Councilman Gutierrez employed again

After six months of unemployment, Councilman Rex Gutierrez has found a job working for his brother in Delano, Ca. Gutierrez is helping the Delano Association for the Developmentally Disabled with its fundraising efforts. It's a temporary full-time position lasting until January.

In the meantime, Gutierrez is also studying to get his real estate license.

"I'm trying to do what I can to be productive," Gutierrez said.

Delano is north of Bakersfield, approximately 180 miles from Rancho Cucamonga. Gutierrez is spending most weekdays there and returning to the city on weekends and on nights during City Council meetings. He's missed two special meetings so far because they took place during the afternoon and thus conflicted with Gutierrez's schedule.

Gutierrez spent a portion of his childhood in Delano, where his mother and siblings still live. He said he's living in the same home that he did in the ninth grade.

In May, Gutierrez was fired from his position with the county's Economic Development Agency after the county sued Gutierrez for his role in the Assessor's Office scandal. Since then, Gutierrez started a private tutoring business but he said it has not been very successful.