| Feb. 1, 2008 To
Represent Cities in Eastern Los Angeles County
South Pasadena Mayor Michael A. Cacciotti was sworn in today as the
newest member of the South Coast Air Quality Management District’s Governing
Board.
Cacciotti will represent 34 cities in eastern Los Angeles County on the
AQMD Board.
Cacciotti is mayor of South Pasadena and a deputy attorney general with
the state of California Department of Justice. He joined the city council
in 2001 and is currently serving his second term as mayor.
As a member of the city council, Cacciotti has worked to raise awareness
of environmental issues. He hosted AQMD’s electric lawn mower and leaf
blower exchange programs in the city. His efforts led to a low-emission
vehicle purchase policy in South Pasadena. In 2006, the city of South
Pasadena won an AQMD Clean Air Award for Model Community Achievement.
He serves on the Los Angeles County Sanitation District Board, the Santa
Monica Mountains Conservancy and the San Gabriel Valley Council of
Governments.
Cacciotti has served as a deputy state attorney with the California
Department of Transportation and an attorney for the speaker pro tem of the
California State Assembly. Before becoming an attorney, Cacciotti taught
high school in Miami.
AQMD Board members serve four-year terms. He will fill a newly created
seat on the AQMD Board to add one additional representative for the cities
of Los Angeles County, and he will serve a four-year term ending Jan. 15,
2012.
In other action today, the Board:
- Swore in reappointed Board Members Jane Carney and Miguel Pulido to
terms ending Jan. 15, 2012. Carney was reappointed by the state Senate
Rules Committee. She has served on the Board since March 2000. Pulido
was unanimously reappointed by the Orange County cities selection
committee. Pulido, mayor of Santa Ana, represents the cities of Orange
County and has served on the AQMD Board since January 2005.
AQMD is the air pollution control agency for Orange County and major
portions of Los Angeles, San Bernardino and Riverside counties.
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