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Mike Gipson's Biography

Office:

Contact Information

Mailing Address
Post Office Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0065

Capitol Office
1021 O Street, Suite 6210
Sacramento, CA 95814

879 West 190th Street, Suite 920
Gardena, CA 90248

Full Name:

Mike Anthony Gipson

Gender:

Male

Family:

Wife: Le Cresha; 3 Children: Devon, Jordan, D'Ancee (deceased)

Birth Date:

06/25/1966

Birth Place:

Watts, CA

Home City:

Carson, CA

Religion:

Baptist Christian

AA, Los Angeles Southwest College

Attended, One, One, One School of Theology

BS, Business/Management, University of Phoenix

Graduated, South Bay Police Training Academy

Assembly Member, California State Assembly, District 65, 2022-present

Former Mayor Pro Tempore, City of Carson

Democratic Caucus Chair, California State Assembly, 2016-2024

Candidate, California State Assembly, District 65, 2024

Assembly Member, California State Assembly, District 64, 2014-2022

Member, Carson City Council, 2005-2014

Former Member, Aging and Long-Term Care Committee, California State Assembly

Former Chair, California Contract Cities’ Legislative Committee

Former Member, Foster Care Committee, California State General Assembly

Former Member, Human Relations Commission

Former Member, Infectious Diseases in High Risk Disadvantaged Communities Committee, California State Assembly

Former Member, Infectious Diseases in High Risk Disadvantaged Communities Committee, California State General Assembly

Former Member, Jobs, Economic Development, and the Economy Committee, California State General Assembly

Former Member, Regional Transportation and Interconnectivity Solutions Committee, California State Assembly

Former Member, Revenue and Taxation Committee, California State Assembly

Former Member, Select Committee on Career Technical Education and Building a 21st Century Workforce, California State Assembly

Former Chair, Select Committee on Gun Violence in Communities of Color, California State Assembly

Former District Director, Chairman Jerome E. Horton, California State Board of Equalization

Former Staff Aide, Congressman Mervyn M. Dymally

Former Political Director Statewide, Justice for Janitors 1877 Service Employees International Union

Former Staff Aide, Los Angeles Councilman Robert Farrell

Former Field Representative, Mark Ridley-Thomas, Former Los Angeles Councilman

Former Police Officer, Maywood Police Department

Former Legislative and Political Director, Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 399

Former Business Representative, Service Employees International Union Local 99

Former Staff Aide, State Senator Bill Greene

Former Area Organizer, United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA)

Chairman, Board of Directors, Positive Imagery Foundation, Incorporated, present

Founder, Reaching Out to our Sisters Everywhere, present

Founder, Saving our Sons, City of Carson, present

Former Vice President, Advisory Board, State Public Utilities Commission

Former Board Member, Carson’s Workforce Investment Network

Former Chair/Member, County of Los Angeles Community Action Board

Former Founder, Midnight Basketball Program, City of Carson

Former Youth Pastor, One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism Christian Church

Former Member, Public Safety Commission, City of Carson

Names of Grandchildren:

Faafetai Ole, Cataleya Acevedo

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