Frank Aurelio Yokoyama, Councilmember

Councilmember Frank Aurelio Yokoyama was elected to the Cerritos City Council in 2017 and became Mayor Pro Tem in 2019. He was re-elected to the Cerritos City Council in 2022. A Cerritos resident since 1976, Councilmember Yokoyama previously served as a Cerritos Planning Commissioner from 2011 to 2013.

Boards and Committees

Councilmember Yokoyama serves on the following external groups:

League of California Cities Asian Pacific Islander Caucus
League of California Cities Chair of the Governance, Transparency & Labor Relations Policy Committee
Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts Board of Directors (Districts 2, 3, 18 & 19) (Alternate)
Mabuhay Credit Union Advisory Council
National League of Cities Asian Pacific American Municipal Officials (APAMO) constituency group President
SCAG's Executive/Administration Committee (EAC) since 2020
SCAG Regional Council District 23 Representative

Councilmember Yokoyama previously served on the following external groups:

Fair Housing, Diversity, & Inclusion Committee (2023)
League of California Cities Community Services Policy Committee (2021 and 2022)
League of California Cities Environmental Quality Policy Committee (2021 and 2022)
League of California Cities Vice Chair of the Governance, Transparency & Labor Relations Policy Committee (2023)
Secretary to the National League of Cities Asian Pacific American Municipal Officials (APAMO) constituency group (2023)
SCAG Regional Council District 23 Representative for two years in February 2023
SCAG's Bylaws and Resolution Committee (2022–2023)
SCAG's Community, Economic and Human Development Committee as Vice Chair (2020-2021 and 2021-2022), Chair (2022-2023 and 2023-2024)
SCAG's General Assembly Host Committee (2023)
SCAG's Racial Equity and Regional Planning Subcommittee (2022)
SCAG's Scholarship Committee (2021–2022)

Personal and Professional

Councilmember Yokoyama is a local businessman, attorney and a youth sports coach. He graduated from UC Berkeley Business School and Harvard Law School. In honor of his service as a volunteer coach for the City's Youth Sports Leagues, Councilmember Yokoyama earned the Merit Award in 2013 for coaching six sports teams, the Commendation Award in 2014 for coaching 10 sports teams and the Mayor's Award in 2020 for coaching 20 sports teams.

Councilmember Yokoyama and his wife, Wendy, are parents to daughter Makenna and son Maddox.