Larry Agran
Larry Agran is a former mayor of Irvine, California.
Early life
Agran graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1966. He served as Legal Counsel to the California State Senate Committee on Health and Welfare, and taught legislation and public policy at the UCLA School of Law and the University of California, Irvine Graduate School of Management.[1]
Council career
Between 1979 and 1990 Agran served on the city council, including 6 years as Mayor (Irvine employs a council-manager government).
In 1998, Agran re-entered public service as an Irvine City Council member. Agran was elected to serve as mayor once more on November 7, 2000, and was re-elected on November 5, 2002. The current mayor of Irvine is Beth Krom. Agran continues to serve on Irvine’s City Council and exercise considerable influence over civic matters.[2]
Presidential attempt
In 1992, Agran unsuccessfully sought the Democratic Party nomination for President. Agran was generally ignored by by the media during his candidacy, a topic heavily covered in the 1995 documentary “Spin.”[3]
DSA Elected Representatives, 1990
As of January 1990, Democratic Socialists of America members holding elected public office included;[4]
- Ron Dellums, US Rep., California
- Major Owens, US Rep., California
- David Dinkins, NY Mayor
- Jim Scheibel, St Paul, Minnesota Mayor
- Ben Nichols, Ithaca (NY) Mayor
- Larry Agran, Irvine (CA) Mayor
- Jim Conn, Santa Monica Mayor
- Niilo Koponen, Alaska State Legislator, Fairbanks
- Beverly Stein, Oregon State Rep., Portland
- Perry Bullard, Michigan State Rep., Lansing
- Babette Josephs, Pennsylvania State Rep., Philadelphia
- Ruth Messinger, Manhattan Borough President
- Harry Britt, President, San Francisco Board of Supervisors
- Maryann Mahaffey, President, Detroit City Council
- Hilda Mason, Washington DC, City Councilor
- David Sullivan, Cambridge (MA) City Councilor
- David Scondras, Boston (MA) City Councilor
- Anne Chandler, Berkeley (CA) City Councilor
- Mildred Jeffrey, Wayne State University (Detroit) Governor
References
- ↑ Charlie Rose bio, accessed December 2010
- ↑ Charlie Rose bio, accessed December 2010
- ↑ Charlie Rose bio, accessed December 2010
- ↑ Democratic left, Jan./Feb. 1990, page 7