The Current Health of State and Local Government in California: What Prescriptions are Needed?

Edmund Edelman

Edmund Edelman is a distinguished public servant with a career in elected office that spans thirty years, including twenty years as a Los Angeles County Supervisor and ten years as a Los Angeles City Councilman. Prior to running for office Ed worked in Sacramento as Deputy Legislative Counsel for the California Legislature and in Washington D.C. as Counsel to the U.S. House Labor Subcommittee. He was also Special Assistant to the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board. Now he is an arbitrator/mediator specializing in resolving public and governmental disputes.

Ed is a UCLA alumnus. He graduated cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa from the Political Science Department in 1954. He obtained an LL.B. degree from UCLA Law School in 1958. UCLA has recognized Ed’s many important contributions to the campus and the broader Los Angeles community. He received the Professional Achievement and Public Service Award for Excellence from the University and Alumnus of the Year from the UCLA Law School. He held faculty appointments at UCLA’s Institute of Industrial Relations and Whittier College School of Law.

While in the Political Science Department, Ed was a student of Jack Bollens. His fond remembrance of this mentor led him to work with the department to establish an annual lecture event honoring Professor Bollens. He has worked tirelessly since that time to ensure the work and influence of Professor Bollens, Ries and Hoffenberg are remembered by past, present and future UCLA students and residents of the Los Angeles community.