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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | Fred Aguiar |
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Chino, California , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
| Born |
December 03, 1948
(75 years)
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| Contributor | Summer Intern |
| Last Modifed | RBH
Feb 02, 2017 07:42pm |
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| Info | California Secretary of State for Consumer Affairs
Former Supervisor, San Bernardino County
Governor Schwarzenegger appointed Fred Aguiar as Secretary of the State and Consumer Services Agency in December of 2003. Aguiar is a member of the Governor's Cabinet and serves as his advisor on a variety of issues relating to California's consumers, civil rights enforcement, and internal state operations and management.
Aguiar leads an agency that oversees thirteen distinct programs with 15,000 employees and an operating budget of $1.3 billion. Program activities include consumer protection, civil rights enforcement, the licensing of 2.3 million Californians in more than 230 different professions, the procurement of $4 billion worth of goods and services, the management and development of state properties, oversight of two state employee pension funds, collecting state taxes, hiring of state employees, adopting state building standards, and the administration of two state museums -- the California Science Center and the California African American Museum.
Prior to his appointment as Agency Secretary, Aguiar had a distinguished twenty five-year career in public service in both local and state office. He served fourteen years as both Mayor and City Council Member in the City of Chino, six years as State Assemblyman representing the 61st Assembly District and five years as San Bernardino County Supervisor.
In December of 1998, Aguiar was installed as a member of the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors. Some of the efforts undertaken by the Board include: the adoption of strict purchasing guidelines, implementation of a revised real estate leasing policy, the adoption of a professional code of ethics, enhanced public communications, and personnel changes.
In 1992, Aguiar launched a successful Assembly campaign and won the right to represent his fellow citizens of San Bernardino in the California State Legislature. In Sacramento, Aguiar quickly earned a reputation as a hard-working legislator who could get things done. In his first year alone, Aguiar had more bills signed into law than any other freshman legislator. Aguiar also became a major force on the state budget. Willing to tackle major issues, he held a series of statewide hearings on unfunded mandates. These hearings were largely responsible for the elimination of $600 million in unfunded mandates placed on local governments.
In his second term, Aguiar's reputation for honesty and integrity led to his selection as the Chairman of the Rules Committee. In his fourth year, Aguiar held the second most important position in the Assembly---Speaker Pro Tem. At the same time, Aguiar turned his attention towards increasing public safety and public education. Working closely with former Assemblyman and Secretary of State Bill Jones, Aguiar co-authored the landmark "Three Strikes" legislation, the first of its kind in the nation. For his work on education, Aguiar was named Legislator of the Year by both the California State University and the National Association of Year Round Schools.
Aguiar attended Mt. San Antonio Community College and Cal Poly Pomona where he majored in Political Science. In 1969, he entered the U.S. Army and served in Vietnam. He and his wife of 36 years, Patti, have one daughter, Amy; son-in-law, Randy; and two grandchildren, Bailey and Megan.
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