Mike Eng

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Mike Eng

|image = Portrait of Mike Eng.jpg

|alt = Portrait of Mike Eng

|state_assembly1 = California

|district1 = 49th

|term_start1 = December 4, 2006

|term_end1 = November 30, 2012

|predecessor1 = Judy Chu

|successor1 = Ed Chau

|office = Member of the Board of Trustees of the Los Angeles Community College District

|term_start = March 2013

|term_end = June 2017

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|successor =

|office2 = Mayor of Monterey Park

|term_start2 = August 21, 2004

|term_end2 = January 18, 2005

|predecessor2 = Sharon Martinez

|successor2 = Frank Venti

|office3 = Member of the Monterey Park City Council

|term_start3 = March 8, 2003

|term_end3 = December 4, 2006

|predecessor3 = Judy Chu

|successor3 = Anthony Wong

|birth_name = Michael Francis Eng[https://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/michael_francis_eng_born_1946_3161719 California Birth Index]

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|9|14}}

|birth_place = Oakland, California, U.S.

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|nationality = American

|party = Democratic

|spouse = {{marriage|Judy Chu|1978}}

|children =

|residence = Los Angeles, California

|alma_mater = University of California, Los Angeles
University of Hawaiʻi

|occupation = state board member
lawyer
academic professor

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}}

Michael Francis Eng ({{zh|t={{linktext|伍|國|慶}}|p=Wǔ Guóqìng}};[http://mikeengforsenate2018.com/biography.pdf Mike Eng for State Senate, Biography] born September 14, 1946) is an American politician serving as one of five members of the California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board (CUIAB) since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he was appointed to the body, an administrative court system for workers and employers, ruling on work-related benefits, by State Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon.[https://www.cuiab.ca.gov/Board/bios/bio_eng.asp Michael Eng - Board Member - CUIAB] Eng previously served in the Monterey Park City Council (2003–2006) and California State Assembly (2006–2012); he was Mayor of Monterey Park from 2004 to 2005. He was elected to the Los Angeles Community College District Board of Trustees in 2013 and served until 2017.[https://www.laccd.edu/Board/Pages/Mike-Eng.aspx Mike Eng - Member of the Board LACCD]

Biography

In 2004, Eng became Mayor of Monterey Park, California, an office he held until 2005.{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/cmp_000059 |title=Past Mayors of Monterey Park: Michael Eng |website=archive.org |date=21 November 2011 |accessdate=June 26, 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/57437/mike-eng |title=Mike Eng's Biography |publisher=Vote Smart |accessdate=June 26, 2020}}

Eng has served as a City Councilman, State Assemblyman and Community College Board Vice President. He has also served as Vice Chair of the State Board of Acupuncture and President of the Monterey Park Library Board of Trustees. While in the Assembly, he chaired the Committee on Transportation, Committee on Business and Professions and Committee on Banking and Finance.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}

In 2018, he ran for the California State Senate, but was defeated in November by Baldwin Park City Councilwoman Susan Rubio.{{Cite web |title=California State Senate District 22 |url=https://ballotpedia.org/California_State_Senate_District_22 |access-date=2024-01-17 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}}

He founded a downtown immigration law firm and has also been on the teaching faculty at California State University, Los Angeles, UCLA, Los Angeles Trade Tech College and University of the West.

Personal life

In 2011, Mike Eng commented publicly on the name given to a food delivery service started by two UCLA students, "Ching-Chong-Ling-Long Gourmet Takeout". He stated, "Stereotypical phrases such as these perpetuate misunderstandings about Asian Americans and intensify hurtful sentiments toward this community". The delivery service in question was subsequently discontinued after pushback from Mike Eng and several UCLA student groups.

Eng is married to Congresswoman Judy Chu.{{Cite web |date=2012-12-11 |title=Biography {{!}} Representative Judy Chu |url=http://chu.house.gov/about/biography |access-date=2024-01-17 |website=chu.house.gov |language=en}}