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Member of the Board of Trustees; Los Angeles Community College District; Office 3

Elected to the San Fernando City Council to a four- year term in March 2003 and re-elected in 2007. His accomplishments include the development of Heritage Park- the city's first park in nearly 30 years, pedestrian infrastructure improvements along Maclay Avenue and fiscal consolidation of the City's Redevelopment Agency. He helped in the development more than 100 units of senior housing and worked with the downtown business community to initiate a Business Improvement District. He served as the city's Mayor from January 2009 to March 2010.

Steve represented the City on the Metropolitan Transit Authority's San Fernando Valley Service Sector Governance Council. Additionally, he was appointed by the MTA's to represent Los Angeles Metro on the Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee. From 2004- 2007 he served as the city's Director to the Metropolitan Water District.

Born and reared in East Los Angeles and Huntington Park, Steve attended Los Angeles Unified Schools and Loyola High School and graduated from UCLA with honors. He continued his education at UCLA in the Masters Program for Latin American Studies with an emphasis in Urban Planning and pursued 3 years of Ph.D. work in UCLA's History Department.

Steve currently teaches at Los Angeles Trade Tech College. Over the years he has taught Social Studies classes at the K-12 level as well as a variety of History courses at UCLA. Prior to teaching he worked as a news editor. Steve is the District Director for California State Senator Kevin de Leon (2007-present) and previously worked as District Director for Cindy Montanez (2003-2006).

Steve has been recognized as a Democrat of the year by the Los Angeles County Democratic Party and has received recognition from the County of Los Angeles for his volunteer work at the San Fernando Library promoting literacy. Recently, he was recognized both statewide and nationally for his work on the California Health Leadership Program on Diabetes and Obesity.