Lee Williams, a San Pedro Realtor who has been active in community groups, has been nominated for the LA harbor commission.
Lee Williams, a San Pedro Realtor who has been active in community groups and is well-known in the Harbor Area, has been nominated by Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass for a position on the five-member harbor commission.who can, as mayor, replace all five of the sitting commissioners, if she chooses. But Bass is not expected to conduct a clean sweep of the panel.
Williams, meanwhile, would fill the seat now held by Jaime Lee, who also serves as president of the Los Angeles harbor commission.“I’m excited about the things that are going on at the waterfront and the opportunities,” Williams said in a telephone interview.The confirmation process requires them to first be vetted by the county’s Trade, Travel and Tourism Committee, and then approved by the full panel.
“Local representation and advocacy is imperative for this commission and I’m glad it is being recognized by the Mayor,” McOsker said in a written comment. “Harbor area residents deeply understand that the Port Complex creates opportunities for good jobs and economic development, but also comes with the challenges of environmental impacts in our local communities that surround our port.”
Both the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach face hard deadlines in the next several years for reaching zero-emissions goals.asking the mayor to make sure at least three of the members on the recrafted commission come from the local community. That was followed by similar letters from the Wilmington chamber, the San Pedro Business Improvement District, and neighborhood councils.
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