24 Facts About Sal Guarriello

Salvatore Joseph Guarriello was a member of the City Council of the City of West Hollywood, California.

Sal Guarriello was elected to the City Council in 1990, and reelected four times.

Sal Guarriello was an advocate for West Hollywood residents, protected tenants of low-income housing, promoted West Hollywood's businesses, and upheld public safety.

Salvatore Joseph Guarriello, son of Generoso Guarriello and Virginia Guarriello, was born March 2,1919, in the New York City borough of Manhattan in New York state.

Sal Guarriello was the fifth of six siblings; he had one sister who was the eldest, and four brothers.

Sal Guarriello was born into a Catholic, Italian family originally from Avellino; a city near Naples in southwest Italy.

At age eighteen, Guarriello began working as a guard with the United States Marshal Service transporting prisoners to federal penitentiaries from New York City to Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, and Atlanta, Georgia.

At nineteen, Sal Guarriello became a lifeguard securing and overseeing the Island Park Beach, known as Casino Beach.

Sal Guarriello later decided to expand his business ventures by moving out to the West Coast in 1964.

Sal Guarriello established his Farmers Insurance Company agency franchise there and it continued to be a successful operation until he retired in December 1986, at the age of sixty-seven.

In 1986, Sal Guarriello became a member of the Board of Directors of the West Hollywood Community Housing Corporation, a non-profit corporation which rehabilitates run-down housing and builds new apartment buildings to increase the supply of affordable housing in West Hollywood.

Sal Guarriello was selected by his fellow Board members to serve as Treasurer of the organization.

In 1988, Sal Guarriello was appointed to the Rent Stabilization Commission.

Sal Guarriello served on the City's Banking and Reinvestment Task Force in 1988, where he worked with local banks to improve low-cost services to seniors and small businesses.

Sal Guarriello was reelected to the West Hollywood City Council four times: in April 1994, March 1999, March 2003, and March 2007.

Sal Guarriello was awarded the "Outstanding Community Service Award" from the Los Angeles County Commission on Aging in May 2006.

Sal Guarriello was a tireless fighter for the issues that mattered most to him: affordable housing and the rights of Senior Citizens.

Since Sal Guarriello served as an army combat medic in World War II, in 1998 he initiated the West Hollywood Veterans Memorial Task Force to create a permanent Veterans Memorial in West Hollywood.

Until the time of his death, Sal Guarriello continued to serve on many civic boards and enjoy a good Scotch.

Sal Guarriello represented West Hollywood as a director and chairman of the County Sanitation District No 4 representing West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, and Los Angeles.

Sal Guarriello served as the City's delegate for the Southern California Cities Joint Powers Consortium.

Sal Guarriello was a delegate to the Joint Powers Insurance Authority, and served as a commissioner on the County Public Library Commission.

At the time of his death, Sal Guarriello was the oldest serving city councilmember in California.

Sal Guarriello's seat was later filled by John D'Amico, who was elected in March 2011.