Manager Needs Supervision JAN HICKENBOTTOM, Hickenbottom is past president of the Greater Los Angeles chapter of the Community Assns. Institute (CAI), a national nonprofit research and educational organization
UCAN Director on Future of SDG&E Greg Johnson and Carol Perruso, Michael Shames, the executive director of the Utility Consumers Action Network, was one of the principal opponents of the recently rejected merger between San Diego Gas & Electric and Southern California Edison. The 35-year-old lawyer has been following the utility and representing consumer interests at Public Utilities Commission hearings since 1981. He was interviewed by Times staff writer Greg Johnson and Opinion Editor Carol Perruso
Beyond Nonfiction KIMBERLY OLSON FAKIH, Fakih is the author/selector of "Of Cabbages & Kings: The Best in Magazine-Writing for Kids," and the forthcoming "The Literature of Delight," about humor and children's books
PLATFORM : Don't Be Goaded XAVIER HERMOSILLO, XAVIER HERMOSILLO, a governmental affairs consultant who has served as chief of staff to both Republican and Democratic members of the state Legislature, commented on the official-looking hate letter sent to the homes of Spanish-surnamed students last week at Santa Monica High School: