AGOURA HILLS, CA — The City Council hosted a reception Wednesday honoring Mayor Pro Tem Deborah Klein Lopez following her election to represent California's 42nd Assembly District.
The reception began at 5 p.m. in the Community Room next to the City Council Chamber, ahead of the regular meeting.
Klein Lopez has served on the City Council for eight years, including a term as mayor. She was reelected in November 2022 to a four-year term.
Klein Lopez, a Democrat, defeated Republican candidate and Newbury Park resident Ted Nordblum with nearly 60% of the vote in last week's election, receiving over 38,000 votes. Nordblum is an "actor, entrepreneur, martial artist, and small business owner," according to his campaign biography.
Previously she has served as director of the Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mountains and led a successful school district ballot measure campaign, according to the city. She has managed a winter homeless shelter for nearly 20 years and has also worked with members of the California Legislature.
Klein Lopez graduated with honors from Northwestern University with a dual degree in mathematical methods in the social sciences and economics, according to her biography on the city's website.
She grew up in Agoura Hills and returned with her husband, Fabricio, to raise their three children.
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