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Nov 24, 1953 Glendale, California, United States 70 years old
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About Richard Alarcon
- Richard Anthony Alarcon (born November 24, 1953) is a California politician who was a Los Angeles City Council member.
- A Democrat, he served in the California State Senate and, for approximately three months, in the California State Assembly. Alarcon first served as an assistant to Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley before gaining a seat on the City Council to represent the 7th District in 1993.
- One year into his second term as a City Councilman, Alarcon resigned to become a State Senator in 1998, representing the 20th Senate district.
- Term limits prevented him from seeking a third Senate term in December 2006.
- Among Alarcon's accomplishments while in the California Senate were workers' compensation reform and recovery funding for the community of Northridge following the deadly earthquake of 1994.
- Alarcon served as Majority Whip during all eight of his years in the State Senate. During the San Fernando Valley secession movement of 2002, there was talk that if the Valley seceded, Alarcon might become mayor of the new city.
- Alarcon decided not to run for Valley mayor, and instead opposed secession.
- Alarcon's council district was the most opposed to secession of any district in the San Fernando Valley. In 2005, Alarcon ran for mayor of Los Angeles.
- He finished a distant fifth, gaining less than 2% of the vote, behind Bernard Parks, Bob Hertzberg, incumbent James Hahn, and Antonio Villaraigosa.
- After serving as a state senator for 8 years, in 2006 Alarcon ran unopposed for California's 39th State Assembly district representing the San Fernando Valley area. Shortly after winning office, Alarcon announced his intention to seek a third term in 2007 as Los Angeles City Councilman in the 7th district, replacing Alex Padilla, who was resigning after winning a seat on State Senate.
- In the special election, held in March, Alarcon won easily (receiving 54% to 29% for his closest opponent).
- He resigned from the Assembly soon thereafter.
- His 102-day tenure in the Assembly was the shortest service in the California legislature since 1981, excluding one person elected but not sworn in.Richard Alarcon has four children who were educated in public schools in the San Fernando Valley.
- He is a former teacher.
- Alarcon lost a son to a fatal car accident. He is a graduate of California State University, Northridge.
- He is Roman Catholic.
