Santa Fe Springs : Planner Appointed to Fill Late Councilman’s Term
The City Council unanimously selected Amat Barcelon to serve the remaining two years of the council term of Larry Sandoval, who recently died of a heart attack.
The council could have called a special election to fill Sandoval’s seat. But as in similar instances in the past, it opted Monday night to appoint a replacement. Sandoval first became a council member when he was appointed to succeed Councilman Armando Mora, who died in 1985.
A 38-year resident of Santa Fe Springs, Barcelon has been a member of the Planning Commission since 1986 and is chairman of the Heritage Artwork in Public Places Advisory Committee.
Barcelon, 64, retired from Rockwell International Corp. four years ago after a 27-year career, during which he worked as a contract and operations administrator. A World War II infantry veteran, Barcelon was wounded in April, 1945, and received a medical discharge in 1946. He and his wife of 38 years have two grown daughters and a grandson.
Barcelon graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business management in 1951 from Woodbury College in Los Angeles.
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