Efren Carrillo (born March 20, 1981) is an American politician and businessman who served as a member of the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors from 2008 to 2012 and again from 2013 to 2015. He left office at the end of his second term in December 2016.
Efren Carrillo | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors | |
| In office January 2013 – 2015 | |
| In office November 2008 – June 2012 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 20, 1981 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Residence(s) | Santa Rosa, California, U.S. |
| Education | University of California, Berkeley (BS) |
| Website | Supervisor Efren Carrillo |
Early life and education
editEfren Carrillo was born in North Hollywood in Los Angeles, California, and moved to Mexico City, Mexico at the age of one. He was raised in Santa Rosa, California, where he lived off West Ninth Street. He graduated from Santa Rosa High School in 1999, and graduated from University of California, Berkeley in 2003 with a bachelor's degree in environmental economics and policy.[1][2]
Career
editAfter graduating from UC Berkeley, Carrillo moved back to Sonoma County, where he became a project coordinator for the Sonoma County Economic Development Board designing policies. Carrillo progressed into the banking industry where he became the education and government relations manager for Redwood Credit Union. In 2007, he was recognized by the North Bay Business Journal as being one of the 40 business and community leaders under 40.[2]
In November 2008, Carrillo was elected to the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors at the age of 27. His term ended in June 2012, and Carrillo was re-elected to be on the Board of Supervisors in January 2013.[3] Carillo represented the 5th District, which spans the Sonoma County coast, the lower Russian River area, Sebastopol and the west and southwest Santa Rosa areas to Highway 101.[4]
While on the Board of Supervisors, Carrillo served on the Santa Rosa Gang Prevention Task Force, Health Action Sonoma County, the Board of Directors for the Center for Volunteer and Nonprofit Leadership of Marin, Habitat for Humanity of Sonoma County, and was president of the board of the Southwest Community Health Center.[1][3] Carrillo left the board when his second term ended in December 2016. He had declined to seek reelection, citing personal reasons and fallout from a recent arrest and trial.[5]
Personal life
editOn September 5, 2012, Carrillo was arrested at a nightclub in San Diego, and was booked on charges of misdemeanor battery and disturbing the peace. He was involved in a fight that took place that at the nightclub, and another man was seriously injured. Carrillo posted bail the same day. Charges against Carrillo were dropped in October 2012.[6]
On the morning of July 13, 2013, Carrillo was arrested in Santa Rosa on charges of burglary, a felony, and prowling, a misdemeanor while clothed only in underwear and a pair of socks. He was released the same day after posting $40,000 bail. He released a statement in which he attributed his attempt to break into a woman's bedroom due to alcohol and he immediately entered a rehabilitation center.[7][8][9][10] On October 31, 2013, Carrillo was formally charged with misdemeanor peeking in connection with the incident.[11] On April 28, 2014, he was found not guilty of attempted peeking.[12]
References
edit- ^ a b "Biography of Efren Carrillo". County of Sonoma. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
- ^ a b "Meet Efren". EfrenCarrillo.com. Archived from the original on June 6, 2013. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
- ^ a b Russell, Alexandra (November 2009). "Efren Carrillo". North Bay Biz. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
- ^ "Welcome to the 5th District". County of Sonoma. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
- ^ "As term ends, Supervisor Carrillo opens up about uncertain future". Santa Rosa Press Democrat. 2016-12-18. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
- ^ Efren Carrillo 'pleased' with decision to drop San Diego charges, Press Democrat, October 8, 2012.
- ^ Smith, Chris (July 15, 2013). "SMITH: Efren's good story; is this The End?". The Press Democrat. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
- ^ Wilkison, Brett; Rossmann, Randi; Payne, Paul (July 15, 2013). "Efren Carrillo's lawyer: Evidence does not support prowling, burglary". The Press Democrat. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
- ^ Wilkison, Brett; McCallum, Kevin (July 13, 2013). "Sonoma County Supervisor Efren Carrillo arrested on burglary charge". The Press Democrat. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
- ^ Lee, Stephanie M. (July 13, 2013). "Sonoma County supervisor arrested, freed on bail". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
- ^ Ho, Vivian (October 31, 2013). "Sonoma County supervisor charged with peeking". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
- ^ Verdict: Carrillo not guilty Archived 2014-04-29 at the Wayback Machine, San Francisco Chronicle, April 28, 2014.