San Fernando Valley Council of Governments

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As a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and immediate past Chair, she has led the way and worked on a great many initiatives and motions to improve people’s lives and reform systems in the County.

Before her service on the Board, Supervisor Kuehl served eight years in the California State Senate and six years in the California State Assembly. She was the first woman in California history to be named Speaker Pro Tempore of the Assembly, and the first openly gay or lesbian person to be elected to the California Legislature. She served as chair of the Senate Health and Human Services Committee, Natural Resources and Water Committee, and Budget Subcommittee on Water, Energy, and Transportation, as well as the Assembly Judiciary Committee.

Jess was elected in 2009, was named Vice Mayor in 2010, and served as Centennial Mayor during the City’s Centennial Celebration in 2011. He was re-elected in 2013, was named Vice Mayor in 2015 and served his second term as Mayor in 2016. He was re-elected in 2017 and is currently serving his third, four-year term.

While he spent many years on the frontlines in public safety, he also passionately worked the sidelines as a coach to Burbank’s young athletes. His attention to youth programs and commitment to their success continues to this day through his 2011-2012 Mayoral theme of ‘A Healthy Burbank.’ Some of the initiatives included “Ride a Bike with the Mayor”, The Mayor’s “Healthy Minute” on the Burbank Channel and the “Let’s Move!” campaign in conjunction with First Lady Michelle Obama.

Over the years, Marsha has served the community in a number of ways. As a Program Analyst for special projects for the City of Santa Clarita, Marsha monitored environmental documents, provided legislative information to City staff and assisted in grant writing. Prior to her work at the City, McLean worked for the Los Angeles Police Department and for a Los Angeles City Councilman. McLean’s experience also includes work for the U.S. Government at the American Embassies in Tel Aviv, Israel and Paris, France. After learning to speak French, McLean served as a liaison to French citizens on cultural exchange programs for the U.S. Information Agency.

As a council member, Marsha is committed to working with the community to protect the environment and quality of life for our residents. Marsha is the founder of the S.C.V. Canyons Preservation Committee which successfully co-sponsored legislation to acquire funds for the preservation of Whitney and Elsmere Canyons. She also rallied citizens, business organizations, environmental groups, state and federal legislators to save Santa Clarita from being home to the world’s largest garbage dump. The dump would have been seen from our valley floor and would have loomed over the ridgelines of Elsmere Canyon to one and one-half times the height of the Washington Monument.

Please explore the resources offered on this website and remember that my staff and I, whether based out of my district office in Reseda or at City Hall, are here to serve you above all else. Please feel free to stop by – we are ready to help. Together we will work to achieve our shared goals and create the Los Angeles it should, can, and deserves to be.

As a City Councilmember, Paul fights for neighborhood empowerment and actively encourages civic engagement. Among his many accomplishments are creating a comprehensive job creation plan for the city, raising the minimum wage for working families, establishing a task force to aid small businesses with city issues, adopting a 100 percent clean energy mandate, championing economic growth and reducing crime in the East San Fernando Valley, authoring the city’s sidewalk repair plan, preserving cultural landmarks and historic buildings, creating parks and fully accessible playgrounds for children, working to end traffic injuries and fatalities, and leading the way on the most restrictive anti-mansionization law in the city’s history.

In addition to his role as budget chair, Paul also helms the Ad Hoc Committee on Job Creation, is vice chair of the Housing Committee, and sits on the Energy, Climate Change and Environmental Justice Committee; the Trade Travel and Tourism Committee; the Ad Hoc Committee on the 2028 Olympics; the Executive Employee Relations Committee and the Board of Referred Powers.

Born in the San Fernando Valley, Councilmember Koretz was raised and schooled in the 5th District, attending Canfield Elementary School, Palms Middle School, Hamilton High School, and UCLA, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in history.

Councilmember Koretz’s father Erich escaped Nazi Germany in late 1939, emigrating first to Argentina and then settling in Los Angeles. He became a waiter and a dedicated member of the hotel and restaurant employees union. Councilmember Koretz often joined his father on picket lines and in other efforts aimed at improving the life of working people. His mother, Doris, grew up in Everett, Massachusetts, during the Great Depression after her family fled the pogroms in Russia and emigrated to the U.S. It was the lessons learned from his parent’s experiences that shaped Councilmember Koretz’s philosophy on service and social justice.

Councilmember Koretz lives with his wife Gail, daughter Rachel, and their rescue dog, Mack, in the Beverly Grove neighborhood. A devoted husband and father, Councilmember Koretz strives to balance his council duties with his family life and apply the responsibilities of parenthood as a guide to inform his service to the public.

Nithya Raman

In January 2020, Nury Martinez became the first Latina City Council President in the City Council’s 170-year history. When elected to the City Council in 2013, Martinez was the only female elected official in the City of Los Angeles. Today, as one of just two women on the City Council, Councilwoman Martinez is a groundbreaking leader who champions families first and women’s rights issues.