Andrea Ordin

Pepperdine University School of Law

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Instructor at Pepperdine University School of Law; former President of the LAPD Police Commission, she also held the position of County Counsel and UUS Attorney for the Central District

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City Council members making more than $100,000…a City manager whose salary and benefits reached $1.5 million.

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