25th District - Senator Carol Liu
Senator Carol Liu is the State Senator from the 25th District, which includes Sunland/Tujunga and the Griffith Park areas of the city of Los Angeles, Burbank, Glendale, La Crescenta, Montrose, La Canada, Pasadena, Altadena, South Pasadena, San Marino, Serra Madre, Monrovia, Bradbury, Duarte, Glendora, San Dimas, La Verne, Claremont and Upland.
Carol went on to run for State Assembly, winning a hard-fought Democratic primary and easily carrying the general election. A very popular Assemblywoman, she was re-elected twice more by ever-larger margins.
Many key pieces of legislation Carol authored during her six years in the Assembly were signed into law, including laws to promote career and technical education, protect public safety, prevent domestic violence, improve ground water quality, and deter gang activity. She was also well known for working with other legislators to update the state's master plan for education and for fighting to prevent off-shoring jobs funded by state contacts.
Carol chaired a number of committees and caucuses during her Assembly tenure, including the Assembly Higher Education Committee, the Women's Legislative Caucus, the Select Committee on Groundwater Quality and Quantity, and the Select Committee on Adult Education.
While serving in the Assembly, Carol was recognized as Legislator of the Year by a number of organizations, including the National Organization for Women, the California School Boards Association, and the Foothill Unity Center.
After leaving the State Assembly, Carol resumed her active schedule of teaching and community service. She taught at the UC Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy and, with her reputation as a consensus builder and public policy expert, was asked to serve on a variety of boards and commissions. She was Chair of the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Education Advisory Board and served on a number of significant boards, including the Claremont University Consortium Board of Overseers, the UCLA School of Public Affairs Advisory Board, the San Gabriel Habitat for Humanity Advisory Board, the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges, and the Pasadena Education Foundation Board.
The first Asian American woman ever elected to the California State Senate, Carol has continued to pursue her agenda to improve public education, increase access to higher education and to career and technical education, promote a sustainable environment and economic development, and preserve essential services for the elderly, low-income, disabled and other at-risk populations. Carol's Senate Committee assignments include the Education Committee, the Public Safety Committee, the Transportation and Housing Committee and the Joint Committee on the Arts.
Carol is the Senate's appointee to the California Commission on the Status of Women and the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy.
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| Mayor Ray Musser
Term of Office 2012-2016
Mayor Ray Musser moved to Upland in 1957 to attend the former Upland College on a music scholarship. He and his wife, Fern, raised their four children ion Upland. Prior ti opening his own insurance business in 1972, he was employed with Sunkist Growers and the City of Riverside. Mayor Musser is President and CEO of Ray Musser & Associates Insurance Services.
Mayor Musser serves on the Azusa Pacific University Board of Trustees (Emeritus) since 1971 and is a member of several San Antonio Community Hospital groups: Frances Mary Paul Circle, Cardiac Care Club, Business Benefactors, and SAn Antonio Society. He is a liaison of the Upland Community Foundation and is an active member of the Upland Chamber of Commerce and the Upland Foothill Kiwanis Club. Ray and his wife Fern both attend Pomona First Baptist Church.
Mayor Musser was elected to the City Council in 1998 and serves as Mayor Pro Tem in 2004. He was re-elected to City Council in 2002, 2006 and 2010; and appointed to the office of Mayor on February 28, 2011 and elected to the office of Mayor in 2012. He serves as the city's representative to the San Bernardino Association of Governments Board Member, SANBAG Board of Directors Metro Valley Study Sessions; SANBAG Commuter Rail & Transit Committee; a member of OMNITRANS Executive Board and Plans & Productivity Committee, Southern California Association of Governments; Community, Economic, and Human Development Committee. He serves as Chairman of the Housing Authority Board. Mayor Musser serves as representative to the Foothill Freeway Corridor Design Authority. |
| Mayor Ray Musser
Term of Office 2012-2016
Mayor Ray Musser moved to Upland in 1957 to attend the former Upland College on a music scholarship. He and his wife, Fern, raised their four children ion Upland. Prior ti opening his own insurance business in 1972, he was employed with Sunkist Growers and the City of Riverside. Mayor Musser is President and CEO of Ray Musser & Associates Insurance Services.
Mayor Musser serves on the Azusa Pacific University Board of Trustees (Emeritus) since 1971 and is a member of several San Antonio Community Hospital groups: Frances Mary Paul Circle, Cardiac Care Club, Business Benefactors, and SAn Antonio Society. He is a liaison of the Upland Community Foundation and is an active member of the Upland Chamber of Commerce and the Upland Foothill Kiwanis Club. Ray and his wife Fern both attend Pomona First Baptist Church.
Mayor Musser was elected to the City Council in 1998 and serves as Mayor Pro Tem in 2004. He was re-elected to City Council in 2002, 2006 and 2010; and appointed to the office of Mayor on February 28, 2011 and elected to the office of Mayor in 2012. He serves as the city's representative to the San Bernardino Association of Governments Board Member, SANBAG Board of Directors Metro Valley Study Sessions; SANBAG Commuter Rail & Transit Committee; a member of OMNITRANS Executive Board and Plans & Productivity Committee, Southern California Association of Governments; Community, Economic, and Human Development Committee. He serves as Chairman of the Housing Authority Board. Mayor Musser serves as representative to the Foothill Freeway Corridor Design Authority. |