Felipe Fuentes

• Biography:

  The grandson of Mexican immigrants, Assemblyman Felipe Fuentes was elected in a special election May 15, 2007 to represent the 39th Assembly District. Located in the Northeast San Fernando Valley, the 39th Assembly District includes the communities of Arleta, Mission Hills, Pacoima, Panorama City, Sun Valley and Sylmar.

  Assemblyman Fuentes has deep roots in the 39th Assembly District. The Fuentes family has lived and worked in Arleta, Pacoima, Panorama City and Sylmar for over fifty years. Felipe attended local schools, graduating form San Fernando High School and later earning degrees from UCLA and the Graziadio School of Business at Pepperdine University.

  Felipe has a long history of service to residents of the San Fernando Valley having served as Deputy Mayor for the Valley and Chief of Staff to then Los Angeles City Council President Alex Padilla. His hard work helped launch such successful projects as the construction and revitalization of police and fire stations, libraries and infrastructure improvements in the Northeast Valley. In addition, Felipe led the effort to turn Hansen Dam into an educational and recreational center.

  In addition, Fuentes helped establish the “Safe Routes to Schools” program, created effective anti-gang programs and played a key role in bringing the San Fernando Valley its first new police station in twenty-five years.

  Having lived in Pacoima and Arleta, Assemblyman Fuentes now resides in Sylmar with his wife, Lena Wu-Fuentes, owner of a successful Los Angeles-based children’s apparel company. Felipe and Lena are proud parents to one-year old IIiana Flor Fuentes.