Eric J. Perrodin

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Eric J. Perrodin (born February 26, 1959) currently serves as Mayor of Compton, California.

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Perrodin grew up in Compton, California. Soon after graduation from California State University, Dominguez Hills, he began working for the Compton Police Department. While serving as a police officer, he pursued a law degree at Loyola Law School. After 12 years with the department, Perrodin left to become a Deputy District Attorney for Los Angeles County.

In 2001, Perrodin narrowly defeated controversial mayor, Omar Bradley in his re-election bid. He won by only 281 votes in an election in which the incumbent was accused of corruption and nepotism.

During Perrodin's 2005 re-election bid, he won decisively, but was also accused of nepotism because he appointed his brother, Percy to run Compton's parking and code enforcement as a consultant. The previous year, Perrodin was fined $11,000 by the state Fair Political Practices Commission for failing to report that amount in contributions from Death Row Records in a timely manner during the 2001 mayoral race.