Rocky Delgadillo
| Rocky Delgadillo | |
|---|---|
| 6th City Attorney of Los Angeles | |
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In office July 1, 2001 – June 30, 2009 |
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| Preceded by | James Hahn |
| Succeeded by | Carmen Trutanich |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Rockard John Delgadillo July 15, 1960 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Michelle Delgadillo |
| Residence | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater |
Harvard University (B.A.) Columbia Law School (J.D.) |
| Occupation |
Los Angeles Unified School District O'Melveny & Myers Director of Business Development, Rebuild LA Deputy Mayor of Economic Development, Office of Mayor Richard Riordan |
| Website | Official website |
Rockard John "Rocky" Delgadillo (born July 15, 1960) is an American politician. He is the former City Attorney of Los Angeles, California.
Rocky Delgadillo is a native of the Northeast Los Angeles neighborhood of Highland Park. Delgadillo attended Harvard College, where he won the Robert F. Kennedy Award given each year to a member of the varsity football team who demonstrates a strong desire, determination, and willingness to work hard as a valuable member of the team earning the respect and admiration of his teammates and coaches. He went on to Columbia Law School, graduating in 1986.
After a short time in private practice at the prestigious Los Angeles law firm O'Melveny & Meyers, he joined Rebuild LA, a non-profit formed in the wake of the 1992 riots in Los Angeles. He later joined the administration of Mayor Richard Riordan, eventually becoming deputy mayor for economic development.
He ran against former Governor and Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown in the 2006 race for the Democratic nomination for state Attorney General of California. He lost by a wide margin, despite having spent over $3 million on television commercials in the last few weeks of the election.
As City Attorney, he has subscribed to the "broken windows" theory of law enforcement. Among the programs Delgadillo has implemented is a neighborhood prosecutor program that put city attorneys in each of the city's police divisions. He has also sped up the implementation of civil gang injunctions, which largely limit association by gang members in certain defined areas. Civil rights groups have challenged the injunctions, but the state's courts have upheld them. They have come under renewed attention recently, particularly in South Los Angeles, where some community members have complained that it is difficult for gang members to escape a sometimes intrusive law enforcement structure.
In response to concerns expressed by some members of the City Council, as well as some L.A. residents, regarding the City's injunction policies, the City Attorney's Office in April 2007 issued a report on gang injunctions and an accompanying set of guidelines that articulated the proper application and use of injunctions, as well as providing a roadmap for reformed gang members to get themselves off an injunction. Although they faced some criticism from the ACLU, these guidelines were embraced by community members as well as members of the City Council and law enforcement officials, who viewed them as striking a careful balance between effective gang suppression and respecting the civil liberties of those accused.
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