Election

Sixth District City Council Candidates  

The even-numbered district seats are up for election in 2016. District 2 incumbent Suja Lowenthal did not file for re-election. Three candidates filed in hopes of replacing her. Daryl Supernaw of District 4, who was elected in 2015, is running unopposed in 2016. District 6 incumbent Dee Andrews is running as a write-in candidate against three opponents. In District 8, incumbent Al Austin will face two challengers. 

Josephine Villasenor is a 2016 nonpartisan candidate for District 6 of the Long Beach City Council in California. The general election will take place on April 12, 2016. Villasenor is from South Whittier, Calif. She earned a bachelor's degree business management with an emphasis in early childhood development. 

She started the Wrigley Community Watch and belongs to the Wrigley Area Neighborhood Alliance and the MacArthur Park Community Association. She is a CERT Volunteer, an American Red Cross Volunteer and was recently accepted into the Neighborhood Leadership Program. Follow this link for her Campaign website.
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Erik Miller is a 2016 nonpartisan candidate for District 6 of the Long Beach City Council in California. The general election will take place on April 12, 2016.  Miller is from Long Beach, Calif. He received a bachelor's degree in architecture from Woodbury University. His professional experience includes working as an architect and designer for several firms. 

He then moved into the nonprofit sector, serving as director of Operation Jump Start. Additionally, he founded P.E.A.C.E. League Basketball in 2013 which is a group mentoring program focused on gang reduction and employment services. Follow this link for his Campaign website. 

Robert Harmon is a 2016 nonpartisan candidate for District 6 of the Long Beach City Council in California. The general election will take place on April 12, 2016. Harmon is a business owner and a Long Beach resident for the last twenty years,  Harmon founded the MacArthur Park Neighborhood Association. 

His professional experience includes working as a surgical technologist at Kaiser Permanente. He also served in the U.S. Navy. He was the lead force in an attempt to bring the decomissioned USS Ranger into Long Beach as a permanent tourist attraction.

Dee Andrews, the incumbent is also running a write in campaign. Andrews a member of the Long Beach City Council in California, representing District 6. He was elected in 2007. The city of Long Beach, California, will hold elections for city council on April 12, 2016. 

Andrews is a graduate of Long Beach Polytechnic High School. He holds a B.S. in political science from California State University Long Beach. His professional experience includes working for the Long Beach Unified School District and teaching history and government at Long Beach Polytechnic High School and Wilson High School. Follow this link for his website. 

Our Endorsements

At this site, we are familiar with all the players. We have chosen to endorse Josephine Villasenor. Here is why: A friend of mine, Josephine A Villaseñor has announced she is running for council against Dee Andrews for the Sixth District City Council Seat. Over the last few months I've witnessed Josiephine's commitment to her community through forming the Wrigley Community Neighborhood Group, her involvement in the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), Ready Long Beach as she held onto a kindness and respect for all residents, not just those who may vote for her. That's a very incomplete list of everything I respect about Josie's attitude and accomplishments. Since being involved with the community since April and having the privilege of supporting organizations that have brought amazing change to Central Long Beach, the MacArthur Park Neighborhood and Long Beach in general such as CERT, AOC7, WESCA and Litter Free Long Beach I have seen the good that can come out of a positive force, so without hesitation or the slightest reservation, I am endorsing Josephine.

Why this community association will not support Dee Andrews. On another note, having resided in district six for over ten years, I have been very disappointed with  the represented I have seen from City Council. The more I attend city functions, police functions and re visioning meetings for Long Beach's major corridors the more I realize how poorly represented Central Long Beach has been for many years. Central Long Beach receives less attention, funding and financial support than virtually any other part of Long Beach. Most of the redevelopment in Central Long Beach only began when Andrews began to seek a write-in candidacy. Things like Jenny Rivera Park, the Anaheim Re-visioning and several recent job fairs I doubt would have come to pass had you not had to write in Andrew's name to support him. For that reason, I won't any more. In most cases, emails I have sent to Andrews office asking for any support for my neighborhood have almost always gone unreturned.