In the days after the attacks of September 11, 2001, Baca, as head of the County of Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, led a series of interfaith meetings between Jews, Christians, Muslims, Sikhs and others whom he had handpicked to attend.
In 1999, Baca married Carol Chiang. Carol Chiang came to the U. S. from Taiwan in 1979. Baca and his wife were active in various community organizations, including the Los Angeles Chinese American Museum. They were given the Historymakers Award in 2004 for visionary actions.
On August 23, 1965, Baca was sworn in as a deputy sheriff trainee of the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department. Baca began his career in street patrol, custody, and recruitment, and was a staff instructor at the Sheriff's Academy. In 1981, Baca became captain of the Norwalk, California, sheriff station.
In 1964, Baca joined the United States Marine Corps Reserve. On August 23, 1965, Baca was sworn in as a deputy sheriff trainee of the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department. Baca began his career in street patrol, custody, and recruitment, and was a staff instructor at the Sheriff's Academy.
founder & executive creative director Pietro Costa, planted the seed of a future BACAS when in 2003 he realized a major installation of his work titled Torri e Colonne di Luce at the Certosa di San Lorenzo in Padula.
creative director of literary programs Tiziana Rinaldi Castro is the co-founder of literary programming for BACAS. A native of Sala Consilina, one of the eighteen towns that make up the Vallo di Diano, Tiziana has lived in New York since 1984. She is a novelist, short story writer, poet, and Classics professor at Montclair State University.
creative director of architecture programs Rossella Siani is the co-founder of architecture programming for BACAS.
Coordinator of Sustainable Design Since 1999, Stefan Pollak has been tasked with the design and site-management for different buildings of social engagement in Côte d'Ivoire, Niger, Brazil and Guatemala. He has also been involved in cooperation projects in Côte d'Ivoire and Peru.
special projects Born and raised in Brooklyn, Angelo is currently working in real estate and project management. He graduated from Stony Brook University with a degree in in oceanography and marine science, with a concentration on how marine ecosystems react to an array of anthropogenic impacts.
a 501 (c)3 organization Founded by visual artist Pietro Costa, in 2002, Luquer Street Projects, Inc.
The BACAS Women's Health Program was designed specifically for pelvic pains in women.
RESET by BACAS is a subset of BACAS specifically designed to let athletes recover quicker and return stronger than before.
Early life. On May 27, 1942, Baca was born in East Los Angeles, California. Baca's mother was a seamstress born in Michoacán and then brought to the U.S. when she was a year old. His parents divorced and Baca grew up with his grandparents Clara and Thomas Baca. Thomas Baca came from Albuquerque, New Mexico.
During Baca's time in office, he publicly endorsed and supported Narconon, a drug rehabilitation organization owned and operated by the Church of Scientology.
Attorney's office: During the course of the investigation that was being conducted by the FBI, the U.S. Attorney's Office and a federal grand jury, a sheriff's deputy assigned to the Men's Central Jail accepted a bribe to smuggle a cellphone into the facility.
The jury became "hopelessly deadlocked" with 11–1 in favor of acquittal. On May 12, 2017, Baca was sentenced to three years in federal prison for his role in a scheme to obstruct an FBI investigation of abuses in county jails; he was convicted by a federal jury following a retrial on March 15, 2017.
In 1960, Baca graduated from Benjamin Franklin High School, located in the Highland Park neighborhood of Los Angel es, California. In high school, Baca was the student senior class president.
Lee Baca. Leroy David Baca (born May 27, 1942) is an American law enforcement officer who served as the 30th Sheriff of Los Angeles County, California from 1998 to 2014. In 2020, he was convicted of felony obstruction.
Baca and his ex-wife, Judith Howell, have two adult children. One son is David Baca, was a sergeant with the Murrieta Police Department in Murrieta, California and retired in 2018. Baca is a longtime resident of San Marino, California, and both of his children attended San Marino High School.
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