Blanca Pacheco is an American attorney and politician serving as a member of the

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for the 64th district, which includes Downey, Norwalk, Whittier, and La Mirada. She assumed office on December 5, 2022.

Early life and education

After graduating from Downey High School, Pacheco earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of California, Los Angeles and a

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from the Loyola Law School.

Career

From 2006 to 2014, Pacheco worked as an attorney and real estate broker at Realty Executives in

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. From 2006 to 2018, she operated an independent legal practice, specializing in

probate Probate is the judicial process whereby a will is "proved" in a court of law and accepted as a valid public document that is the true last testament of the deceased, or whereby the estate is settled according to the laws of intestacy in the sta ...

, estates, and evictions. Pacheco joined Olivarez Madruga Lemieux O’Neill, LLP, in

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in 2020. She also served as a member of the Downey City Council and as Mayor of Downey. Pacheco was elected to the

in November 2022.

References

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