ABOUT CA-67 ASSEMBLY CANDIDATE, COUNCILMEMBER MARK PULIDO
Mark Pulido is a 53-year resident of the community, and the son of local small business owners. A graduate of Cerritos College and UCLA, he recently was the top vote-getter in his fifth at-large election in the most voter-rich city in CA District 67. He is a seasoned Democrat with a record of getting real things done for the people of the district.
He is now running for the 67th Assembly District which consists of the cities of Artesia, Cerritos, Hawaiian Gardens, Buena Park, Cypress, La Palma and portions of Anaheim, Fullerton, and Orange.
Pulido has the experience, roots, and coalition to be the next Assemblymember from the 67th. A Cerritos resident of 53 years, Pulido started his elected public service career at the age of 32 as the youngest member of the ABC Unified School Board of Education, serving three terms including as Board President in 2007-2008. He was elected to the Cerritos City Council in 2011 with the most votes in city history and re-elected in 2015, serving as Cerritos Mayor twice in 2014-2015 and 2018-2019.
Professionally, Pulido worked nearly three decades in local, state and federal government, as Assembly Consultant to the California Speaker, State Senate District Director, and most recently as District Chief of Staff to Congressman Alan Lowenthal (Ret.). California Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. appointed Mark to serve on the California Volunteers Commission from 2013 to 2017, the Board of Directors of the California Science Center and Exposition Park from 2017 to 2019, and the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission from 2017 to 2019.
Pulido builds coalitions to solve problems with compassion and common sense, as demonstrated by his track record of accomplishments:
- Improving public safety, reducing Cerritos residential burglaries (by 35%) and maintaining the lowest emergency response time in Los Angeles County (under 3 minutes);
- Funding neighborhood improvements as well as street repair and maintenance, fixing sidewalks, filling potholes and park renovations; trimming 15,000 trees;
- Growing and strengthening our local economy in partnership with small business owners, having approved Cerritos Auto Square renovations and new city business developments that brought 85°C Bakery, In-N-Out, Nordstrom Rack, Harkins Theaters, Cheesecake Factory, and many other businesses to town.
- Transformed the overall quality of life for the residents of Cerritos during his tenure on the city council, having helped establish the Teen Studio at the Cerritos Library, approved new residential developments that attracted new residents to the city, and cut the ribbon on the new Kaiser Permanente Medical Office Building.
Councilmember Pulido currently serves and lives in the City of Cerritos, his hometown of 53 years, with his wife Gloria Perlas Pulido, daughter Malia, and son Mark Jr.