Gregory Salcido

Gregory Salcido is a former Pico Rivera City Councilman who decided to not run for re-election in November 2020, a former candidate for Congress and former educator in Pico Rivera, California. Concurrently with his position as city councilman, Salcido served as mayor of Pico Rivera in 2002, 2010 and 2015. His derogatory comments about members of the United States armed forces, captured on video by one of his students, went viral in January 2018, leading to calls for his eventual dismissal as both teacher and city councilman in March 2018.