Debbie S. Baker has lived in and attended elementary, junior high, and high school in La Palma since 1974.
She was appointed to the City’s Development and Circulation Committee (DCC) in 2016 and served as Chair in 2020. She also serves as a Block Captain for Neighborhood Watch.
She was elected to City Council in 2020 and is currently serving her second year on the following committees/boards: Community Services Policy Committee for the League of California Cities, Orange County Library Advisory Board, Bridges at Kraemer Place Community Advisory Board, Municipal Water District of Orange County, and her first year serving on the Board of Trustees for the Orange County Mosquito and Vector Control District, and the alternate representative for California Joint Powers Insurance Authority.