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Congrats to Officer Tsukamoto!
The Inglewood Police Department sent out hearty congratulations to Community Service Officer O. Tsukamoto. She successfully graduated from @lasdhq Custody Assistant Academy Class 97.
Photo: Inglewood PD.
Gloria Gray Elected Chair of
Metropolitan Water District
In a vote by the Metropolitan Water District
of Southern California (MWD) Board
of Directors, West Basin Municipal Water
District (West Basin) Director Gloria D.
Gray was elected to serve as chairwoman of
the MWD board. Gray is the first African-
American woman in Metropolitan’s 90 -year
history to hold the position.
“It’s a tremendous honor to have been
selected by my fellow Metropolitan board
members to serve as chair,” said Gray. “I look
forward to continuing the board’s important
commitment to providing reliable supplies of
high-quality water both now and in the future.”
She added, “I am committed to an open and
transparent decision-making process.”
In 2006, Gray was first elected to the West
Basin Board of Directors to represent Division
II, which includes the City of Inglewood and
areas of unincorporated Los Angeles County
including Athens, Ladera Heights, Lennox
and Westmont. She has served as a West
Basin representative on the MWD Board of
Directors since 2009.
Starting Jan. 1, 2019, Gray will commence
her two-year term as chairwoman of the MWD
board, becoming the 19th board chair of the
primary water importer and wholesaler for
nearly 19 million people in six counties. As
the head of the 38-member board, Gray will
represent district policies and programs at
national, state and local levels. She also will
preside over monthly meetings of the board
and its executive committee. In addition, she
will appoint all members of the MWD’s nine
standing committees, as well as the leaders
of any special committees or task forces.
Gray was also the first African-American
woman to serve as vice chair of the MWD
Board, chair of Water Planning and Stewardship
Committee, and serves on the Executive
Committee, Personnel and Technology Committee,
Special Committee on Bay-Delta, and
Communication and Legislative Committee.
In addition, in 2014, the West Basin board
appointed Gray as their representative to the
ACWA Joint Powers Insurance Authority
and Association of California Water Agencies
(ACWA) Region 8, where she serves
as the 2018-2019 Vice Chair. She was also
appointed to represent West Basin as a voting
board member on the Santa Monica Bay
Restoration Commission, and the Commission
elected her to the Executive Committee and
the Commission’s Authority.
Gray was also appointed in March 2009 by
the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
to serve on a water quality Community Task
Force, which is part of the County’s Clean Water,
Clean Beaches Initiative to address pollution in
our local waterways that include rivers, lakes,
bays, beaches, and coastal waters. In April 2010,
Gray was appointed to the Delta Stewardship
Council by former Assembly Speaker Karen
Bass and served a four-year term.
In 2018, Gray was recognized as Visionary
of the Year by Playa Vista Jobs for her work
in the water industry. In 2017, Gray received
the Esther Williams Award of Excellence for
her continued commitment to community
service and water reliability from the South
Bay Workforce Investment Board. In 2012,
she was honored by the Southern California
Water Committee with the “Honorable Harriett
Wieder” award for leadership in water.
West Basin is a member agency of the
Metropolitan Water District and is governed
by a five-member board of directors who are
publicly elected to represent nearly one million
people in 17 cities and unincorporated
areas throughout its 185-square mile service
area in coastal Los Angeles County. West
Basin is also an industry leader in producing
recycled water, implementing effective water
conservation programs, desalting groundwater,
exploring ocean water desalination and
providing education programs. For more
information, please visit www.westbasin.org.
– Source: West Basin
Free C.E.R.T. Training
Coming to Inglewood
The County of Los Angeles Fire Department
and the City of Inglewood Office of Emergency
Services is offering free Community Emergency
Response Team (C.E.R.T.) training to
the public, with classes starting on Saturday,
Nov. 3. Following a major disaster, police,
fire, and medical professionals may not be
able to fully meet the initial demand of the
community. People will have to rely on each
other to meet the immediate life-saving and
life-sustaining needs, particularly in isolated
neighborhoods that may be cut off from the
See C.E.R.T. Training, page 8
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The Weekly Newspaper of Inglewood
Herald Publications - El Segundo, Hawthorne, Lawndale & Inglewood Community Newspapers Since 1911 - (310) 322-1830 - Vol. 67, No. 42 - October 18, 2018