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| Member of theLos Angeles County Board of Supervisors from District 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office December 1, 1980 – November 30, 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Baxter Ward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Kathryn Barger | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Michael Daniel Antonovich (1939-08-12)August 12, 1939 (age 86) Los Angeles,California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Party | Republican | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Christine Hu Huiling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | Michael Jr. Mary Christine Dwight Manley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Glendale, California | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | California State University, Los Angeles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Awards | California Legion of Merit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Allegiance |  United States of America State of California | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Branch/service | California State Military Reserve | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years of service | 1 January 2003 – 1 July 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank |  Lieutenant colonel (CA) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Unit | Joint Forces Training Base - Los Alamitos | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michael Dennis Antonovich (born August 12, 1939) is an American politician who wasMayor of Los Angeles County and a member of theLos Angeles County Board of Supervisors. He represented the Fifth District, which covers northernLos Angeles County, including theAntelope Valley,Santa Clarita,Pasadena, and parts of theSan Fernando andSan Gabriel valleys.[1]
Antonovich was born inLos Angeles,California, and attended Thomas Alva Edison Junior High, where one of his classmates wasHenry Waxman.[2] He graduated fromJohn Marshall High School and enlisted in theUnited States Army Reserve in 1957. A member ofSigma Nu fraternity, Antonovich graduated fromCalifornia State University, Los Angeles in 1963 with abachelor's degree and amaster's degree in 1966.[3] Antonovich taught in theLos Angeles Unified School District[4] and later atPepperdine University.[3]
In 1969, Antonovich was elected to the newly formedLos Angeles Community College District Board of Trustees.[2]
In 1972, he was elected to theCalifornia State Assembly and for three terms representedGlendale,Burbank,Sunland, Tujunga,Atwater,Griffith Park,Lakeview Terrace andSun Valley. He served as a Republicanwhip in the Assembly from 1976 to 1978.[5]
Antonovich ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination forLieutenant Governor of California in 1978 againstMike Curb. After Curb defeated him in the primary, Antonovich declined to specifically endorse Curb in the general election, but instead endorsed the entire Republican ticket. Curb defeated incumbentMervyn Dymally in the general election.[2]
In 1984 Antonovich was elected chairman of theCalifornia Republican Party[5] and served for two years.[6]
He was Chairman of the Board of Supervisors (to which he was first elected in 1980) in 1983, 1987 and 1991 and as the so-called "Mayor of Los Angeles County" in 1983, 1987, 1991, 2001 and 2006.[5]
He ran for theU.S. Senate in 1986 in the 13 candidate Republican primary. Antonovich received the endorsement of television evangelistPat Robertson.[7] He finished in third place with 9% of the vote. CongressmanEd Zschau went on to lose to the incumbent,Alan Cranston, in the general election.[2] Antonovich lost theSan Fernando Valley to Herschensohn.[8]
From 2007 to 2013, Antonovich received $1,862,796.59 in campaign contributions, reported by Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk records.
Antonovich served nine four-year terms on the Board of Supervisors and served until 2016, when a limit of three consecutive terms imposed by voters in 2002 forced him to leave office.[9][10] That year, Antonovich ran for California State Senator for the25th District, which includes the cities of Burbank, Glendale, Pasadena, La Canada Flintridge, South Pasadena, Monrovia, Bradbury, Duarte, Glendora, San Dimas, La Verne, Claremont, Upland, Sierra Madre, the unincorporated communities of Altadena, East Pasadena, and La Crescenta-Montrose, and the Los Angeles neighborhoods of Atwater Village and Sunland-Tujunga. He lost to DemocratAnthony Portantino, 57 percent to 43 percent.
Michael D. Antonovich Trail nearSan Dimas, California,[11] and Michael D. Antonovich Regional Park at Joughin Ranch in theSanta Susana Mountains[12] are named after him.
Antonovich played an important role in shaping the route that California's proposed bullet train project would take. Engineers had determined in a 1999 report that the preferred route for a bullet train between Los Angeles and San Francisco would be the most direct through the Tejon Pass. However, Antonovich argued that the train should be diverted through the Mojave Desert communities of Lancaster and Palmdale in his district, which was estimated to increase the cost of the project by 16%. Critics described the change as political horse-trading that raised the cost and complexity of the project and sacrificed travel time.[13] In a 2022 report, theNew York Times linked the maneuver to a connection between Antonovich and real estate developer Jerry Epstein.[13]
Antonovich objected to the appointment ofDuke University professorErwin Chemerinsky to be dean of thenew law school at theUniversity of California, Irvine, and lobbied against it.[14] The university rescinded the appointment,[15] then later restored it.[14][16]
Antonovich is ofCroatian descent.[2]
On February 15, 1998, he married Christine Hu Huiling, aMandarin-speaking actress fromDalian,China, before 900 guests;Red Buttons andPat Boone were laylectors.[17] Hu has two children with Antonovich: a son, Michael Jr., born in 1999, and a daughter, Mary Christine, born in 2000. In 2017, Antonovich learned through anAncestry.com DNA test that he had fathered a son,Dwight Manley, who was born in 1965 and placed for adoption.[18]
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| California Assembly | ||
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| Preceded by | California State Assemblyman 43rd District January 8, 1973 - November 30, 1974 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | California State Assemblyman 41st District December 2, 1974 - November 30, 1978 | Succeeded by |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by | Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors 5th District 1980–2016 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by Mark Ridley-Thomas (Chair) | Chair of Los Angeles County 2014-2015 2010-2011 2005-2006 2001-2000 1995-1996 1990-1991 1986-1987 1983-1984 | Succeeded by Hilda Solis (Chair) |
| Preceded by Gloria Molina (Chair) | Succeeded by Zev Yaroslavsky (Chair) | |
| Preceded by Peter F. Schabarum (Chair) | Succeeded by Deane Dana (Chair) | |
| Succeeded by Edmund D. Edelman (Chair) | ||
| Preceded by Don Knabe (Chair Pro Tem) | Chair Pro Tem of Los Angeles County 2013-2014 2009-2010 2004-2005 1999-2000 1994-1995 1989-1990 1985-1986 | Succeeded by Hilda Solis (Chair Pro Tem) |
| Preceded by Gloria Molina (Chair Pro Tem) | Succeeded by Zev Yaroslavsky (Chair Pro Tem) | |
| Preceded by Peter F. Schabarum (Chair Pro Tem) | Succeeded by Deane Dana (Chair Pro Tem) | |
| Party political offices | ||
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| Preceded by | Chair of theCalifornia Republican Party 1985–1987 | Succeeded by |
