Michael P. Guingona (born 1962), also known as Mike Guingona, is an American politician of Filipino descent who served as a Councilmember for the city of Daly City, California from 1993 to 2018, including several terms as Mayor. He is an attorney in private practice. He was first elected as a Daly City Council member in 1993 and became the youngest mayor at age 33 in 1995. He was elected as a City Council member four times. Guingona was the first Filipino American elected to the City Council of Daly City. The year 2005 marked his fourth term as Mayor of Daly City. Guingona also hosted the TV shows Citizen Pinoy and Pinagmulan on The Filipino Channel or TFC which shows on cable TV. Biography and career Early life Guingona was born in San Francisco, California, but moved to Daly City in 1965 at the age of 3. He grew up in Daly City and attended the Daly City Public Schools from K-12. He graduated from Westmoor High School where, during his senior year, he was elected class president. Guingona participated in, football, swimming, track, and wrestling in high school. Gunigona's great-grandfather served as governor of Batangas, a province of the Philippines. Guingona attended Skyline College for two years where he continued wrestling before attending the University of California at Los Angeles where he earned a B.A. in History. When he returned to Daly City, he went to the University of San Francisco Law School to pursue his Juris Doctor. He graduated in 1989 and was admitted to the State Bar of California in the same year. He established his own private practice in 1999 in San Francisco, specializing in criminal defence. Political career Guingona first ran for office in 1992, when he came in 5th in a field of 12. He has since served several terms on council and four terms as mayor. His first successful campaign was viewed as a significant event in the Bay Area and by the broader Filipino-American community, as he was the first Filipino American elected to City Council in Daly City, a city often referred to "Little Manila," due to its large population of immigrants form the Philippines. Guigona, who speaks English with a foreign accent, ran an issues-oriented campaign appealing to citizens of all ethnic origins, and was criticized by some Filipino activists for "lack of Filipinoness." Guigonas responded by saying that,