It's probaly the head of the LA Dem Party and a chair of the SoCal chapter of a national "non-profit" org called the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) which claims to specialize in using "Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and other information technologies to solve challenges in all state and local government agencies and departments" and promote "the effective and ethical use of spatial information and information technologies for the understanding and management of urban and regional systems." Whatever THAT means.
Minutes and officers of SoCal chapter of URISA
Information (such as it is) on URISA
Need help confirming...I don't live in CA. Seems like it ought to be the same guy, spatially speaking, of course...IS it?