Biography
Rocky Delgadillo is a native of the Northeast Los Angeles neighborhood of Highland Park. Delgadillo attended Harvard College, where he won the Robert F. Kennedy Award given each year to a member of the varsity football team who demonstrates a strong desire, determination, and willingness to work hard as a valuable member of the team earning the respect and admiration of his teammates and coaches. Delgadillo trained briefly with CFL team Hamilton Tiger-Cats before being cut. He went on to Columbia Law School, graduating in 1986.
After a short time in private practice at the prestigious Los Angeles law firm O'Melveny & Meyers, he joined Rebuild LA, a non-profit formed in the wake of the 1992 riots in Los Angeles. He later joined the administration of Mayor Richard Riordan, eventually becoming deputy mayor for economic development.
He ran against former Governor and Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown in the 2006 race for the Democratic nomination for state Attorney General of California. He lost by a wide margin, despite having spent over $3 million on television commercials in the last few weeks of the election.
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