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Career

• Teacher/ Coach, Los Angeles Unified School District, Franklin
• Attorney, O'Melveny & Myers LLP
• Director of Business Development, Rebuild LA
• Deputy Mayor of Economic Development, Office of Mayor Richard Riordan
• Elected City Attorney of Los Angeles 2001
• Re-elected City Attorney of Los Angeles 2005

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Biography

Rocky Delgadillo is a native of Northeast Los Angeles. Running unopposed, he was re-elected as city attorney in March 2005 to a second four-year term.

He ran against former Governor and Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown in the 2006 race for the Democratic nomination for state attorney general of California. He lost by a wide margin, despite having spent over $3 million on television commercials in the last few weeks of the election. For the whistleblower, see Gerald W. Brown. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... In most common law jurisdictions, the Attorney General is the main legal adviser to the government, and in some jurisdictions may in addition have executive responsibility for law enforcement or responsibility for public prosecutions. ...

Delgadillo attended Harvard College, where he won the Robert F. Kennedy Award given each year to a member of the varsity football team who demonstrates a strong desire, determination, and willingness to work hard as a valuable member of the team earning the respect and admiration of his teammates and coaches. Delgadillo trained briefly with Canadian team Hamilton Tiger-Cats before being cut.[1] He went on to Columbia Law School, graduating in 1986. Harvard Yard Harvard College is the undergraduate section and oldest school of Harvard University, founded in 1636. ... Columbia Law School, located in the New York City borough of Manhattan, is one of the professional schools of Columbia University, a member of the Ivy League, and one of the leading law schools in the United States. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ...

After a short time in private practice at the prestigious Los Angeles law firm O'Melveny & Meyers, he joined Rebuild LA, a non-profit formed in the wake of the 1992 riots in Los Angeles. He later joined the administration of Mayor Richard Riordan, eventually becoming deputy mayor for economic development.

As City Attorney, he has subscribed to the "broken windows" theory of law enforcement. Among the programs Delgadillo has implemented is a neighborhood prosecutor program that put city attorneys in each of the city's police divisions. He has also sped up the implementation of civil gang injunctions, which largely limit association by gang members in certain defined areas. Civil rights groups have challenged the injunctions, but the state's courts have upheld them. They have come under renewed attention recently, particularly in South Los Angeles, where some community members have complained that it is difficult for gang members to get out from under the restrictions. Broken windows in the Pruitt-Igoe housing development Fixing Broken Windows: Restoring Order and Reducing Crime in Our Communities by George L. Kelling and Catherine Coles is a criminology book published in 1996, about petty crime and strategies to contain or eliminate it from urban neighbourhoods. ...

In response to concerns expressed by some members of the City Council, as well as some L.A. residents, regarding the City's injunction policies, the City Attorney's Office in April of 2007 issued a report on gang injunctions and an accompanying set of guidelines that articulated the proper application and use of injunctions, as well as providing a roadmap for reformed gang members to get themselves off of an injunction. Although they faced some criticism from the ACLU, these guidelines were embraced by community members as well as members of the City Council and law enforcement officials, who viewed them as striking a careful balance between effective gang suppression and respecting the civil liberties of those accused.

One of the most well-publicized prosecutions by Delgadillo's office was that of entertainer Paul Reubens, more commonly known as Pee Wee Herman, for possession of child pornography. Delgadillo's office arranged a plea bargain requiring Reubens to pay a $100 fine and serve three years of probation.[2] Delgadillo was severely criticized, especially by talk radio's John and Ken Show, for recommending to the Los Angeles City Council that the City pay $2.7 million to black firefighter Tennie Pierce, who alleged he was fed dog food as a firehouse prank and later retaliated against by his fellow firefighters when he complained to superiors. Delgadillo argued that the City would be forced to pay even more money to Mr. Pierce had the case gone to trial, in light of a troubling audit of race relations at the department by City Controller Laura Chick, and jury verdicts in past cases of a similar nature. Paul Reubens (born Paul Rubenfeld on August 27, 1952) is an American actor, writer, and comedian, known professionally for his character Pee-wee Herman. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Delgadillo's city-issued GMC Yukon was involved in an accident in 2004, causing more than $1,000 in damage to the vehicle, which was repaired at city expense. In 2007 he disclosed that his wife had been the driver, which is generally believed to violate city rules on vehicle use, and that, unbeknownst to her at the time, her driving license was suspended at the time. He reimbursed the cost of the repairs. Journalists further discovered that Mrs. Delgadillo had an outstanding 9-year old bench warrant for failure to appear in court and that she was delinquent in paying the city business tax for her consulting firm. Delgadillo himself admitted that, unbeknownst to him at the time, he drove his personal vehicle without insurance for a year (though his city-issued vehicle was always insured), and to using staff members for personal tasks. ^[1] He has also been fined for 30 counts of campaign finance law violations.

In August 2007, the Los Angeles Times reported that Delgadillo used more than twice the number of gallons of water over the last two years as typical property owners in their parts of Los Angeles. In addition, his service was cut-off for a time due to failure to pay overdue bills. The city is in the midst of an unprecedented drought.

In late August 2007, the Los Angeles Times reported that the LAPD imposed a moratorium to halt impounding vehicles of unlicensed drivers (which is usually illegal immigrants that cannot get a license) based on advice from the city attorney, Rocky Delgadillo.

References

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External links

• City Attorney: Props to the Judge!, TMZ, Jun 8, 2007
• Los Angeles City Attorney's Official Website
• Official Web Site of the Delgadillo Campaign