Ollie Cantos

Candidate for City Council Member, West Covina, District 4 · West Covina Councilman/Attorney

Ollie Cantos is a West Covina native who has been blind since birth and has advocated for the disabled community. He chairs the nonprofit RespectAbility. He spent more than two decades in Washington, D.C., including about eight years at the U.S. Department of Justice and a stint as associate director of the White House Domestic Policy Council (2006-2007), and in 2022 worked remotely as a special assistant in the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights. In 2022 he emphasized public-private partnerships and cooperation with nonprofits.

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