To: Board of Supervisors
From: Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Report Title: Resolution recognizing Senator Steve Glazer
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Resolution recognizing Senator Steve Glazer
FISCAL IMPACT:
No fiscal impact
BACKGROUND:
Resolution recognizing Senator Steve Glazer
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
No negative action
The Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County, California
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IN THE MATTER OF Resolution recognizing Senator Steve Glazer
Of California state senate, district 7
Whereas, the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors honors and celebrates the dedicated and continued service over the years of Steve Glazer, Senator of California State Senate, District 7, which includes most of Contra Costa County and all of District 2; and
WHEREAS, Steve began his career in "politics" at a young age when he became the president of his class at California Junior High in Sacramento; and later was Student Body President at San Diego State University; and
Whereas, Senator Glazer served on the Orinda Park and Recreation Commission from 1997 to 1999, and then was elected to the City Council of Orinda in 2004, 2008, and 2012. He served as mayor of the City of Orinda in 2007, 2012 and 2015; and
Whereas, Senator Glazer has always demonstrated his fiscal responsibility whether serving on the Recycle Smart Board of Directors representing the City of Orinda; or as a member of the California State University Board of Trustees, to which he was appointed in 2011 by Governor Jerry Brown; or in his role as a State Senator; and
Whereas, Senator Glazer authored a number of state bills advocating and thereby ensuring a better community for his constituents, including legislation in 2019 to create the office of Inspector General for the Bay Area Rapid Transit Authority to look for waste, fraud and abuse in the agency. He jointly authored a bill in 2020 to ban the sal...
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