Stephen J. Faessel

Professional and community activities: 
Stephen Faessel was elected to the Anaheim City Council in November 2016, representing District 5 in east-central Anaheim. 

Since 2003, he has served on the board of directors of the Anaheim Community Foundation. He previously served on the Anaheim Planning Commission and the Anaheim Public Utility Board, including as chairman.

As part of Faessel’s Public Utility Board appointment, he also served on the city’s General Plan Advisory Committee, which oversaw the update of the city’s general plan guiding future growth. He previously chaired Anaheim’s Budget, Investment and Technology Commission.

Faessel has contributed his interest in preserving local history by serving on the board of trustees of the Anaheim Museum Inc. since 1990. He serves as corresponding secretary for the Anaheim Historical Society and was president of the Anaheim Historical Society Inc.

A founding member of the Anaheim MUZEO, he serves as secretary of the board. Since 1975, Faessel has been a continuing education instructor for the North Orange County Community College District in the fields of electricity, electrical codes and utility systems.

Born in Anaheim to parents active in the Orange County citrus industry, Faessel attended Anaheim’s St. Boniface Elementary School, Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in marketing from California State University, Fullerton.

Faessel is retired from a 50-year career in the retail hardware industry as merchandise manager for the 16-store Crown ACE Hardware chain. 

He and his wife Susan have one son, a daughter-in-law and three grandsons.