Brian Tabatabai

Brian is the mayor pro tem of West Covina, an educator, coach and candidate for the California State Assembly’s 48th District.

Brian is a born-and-bred product of the San Gabriel Valley, who campaigned on a platform of transparency and neighborhood empowerment to win his seat on the West Covina City Council in 2020.

As a lifelong Democrat and elected official, Brian has engaged with community organizations, nonprofits, the business community, unions, local residents and other stakeholders to address the issues of homelessness, renter protections, racial and economic justice and Indigenous and LGBTQ rights. He currently serves as a Los Angeles County representative on the League of California Cities Public Safety Commission, where he continues to push for alternatives to incarceration.

As mayor pro tem, Brian joined unions and the nonprofit The People’s Collective for Environmental Justice to stop a planned Amazon warehouse project that would have offered only low-paying, non-union jobs while wreaking havoc on local traffic, air and water quality.

A graduate of UCLA, with a master’s degree in leadership from California State University, Los Angeles, Brian has more than two decades’ experience as a classroom educator and led El Monte High School’s football program to its first title in 30 years, before leading Charter Oak High School to an undefeated season and 20th League Championship.

Brian lives with his wife, Celenia, and their son, Anthony, in West Covina.

Expertise: education; affordable housing; environmental justice; racial justice; labor issues; leadership

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