Hearts and minds: Suja Lowenthal brings elected and administrative experience to Hermosa city manager job
Suja Lowenthal became Hermosa’s City Manager on Sept. 17. Along with several stops at various public agencies, she previously served on the Long Beach City Council and the Long Beach Unified School District board. Photos by J.P. Cordero Early on in the Hermosa Beach City Council’s Sept. 25 meeting, a member of Leadership Hermosa, there to provide some updates on the coming year’s curriculum, began her remarks by announcing that the power had gone out in a large swath of the city. Newly appointed City Manager Suja Lowenthal quietly got up from her seat at the dias and stepped out of council chambers, cell phone in hand. Lowenthal returned several minutes later and, once the Leadership Hermosa presentation finished, announced that the power had indeed gone out in approximately 4,500 Hermosa homes. The county fire department and the city’s public works department were responding, Lowenthal said. At 7:53 p.m., about 15 minutes later, the city announced the outage through an advisory message on the city’s email alert system. Southern California Edison, the alert announced, planned to restore power by 11 p.m. In fact, the lights came on in the affected homes shortly after 8 p.m…
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