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District 11 - Sunny M. Simon

Sunny Simon aims to ensure economical and efficient judicial and social service systems, especially those that support families and children. She intends to strengthen programs that work and eliminate or improve those that are ineffective.
 
Before her election to County Council, Ms. Simon was a South Euclid City Council member since 1999, where she promoted conservation, sustainability and smart land use initiatives. She led her city’s community-driven greenspace planning process, and was a leader in establishing South Euclid’s economic development department. She served as Council President, and on the Finance, Legislative, Safety, Public Utilities, Planning, and Zoning Committees.

Ms. Simon holds an honors degree from John Carroll University and a Juris Doctorate from the Case Western Reserve University School of Law. She has a private law practice, and is a member of the Family Law Section of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association. She also served as a volunteer Juvenile Court magistrate in South Euclid.

In addition, she supported her City by helping develop community policing initiatives, as well as stronger services for senior residents. She also founded the South Euclid Humane Society and the South Euclid dog park.

Contact Information

Lakeside Place
323 West Lakeside Avenue, Room 400
Cleveland, OH 44113
Office: 216/698-2035
Fax: 216/698-2040
E-mail: ssimon@cuyahogacounty.us

District 11

District 11, which encompasses approximately 35 square miles, includes the cities of Beachwood, Euclid, Highland Heights, Lyndhurst, Richmond Heights, and South Euclid. The eastern border of the District is Lake County and the northern boundary is Lake Erie. With a 2010 population of 116,060 persons and a housing unit count of 56,792 units, the District contains 9.1% of the County’s population and 9.1% of the County’s housing units.

• The Census showed that in 2000 the total population of District 11 was 122,833 persons. By 2010, the District’s population had declined by 5.5%, to 116,060 persons.
• District 11 exhibited a 2010 population density of 3,351 persons per square mile. Countywide, the population density was 2,800 persons per square mile.
• For persons reporting one race in the 2010 Census, 60.2% were White, 36.8% were Black or African-American, 2.5% were Asian/Pacific Islander, and 0.6% were Some Other Race.
• Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin (which can be of any race) comprised 1.7% of the population in 2010. Countywide, 4.8% of the population was comprised of persons of Hispanic or Latino origin.
• There were 51,080 households in District 11 in 2010, 58.9% of which were family households. Countywide, 58.7% of all households were family households.
• In 2010, 21.6% of the population in District 11 were under age 18, while 18.8% were 65 years of age or older. Countywide, 22.7% were under age 18, while 15.5% were 65 years of age or older.
• In 2010, 89.9% of the 56,792 housing units located in District 11 were occupied. Of those occupied housing units, 34,208 units (67.0%) were owner-occupied. Countywide, 60.9% of occupied housing units were owner-occupied.

• The 2006-2010 ACS showed that of all persons who were age 25 or older, 91.4% had a high school diploma or had some additional education beyond high school, while 34.0% of those high school graduates had a bachelor’s degree or higher. Countywide, 86.4% had a high school diploma or had some additional education, while 28.2% had a bachelor’s degree or higher.
• Only 8.6% of all persons who were age 25 or older had not graduated from high school. Countywide, 13.7% of all persons had not graduated from high school.
• The median household income in District 11, at $49,474, was higher than the median income for Cuyahoga County as a whole, which was $43,603.
• In District 11, 9.9% of all persons had incomes that were below the poverty level. Countywide, 16.4% of all persons had incomes that were below the poverty level.
• In District 11, 10.8%, of families with children under age 18 had incomes that were below the poverty level, in comparison to the countywide rate of 19.9%.
• In District 11, 8.3% of all persons age 65 and over had incomes that were below the poverty level, in comparison to the countywide rate of 10.9%.

Prepared by the Cuyahoga County Planning Commission, January 2013 http://planning.co.cuyahoga.oh.us/census/.

Source: New NEOCANDO, Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development, MSASS, Case Western Reserve University, 2000 and 2010 Censuses, accessed 1/14/2013 and 1/24/2013, http://neocando.case.edu/. For Census information regarding Cleveland Wards, see: http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/2010census/cpc.html.