Legislative Leadership Award
Todd Spitzer
Assemblyman, State of California
One-time police officer and current Assemblymember Todd Spitzer was elected to the State Legislature in 2002 to represent the 71st Assembly District. He currently serves as a member of the committees on Public Safety and Human Services and on the leadership team of Assembly Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy.
As part of his commitment to public safety, Assemblymember Spitzer was a leading force behind Proposition 69, the DNA Fingerprint Initiative, and the defeat of Proposition 66, which would have significantly weakened California’s Three Strikes Law. For his efforts, Assemblymember Spitzer was named the 2005 Legislator of the Year by Crime Victims United. In September 2004, Governor Schwarzenegger signed Assemblymember Spitzer’s landmark legislation putting Megan’s Law on the Internet. For his work on this measure, the California Sexual Assault Investigators named Spitzer their Legislator of the Year. Additionally, Assemblymember Spitzer serves as an Honorary Board Member to the Doris Tate Crime Victims Bureau.
Prior to his election to the State Assembly, Assemblymember Spitzer served on the Orange County Board of Supervisors beginning with his election in November 1996 and reelection in March 2000. Prior to joining the Board of Supervisors, Assemblymember Spitzer was an elected Trustee of the Brea-Olinda Unified School District from 1992-1996. From 1990-1996, he served as a Deputy District Attorney in the Orange County District Attorney’s Office, receiving the Outstanding Prosecutor Award in 1992. Before serving as a Deputy District Attorney, Assemblymember Spitzer taught English at Roosevelt High School in East Los Angeles.
Asssemblymember Spitzer knows the work of a police officer well, having served for a decade as a Reserve Police Officer for the Los Angeles Police Department’s Hollenbeck Division. In 1999, he was named the Reserve Officer of the Year by both the Division and Central Bureau.
Assemblymember Spitzer earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of California at Los Angeles, a master’s degree in Public Policy from the University of California at Berkeley and a juris doctor degree from UC Hastings Law School.
For his work to support the most important public safety issues in the state of California, the Golden Badge Foundation is honored to present its Legislator of the Year Award to Assemblyman Spitzer.
