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Craig A. Steele is a shareholder in the
Public Law Department at Richards, Watson & Gershon and serves
on the Firm's Management Committee. Mr. Steele has more than 17
years of experience in local government and election law. Mr. Steele
is the City Attorney for the Cities of Agoura Hills, Highland and
Monrovia, and General Counsel to the Los Angeles County Children
and Families First Proposition 10 Commission. In addition to his
public agency practice, he represents candidates for local, state,
and federal offices and other private interests on a variety of
election and political law matters. He is the author of dozens of
local ballot measures, including open space preservation, local
taxes, fireworks regulation and transportation.
Mr. Steele concentrates on the representation of public agency
clients in a wide range of government law areas and has spoken and
written extensively on open government issues including Campaign
Finance Regulation, Lobbying, Public Records, Open Meeting Laws
and Conflicts of Interest Law. Mr. Steele authored "New Voting Rights
Law May Change the Face of Some Local Government Agencies," for
the Winter 2003 issue of the Public Law Journal and drafted
a portion of the League of California Cities "Proposition 208 Implementation
Guide." Mr. Steele also served on a task force of the Institute
for Local Government drafting a resources book on open space acquisition
by cities.
Mr. Steele is a member and Past President of the Board of Directors
of the Community Center of La Canada Flintridge, a member of the
Board of Directors of the Spartan Boosters, served for seven years
as the Chair of the La Canada Unified School District's Bond Oversight
Committee and is a member of the California Political Attorneys
Association.
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B.A., University of Southern
California, 1984
J.D., University of Southern California Law School,
1992
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