Seal Beach mayor appointed to Conservancy

Sandra Massa-Lavitt

Sandra Massa-Lavitt, 74, of Seal Beach, has been appointed to the San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountain Conservancy.

Massa-Lavitt, who lives in Leisure World, has served as mayor of the City of Seal Beach since 2016 and as a member of the Seal Beach City Council since 2014. She was a contract planner for the City of Lake Elsinore from 2005 to 2008, a community development director for the City of La Habra Heights from 2003 to 2005, interim director of planning and building for the City of South Pasadena in 2003, a planning director for the City of Calimesa from 1998 to 2003, interim director of community development for the City of Manhattan Beach from 1999 to 2000 and interim planning manager for the City of El Segundo from 1998 to 1999.

This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $75 per diem. Massa-Lavitt is a Democrat.