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Juan Muñoz-Guevara is proud to have been born and raised in Lynwood, and he is committed to fighting for his community. In 2022, he was elected to the City Council as the youngest Councilmember elected in the City’s recent history.
Juan disrupted a status quo that wasn't delivering and he has governed unapologetically for the people ever since.
As a member and leader of UNITE HERE Local 11 — the hospitality workers’ union representing 32,000 workers across Southern California and Arizona — he has committed his career to ensuring that workers earn fair wages and are treated with dignity on the job. That same conviction drives everything he does at City Hall.
In his first term, Juan co-authored and led the fight inside City Hall to pass the Lynwood Values Act, the city's sanctuary ordinance, because no resident should fear that their taxpayer dollars are supporting ICE kidnapping our family and neighbors. He worked to deliver nearly 200 new homes, including a 66-unit complex with 100% affordable housing, because Lynwood families deserve a place to put down roots. He fought for and passed a $25 Healthcare Living Wage and strong worker protections for city contractors, because the people who make our city run deserve to earn enough to live in it. Juan also delivered nearly $15 million in new parks, more trees, and climate-resilient public spaces, and led Lynwood to join the Clean Power Alliance, the first Southeast LA County city to do so in nearly a decade, while divesting the city's holdings from fossil fuels.
"Our families are struggling with rising costs, and our neighborhoods continue to need more investment. We need more housing and protections so that longtime residents aren't pushed out of the city they grew up in. Public safety must be responsive to us and make us feel safe. From immigrant justice to workers' rights to a clean environment — our fights are all connected. I am proud of what we have accomplished, but we’re just getting started. "
Juan's regional leadership has produced some of the most consequential results for Lynwood. As Chair of the Metro Gateway Cities Service Council — a position his peers unanimously elected him to in 2024 — he advises Metro on bus and rail service across more than 20 cities. Through relationships built in Sacramento and Washington, DC, he has helped secure grants that are transforming Lynwood, including a $4.8 million DTSC investment to convert a former gas station into the Northgate Market development, turning an environmental hazard into a full-service supermarket. He partnered with Congresswoman Nanette Barragán to deliver community project funding including $1.3 million for the Lynwood Senior Center and $850,000 for the Lucy Avalos Community Center.
Juan is a proud UCLA alum, a Regents' Scholar and Astin Civic Engagement Scholar who graduated summa cum laude with a degree in Political Science and minors in Civic Engagement and Labor Studies. He is a member of the Sierra Club, and in 2026 was honored by the Los Angeles League of Conservation Voters as one of its Smith-Weiss Environmental Champions.