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LAHSA Commissioners

Owen Newcomer, Chair

Owen Newcomer was appointed by Supervisor Don Knabe to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Commission in 2002.

Dr. Newcomer also serves on the Whittier City Council, having been reelected to a third term in April 2008. From 1989 to 2000, he served as a trustee for the Whittier City School District.

Dr. Newcomer retired in June 2005 as a Political Science Professor at Rio Hondo College, where he has taught since 1975. He now teaches part-time at Rio Hondo College. Owen earned his undergraduate and Master’s Degree from California State University, Northridge in Political Science, and his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Southern California. He is the author of Governing California and Los Angeles.

In addition to serving on the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority Commission, Owen Newcomer also serves the following organizations:

• LA County Division of the League of California Cities, President 2009-2010

• City Selection Committee, Commissioner

• Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District, President

County Members

Larry L. Adamson

Flora Gil Krisiloff

Mike Neely

Owen Newcomer (Chair)

Louisa Ollague


City Members

Elise Buik (Vice Chair)

Antonio Manning

Kerry Morrison

Rev. Cecil L. Murray

Ramona Ripston


 

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