Santa Monica, CA -- Santa Monica–Malibu Unified School District Board Member Ben Allen was endorsed today by Hermosa Beach City Councilmember Hany S. Fangary.
“As an attorney whose practice focuses on environmental and health care law, I am fully confident that Ben will promote policy that will effectively begin to remedy our environmental and healthcare concerns. We here in Hermosa Beach know that he’s an exceptional leader capable of representing our district and defending our interests,” said Councilmember Hany Fangary.
“Hany Fangary is an amazing politician who continues to be a role model on how elected officials keep our government moving forward. I'm proud to have Councilmember Fangary's endorsement,” said Ben Allen.
Hany S. Fangary is a lawyer at Velasco Law Group, APC in Long Beach, California. Hany focuses his practice in litigation and arbitration involving environmental regulatory compliance, environmental due diligence, health care, pharmaceutical industry disputes, and consumer product matters. Hany’s trial experience dealt with environmentally impacted properties related to soil, groundwater and air emissions. He also has broad experience in litigation and regulatory compliance matters dealing with CERCLA, RCRA, NEPA, CEQA and the EIS/EIR process, Proposition 65, Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, and the Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Fund.
Councilmember Fangary joins a growing number of elected officials in the South Bay who are backing Allen including former Assemblymember George Nakano, Hermosa Beach City Councilmember Nanette Barragan, Redondo Beach City Councilmember Bill Brand, Manhattan Beach City Councilmember Mark Burton, and former Manhattan Beach Mayor Portia Cohen.
Ben Allen placed first among a crowded field in the open primary for the 26th State Senate District, held on June 3, 2014.
The 26th State Senate District consists of the cities of Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach, Palos Verdes Estates, Rancho Palos Verdes, Rolling Hills, Rolling Hills Estates, El Segundo, Avalon, Lomita, Torrance, Santa Monica, West Hollywood, and Beverly Hills; the Los Angeles neighborhoods of Marina Del Rey, Playa Del Rey, Westchester, Pacific Palisades, Brentwood, Westwood, Westwood Village, Bel Air, Holmby Hills, Little Holmby, Sunset Hills, Beverly Grove, Mar Vista, Mid City West, Miracle Mile, Larchmont Village, Hollywood, Hollywood Hills, Fairfax, Carthay, Fremont Place, Hancock Park, and Windsor Square; and the unincorporated Los Angeles County communities of Marina Del Rey, San Clemente Island, Santa Catalina Island, Franklin, Centinela, and Ocean View. |
