ANAHEIM — The California Republican Party will continue strengthening ties with California’s fastest-growing ethnic group in its third Asian Pacific American Roundtable at the California Republican Party Convention.
The roundtable is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 5, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Hilton Anaheim Hotel, 777 W. Convention Way in Anaheim.
Spurred by the leadership of Board of Equalization Vice Chair Michelle Steel (the nation’s highest-ranking Korean American elected official) and California Republican Party Vice Chair Harmeet Dhillon (first Sikh American and first woman to serve in that post), more than two dozen locally elected APA Republicans will join together with party leaders to discuss ways to keep the party moving forward.
“We have made great progress in the past year,” Steel said. “Together with [CRP Chairman] Jim Brulte, Harmeet Dhillon, and [Chairman] Reince Priebus at the RNC, we have been able to reach further than ever before. On Oct. 5, we will continue building our strength in these communities by learning from APA Republicans who have done the hard work of getting elected to local governments across the state.”
Priebus and Brulte have shown their commitment to expanding the party’s reach by hiring a dedicated team to connect Republican leaders with APA communities in California and across the country.
In addition to Steel, speakers will include:
Allen Ishida, Tulare County Board of Supervisors, District 1
Janet Nguyen, Orange County Board of Supervisors, District 1
Hugh Nguyen, Orange County clerk-recorder
Mike Gin, mayor of Redondo Beach
Gary Yep, mayor of Kerman
Steve Hwangbo, mayor of La Palma
Alan Nakanishi, mayor of Lodi
Peter Ohtaki, mayor of Menlo Park
Tri Ta, mayor of Westminster
Michael Vo, mayor pro tem of Fountain Valley
Lisa Bartlett, mayor pro tem of Dana Point
Miller Oh, mayor pro tem of Buena Park
Ling-Ling Chang, Diamond Bar City Council
Jeremy Yamaguchi, Placentia City Council
Peter Kim, La Palma City Council
Carol Chen, Cerritos City Council
Steven Ly, Rosemead City Council
Cary C. Chen, Rowland Unified School District president
Phillip Chen, Walnut Valley Unified School District
Andrew Wong, Pomona Unified School District
Sophia Tse, ABC Unified School District vice president
Lan Nguyen, Garden Grove Unified School District vice president
Van Thi Le, East Side Union High School District board clerk
Harry Sidhu, Orange County Water District
Tyler Diep, Midway Sanitary District
Van Tran, former State Assembly member
Long Pham, former Orange County Board of Education member
Samuel Han, Fullerton Planning Commission
Young Kim, State Assembly District 65 candidate