Candidate for
Council Member; City of Yorba Linda

See: http://www.Anderson4yl.com

JOHN ANDERSON'S BIOGRAPHY

Campaign Objectives:

I am running for City Council to protect Yorba Linda's unique and special nature and characteristics and to restore decorum and integrity to council meetings and decisions. Yorba Linda is struggling with over-development, traffic congestion and rising crime rates under the direction of the current council. We have witnessed the continuing loss of historical sites and diminishing equestrian opportunities. All of the current city council members ran for office on a "low" or "reasonable" growth platform and all have failed to fulfill their promises. It's time for a leadership change.

Personal Information:

-48 years old-City of Yorba Linda resident for 17 years.
-Married for 22 years with two children ages 14 and 12.
-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 21 years as a prosecutor in the Orange County District Attorney's Office. I am an Assistant District Attorney now supervising the TARGET Unit (a specialized gang suppression unit) and have spent nearly 10 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 supervised the Felony Projects II Unit (which includes the Narcotics Enforcement Team, and Career Criminal and Welfare Fraud prosecutors) and the TARGET Unit. I have prosecuted more than 70 criminal trials including eight gang murder trials involving 15 defendants.

- California State University, Fullerton.

I have been a Cal State Fullerton Lecturer in Criminal Justice for 10 years. I teach two classes a semester usually Substantive Criminal Law and a class I devised, Gangs and the Criminal Justice System. I occasionally teach Criminal Procedure and a class on report writing. I was honored by the Criminal Justice Students' Association as a "Professor of the Year" winner.

- Other Teaching Experience.

I teach about three times yearly for the California Narcotics Officers' Association, twice yearly for the California Gang Investigators' Association, and twice for the California District Attorneys Association. Occasionally, I assist on a week long Orange County Sheriff's Academy class on gangs. I was a presenter at the 2005 National Youth Gang Symposium on legal considerations involved in gang investigations. I have written three articles for the National Youth Gang Center and one for the Institute for Intergovernmental Research. I am also part of a federal government project creating a gang investigation class designed for use throughout the United States.

Professional Organizations:

-California District Attorneys' Association
-California Bar Association
-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:

-Yorba Linda Traffic Commission, Vice Chairman
-Yorba Linda Town Center Blue Ribbon Committee member
-Solomon Project member (faith-based private/public agency intervention program forat-risk and gang-involved youth)
-Yorba Linda Veterans' Memorial Association Ways & Means Committee member
-Active Vineyard Christian Fellowship PTA and Fall Festivals
-Brea Baptist Church Vacation Bible School volunteer
-Youth soccer referee