Zev yaroslavsky biography of albert

In , Yaroslavsky was elected to the five-member Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, representing the western part of the county and a constituency of two million people. Because of term limits, he will leave office at the close of As a member of the Board of Supervisors, Yaroslavsky quickly emerged as a leader on fiscal, health care, transportation, cultural and environmental matters.

"Zev's Los Angeles," a memoir by former L.A. County supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, covers an era when L.A. transformed radically — and does it.

Yaroslavsky was the driving force behind the hugely successful Orange Line busway across the San Fernando Valley, which opened in to record ridership, and he pushed hard for creation of the new light rail Expo Line, which, when completed by , will travel to Santa Monica from Downtown Los Angeles. The current terminus is in Culver City. At the same time, Yaroslavsky, a member of the Metro board of directors, is leading the drive to bring a subway—the Purple Line—to the Westside.

In the area of social and human services, Yaroslavsky has launched a series of groundbreaking initiatives that have measurably improved life for individuals and families on the margins of society. For example, he is bringing innovative school-based health clinics to largely working-class neighborhoods of the San Fernando Valley, where many residents are living below the poverty line and rarely seek medical attention.

One of those is based on the Sun Valley Middle School campus, while two more are being constructed at Monroe and San Fernando high schools. Philharmonic Orchestra. Yaroslavsky was born December 21, in Los Angeles, California. He earned an M. Afternoon rush hour speeds on the…. Temple St. About Zev.