List of mayors of Lynwood, California

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Mayor of Lynwood
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Incumbent
Oscar Flores
since December 9, 2021.
Term length 1 year
Formation1921

Following is a list of mayors of Lynwood, California

ImageMayorTermNotes/CitationMayor pro temOther Council members
 ?1921–1984
John Byork1984–1985
Robert Henning 1985–Dec 1986 First African-American mayor Evelyn Wells
Evelyn Wells Dec 1986Acting mayor, first female mayor and second African-American mayor [1] xRobert Henning
Paul Richards
John Byork
E.L. Morris
Paul H. Richards, mayor of Lynwood California.gif Paul Richards Dec 1986–Jan 1989Evelyn Wells
Paul Richards
John Byork
E.L. Morris
Evelyn Wells
(2nd term)		1989–1990 [2] Paul Richards
Robert Henning
(2nd term)		1990–1991
Louis J. Heine1991–1992Henning stepped down prematurely in November 1991
The three incumbent members on the council voted for Heine in a special meeting as mayor
(incoming councilmember Louis Byrd did not take part) [3] [4] [5]
Paul H. Richards, mayor of Lynwood California.gif Paul Richards
(2nd term)		1992–1997 [6]
Armando Rea1997–1998 [7]
Ricardo Sanchez1998–1999 [8]
Louis Byrd, mayor of Lynwood.jpg Louis Byrd1999–2000 [9] [10]
Paul H. Richards, mayor of Lynwood California.gif Paul Richards
(3rd term)		2000–2001
Arturo Reyes2001–2003 [11]
Fernando Pedroza, Mayor of Lynwood.jpg Fernando Pedroza2003–2004 [12] Pedroza moved to Lynwood in 1979 with his family. [13] In 1984, he graduated from Lynwood High School and then graduated from Webster Career College in Long Beach. [13]

Pedroza was elected to the Lynwood City Council in November 2001 and was the city's mayor in 2003. [13] On September 25, 2007, he was ousted from the City Council in a recall election which also resulted in the removal of mayor Louis Byrd and fellow council members Leticia Vasquez and Alfreddie Johnson Jr. [14] [15] [16] [17] Mayor Pro Tem Maria Teresa Santillan, the only council member to not face a recall vote, served as mayor in the interim.

Ramon Rodriguez, mayor of Lynwood.jpg Ramon Rodriguez2004–2005Rodriguez was born in the town of Valparaíso, Zacatecas, Mexico. His family migrated to the United States in 1964, and he grew up in Hawaiian Gardens, California, where he graduated from Artesia High School in Lakewood, California.

Rodriguez was elected to the Lynwood City Council in 2001. In 2003, eight members of his family were charged with voter fraud after registering at a fictitious address to vote for his re-election. [18] In December 2004, he was appointed mayor by the City Council. In the December 2005 election he lost re-election to the City Council. He was re-elected to the council in 2007 after a recall election [19] [20] in September 2007 where mayor Louis Byrd and council members Fernando Pedroza, Leticia Vasquez, and Alfreddie Johnson Jr were all removed from office. [21] [22]

Leticia Vasquez, mayor of Lynwood.jpg Leticia Vasquez2005–2006Vasquez was born and raised in Lynwood, the daughter of immigrants from Mexico. [23] She graduated with a B.A. in criminal justice and a M.A. in public policy & administration from California State University, Long Beach and with a M.A. in education from Pepperdine University. [24]

Vasquez was elected to the Lynwood City Council in November 2003 and made history as the first Latina to serve as mayor of the city when she was appointed by the City Council in December 2005. [25] [26] [27] In December 2006, she was succeeded as mayor by Louis Byrd. [28] In September 2007, she was ousted from the City Council in a recall election which also resulted in the removal of mayor Louis Byrd and fellow council members Fernando Pedroza and Alfreddie Johnson Jr. [29] [30] Mayor Pro Tem Maria Teresa Santillan, the only council member to not face a recall vote, served as interim mayor.

While mayor, Vazquez faced criticism for not more aggressively representing Latino interests in a town that was roughly 80% Latino with a declining, although influential, Black population. [31] In 2003, she had nominated Louis Byrd for mayor over the Latino candidate. [32]

On June 5, 2012, Vasquez was elected to the Central Basin Municipal Water District [33] and is a professor of political science at El Camino College in Compton, California. [24]

Louis Byrd, mayor of Lynwood.jpg Louis Byrd
(2nd term)		2006–2007
Maria Teresa Santillan, mayor of Lynwood.jpg Maria Teresa Santillan2007–2010Santillan was elected to the Lynwood City Council in 2003 after winning a recall election which ousted Paul Richards, a 17-year councilmember, 7-term mayor, and the 2nd African-American mayor of the city (Richard's remaining term ran through December 1, 2005). [34] [35] She was the first Latina to serve on the City Council. [36] In November 2005, she was re-elected to a 4-year term on the City Council [37] and in December 2005, she was named Mayor Pro Tem. [36] In September 2007, she was the only council member to not face a recall election which resulted in the ouster of mayor Louis Byrd and council members Fernando Pedroza, Alfreddie Johnson Jr. and Leticia Vasquez [38] over corruption allegations. [39] In December 2007, she was appointed by the 5-member City Council to serve as mayor succeeding Louis Byrd. [35] [40] She was reappointed as mayor in 2008. [35] [36] She was subsequently re-elected to the City Council in 2009 [41] and 2013. [42] She later served as mayor again from 2016 to 2017. [43]
Aide Castro, mayor of Lynwood.jpg Aide Castro2010–2011
Jim Morton, mayor of Lynwood.jpg Jim Morton2011–2012
Salvador Alatorre, mayor of Lynwood.jpg Salvador Alatorre2012–2013
Edwin Hernandez, mayor of Lynwood.jpg Edwin Hernandez2014–2015
Maria Teresa Santillan, mayor of Lynwood.jpg Maria Teresa Santillan
(2nd term)		2016–2017Second term. [44]
Jose Luis Solache, mayor of Lynwood.jpg José Luis Solache2018–2019
Aide Castro, mayor of Lynwood.jpg Aide Castro2019–2020 [45] Jorge Casanova [45] Salvador Alatorre
José Luis Solache
Marisela Santana [45]
Marisela Santana, mayor of Lynwood.jpg Marisela Santana2020–2021
Jorge Casanova, mayor of Lynwood.jpg Jorge Casanova2021–2022 [46] José Luis Solache
Oscar Flores, mayor of Lynwood.jpg Oscar Flores2022 - 2023Rita SotoGabriela Camacho, Jose Solache, Juan Munoz-Guevara, Rita Soto
Jose Solache Jose Luis Solache, mayor of Lynwood.jpg
Jose Solache
Jose Solache2024 - PresentRita SotoJuan Munoz-Guevara, Rita Soto, Oscar Flores, Gabriela Camacho

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