Anthony Otero

Mayor Pro Tem Anthony Otero was elected to the La Mirada City Council on March 3, 2020. Mayor Pro Tem Otero has been a resident of La Mirada since 2007 and has been actively involved in this community since moving to La Mirada. He is the Scoutmaster of Boy Scout Troop 438, and is himself an Eagle Scout from Troop 941, which was based in his hometown parish of St. Marianne Catholic Church located in Pico Rivera.

Mayor Pro Tem Otero is currently a Police Lieutenant with the Los Angeles Police Department. Otero joined the LAPD in 1996 and has served in various investigative, uniformed and administrative assignments. Through the course of his professional career he has served in many assignments and received numerous citations for his service and professionalism.

After graduating from Don Bosco Tech in 1991, Otero attended Whittier College, and majored in Business Administration. As a working professional, he returned to school to earn a Masters Degree in Public Administration from National University, a Masters in Executive Leadership from the University of Southern California, and a Doctorate in Policy, Planning, and Development, also from the University of Southern California. Mayor Pro Tem Otero is a proud graduate from the Sherman Block Leadership Institute, and the Los Angeles Police Department (West Point) Leadership Academy, of which he is an adjunct instructor. He was honored to have served as a United States Marine, and was honorably discharged accordingly.