 He was also a member of the city council and its longest serving member, serving from 1965 to 1996.He had also served on the Long Beach City College Board of Trustees (from 1998 to 2013), and as president of the Community College League of California (CCLC), the California Community College Trustee (CCCT) Board, and the League of California Cities.Clark was born in San Diego and moved to Long Beach in 1933.