Candidate for
United States Representative; District 36

I'm a lifelong resident of the South Bay having grown up and worked all of my life in the area. I'm an engineer by trade having received my B.S. degree in Computer Science from USC. I spent 10 years working as a software engineer at TRW and spent 10 years working as a Computer Scientist and Technical Support Manager at Infonet in El Segundo. In 2003, I left the IT profession to go into public service full time as a Field Deputy for the LA Harbor area and the Palos Verdes Peninsula for LA County Supervisor Don Knabe.

I've been an elected official for 14 years. I served two terms from 1995-1999 as a City Councilman in Redondo Beach (getting reelected in 1999 without opposition). I'm currently serving in my second term as Mayor of Redondo Beach having been reelected as Mayor in 2009 without opposition.

I'm running for Congress because I am very frustrated and disappointed by the polarization and partisanship that seems to dominate the Congress at the expense of working on broad-based solutions for the American People and our communities.

Through my work as a City Councilman, Mayor, I've brought diverse community groups together to address and solve problems facing my community.

What differentiates me from the other candidates is that as a Mayor, I've been deeply involved in helping to balance our City budgets and helping to create jobs in my community (even through the depths of the economic recession during the past two years). We have hundreds of jobs that have been saved and created with new investments in Redondo Beach with a new addition to the South Bay Galleria and a new hotel coming to our Harbor.

I'm also the only candidate that has over 20 years of experience in the local aerospace, defense, and technology industries of the South Bay. In addition, I also serve as an Honorary Commander of the GPS Directorate at the Los Angeles Air Force Base. This experience has given me intimate knowledge of the importance of the Base to our local economy and helped me to build relationships across the USAF leadership here and in Colorado. If the Base is ever threatened with relocation again, I can call on my existing relationships in the USAF as well as in our community to rally efforts to save our base again.