MICHIGAN STATE ALUM TAPPED AS LOS ANGELES COUNTY ASSESSOR

MSU alumnus Jeffrey Prang was recently sworn in as the 27^th assessor for the County of Los Angeles. He is responsible for an annual operating budget of about $150 million, more than 1,300 appraisers, managers and support staff located in seven locations throughout Los Angeles County. In addition, he is responsible for valuing more than 2.6 million secured and unsecured parcels with a value of about $1.2 trillion.

Professionally, Jeffrey Prang served as a member of the executive staff in the Los Angeles County Office of the Assessor. Before that he served as assistant city manager for the City of Pico Rivera; senior advisor to Los Angeles County Sheriff Leroy D. Baca; director of public information, City of Los Angeles Department of Animal Services; press deputy to Los Angeles City Council President Ruth Galanter; and special assistant to Los Angeles County Assessor Kenneth P. Hahn. He began his career as a Realtor with Re/Max in Warren, MI.

Prang served nearly 18 years as a council member for the City of West Hollywood, including four terms as mayor. Additionally, he found the time to serve on several key boards and commissions, including the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission, Los Angeles County Library Commission and as Chair of the Los Angeles County Sanitation District - District 4, and the Los Angeles County Sanitation District Finance Authority.

In 2000, he was appointed by the Senate Rules Committee to the California Council on Criminal Justice. In 2001, Assembly Speaker Bob Hertzberg appointed him to the California Council on Interstate Adult Offender Supervision; he was reappointed by Speaker Herb Wesson, Jr. In 2006, Council member Prang was elected as president of the California Contract Cities Association, a statewide education and advocacy organization representing California municipalities.

Born in Detroit in 1962 and raised in Warren, MI, he graduated from MSU's James Madison College, where he earned a bachelor's in international relations. He also played trombone in the Michigan State Marching Band and in the St. Clair Shores Symphony Orchestra.