Area Planning Commissions

Julio Esperias, Jr

Julio C. Esperias, Jr. is a strategic communicator and storyteller with more than 15 years of experience advancing social justice across California. As Communications Director at Western Justice Center,  he shapes the organization’s voice, leads media strategy and develops narratives that uplift restorative justice, peer mediation and community-driven conflict resolution as tools for social change.

Stacey Pruitt

Commissioner Pruitt is an attorney for a Special District in Southern California that addresses environmental issues. She is a career prosecutor, and is certified in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Ms. Pruitt attended the University of Southern California and the University of West Los Angeles for undergrad and obtained her doctorate in Law from Loyola Law School.

David Ryan

Commissioner Ryan is a partner at Felker Toczek Suddleson McGinnis Ryan LLP, where he represents individual creative professionals and rightsholders in transactions across all media.   He holds a bachelor’s degree with honors in political science and theatre studies from Swarthmore College and a law degree from Columbia Law School, where he was a Hamilton Fellow and a James Kent Scholar.  He lives in Mar Vista with his wife and daughters.

Duncan Sachdeva

Commissioner Sachdeva is an experienced real estate asset and portfolio manager. He currently oversees real estate investments with Singh Partners LP and previously served as Managing Director at AGS Investments Inc., specializing in real estate acquisitions and mortgage note transactions.

Steven Welliver

Commissioner Welliver is the Vice President of Strategic Initiatives for The Hollywood Partnership and also serves as Executive Director of Hollywood Partnership CommunityTrust. In this capacity, he works across the organization’s four primary goals of public space management, place enhancement, stakeholder engagement, and advocacy and economic development to support the planning and funding of projects that accelerate implementation of the strategic plan for the Hollywood community.

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