On Saturday morning, August, 20, 2011, San Mateo County's 3rd District Supervisor, Don Horsley will address the Pacifica Democrats at their regular monthly breakfast meeting. The 9:30 a.m.- 11:30 a.m. meeting will be held in the banquet room of the Sharp Park Golf Course Restaurant, located at Francisco and Sharp Park Blvds, in Pacifica.
Newly elected to the San Mateo County Board of
Supervisors in November of 2010, Horsley will specifically discuss what
his first year's personal experiences have been as a County Supervisor,
as well as informing the morning's attendees about the "State of the
County", in general.
Horsley, no stranger to county governmental operations,
formerly served as the elected Sheriff of San Mateo County for nearly 14
years, prior to his recent Board election.
Having started his law enforcement in the 1960's as a
police officer in Daly City and Pacifica, and a juvenile counselor for
the County's Probation Department, he began his career in the Sheriff's
office in 1972 as a patrol deputy in East Palo Alto. He quickly rose
through the ranks, spending extensive time in upgrading the training of
deputy sheriffs and correctional officers. Later in his career, he was
instrumental in the planning and building of a new correctional
facility, which resulted in changing the way that the County
Correctional system was managed. Horsley was eventually responsible for
the adoption of a new management system called "direct supervision",
wherein deputies and correctional officers worked in contact with
detainees, which ultimately resulted in a sharp, near total, decrease in
incidents of violence.
After his election in 1993 as Sheriff , Horsley organized
a multi-jurisdictional law enforcement effort that helped East Palo
Alto, which, at that time, had been dubbed the "murder capital of the
United States", to reduce its number of homicides dramatically. The
Sheriff's Office, under Horsley's leadership continued to assist the
City of East Palo Alto with patrol deputies and investigators for the
entire time that Horsley was in office. Throughout his law enforcement
career, Horsley has enjoyed multiple accomplishments. Two, in
particular, benefited San Mateo County greatly. One was the
establishment of a special gang investigative unit, which identified and
targeted for arrest violent gang members, which resulted in San Mateo
County having the lowest homicide rate in the State, according to the
District Attorney's office. And, the second was Horsley's oversight of
the building of an energy efficient and technologically advanced crime
lab that serves all of the law enforcement agencies in San Mateo County,
as well as agencies in adjoining counties with the latest in crime
detection and identification technology.
After leaving the Sheriff's office, Horsley was elected
to the Sequoia Healthcare District and served as the Board President
prior to his election to the County Supervisor position. In his current
position, Horsley serves on numerous boards and committees, including
City/County Association of Government (C/CAG), Airport Community
Roundtable, Coastal Counties Regional Association, Domestic Violence
Council, Health Plan of San Mateo (HPSM), HEART, LAFCO, Mid-coast
Community Council (MCC), Peninsula Traffic Congestion Relief Alliance,
Redwood City 2020, and the San Mateo County Transportation Authority
(TA). His San Mateo County standing committee assignments include being
the Chair of the Environmental Quality Committee and a member of the San
Mateo County Legislative Committee.
All members of the
public are welcomed to attend Pacifica Democrats meetings. It is not
necessary to be either a club member or a Democrat to attend. A full
breakfast is available for $12; continental for $6; and coffee only for
$3. No purchase is necessary. Doors open at 9:00 a.m. Seating is between
9:00 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. For questions and/or to RSVP, please contact
Barbara Arietta, club president, at 415-246-0775 or email barietta@hotmail.com.
Barbara Arietta
Correspondent - Pacifica Tribune
415-246-0775
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