Curt Pringle

Mayor Pringle brings an immense amount of civic knowledge to Anaheim city government, having served in the California State Assembly from 1988-1990 and again from 1992-98. The independent California Journal rated Assemblyman Pringle as the “Best Problem Solver” and as the “Most Influential Leader” of the California State Assembly. In January 1996, in what was hailed by the Associated Press as “a victory for stability over chaos,” Assemblyman Pringle was elected Speaker of the California State Assembly where he presided until November 1996.

During his tenure in the State Assembly, Assemblyman Pringle served as the Republican Leader, Republican Caucus Chair, chairman of the Appropriations Committee, chairman of the Rules Committee and vice chairman of the Budget Committee. He also served on the Insurance, Governmental Organization, Banking, Local Government and Joint Legislative Budget Review Committees. Additionally, he served as a budget conferee in 1995, where he authored the 1995-1996 California State Budget.

Assemblyman Pringle was a key architect of California's historic, bipartisan welfare reform plan in 1997, and in 1996 he authored successful legislation to provide California businesses with a five-percent tax cut.

Mr. Pringle has served on the Orange County Republican Central Committee and the California Republican Central Committee. In 1996 and 2004, he was a California Delegate to the Republican National Convention.

He also served as an appointee of the Senate Majority Leader to the National Conference on Retirement Savings and served a four-year term as a member of the Orange County Fair Board. Additionally, Mr. Pringle serves on the Board of Directors of Leadership TraQ, a leadership development program headquartered at California State University, Long Beach.

Mr. Pringle also serves as an adjunct faculty member at the University of California, Irvine, in the Political Science Department, where he teaches California Government.

He is a graduate of California State University, Long Beach with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and a Master’s in Public Administration. A 36-year resident of the Anaheim/Garden Grove area, Pringle and his wife, Alexis, have two children, a son, Kyle and daughter, Katie.

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