JOHN ANDERSON'S BIOGRAPHY Council Objectives: I was elected to the Yorba Linda City Council in November 2006. Before that I served nearly four years on the Yorba Linda Traffic Commission. I ran for City Council to protect Yorba Linda's unique nature and character and to restore decorum and integrity to council meetings and decisions. Yorba Linda was struggling with over- development, traffic congestion and rising crime rates under the direction of the immediately past City Council. We were witnessing the continuing loss of historical sites and diminishing equestrian opportunities. One of my strongest desires was to implement a strong ethics policy that would help ensure open and transparent government. From the very beginning of the 2006 campaign I expressed my desire to be the People's Advocate for the People of Yorba Linda on the City Council as I am in my profession as a prosecutor where I appear in court as an Advocate for the People of the State of California. I am proud to now serve the people of Yorba Linda as YOUR advocate and voice on the City Council. Personal Information: -52 years old -City of Yorba Linda resident for 21 years -Married for 26 years with two children ages 18 and 16 -Christian -Registered Republican Education: -California State University, Fullerton – B.A. Cum Laude, Political Science (1981) -University of California, Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco – Juris Doctorate (1985) Professional Experience: - Orange County District Attorney’s Office I am honored to have spent 25 years as a prosecutor in the Orange County District Attorney's Office. I am an Assistant District Attorney now supervising the Gang Unit (a specialized gang suppression unit) and have spent nearly 14 years of my career prosecuting gang members for murder and other serious felonies. I have worked in the following assignments: North Justice Center, Felony Panel, Gang Unit, Westminster Target Unit, Operation Round-up (an undercover drug buy program worked by SAPD) Santa Ana Target Unit, Special Assignments Unit, and the Anaheim Target Unit. I have previously supervised the Narcotics Enforcement Team, and Career Criminal and Welfare Fraud prosecutions, and the TARGET Unit. I have prosecuted more than 70 criminal trials including eight gang murder trials involving 15 defendants and supervised more than 250 other gang related trials of violent crimes and murders. - California State University, Fullerton I have been a Cal State Fullerton Lecturer in Criminal Justice for 16 years. I teach two classes a semester – usually Substantive Criminal Law and a class I devised, Gangs and the Criminal Justice System. I also occasionally teach Law, Politics, and Society (a legal philosophy course), Juvenile Justice and Corrections, or a scholarly writing course. I was honored by the Criminal Justice Students’ Association as a “Professor of the Year” winner. - Other Teaching Experience I teach about two times yearly for the California Narcotics Officers Association, twice yearly for the California Gang Investigators Association, once or twice yearly for the California District Attorneys Association, and at least once a year for the Orange County Gang Investigators Association. I am the California District Attorneys Association's seminar coordinator for a twice yearly specialized seminar on California's anti-criminal street gang laws. I also assist on a week long Orange County Sheriff’s Academy course on gangs. I was a presenter at the 2006 and 2008 National Youth Gang Symposiums on legal considerations involved in gang investigations and prosecutions. I lecture each semester at Western State Law School and take part in special programs at Whittier Law School. I am a contributor to the National District Attorneys Association's Gang Injunction Committee and have lectured on gang prosecution issues for the State of Oklahoma Prosecutors Association. -Articles Written/Presented I have authored three articles for the National Youth Gang Center and one for the Institute for Intergovernmental Research. I helped formulate a gang investigation course devised by the federal government for use by local agencies. I am the author of a Bureau of Justice Assistance publication on courtroom witness intimidation (John Anderson, Gang-Related Witness Intimidation, National Gang Center Bulletin (National Gang Center, Washington, D.C.)) which was cited by the State of New Jersey's Supreme court in the cases of State v. Dionte Byrd and State v. Freddie Dean, Jr, in 2009, and one of five authors who were recently published with our Gang Prosecution Manual for the federal Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention available at: http://www.nationalgangcenter.gov/Content/Documents/Gang-Prosecution-Manual.pdf. Professional Organizations: -California District Attorneys' Association -California Bar Association -California Gang Injunction Prosecutors Round Table -Orange County Bar Association -Orange County Narcotics Officers' Association -Orange County Gang Investigators' Association -Past board member Association of Orange County Deputy District Attorneys Civic Experience: -Mayor, 2010, City of Yorba Linda -Mayor Pro Tem, 2009, City of Yorba Linda -Yorba Linda City Councilman -Creator and Sponsor of Yorba Linda Measure BB (eliminate eminent domain for economic development purposes) -Yorba Linda Chamber of Commerce City Council Liaison -Orange County Sanitation District, Board Member -Orange County Vector Control, Alternate Board Member -Yorba Linda City Council Finance Committee Member -National League of Cities, Delegate -California League of Cities, Orange County Division, Delegate -Southern California Association of Governments, Delegate -Yorba Linda Traffic Commission, Vice Chairman -Yorba Linda Town Center Blue Ribbon Committee member -Founder of the California Gang Injunction Prosecutors Roundtable -Financial contributor Brea, Placentia, Yorba Linda Boys and Girls Club & Anaheim Boys and Girls Club -Solomon Project member (faith-based private/public agency intervention program for at-risk and gang-involved youth) -Yorba Linda Veterans' Memorial Association volunteer -Active Vineyard Christian Fellowship PTA and Fall Festivals -Past Board Member Brea Baptist Church -Vacation Bible School volunteer -Youth soccer referee Copyright © 2010 Friends of John Anderson All Rights Reserved Paid for by Friends of John Anderson - FPPC ID 1290130 |
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