{"id":4884,"date":"2019-11-22T10:11:14","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T18:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cordobacorp.com\/?p=4884"},"modified":"2019-11-22T10:11:14","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T18:11:14","slug":"cordoba-corporations-president-ceo-george-l-pla-appointed-by-governor-newsom-to-the-los-angeles-memorial-coliseum-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cordobacorp.com\/stage\/?p=4884","title":{"rendered":"Cordoba Corporation&#8217;s President &#038; CEO George L. Pla Appointed by Governor Newsom to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4063\" src=\"http:\/\/cordobacorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/pla.jpg\" alt=\"George L. Pla headshot\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles, CA \u2014 Cordoba Corporation is pleased to announce that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ca.gov\/\">Governor Gavin Newsom<\/a>\u00a0has appointed Cordoba Corporation\u2019s President &amp; CEO\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cordobacorp.com\/people\/george-pla\/\">George L. Pla<\/a>\u00a0to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lamcc.lacounty.gov\/\">Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission is a governmental entity created by a Joint Powers Agreement between the City of Los Angeles, the County of Los Angeles, and the State of California.\u00a0\u00a0The Commission Board consists of six voting members \u2013 two appointed by each of the three member entities.\u00a0 The Commission\u2019s purpose is to provide for the ongoing operation and maintenance of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and the site of the former Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am humbled to receive this appointment to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission from Governor Newsom,\u201d stated\u00a0<strong>George L. Pla<\/strong>.\u00a0 \u201cIt is an honor for me to serve as a steward of this iconic landmark dedicated to our nation\u2019s war veterans as it approaches its second century in operation.\u00a0 I look forward to working with the local community, stakeholders and my fellow commissioners to continue the legacy of this great facility and to celebrate its future as we look toward the 2028 Olympics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Governor Newsom\u2019s press release announcing the appointment was issued on November 21, 2019, and can be found in the following link:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ca.gov\/2019\/11\/21\/governor-newsom-announces-appointments-11-21-19\/\">https:\/\/www.gov.ca.gov\/2019\/11\/21\/governor-newsom-announces-appointments-11-21-19\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>For More Information<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>About George L. Pla:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0George L. Pla is a successful entrepreneur and philanthropist whose work spans business and civic activities that hold the common theme of enhancing communities throughout California. He is the Founder, President &amp; CEO of Cordoba Corporation and the author of\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.powershiftbooks.com\/\">Power Shift \u2013 How Latinos in California Transformed Politics in America<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>Additional information about George\u2019s business and philanthropic endeavors can be found at:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cordobacorp.com\/people\/george-pla\/\">http:\/\/cordobacorp.com\/people\/george-pla\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>About Cordoba Corporation:<\/strong>\u00a0 Founded in Los Angeles in 1983, Cordoba Corporation is statewide full-service engineering, construction management and program management firm specializing in the delivery of infrastructure projects in the transportation, education, water and energy sectors. Cordoba Corporation has offices in Sacramento, San Francisco, San Ramon, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, Ontario, Santa Ana and San Diego, and has been recognized by\u00a0<em>Engineering News-Record<\/em>\u00a0as a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.enr.com\/toplists\/2019-Top-50-Program-Management-Firms\">Top 50 Program Management Firm<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.enr.com\/toplists\/2019-Top-100-CM-for-Fee-Firms\">Top 100 Construction Management-for-Fee Firm<\/a>\u00a0in the nation, as well as a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.enr.com\/California\/Toplists\/2019-Top-Design-Firms\">Top 100 Design Firm<\/a>\u00a0in California.<\/p>\n<p>Contact: Cordoba Corporation Communications Department<\/p>\n<p>Phone: (213) 895-0224<\/p>\n<p>Email:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:communications@cordobacorp.com\">communications@cordobacorp.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles, CA \u2014 Cordoba Corporation is pleased to announce that\u00a0Governor Gavin Newsom\u00a0has appointed Cordoba Corporation\u2019s President &amp; CEO\u00a0George L. Pla\u00a0to the\u00a0Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission. The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission is a governmental entity created by a Joint Powers Agreement between the City of Los Angeles, the County of Los Angeles, and the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cordobacorp.com\/stage\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cordobacorp.com\/stage\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cordobacorp.com\/stage\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cordobacorp.com\/stage\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cordobacorp.com\/stage\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cordobacorp.com\/stage\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4884\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cordobacorp.com\/stage\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cordobacorp.com\/stage\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cordobacorp.com\/stage\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}