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| '''John E. Marquez''' is an ] ] ] and activist who has held various positions in ] city government over a span twenty-three years in addition to further years of service before and after in the ].<ref name="accent">, Home, John E. Márquez - Secretary, 2012, access date 27-04-2012</ref> This includes eighteen years<ref name = "advocate"/> as a city councilman and a stint as vice mayor. He was the first ] to serve on the ]. Originally he was an appointee to the council in 1985 and won an election to that seat in 1987<ref name="accent"/>, he subsequently lost his second bid in 1991.<ref name="wbcitypro">, City of Richmond website (c/o wayback machine), 03-09-2007, access date 27-04-2012</ref> However he was elected again in 1993 and twice more in 1997 and 2004.<ref name="wbcitypro"/> In 1990 and 1998 he also served as ].<ref name="wbcitypro"/> Marquez was defeated for re-election in 2008, and also lost a mayoral bid in 2001 to ] ]. In addition to his elected offices in the city of Richmond, he has held various other positions in ] on various commissions including college trustee. | |||
| ==Formative years and education== | |||
| He was born in ] and later attended ] when his family moved to ]. He has served in the ] as an ] and was sent to ] during the conflict there, and was awarded the American Expeditionary Service Medal. He retired as a labor standards investigator.<ref name = "SFC2004">{{cite web| author = Cecilia M. Vega, Chronicle staff writer| date = October 21, 2004| url = http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/10/21/BAG2A9D1B81.DTL| title = Campaign 2004 -- Richmond. Voters have chance to set new course. 5 of 9 council seats open -- city mired in financial problems| work = San Francisco Chronicle| publisher = SFGate| quote = John Marquez, a retired labor standards investigator and 14-year councilman who lost his seat in 2001 during an unsuccessful run for mayor...| accessdate = 2011-12-10}}</ref> | |||
| While a student at ] in 1969 he founded the Latino Club and the "] department" in 1970.<ref name = "advocate" /><ref name="accent"/> He later became an adjunct professor at the college.<ref name = "advocate" /> Later he transferred to ] from where he received his associates and bachelor's degrees.<ref name="accent"/> After that he attended ]. Finally he completed further graduate studies at ] and ] in order to obtain teaching credentials.<ref name="accent"/> He was certified to instruct in Spanish, Psychology, and Ethnic Studies.<ref name="accent"/> | |||
| After this he began work for the city of Richmond as a human relations department.<ref name="accent"/> This was in addition to work for the office of the California State Labor Commissioner of the California Department of Industrial Relations.<ref name="accent"/> He was employed as a deputy labor commissioner for that agency.<ref name="accent"/> Marquez is also a professional English - Spanish interpreter and owns a business Márquez and Associates.<ref name="accent"/> During his career he was been a member of the county ] ] in addition to being a delegate to the station committee.<ref name="accent"/> He has a wife named Marie with who he has five children and twelve grandchildren.<ref name="accent"/> | |||
| ==Political career== | |||
| ===1985 to 2004=== | |||
| He was originally appointed to the City Council to fill a vacancy in 1985.<ref name = "advocate"/> He was the first Latino on the council<ref>, '']'', October 31, 1996</ref><ref name = "advocate" /> and remained the only one for fourteen years. | |||
| In 1999 he expressed relief that the city settled out of court with former recreation director and financial mismanagement whistleblower Brad Baxter.<ref>, Benjamin Pimentel, ''San Francisco Chronicle'', 13-03-1999, access date 16-04-2012</ref> In 2005 he supported efforts to mitigate the spike in crime in Richmond<ref>, ''Oakland Tribune'', 22-06-2005, access date 25-04-2012</ref> stating, "Our purpose is to take pro-active steps by implementing a firearm violence prevention action plan through a collaborative effort with the ], the faith community, the state and federal law enforcement agencies and the citizens of the city..."<ref>, Chuck Squatriglia, '']'', 16-06-2005, access date 16-04-2012</ref> | |||
