Benjamin Lucha is the City of Palmdale’s Environmental & Technology Division Manager.  Ben started with the City in May 2007. He has a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of California, Riverside in Environmental Sciences, with a focus on the Natural Sciences.  Ben has over twenty years of experience in the environmental field, with almost nineteen of those in the public sector. Although much of the Division’s work is focused on environmental issues, the technology side of the Environmental & Technology Division oversees projects such as the City’s streetlight acquisition and retrofit project, coordination with wireless providers for communications facilities, communications infrastructure, and smart cities related projects.