THE MAN

With more than 45 years of combined experience in public safety, municipal government and education, Mayor Butts holds a Bachelor of Science degree from California State University at Los Angeles and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from California Polytechnic University at Pomona.

“My father left the South, left his entire family so that his children wouldn’t be raised in the South and have their ability to achieve limited. And I respect my father’s sacrifice to leave his large family and be out here where he knew no one. I respect that, and I have his name.”