Omar Ornelas is moving on. Before a relatively packed audience at Lathrop City Hall Monday night, two-term Lathrop councilman Omar Ornelas announced that he would be resigning his position early next year in order to further his teaching career and take a full-time job in Sacramento. The announcement marked the end of a six-year career as an elected official in which Ornelas transitioned from a well-known youth leader into a councilmember unafraid to stand up for his convictions – digging his heels in against his own colleagues and audience members who were skeptical about his young age and his outlook towards a growing community rife with opportunity.