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Board of Building
and Safety Commissioners
Members of the Board of Building and Safety Commissioners are
appointed by the Mayor of the City of Los Angeles and confirmed by
the Los Angeles City Council pursuant to the Charter of the City of
Los Angeles. Each Commissioner is appointed for a term of five
years, and all volunteer their time to preside at weekly Board of
Building and Safety Commission meetings.
Under the City Charter, the Board has the power to make
and/or approve slight modifications for individual cases in the
provisions of the building ordinances of the City.
The Board of Building and Safety Commissioners convenes its
meetings on Tuesday at 201 North Figueroa Street, Room 900, Los
Angeles, CA 90012.
Commission
Members
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MARSHA L.
BROWN, M.A., PRESIDENT - Commissioner Brown has been a member of the
Commission since September 2004. She is the president and
co-founder of a nationally recognized research and investigation
corporation that has been at the forefront of fighting fraud,
waste and abuse for over twenty-five years. She applies her
extensive knowledge of fraud, waste and abuse to consulting
assessments and investigations, as well as conducting training
seminars for self-insured corporations, public transportation
agencies, and municipalities who want to implement a strategic
approach to reducing fraudulent workers’ compensation and
liability claims.
Commissioner Brown is a member of the Board of Regents of
Loyola Marymount University where she is Chair of the University’s
Government and Community Affairs Committee, as well as a member of
the Executive Committee. She also serves on the California Task
Force for Youth and Workplace Wellness. Her Master of Arts degree
is in Marriage, Family and Child Counseling with a concentration
in Diversity and Multiculturalism.
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HELENA JUBANY, VICE PRESIDENT - Commissioner Jubany is
a licensed architect both in the State of California and Brazil.
In 1989, she founded her own office, Jubany Architecture, in
downtown Los Angeles. She is currently the managing principal of
Jubany-NAC|architecture in Los Angeles. She is very active in the
community and has been a strong advocate of the urban
revitalization of downtown Los Angeles.
Commissioner Jubany served as President of the Asian
American Architects/Engineers Association for two years and is a
current Board Member for the American Institute of Architects for
the Los Angeles Chapter. Commissioner Jubany is also a Board
Member of A Community of Friends (ACOF), and the Ace Mentor
Program, all of which are non-profit organizations focused on
housing the mentally ill homeless and the needs and mentorship of
inner-city youth.
Though a native to Taiwan, Commissioner Jubany was raised
in Brazil. There she earned a Bachelor of Architecture degree from
the University of Sao Paulo. Her Master of Architecture degree is
from California Polytechnic University, Pomona. Commissioner
Jubany worked for the City of Sao Paulo Planning Department and
was involved in several urban density projects. Her commitment to
and expertise in public education has resulted in several
invitations by the Brazilian Ministry of Education to speak at a
series of international architectural conferences. Commissioner
Jubany's work in education led to her appointment at Woodbury
University, Department of Architecture Consultancy Board in 1996.
She teaches the 5th year Professional Practice course and various
design studios.
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EVANGELOS P.
AMBATIELOS, COMMISSIONER - Commissioner Ambatielos was
confirmed as a member of the Board of Building and Safety
Commissioners in May 2006. He is a native of Southern California
where he attended public school in Manhattan Beach and received
his undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of
Southern California. A 25 year resident of Los Angeles, Commissioner
Ambatielos is a businessman and former public school
educator. He taught Spanish for 15 years at Palos Verdes High
School and served as Chairman for the Department of Foreign
Language. Commissioner Ambatielos is presently co-owner of two
Los Angeles based businesses where he is actively involved in the
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VICTOR HUGO CUEVAS, COMMISSIONER - Commissioner
Cuevas is a lifelong resident of the City of Los Angeles and the
Northeast San Fernando Valley. Born to an immigrant family, he
attended public schools and graduated from the University of
California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with a degree in Political Science.
He worked immediately thereafter with UCLA's Office of Community
Based Learning (CBL) providing workforce development services to
low-income youth in the communities of Boyle Heights and the East
San Fernando Valley. In Pacoima, he oversaw and directed CBL's
Workforce Investment Act services to a consortium of youth at
Pacoima Skills Center and the environmental justice organization
Pacoima Beautiful.
In 2004, Commissioner Cuevas joined the District
legislative team of former Assemblymember Cindy Montañez
(AD-39) to work in the areas of brownfield mitigation, the
greening of blighted areas, and multimedia communications. For
several years he was the liaison to the neighborhoods of North
Hills and Lake View Terrace where he planned numerous community
events and strengthened constituent ties to the state legislative
process.
The experience in public policy-making propelled
Commissioner Cuevas to enter the graduate program at California
Polytechnic University, Pomona in Urban and Regional Planning to
further prepare himself for the advocacy of healthy and vibrant
communities. He has conducted locally based research studies in
the areas of green building, the creation of urban multi-use
trails, and congestion mitigation. He has completed all required
coursework and is looking towards defending his research thesis in
the Fall of 2008.
Most recently, Commissioner Cuevas has collaborated in the
area of construction/project management, and currently serves as a
multimedia, land-use, and planning consultant to a design-build
firm in the San Fernando Valley. He is a member of the American
Planning Association, the Latino Urban Forum, and was confirmed to
the Board of Building and Safety Commissioners in July of 2008.
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