Luis Ayala Mayor, 5th District

  City Council - Fifth District

Luis Ayala, Mayor
Representing the Fifth District
 

• Elected to Council: November 2006 
  and automatically re-elected November 2010
• Birthdate: September 6, 1973
• Birthplace: Salinas, California
• Occupation: Director of Government Relations
  for Los Angeles County Medical Association
• College: M.A., Harvard University -
  Administration, Planning & Social Policy
  B.A., Santa Clara University - History
• Civic Involvement:
  -- Current Alternate Board Member
      L.A. County Sanitation Dist. Nos. 2 & 16
  -- Member, League of California Cities
  -- Serve on Southern California Council of Government
      (SCAG) Transportation & Communications Committee
  -- Former Deputy to L.A. County Supervisor Gloria Molina (SE Region).
      Served as the de facto city manager for the unincorporated areas of 
      Florence-Firestone and Walnut Park, delivering services to over 70,000
      constituents and overseeing capital development projects
  -- Worked for Congressman Xavier Becerra
  -- Worked for Antonio Villaraigosa (while Speaker of the Assembly)
  -- Worked for Assemblyman Marco Firebaugh
  -- Worked for former L.A. Mayor, Jim Hahn
• Marital Status: Married to wife, Adriana
• Children: A daughter, Citlali, and son, Diego