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Area 6 district trustee announced

Renee Macauley — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 00:05:04 +0000

The race for Los Rios Community College district trustees ended election night, with former state senator Deborah Ortiz winning the Area 6 seat after defeating a lawsuit brought by a rival candidate to block her name from the ballot.

Ortiz’s win was confirmed Nov.4, by LRCCD Associate Vice Chancellor of Communications and Research Susie Williams after pulling just over 53 percent of the vote, according to election results posted in The Bee.

“I feel strongly that I can contribute to what is a great board now,” Ortiz said to the Express.

Throughout her campaign, Ortiz described community colleges as [read more...]

ASG President Steve Macias reinstated

Stephanie Rodriguez — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:38:27 +0000

Associated Student Government President Steve Macias has been reinstated in full, following a failed recall attempt and a suspension approved by his fellow ASG members.

More than 600 students voted in the two-day recall election held on Oct. 27 and 28 and more than half voted to remove Macias and ASG Student Affairs Commissioner Monica Guzman from office, according to ASG Vice President Debby Dixon.

The election was declared null and void by City College on Nov. 2, however, due to a violation of an open-meeting law called The Brown Act under California Government Code Section 54954.2 which states:

“The [read more...]