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     Mike Vaughn, Attorney and Counselor at Law
     1198 Pacific Coast Hwy, D347, Seal Beach, CA 90740
     Direct Tel: 562-592-9350  Fax: 562-684-4459
     Email:  mike@vaughnlawoffice.com

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Our firm believes that citizens should make a meaningful contribution to the community in which we live.

Mike Vaughn is currently serving (2020) as the President of the Long Beach-Yokkaichi Sister City Association.

In late 2013 Mike was selected to serve as Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster’s official representative to Yokkaichi, Japan, at the 50th Anniversary Celebration  of the sister cities of Long Beach and Yokkaichi. 

October 2013 Mike was named an Honorary Citizen of Yokkaichi, Japan.

Mike served (2012/2013) as the President of the Sister Cities International, Southern California Chapter, Inc. This Board oversees and assists more than 60 Sister City Programs in Southern California.  He also served as president of the Long Beach Sister Cities, Inc. and president of the Long Beach-Yokkaichi Sister City Association (LBYSCA) in 2007 - 2011.   He was re-elected as president of the LBYSCA in 2015 and 2020.

Mike is also active in the Yokkaichi English Fellows (YEF) program which provides English teachers who have graduated from California State University of Long Beach to assistant teach in the Yokkaichi, Japan School system.  To learn more visit: www.longbeach-yokkaichi.org

Mike also serves as a member of several Boards of Directors for non-profit corporations providing services to the Southern California community.

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March 27, 2011

 

2013 - Current


 

Long Beach-Yokkaichi Sister City Association President.

Master of Ceremonies, Long Beach-Yokkaichi Sister City Association’s 55th Anniversary in Long Beach.

Guest Speaker, Southern California Sister Cities Association held in Bakersfield, CA.

Master of Ceremonies at the Dr. John E. Kashiwabara Tree Planting Ceremony in Long Beach

Guest Speaker, Laguna Beach Sister City Association.

Master of Ceremonies and President of Southern California Sister Cities Association Convention in Anaheim, California.

Master of Ceremonies, Long Beach-Yokkaichi Sister City Association 49th Annual Trio Exchange Reception at Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden, California State University, Long Beach.

Guest Speaker Orange County Bar Association International Affairs Meeting.

Master of Ceremonies, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Fund Raiser at Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden, California State University, Long Beach

Legal Counsel and Board Director of Nanka Yamaguchi Kenjinkai

 

2018-08-10 LBYSCA 55th Banquet (106)

August 2018
LBYSCA 55th Anniversary in Long Beach
Mike with (l-r):  Yokkaichi City Speaker of the House Kaneyuki Takeno;  Japan Consul General Akira Muto; Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia;
and Yokkaichi Mayor Tomohiro Mori.

2013-10-18d - 50th Anniversary Banquet (27)

October 2013
 Yokkaichi City, Japan
Mike accepting the “Honorary Citizen Award” from former Yokkaichi Mayor Toshiyuki Tanaka.

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July 2012
Mike with the Yokkaichi Cultural Exchange students and teacher who visited Long Beach for 3 weeks.

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March 27, 2011
Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Fund Raiser at  Cal State Long Beach.
Mike as Master of Ceremonies with Japan Consul General, former Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster and Event Coordinator Ken Nakagawa.