Los Angeles Board of Public Works Elects New Appointee as President

The Los Angeles Board of Public Works elected a new president of its governing body Tuesday, just a couple weeks after he was appointed to the board by Mayor Eric Garcetti and confirmed by the City Council.

Greg Good, who was confirmed to the board on June 24, was elected by his fellow board members as president.

Good replaces Kevin James, who served as president for seven years, one of the longest consecutively serving presidents in the history of the board, according to a statement from the Department of Public Works.

Good will serve the remainder of James’ second five-year term, which lasts until June 30, 2022.

“To begin, it is an incredible honor to be appointed to the board by our mayor and confirmed by the City Council. To then be elected president by my colleagues on the board is thrilling and humbling,” Good said.

“I will meet their confidence by working relentlessly to ensure that the Department of Public Works not only continues providing critical infrastructure services and programs for all Angelenos, but also serves as a model of equity, sustainability and resiliency in these unprecedented and challenging times,” Good added.

According to the statement from Public Works, Good has spent more than 20 years in public service and brings a “diverse array” of professional experience to the board.

Since 2016, Good has served as chief of Legislative and External Affairs for Garcetti’s office and in that role he oversaw the mayor’s city legislative agenda and developed relationships with the City Council, County Board of Supervisors, Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education and the county’s 87 other regional mayors.

Good was also responsible for the mayor’s Public Engagement, Immigrant Affairs, and Volunteer LA teams as well as oversight of the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment.

Before joining the mayor’s office, Good worked as a campaign director for the Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy and was an elementary and high school teacher in the Inglewood and Compton Unified School Districts, according to Public Works.

He received an undergraduate degree in history from Brown University and his Juris Doctorate from UCLA School of Law.

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