Background

He graduated from the UCLA in 1971 with a double major in History and Economics, and obtained a Master's Degree in British Imperial History in 1972 from the same school. The University of California Los Angeles (generally known as UCLA) is a public research university located in Westwood Los Angeles, California, United [2] He is a graduate of Fairfax High School in the City of Los Angeles. Fairfax High School can refer to Fairfax High School (Fairfax Missouri Fairfax High School (Fairfax Virginia Fairfax

Yaroslavsky won his first term on the Los Angeles Board of Superviors when Edmund Edelman did not seek re-election in 1996. His most recent re-election was in 2006 in a race against David Hernandez, a Republican and retired insurance adjuster who campaigned to keep the cross on the Los Angeles County Seal, and Randy Springer. David Anthony Hernandez (born May 31, 1983) is an American singer and the twelfth place finalist of FOX's seventh season of the television The official Seal of Los Angeles County, California has changed twice since its first inception in 1887 [3] Yaroslavsky won the election, receiving 70. 49% of the vote in the primary. [4]

Controversy

Yaroslavsky has taken controversial stances on transportation issues in Los Angeles County. He wrote and sponsored the MTA Reform and Accountability Act of 1998 (Los Angeles County Proposition A), which banned the use of county sales tax revenue for the planning or building of subways,[5] a law which is a significant barrier to the construction of the Metro Purple Line subway extension to the Westside. The Metro Purple Line of the Los Angeles County Metro Rail is a Heavy rail metro line in Los Angeles, USA. [6] However, he has championed bus rapid transit investment in general and the Metro Orange Line busway in the San Fernando Valley in particular. Bus rapid transit ( BRT) is a broad term given to a variety of transportation systems that through improvements to infrastructure vehicles and scheduling attempt to use The Metro Orange Line is a dedicated transitway operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority which began its operation on October [7]

Yaroslavsky was also an early proponent of easing Westside traffic by converting Pico and Olympic Boulevards into complementary one-way thoroughfares. West Los Angeles (also known as West LA or the Westside) comprises the Los Angeles city communities of Bel Air, Beverly Crest Pico Boulevard is a major Los Angeles street that runs from the Pacific Ocean at Appian Way in Santa Monica to Central Avenue in Downtown Olympic Boulevard is a major Arterial road in Los Angeles California. [8]

Personal

Yaroslavsky and his wife Barbara have two children named Mina and David. [9]

He grew up in Boyle Heights with his sister Shimona and is the son of Russian Jewish immigrants. Boyle Heights is a district east of Downtown Los Angeles on the East Side of Los Angeles California, USA [10] His father was a founder of the Hebrew Teachers Union in Los Angeles. [11]

While at UCLA, Yaroslavky was a leading activist in the international movement to free Soviet Jews (Refuseniks). Refusenik (אסיר ציון asir tzion, "zion prisoner" מסורב עליה mesorav aliyah, "one who is not allowed to perform Aliyah [12]

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Succession box

Preceded by
Edmund D. Edelman		 Los Angeles City Councilman
5th district
1975–1994		 Succeeded by
Michael Feuer
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
3rd district
1994–present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent

References

  1. ^ Los Angeles County District Map
  2. ^ Zev Yaroslavsky official biography
  3. ^ Troy Anderson, "Two Hopefuls Take Aim at Supervisor Yaroslavsky," Los Angeles Daily News, June 4, 2006
  4. ^ Los Angeles County Recorder election results
  5. ^ Zev Yaroslavsky official website
  6. ^ Todd Purdum, " Los Angeles Subway Reaches End of the Line," New York Times, June 23, 2000
  7. ^ Metro Investment Report (June 2007)
  8. ^ Alan Mittlesteadt, "Antonio's to-do list," Los Angeles City Beat, December 12, 2007
  9. ^ NNDB profile
  10. ^ Amy Klein, "Aliyah Prespectives," Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, May 9, 2003
  11. ^ Marc Ballon, "Jewish Support for Strikers Mixed," Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, October 31, 2003
  12. ^ Susan King, "Zev Yaroslavsky and the documentary 'Refusenik'", Los Angeles Times, May 26, 2008. Edmund D Edelman served on the Los Angeles City Council from 1965 until 1974, when he was elected to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California United States Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Michael Feuer (born 1958 is a California politician and lawyer The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is the five member non-partisan governing board of Los Angeles County California. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar)
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