Mike Eng

• Biography:

  Assemblyman Mike Eng represents the 49th Assembly District. It is located within eastern Los Angeles County and includes Monterey Park, Alhambra, Rosemead, San Gabriel and South El Monte.

  As mayor of Monterey Park in 2004-2005, Assemblyman Eng initiated a summer science program for low-income students, enhanced after school programs, organized the city’s Clean Up the City Day, organized the city’s first workshop for home care workers and founded numerous scholarship opportunities for high school students.

  Assemblyman Eng served three terms as a Monterey Park Library Board Trustee and chaired the successful library building campaign that raised local matching funds and qualified for state funding for a $13 million library expansion. He was named California’s Outstanding Library Trustee in 2002 for his work. He was also Monterey Park’s “Volunteer of the Year” for his original Emmy-winning video production that prepares viewers for the U.S. citizenship exam.

  As a longtime grassroots activist in the community, Assemblyman Eng served on the Board of Directors of the West San Gabriel Valley Boys and Girls Club, led numerous voter registration efforts, and provided free immigration legal advice to immigrant working families. In addition, he served on the Garfield Medical Center Board of Directors and served two terms on the Department of Consumer Affairs State Acupuncture Board.

  Assemblyman Eng earned his law degree from the University of California-Los Angeles after completing bachelors’ and masters degrees at the University of Hawaii while working as an emergency room technician. He is also a part-time community college instructor and immigration lawyer.

  Eng is a second-generation Californian, the grandson of a Chinatown waiter and son of a garment wholesaler. He has lived in Monterey Park with his wife, former Assemblywoman Judy Chu, for almost two decades.