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Supervisor Don Knabe was
first elected to the Los
Angeles County Board of
Supervisors in November
of 1996 and was
overwhelmingly
re-elected in 2000, 2004
and 2008.
Supervisor Knabe
represents the Fourth
District, which is a
uniquely diverse area
that is home to over two
million residents and
includes two of the
nation’s largest
economic hubs; the Ports
of Los Angeles and Long
Beach, and Los Angeles
International Airport.
The Fourth District is
also geographically
diverse, stretching from
Marina del Rey to the
Palos Verdes Peninsula
to Long Beach all the
way east to Diamond Bar
and dozens of cities in
between. The Fourth
District also includes
Catalina Island and San
Clemente Island.
In 2007, Knabe was
appointed by the White
House to serve on the
President’s Homeland
Security Advisory
Council. Since 2002, he
has served on one of the
Council’s subcommittees,
the State and Local
Officials Senior
Advisory Committee,
where he currently
serves as Chair. In
2006, Knabe was
appointed to the
California Emergency
Council by Governor
Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Don is the Chairman of
First 5 Los Angeles and
a past President of the
Coliseum Commission. He
is a Member and past
Chairman of the Urban
County Caucus of the
California State
Association of Counties,
an Executive Board
Member of the California
State Association of
Counties, and is
Secretary of the Board
of Governors for L.A.
Care Health Plan. In
addition, he is the Vice
Chairman of the Health
Sub-Committee for the
National Association of
Counties and a Trustee
at the Aquarium of the
Pacific located in Long
Beach.
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