Jan Perry represents the ninth district on the Los Angeles City Council.
She plans to run for mayor in 2013.
We talk by phone Friday morning.
Luke: “When you look back on your life, what are the most momentous decisions you’ve made?”
Jan: “Go to college. Get married. Have a child. And to run for office.”
Luke: “Tell me about your religious journey.”
Jan: “I’m not sure what you mean by that.”
Luke: “Well, I’ll tell you mine in 30 seconds.”
Jan: “Yeah. Help me out here.”
Luke: “My father’s a preacher. I was raised the son of a Seventh-Day Adventist Christian evangelist… In my teens, I became an atheist and explored communism and different ways of looking at life. I ended up converting to Orthodox Judaism.”
