Felipe Fuentes
Assemblymember Felipe Fuentes was elected to the State Legislature on May 15, 2007 to represent the 39th Assembly District that includes Arleta, Lake View Terrace, Mission Hills, North Hills, parts of North Hollywood, Pacoima, Panorama City, San Fernando, Sun Valley, Sylmar and sections of Van Nuys.
The Fuentes family has lived and worked in Arleta, Pacoima, Panorama City and Sylmar for over fifty years. Felipe attended local public schools, graduating from San Fernando High School, later earning degrees in political science and business from UCLA and the Graziadio School of Business at Pepperdine University.
In 2001 Fuentes served as Deputy Mayor of the San Fernando Valley. He went on to become Chief of Staff to then LA City Council President Alex Padilla, helping to construct police and fire stations, libraries, and infrastructure improvements. Felipe also led efforts to turn Hansen Dam into an educational and recreational center.
During his first two years as a Member of the State Assembly, Felipe Fuentes has worked to improve the lives of California residents. As an Assemblymember, he has addressed issues of healthcare, transportation, housing, identity protection, energy and the environment. Fuentes is the chairs of the Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee, the Select Committee on the Census, and is a member of the Appropriations, Accountability and Administrative Review, and Banking and Finance committees.
Fuentes is also constantly working to improve the lives of his constituents. He has authored a number of bills that directly impact his district: He authored AB 14, which would authorize cities and counties to adopt nuisance abatement ordinances that would allow for the impoundment of vehicles used to commit prostitution and illegal dumping crimes; AB 333 is a measure aimed at assisting new residential construction jobs in communities blighted with vacant lots; and Fuentes authored AB 805, which requires stricter scrutiny of auto dismantler license applications.
Assemblymember Fuentes is a life long resident of the Northeast San Fernando Valley and lives in Sylmar with his wife and daughter.