De’Andre Valencia

advocacy director for the Los Angeles County Business Federation

advocacy director for the Los Angeles County Business Federation

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Water management in the last century was about sending rain and polluted runoff out to the ocean.

Measure W seeks to save water, make attractive spaces

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