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On February 1, 2008,
South Pasadena
Councilmember
Michael Cacciotti became the AQMD Governing Board representative for the
newly configured 34-city L.A. County Eastern Region, as called for under
SB 886
(Negrete-McLeod).
Councilmember Cacciotti was elected to the
South Pasadena City Council in 2001 and was re-elected in 2005. He was
chosen by his fellow council members to serve as Mayor in 2003-2004 and
2007-2008. He served as Mayor Pro Tem in 2006-2007.
Over the past few years, Councilmember Cacciotti
has been actively involved in raising awareness of environmental issues. In
2006, South Pasadena won a Clean Air Award from AQMD in the category of
Model Community Achievement. He instituted AQMD Electric Lawn Mower Exchange
and Leaf Blower Exchange programs in the city. In addition, he was
responsible for the city’s adoption of a low-emission vehicle (LEV) purchase
policy, which was subsequently adopted by the San Gabriel Valley Council of
Governments.
He currently serves as liaison to the city
Library Board of Trustees and is a member of the Ad Hoc Arroyo Seco Golf
Course and Racquet Centre Lease Committee. Since 2002, he has been liaison
(and Chair since 2003) of the Design Advisory Group, a committee overseeing
interim traffic improvements in lieu of the 710 surface freeway. As mayor,
he is the city’s representative to the LA County Sanitation Board, District
16. He also represents the city on the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy
and the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments. He is the alternate on
the Gold Line Phase II Joint Powers Authority Board. In the recent past, he
served on a council subcommittee to limit legal expenditures and chaired a
committee that reviewed the San Pasqual Stables lease. In 2006 and 2007, he
visited China as part of trips for elected officials and established
relationships between South Pasadena and several Chinese cities.
Councilmember Cacciotti is a deputy
attorney general with the State of California Department of Justice.
Previously, he was a deputy state attorney with the California Department of
Transportation, and prior to that he served as an attorney for the speaker
pro tem of the California State Assembly. Councilmember Cacciotti taught
high school in Miami, Florida, before becoming an attorney. He possesses a
United States Soccer Federation National “B” license and has been active as
a soccer coach at the youth, high school, and college levels for more than
30 years.
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