The race for Long Beach’s 3rd City Council District race is filling up as two more candidates entered the race this week to replace incumbent Councilwoman Suzie Price, who is running for mayor this year.

Miles Nevin, chair of the city’s Airport Advisory Commission and executive director of Associated Students, Inc., a nonprofit at Cal State Long Beach, and Nima Novin, a private strategy and innovation consultant, both declared their candidacies for the race this week.

Nevin and Novin join a third candidate already in the race, Price’s former field deputy, Kristina Duggin, who filed paperwork with the City Clerk’s office earlier this month. The deadline for candidates to declare for Long Beach races is March 11.  The district includes the areas of southeast Long Beach south of Seventh Street and the Traffic Circle.

Miles Nevin

Nevin earned his bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate from Cal State Long Beach, and had previously worked in the administrations at Long Beach City College and Orange Coast College before taking his current job at Cal State Long Beach.

“As your next councilmember, I will continue to invest in our business corridors, revitalize our infrastructure, prioritize public safety, protect our peninsula, parks, beaches, and wetlands, and create a compassionate and effective strategy to ensure no family has to experience homelessness,” Nevin said in a statement.

His campaign office verified that due to the city’s redistricting process, which shifted political boundaries in the city, Nevin recently had to move to be eligible to run for the seat. His previous address was in the 3rd City Council district until the new map became effective Dec. 18 when it shifted to the 4th City Council district.

Nevin now lives in Belmont Heights, according to Cory Allen, his campaign director.

Nima Novin

Novin is a longtime resident of the district, and lives in Stoneybrook neighborhood between Cal State Long Beach and Alamitos Bay. Novin has previously consulted on licensing of intellectual property for Fortune 500 companies such as Boeing and PricewaterhouseCoopers, and the Los Angeles Dodgers.

He is currently a senior manager at Ernst & Young, LLP.

Novin said this is his first venture into politics, but some of his priorities are public safety, homelessness and ensuring that core city services are provided.

“I want to ensure that police and fire have the resources they need to keep the city safe, parks are clean and safe, and our water and beaches are up to the highest standards,” Novin said.

Novin, who is also an adjunct professor at Cal State Long Beach, said he plans to launch a website with more details about his platform in the coming weeks.

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