Todd Spitzer - California Representative

Assemblymember Todd Spitzer was first elected to the State Legislature in 2002 to represent the 71st Assembly District. He currently serves as Chairman of the Select Committee on Prison Construction and Operation and on the Health and Human Services, Revenue and Taxation and Joint Legislative Audit Committees. In 2006, Assemblymember Spitzer was named by Governor Schwarzenegger as the co-chair of the High Risk Sex Offender Task Force. This task force established a comprehensive list of recommendations for the Governor’s consideration on the management of the state’s treatment and placement of high risk sex offenders. Additionally, as part of his commitment to public safety, Assemblymember Spitzer was a leading force behind Proposition 69, the DNA Fingerprint Initiative, and the defeat

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Assemblymember Todd Spitzer was first elected to the State Legislature in 2002 to represent the 71st Assembly District. He currently serves as Chairman of the Select Committee on Prison Construction and Operation and on the Health and Human Services, Revenue and Taxation and Joint Legislative Audit Committees. In 2006, Assemblymember Spitzer was named by Governor Schwarzenegger as the co-chair of the High Risk Sex Offender Task Force. This task force established a comprehensive list of recommendations for the Governor’s consideration on the management of the state’s treatment and placement of high risk sex offenders. Additionally, 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 3 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. In 2003, Assemblymember Spitzer was the recipient of the Orange County Council of the Boy Scouts of America’s Visionary Award, which honors a person who exemplifies the attributes of the Scout Oath, the Law and has demonstrated leadership and philanthropy in the Hispanic and Latino communities of Orange County. Prior to his election to the State Assembly, Assemblymember Spitzer served on the Orange County Board of Supervisors beginning with his election in November of 1996 and was re-elected in March of 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. Assemblymember Spitzer 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 the Central Bureau. Assemblymember Spitzer earned his Bachelor’s Degree from the University of California at Los Angeles, a Master’s in Public Policy from Cal Berkeley, and a Juris Doctorate from UC Hastings. He, his wife Jamie, son Justin and daughter, Lauren make their home in Orange.

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