{"id":112231,"date":"2022-12-22T14:49:41","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T22:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=112231"},"modified":"2022-12-22T14:49:41","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22T22:49:41","slug":"palmdale-councilmembers-sworn-in-new-mayor-selected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2022\/12\/22\/palmdale-councilmembers-sworn-in-new-mayor-selected\/","title":{"rendered":"Palmdale councilmembers sworn in, new mayor selected"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_112232\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-112232\" style=\"width: 1148px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/New-Palmdale-Council-members-12.21.22.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-112232\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/New-Palmdale-Council-members-12.21.22.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1148\" height=\"719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/New-Palmdale-Council-members-12.21.22.jpg 1148w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/New-Palmdale-Council-members-12.21.22-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/New-Palmdale-Council-members-12.21.22-1024x641.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/New-Palmdale-Council-members-12.21.22-768x481.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1148px) 100vw, 1148px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-112232\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">[L to R] Laura Bettencourt, Eric Ohlsen, and Andrea Alarc\u00f3n. (Contributed image)<\/figcaption><\/figure>The Palmdale City Council had three members sworn into office at the year\u2019s final meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Laura Bettencourt<\/strong> of District 3, <strong>Eric Ohlsen<\/strong> of District 4, and<strong> Andrea Alarc\u00f3n<\/strong> of District 5 officially took office to begin their new terms.<\/p>\n<p>In a historic moment, Bettencourt was selected (by drawing) to serve as Palmdale\u2019s mayor, while Alarc\u00f3n was chosen unanimously by the city council to serve as mayor pro tem. For the first time in Palmdale\u2019s history, two women will serve simultaneously in these city leadership roles.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; \" id=\"theav-1433867831\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4504301096758439\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4504301096758439\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5907184250\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Bettencourt was elected to her first term on the Palmdale City Council on May 19, 2009, and reelected on Nov. 3, 2009; Nov. 8, 2016; Nov. 6, 2018; and Nov. 8, 2022.\u00a0 Alarc\u00f3n and Ohlsen were elected to their first terms on the Palmdale City Council on Nov.8, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Palmdale&#8217;s next council meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023, in the Council Chamber, located at 38300 Sierra Highway, Suite B. For details on past and future meetings, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/cityofpalmdale.org\/310\/City-Council-Meetings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.cityofpalmdale.org\/CityCouncilMeetings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h6><em>[Information via news release from the city of Palmdale.]<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Palmdale City Council had three members sworn into office at the year\u2019s final meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022. Laura Bettencourt of District 3, Eric Ohlsen of District 4, and Andrea Alarc\u00f3n of District 5 officially took office to begin their new terms. In a historic moment, Bettencourt was selected (by drawing) to serve [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":112232,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1499,11,23],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112231"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112231"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112233,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112231\/revisions\/112233"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}