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9A Page 34 Board Endorses S�dalia Sanders for NLC Second Vice President Ei Centro City Council Member Sedafia Sanders was endorsed by the League of Cafiiornia Cifies board of ciirectors for the Natianal League of Cities(NLC)second vice president position.The board took this action at its meeting on Friday, 5ept.26, in Long Beach. Last year, the League endorsed another candidate fram California, Riverside Mayor Ron Loveridge. If efected to this position in November at the NLC Congress of Cities Conference in Orlando, Fla., Sanders will assume a positian on the NLC board of directars as weil as the NLC executive committee. She woufd likely serve as president of NLC from November 2010 tv November 2011. Loveridge is currently NLC second vice presiden#and wil!likely become NLC presiden#in November 2009. Sanders,who served as president of the League of California Cities 1995-1996,was first elected to the El Centro City Council in 1985.She has been seEected by her peers to serve as mayor four terms during her tenure. She served the city council 1985—'I999 and then again from 2003 to presen#. During her city councif hiatus, Sanders was elected to the EI Centro Elementary Schooi Board 7rustees, serving a two year term which included one year as president. Active in the Imperiaf Valley region, Sanders has been chair of the fmperial Valley Assaciation of Governments and has served as vice chair of the Southern California Association of Govemments' Hazardous Waste Management Committes. fn addition, she was part of a regional body that designed and implemented a plan to distribute$20 million from the largest rural to urban water swap in California history, Sanders'state service includes appointments to the Rural Development Council and the Agricultura( District Association that represented Imperial County at the state level. League Service: Sanders led the League as president from 1995-1996, during a difficult economic downtum in Caiifornia when the state seizsd local governmenf property taxes to help balance the state budget. Her baard of directors'tenure encompasses two periods: 'I993-1999 and 2003—today. Sanders first became active in the League focally, serving as presiden#of the imperia!Valley Division. She also served as president of the League's Mayors and Council Members' Depar#ment, An impartant contribution Sanders has made to the League was helping develop fihe organization's African Arr►erican and Latino Caucuses.The establishment of the caucuses was the League's first recognition o#these constituency groups. Sanders also helped strengthen the League's legisfative position by establishing strategic partners�ips. NLC Service Sanders has extensive NLC service:Advisory Councik(2�05-current); board member(1996— 1998); member, Race Relations Task Force, and Resolutions Committee;Ativocacy Ambassador (1997-1998); and member of the Strategic Plan Committee (1997-9998). She is also a member of Women in Municipal Government(WIMG)and the Nationaf Biack Caucus of Local Elected OfFicial (NBC-LEO}. in 9998, Sanders served as a panelist for NBC-L�O's summer regional conference and board of directors meeting. � New Board Officers Nart�ed The League of California Cities announced the elec#ion of new afficers at the closing general session of last week's annual conference. The newfy efected o�cers form the 2008-2009 executive committee of its board of directors. Sacramento Mayor Heather Fargo was elected to serve as the Leaaue's president,assuming the pos#held for the past year by San Diego City Council President Pro Tem Jim Madaffer. Rolling Hills Estates Council Membef Judy Mitchell was elected as firs#vice president, and Rancho 11