1. Kenneth Mejia is Filipino American and was born and grew up in Los Angeles.
12 Facts About Kenneth Mejia
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Kenneth Mejia has held his Certified Public Accountant designation since around 2013, although the status of his CPA license was "expired" or "inactive" from November 2018 until January 2022.
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Kenneth Mejia then worked for a hedge fund according to his Twitter account, which he left May 6,2016, to focus on his campaign.
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Kenneth Mejia then worked at EVgo but left in late 2021 to focus on campaigning.
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Kenneth Mejia is a member of the Los Angeles Tenants Union.
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Kenneth Mejia was inspired by the 2016 presidential campaign of Bernie Sanders to engage more in politics, leading him to become a candidate to the California delegation to the Democratic National Convention.
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Kenneth Mejia was a write-in Democratic Party candidate in California's 34th congressional district in 2016.
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Kenneth Mejia continued to work as an accountant while campaigning in 2018.
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Kenneth Mejia announced his candidacy for City Controller, a nonpartisan office, in the 2022 Los Angeles elections.
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Kenneth Mejia was the only city candidate in 2022 to receive ballot access through signatures alone.
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On June 7,2022, Kenneth Mejia took first place in the primary for LA City Controller, with over 230,163 votes.
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Kenneth Mejia appointed Rick Cole to serve as his Chief Deputy Controller and Sergio Perez to serve as Chief of Accountability and Oversight.