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 MIKE
TEN
COUNCILMEMBER CITY OF SOUTH PASADENA
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Elected to the City Council in March 2003, Mike Ten
served as Mayor Pro Tem and then Mayor in 2004-05. Currently he
serves as Council liaison to the Natural Resources Commission, the
Public Safety Commission, the Ad Hoc Quality of Life Committee,
the Ad Hoc San Pascual Stables Lease Committee, the Foothill Workforce
Investment Board, the Southern California Association of Governments’
Community, Economic, & Human Development Committee, and the
Gold Line Phase II Joint Powers Authority Board. He is an alternate
representative to the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments,
and serves on its Transportation Committee and Trauma Care Task
Force. He serves as chair of its Solid Waste Committee. He is the
regional councilmember for the 36th District (Pasadena, La Canada-Flintridge,
and South Pasadena) of the Southern California Association of Governments.
Council Member Ten set both short- and long-term goals for his council
tenure. Short-term goals include: minimizing the effect of the Gold
Line on neighborhoods, and improving resident participation in the
setting of City goals. In the long term, he hopes to see the City
Council revitalize the downtown area, separate the Community Redevelopment
Agency from the City Council, and improve coordination of resources
between the school district and the City.
A graduate of California State University - Los Angeles, Mr. Ten
also holds a master's degree from Azusa Pacific University. For
the past 26 years, he has been an industrial engineering supervisor
for United Parcel Service. His family has also owned and operated
the Dragon Pearl Restaurant at Avenue 60 and Monterey Road for over
30 years.
Council Member Ten has been a South Pasadena resident since 1966,
graduating from South Pasadena High School in 1975. He and his wife
Helen are the parents of three children, David, Nathan and Tiffany,
all of whom attend or have graduated from South Pasadena public
schools.
Council Member Ten is also a candidate for the California State
Senate District 22 which encompasses most of downtown Los Angeles.
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