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Sept. 21, 2005
William A. Burke, Ed.D., a leader in environmental justice and other air
quality programs, was reappointed today by Speaker of the Assembly Fabian
Nuñez to a four-year term on the South Coast Air Quality Management
District’s Governing Board.
The term begins on Jan. 15, 2006 and ends on Jan. 15, 2010. Burke, one
of the longest-tenured members and chairmen of the AQMD Board, has served
nearly three full terms since he was first appointed to the post in
September 1993 by then-Speaker of the Assembly Willie Brown Jr.
“I am looking forward with great enthusiasm to serving another four years
on the AQMD Board,” Burke said. “We have accomplished a great deal in the
last decade, but we also have an enormous challenge ahead of us if we are to
succeed in cleaning up the Southland’s smog. I really appreciate the
confidence placed in me by the Speakers of the Assembly that have appointed
me.”
Since his first appointment to the Board, Burke has been reappointed to
successive four-year terms by Assemblyman Cruz Bustamante in 1997 and
Assemblyman Robert Hertzberg in 2001.
Burke serves as the Speaker of the Assembly appointee to the 12-member
AQMD Board. The other 11 members include three elected officials from Los
Angeles County, two each from Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties,
one member appointed by the Governor and one by the Senate Rules Committee.
During his service on AQMD’s Board, Burke introduced and AQMD carried out
landmark programs for Environmental Justice, children and senior citizens.
AQMD is the air pollution control agency for Orange County and major
portions of Los Angeles, San Bernardino and Riverside counties.
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