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Nancy Pearlman
 
225,330 votes
61.0%
- Occupation: Community College Trustee
 - Credentialed Teacher/Educator (Community College, Secondary, Adult)
 - Executive Director, Educational Communications (Ecology Center of Southern California &Project Ecotourism)
 - Executive Producer (ECONEWS tv, Environmental Directions radio)
 - Performer and Agent for Earth Cultures
 - Global 500 Laureate, United Nations Environment Programme
 - Anthropologist and Environmental Broadcaster with extensive non-profit organizational work
  
Priorities:
- Oversight of two billion dollar Prop. A & AA Bond money for 42 new and renovated buildings to be spent sustainably and economically
 - Increase state funding for community colleges, obtain equity for our district, & reduce student fees
 - Improve the shared governance of our academic and infrastruture programs
  
Maria Christine Grunwald-Agazaryan
 
89,340 votes
24.2%
- Occupation: Education Advocate
 - Former Student Trustee
 - B.A. in History from UCLA
 - A.A. in Liberal Studies cum laude from LA Valley College
  
Priorities:
- Expanding and Improving Distance Education
 - Fostering community partnerships
 - Improving connection from K-12 to Community College to 4-year Universities
  
Gerald Wayne "Jerry" Perttula
 
54,748 votes
14.8%
- Occupation: Curriculum Specialist
 - BA, Psychology, Claremont McKenna College
 - MA, Educational Administration, National University
 - Senior Program Specialist, Juvenile Court and Community Schools
 - Academic Bowl Committee (for Court Schools)
 - Development Team for  Online Curriculum and Instruction
 - Accelerating My Future Program, Court Schools
  
Priorities:
- Community Review of Bond AA money expenditure on 770 Wilshire Administration Building;   "Golf Driving Range", Stadium, Science Lab
 - More online classes and partnerships with Juvenile Court Schools, especially vocational classes
 - More student Internships, apprenticeships with community business partners, especially film industry, biotech, aerospace and information systems
  
David Sheng
(Write-in)
  
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Official Information 
 
- Los Angeles Community College District 
 - Candidate Statements from L.A. Cityview Channel 35 (Download & View with Real Player)
  - Agazarian
 
Pearlman
 Pertulla  
Television Coverage
 
- Parallax Forum with host Lee Alpert and Lynn Lowry of LWV Los Angeles, taped February 17 
 - Thursday, March 3
  - 7pm, Comcast Channel 35, Culver City
 
8pm, Time-Warner Channel 37
  - Please check local listings for additional showings on government channels 
  
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