| In 2001 there was a controversy between him and councilman ] over who received more time at the microphone at the city's ] event.<ref name="cincomayo">, ''East Bay Express'', 18-05-2001, access date 21-04-2012</ref> Bates claimed that the event should have been called "Marquez de Mayo" and wanted time to address the crowd as well.<ref name="cincomayo"/> City manager when questioned stated "he did not want to touch" the matter and later Bates requested a report by the parks department, and made a complaint to mayor ].<ref name="cincomayo"/> He lost his seat in 2001 during a run for mayor, but was re-elected in 2004 with support from the unions representing Richmond police officers and firefighters.<ref name = "SFC2004"/> He was also supported in 2004 by the Keep Richmond Safe Committee that was accused of "mudslinging" and whose campaign was developed by a former city fire captain that underwent house arrest and FBI investigations for vote buying<ref>, J Douglas Allen-Taylor, ''The Berkeley Daily Planet'', 29-10-2012, access date 21-04-2012</ref> | |||
| ===2006 to present=== | |||
| He was re-elected in 2006 and was chosen vice mayor by his colleagues. In 2007 he expressed support for the city's undocumented illegal residents saying the city had a responsibility to investigate the raids by immigration enforcement.<ref>, Delfin Vigil, ''San Francisco Chronicle'', 29-01-2007, access date 17-04-2012</ref> He also sponsored legislation the expand the ] facilities at the ] along with ] and ].<ref>, Richard Brenneman, '']'', 15-05-2008, access date 21-04-2012</ref> | |||
| He was defeated for re-election in 2008.<ref>, Contra Costa Times, February 4, 2009</ref> Also in 2008 he was part of the "Chevron 5" along with councilmembers Maria Viramontes, ], ], and ] supporting massive expansion of the ].<ref name="chev">, Robert Gammon, '']'', 21-10-2009, access date 21-04-2012</ref> He also opposed measure T, a voter initiative passed by the people of Richmond that taxed the company 16,000,000 dollars annually in order to pay for city services.<ref name="chev"/> Also at this time ] gave ] $1,500 that was used in his campaign.<ref name="chev"/> | |||
| In 2009 he continued to support the ] plan to build a Las Vegas style casino on the former ] and ], citing the jobs potential.<ref>, Richard Brenneman, ''Berkeley Daily Planet'', 20-08-2009, access date 21-04-2009</ref> In 2012 he was supportive of memorializing the Marina Bay Parkway underpass for fallen ] officer Bradley Moody of which is said was "gentle" and "always smiling".<ref>, Robert Rogers, '']'', 17-02-2012, access date 25-04-2012</ref> | |||
| In April 2012 he was appointed to represent the Contra Costa Community College District on the the as-yet-unnamed successor organization to the Pinole Redevelopment Agency.<ref>, San Jose Mercury News, April 2, 2012</ref> He is an elected board member for the college district with a term that will expire in 2014.<ref name="accent"/> | |||
| ==Recognition== | |||
| He was the 2006 ] Hispanic of the Year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ca-richmond.civicplus.com/index.asp?NID=400|title=City of Richmond website – John Marquez profile|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20070310230352/http://ca-richmond.civicplus.com/index.asp?NID=400|archivedate=March 10, 2007|accessdate=April 27, 2012}}</ref> For his years of distinguished service he was honored by a California assembly resolution for outstanding community service by state assemblyman ] of California's ].<ref>Voter Information Pamphlet, City of Richmond, 2006</ref> | |||
| ==See also== | |||
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| | author = Francisco Rendon | |||
| | date = October 29, 2008 | |||
| | url = http://www.accentadvocate.com/se/accent-advocate/election/candidates/richmond-city-council/john-marquez-1.849921 | |||
| | title = John Marquez | |||
| | work = Accent Advocate | |||
| | quote = Originally appointed in 1985, he was the first Latino to serve on the Richmond City Council... Still an adjunct professor at CCC... | |||
| | accessdate = 2012-04-29 | |||
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| ==External links== | |||
| * {{spaced ndash}}from the City of Richmond website | |||
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