On Friday, Feb. 1, Cypress Mayor Dr. Prakash Narain and his wife, Veena Narain, attended the District Swearing-In Ceremony for Congressman Alan Lowenthal in the city of Long Beach.
Lowenthal was elected in November 2012 to represent California’s 47th District to the 113th Congress, newly drawn by the State Citizens Redistricting Commission as a result of the November 2008 voter approved Proposition 11—the Voters FIRST Act.
On Friday, Feb. 1, Cypress Mayor Dr. Prakash Narain and his wife, Veena Narain, attended the District Swearing-In Ceremony for Congressman Alan Lowenthal in the city of Long Beach.
Lowenthal was elected in November 2012 to represent California’s 47th District to the 113th Congress, newly drawn by the State Citizens Redistricting Commission as a result of the November 2008 voter approved Proposition 11—the Voters FIRST Act.
His district includes most of Long Beach, Lakewood, Signal Hill, Los Alamitos, Rossmoor, Cypress, Westminster and Garden Grove.
A former Cal State Long Beach psychology professor, Lowenthal was first elected to the Long Beach City Council in 1992. He served in the State Assembly from 1998 until 2004, then in the State Senate until December 2012.
Narain is serving his second term on the Cypress City Council. He also served as mayor from 2009 to 2010. He holds a medical degree with specialty in geriatrics and internal medicine. He is a former chief of staff of Los Alamitos Medical Center and was the chairman of the Governing Board of Los Alamitos Medical Center from 2008 to 2009.
Narain has a history of community involvement. He served for eight years on the Cypress Senior Citizens Commission, three of which he served as chairman of the commission. He was an advisory board member of Acacia Adult Day Care and was a former volunteer physician advisor for the Cypress Police Department.
Lowenthal’s district office is at 100 W. Broadway, West Tower Suite 600, in Long Beach.