BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.3//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:282@newportbeach.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150903T071500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150903T083000 DTSTAMP:20150827T194835Z URL:https://www.newportbeach.com/events/september-wake-up-newport-supervis or-michelle-steel/ SUMMARY:September WAKE UP! Newport - Supervisor Michelle Steel DESCRIPTION:Come hear updates from Supervisor Michelle Steel...\n• John Wayne Airport\n• Newport Harbor\n• OCTA\n\n\n\n \;\n\n\nMichelle S teel\nOrange County Supervisor\, 2nd District\n\nElected to the Orange Cou nty Board of Supervisors in 2014 with more than 62 percent of the vote\, M ichelle Steel represents the residents of the Second District\, which incl udes\, Costa Mesa\, Cypress\, Huntington Beach\, La Palma\, Los Alamitos\, Newport Beach\, Seal Beach\, Stanton\, the unincorporated area of Rossmoo r\, and portions of Buena Park and Fountain Valley.\n\nSteel\, a successfu l businesswoman and renowned taxpayer advocate\, previously served as Vice Chair of the State Board of Equalization where she represented more than eight million people in Southern California\, including all of Orange Coun ty\, as one of the state’s 12 constitutional officers.\n\nAs a member of the Board of Equalization\, Michelle Steel distinguished herself as the s tate’s leading tax fighter. Her hallmark first-term achievement was the discovery\, that the Board of Equalization had delayed the return of milli ons of dollars in security deposits owed to California businesses. Followi ng her investigation\, the agency refunded tax security deposits worth upw ards of $50\,000 each to over 5\,500 small businesses. Procedures were cha nged due to Steel’s decisive leadership and hundreds of millions of doll ars were returned on time to taxpayers. In 2013\, Steel succeeded in elimi nating the agency’s automatic security deposit program\, freeing thousan ds of Californians from what was effectively a tax on new businesses and a llowing them to use their scarce capital to create jobs and grow the econo my.\n\nOver the past decade\, Michelle Steel has served on the President ’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders\, Califo rnia World Trade Commission\, Los Angeles County Department of Children an d Family Services\, and Los Angeles Airport and Fire Commissions.\n\nMiche lle holds a degree in Business from Pepperdine University\, an Executive M BA from the University of Southern California\, and is fluent in Korean an d Japanese. Michelle and her husband\, Shawn\, have been married since 19 81. They live in Surfside\, California.\n\n\n\n[caption id="attachment_126 61" align="alignleft" width="150"] Presenting Sponsor[/caption]\n\n \; \n\nBreakfast treats will be provided by Edible Arrangements.\nAdditional ly\, Supervisor Steel will also be bringing her favorite Vietnamese meat-f illed pastries - Pate Chaud\n\nThis event is free to the public\, but plea se make reservations so we can plan for food and seating.\n\nContact: Pam Smith - psmith@newportbeach.com  -   (949) 729-4411\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newportbeach.com/wp-content/uploads/ 2015/02/WakeUpIcon.jpg CATEGORIES:Chamber Events,Featured LOCATION:Newport Beach Public Library (Friends Room)\, 1000 Avocado Ave.\, Newport Beach\, CA\, 92660\, United States GEO:33.6078202;-117.87315109999997 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1000 Avocado Ave.\, Newport Beach\, CA\, 92660\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Newport Bea ch Public Library (Friends Room):geo:33.6078202,-117.87315109999997 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20150308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR