SIMI VALLEY : Businessman Joins Assembly Seat Race
Promising to cut the size of government and reform the state education system, a Canoga Park businessman announced his candidacy for a state Assembly seat that also represents Simi Valley and Fillmore.
Ross Hopkins, a Republican, is competing for a seat now held by Paula Boland (R-Granada Hills), who will step down next year because of term limits. Boland’s district includes portions of the northwest San Fernando Valley.
“Our economy is suffering, our businesses are over-regulated, our children are undereducated and we have a massive crime problem,” Hopkins said in a prepared statement. “We need to start shaking things up and make some real progress toward fixing some of the problems that are plaguing our state.”
Other Republican candidates in the race include Bob Larkin, an insurance agency owner; Steve Frank, a governmental affairs consultant; Robert C. Hamlin, a retired sheriff’s deputy; Peggy Freeman, a former director of a health and social services center; and Scott Wilk, Boland’s chief of staff.
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