Last December there was concerned talk about how the ubiquitous Andy Weissman would fill his often jammed daily calendar when he was term limited from the City Council in April.
Out of City Hall for the first time in three decades, what would down Downtown lawyer do.
Seven weeks after leaving the City Council, Mr. Weissman has not yet found a hole in his daily appointments.
Last week he was announced as the newest board member at Upward Bound House, which provides emergency temporary shelter for homeless families in Culver City. “They perform very valuable services in our community,” Mr. Weissman said.
Shortly before, it was disclosed that the 66-year-old Mr. Weissman had accepted an invitation rejoin the board of L.A. Goal, which serves disabled adults
At the same hour, the Culver City Centennial Committee said Mr. Weissman had been successfully recruited.
During that period, he rejoined his beloved Downtown Business Assn. now that he is out of elective office. “I originally incorporated them in 1996,” Mr. Weissman said. “I was on the board, was president and came off during the time I was on the Council. They asked me to come back.”
Since the late 1970s, he has been a fixture on the board of the Culver-Palms YMCA.
Finally, he is the Mayor Clarke’s designee on the Oversight Board.
From where does the Andy Weissman desire to serve spring?
Mostly, he said, the community service gene originated with his late father, Alvin, also an attorney. “He was active in the community in the 1950s and ‘60s. He belonged to a variety of local groups. He was on the School Board at least eight years and an unsuccessful aspirant for the City Council,” Mr. Weissman said.
“My father was president of the School Board in 1968 when he handed me my diploma at high school graduation.”
Mr. Weissman said that when he began practicing law with his father in 1976, he began emulating his father’s model for community service.
“Perhaps it is genetic,” he said succinctly.
