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Pacific Sweeping, INDUSTRY LEADER IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BY BOBBI JACKSON Pacific Sweeping provides power sweeping and power washing for more than 30 cities across five counties in southern California. The service cleans a staggering 350,000 miles of roadways and 15,000 parking lots per year. The company’s clients include Cal Trans, counties, utility companies, service providers for public events, and various government construction projects, and government agencies such as the City of San Diego, the State of California, the U.S. Navy Shipyards, and the U.S. Marine Corps.
L
ee Miller, President, and CEO of Pacific
For the 15 years before becoming an owner of
Sweeping, is currently a Board Member of
Pacific Sweeping, he had managed three local
NAPSA, and he has served as an Advisory Board
cities’ government public works operations for
Member for California State University (Dominguez
southern California’s public works department.
Hills), and Cal State Fullerton and he served
There, he had overseen public works maintenance
on the board of the local MSA (Maintenance
operations, which included contracting for all
Superintendent’s Association for many years.
facets of roadway cleaning, public facilities repair,
MOVE FROM PUBLIC WORKS MANAGEMENT
and related services.
TO PRIVATE SECTOR
When Lee was invited by Cannon’s owners
Founded 45 years ago in 1968, the company
to take a look at the business, he had been
started as Cannon Pacific Services. In 2013, Miller
contemplating an exit from the municipal world.
changed the name to Pacific Sweeping, to better
He agreed to come on board with Cannon as an
signify the kind of service the company provides.
equity partner and began running the company.
Lee came into the business in 2007 with a B.A. in
He bought out one of the other two partners in
Public Administration/Organizational Management
2009, and the other in 2011, making him the sole
and an MDE in entrepreneurial studies from UCLA.
owner.
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