RIORDAN TAPS WOMEN FOR POSTS.Byline: Rick Orlov Staff Writer Calling them representatives of a new generation of leadership, Mayor Richard Riordan Richard J. Riordan (born May 1, 1930) is a Republican politician from California, U.S. who served as the California Secretary of Education from 2003–2005 and as Mayor of Los Angeles from 1993–2001. Riordan ran for Governor of California unsuccessfully in 2002. on Tuesday nominated nom·i·nate tr.v. nom·i·nat·ed, nom·i·nat·ing, nom·i·nates 1. To propose by name as a candidate, especially for election. 2. To designate or appoint to an office, responsibility, or honor. two women attorneys to key commission posts. Riordan said he was nominating Ethics Commissioner Raquelle de la Rocha to the Police Commission and proposing attorney and Democratic activist Susan Estrich Susan Estrich (born Susan Estrich December 16 1952) is a lawyer, professor, author, political operative, feminist advocate and commentator for Fox News. Estrich grew up in Marblehead, Massachusetts on Boston's North Shore. to the Ethics Commission In the United States, an Ethics Commission is a commission established by State law to discourage dishonest practices by their public employees and elected officials. Almost all American states have such a commission. . ``These are the leaders of the next millennium,'' Riordan said at a City Hall news conference. De la Rocha is filling the seat being vacated by Commission President Edith Perez, with the mayor saying she brings ``a tremendous wealth of experience, knowledge and integrity to the civilian oversight board of the Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . .''
As for Estrich, Riordan said she is a ``consummate professional with an intense passion for public policy, politics and the law.'' Both appointments will require City Council confirmation. De la Rocha said she was prepared for the demands of the job - even if it meant getting up at 3:30 a.m. to go to a crime scene. ``I'm up at 3 a.m. anyway with one of my babies,'' de la Rocha joked. ``I am looking forward to this challenge. I have been studying up and want to be prepared.'' De la Rocha said she expected to be as independent a member of the Police Commission as she was on the Ethics Commission. ``I plan to ask a lot of questions, but some of those will be done in private,'' de la Rocha said. ``I know, having served on other commissions, that sometimes what is done in public doesn't reflect all the behind-the-scenes work.'' De la Rocha is a fourth generation Angeleno and now lives in the Valley Glen area. Estrich came to national prominence as manager of the 1988 presidential campaign of Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis Michael Stanley Dukakis (born November 3, 1933) is an American Democratic politician, former Governor of Massachusetts, and the Democratic presidential nominee in 1988. He was born to Greek and Vlach immigrant [1] . She has lived in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. for the past 10 years. ``I consider this my home,'' Estrich said. ``My kid wears a Dodgers cap.'' Estrich was one of the attorneys in a private task force that developed the city's ethics laws, which she said were among the toughest in the nation. |
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