Arcadia resident Paul Cheng, who moved with his mother to a home on Wistaria Avenue more than six years ago when his father died while his parents were living in San Marino, held a media event Saturday, December 12, at the shopping area on the northwest corner of Santa Anita Avenue and Duarte Road next to El Pollo Loco to announce that he is running for Arcadia City Council in the April election (4 1/2-minute video highlights below).
The 33-year-old Pasadena attorney, who was born in Taiwan and moved when he was an infant to Anaheim Hills, where he was rasied for most of his life, says he is concerned about rising crime in Arcadia, and a lack of strict monitoring of child molestors living in town. He also says there needs to be a more thorough crackdown on businesses that are not paying taxes and that the City needs to be more efficient and responsible with its spending.
Cheng, who says he does not want the campaign for three of five available Council seats to focus on the Asian race and culture of several of the candidates versus the others who are Caucasian, was introduced at his event by several council people from area cities such as Monterey Park, Rosemead, and Walnut, with others from South Pasadena and a representative from Sheriff Lee Baca’s office coming to support Cheng’s candidacy, as you’ll see in the video below.
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