David Sifuentes
Councilmember

Elected to the City Council in March of 2007, Councilmember Sifuentes served as Mayor/Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) Chair from December, 2008 through December 2009. Prior to that, he served as Mayor Pro Tem/CRA Vice Chair.

Councilmember Sifuentes is a Fire Captain and a 25-year veteran with the Los Angeles City Fire Department.

Within the City, Councilmember Sifuentes serves as the Council liaison to the Animal Commission, the Cultural Heritage Commission and the Public Safety Commission. He serves with Councilmember Cacciotti on the Ad Hoc Arroyo Seco Golf Course and Racquet Centre Lease Committee. He serves on a Council Ad Hoc Committee with representatives of the South Pasadena Unified School District Board of Education.  He also serves as the Council representative to the Fourth of July – Festival of Balloons Committee

Councilmember Sifuentes was appointed as Vice Chair to the Employee Relations Policy Committee for the League of California Cities’ for 2010. He is the City’s representative on the League of California Cities.

Councilmember Sifuentes spearheaded an ordinance prohibiting smoking in public parks and outside eateries. He participates in youth soccer and is a member of several neighborhood-based organizations. He recently chaired an ad hoc safety committee with the 110 Freeway Preservation Group, the California Highway Patrol, and Caltrans. He has served as trustee for one of the largest fire department employee benefit trust agencies in the United States. He strongly opposes the proposed extension of the 710 freeway.

Councilmember Sifuentes has been married for 20 years and has a ten-year old son.