Citizens Oversight Advisory Board
Measure A
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March 25, 2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19
July 12, 2023 Cancelled due to lack of quorum
1st District
Awaiting new appointment.
2nd District
Reginald Johnson
Reginald Johnson (Reggie) believes that the role of a community planner is gaining an unprecedented importance. He wants to learn, plan, and optimize tools with strategies that can create positive change in South Los Angeles and connect communities. He’s obtained a degree in Community Planning with an emphasis on Economic Development at Los Angeles Trade Technical College. Reggie’s community leadership and involvement consists of facilitating male engagement efforts and food insecurity solutions for the Best Start LA Watts-Willowbrook Community Partnership, Park Equity Alliance, Alliance for Community Transit – LA, various nonprofits, civic participation and most recently appointed to Los Angeles County Measure A Citizens Oversight Board.
He launched the Willowbrook Inclusion Network (WIN) in the community in which he grew up. WIN is a non-profit, for-purpose social enterprise dedicated to community planning, civic engagement, economic growth, and workforce development. Johnson is committed to focusing WIN’s efforts on transforming Willowbrook through arts and culture to generate an educated community that can maximize their economic potential.
Reggie’s career goals are to increase the economic growth in underserved communities, improving land use issues in Los Angeles and strengthening social bonds among residents. Reggie is also involved in improving the infrastructure in communities through organizing which involves building leadership, advocacy, and quality social services. He is also working to build livable communities that will help residents, government and businesses solve complex neighborhood problems. He is committed to capacity building in communities for sustainable progress.
3rd District
Awaiting new appointment.
4th District
Awaiting new appointment.
5th District
Mark Mariscal
Representing the 5th Supervisorial District on the Measure A Citizens Oversight Advisory Board is Mr. Mark Mariscal. He and his family have lived in Altadena, CA, for more than 30 years.
Board Member Mariscal was born and raised in Los Angeles, growing up in the Silverlake-Echo Park community. He worked his early and late teen years at the family store on Olvera Street. After graduating from John Marshall High School, he attended Los Angeles City College. From there, he served in the United States Air Force.
After returning from the Air Force (Honorable Discharge), Board Member Mariscal started working for the Los Angeles City Department of Recreation and Parks (LA RAP). It was during his early years working full-time that he returned to finish his college degree. Board Member Mariscal received his B.S. in Recreation Administration with a minor in Public Administration from California State University, Los Angeles.
Over the years, he promoted through the ranks of LA RAP, retiring in 2015 as the Superintendent of Regional Operations after 34 years of service. In the last five years with LA RAP, Board Member Mariscal has served his profession on the State-wide Board of Directors of the California Parks and Recreation Society (CPRS). In 2014-2015, he served as the 69th President of CPRS.
Upon his retirement, he was recruited to serve as the Director of Parks and Recreation for the County of Monterey in Central California. After 16 months, he retired once again and returned to Altadena, where he jumped into community service as a volunteer with the Altadena Rotary Club, Altadena Library Foundation and FRIENDS groups, and his local church.
Over the last 40 years, Board Member Mariscal has served on numerous Boards of Directors including being an elected Trustee of the Altadena Library District. When asked by the office of Supervisor Barger to serve in the position, he gladly accepted this newest assignment with honor.
The formation and operation of a Citizens Oversight Advisory Board (Advisory Board) was a mandate of Measure A under Section 7: Community Oversight and Accountability. The Advisory Board provides outside accountability for the use of Measure A funds, ensuring that expenditures are being allocated and expended only for purposes described in the Measure. The Grants Administration Manual outlines how funding will be equitably distributed. The Board is not responsible for identifying specific projects for funding (Advisory Board Guide, Section 1.6.7).
Advisory Board Meetings are open to the public and held quarterly throughout the year. All attendees are welcomed and encouraged to review the Advisory Board Guide beforehand. Multiple avenues to submit a public comment are available, including via the submission form on this page.
If you are a member of the public with comments or questions regarding grant projects or specific park needs, we recommend that you consult your local leadership or direct open space representative overseeing your community or park of interest, as such topics may be beyond the defined purview of the Advisory Board. It is very likely that your local leadership or direct open space representative overseeing your community or park of interest is already a Grantee of the District. You can also email questions directly to RPOSD.