Mike Aguirre
| Mike Aguirre | |
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| City Attorney of San Diego | |
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In office 2004–2008 |
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| Preceded by | Casey Gwinn |
| Succeeded by | Jan Goldsmith |
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| Political party | Democrat |
| Education |
Arizona State University (B.A.) University of California, Berkeley (J.D.) |
| Profession |
Lawyer Politician |
Jules Michael Aguirre (born 1949), more commonly known as "Michael Jules Aguirre," was the City Attorney for the City of San Diego, California from 2004 to 2008. In 2013, he was a candidate for mayor in a special election following Mayor Bob Filner's resignation.
Aguirre was born to Julio and Margaret Aguirre. His father was of Spanish descent and his mother was of Mexican descent. He earned a Bachelor's degree in political science at Arizona State University in 1971. He earned a law degree from the Boalt Hall at the University of California at Berkeley in 1974.
Aguirre worked as Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Department of Justice, and directed a grand jury investigation of pension racketeering. He was then appointed as assistant counsel to the U.S. Senate's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. After leaving government work, Aguirre set up his own firm specializing in securities fraud.
In the 1990s, Aguirre continued his securities practice and his electoral campaigns. In 1990, Aguirre allied with the Chicano Federation to file a successful federal voting rights lawsuit to overturn San Diego’s redistricting. In 1993, Aguirre successfully defended the United Farm Workers Union in Yuma, Arizona in a case with lettuce grower Bruce Church. Aguirre took over the defense of the case after UFW President Cesar Chavez died following two days of testimony. Aguirre finished the jury trial, which the UFW lost, but he succeeded in getting the case overturned on appeal.
In 1996 Aguirre went to court to throw out a 1995 contract between the City of San Diego and the San Diego Chargers football team. In the contract, the city agreed to issue $60 million of bonds to renovate the football team's stadium, and, in a controversial clause, promised to constantly maintain the stadium as a state-of-the-art venue. The city had also agreed to guarantee the sale of 60,000 game tickets at prices to be set by the Chargers. Aguirre’s suit and the ensuing scandal surrounding the maintenance clause compelled the city to renegotiate with the Chargers in 1998.
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