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In the Matter of Honoring C 612
Deputy Public Defender,Sheldon Sarfan
To Commemorate His Retirement `RES'OLUTION NO.2OW4%
WHEREAS, Sheldon Sarfan is retiring from the Office of the Public Defender after twenty-three
years of exemplary service, and
WHEREAS,after beginning his career of public service on toll of a police car in Sproul Plaza as a
trusted aide of Mario Savio in the Free Speech Movement,
WHEREAS, after graduating from Boalt Hall School of Law at Berkeley in 1970,
WHEREAS,after serving for four years as a Supervising Attorney for the Legal Aid Society of
San Diego until beginning his career in Contra Costa County,
WHEREAS, Sheldon has handled all the kinds of cases-from juvenile to homicides----contained
in 23 years of assignments in the Department;
WHEREAS, Sheldon has represented the clients of the Department with sensitivity, concern and
nonpareil thoroughness,
WHEREAS, Sheldon has devoted more than a quarter century of his life to assisting poor and
impoverished members of society by protecting their constitutional and legal rights,
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors of the County of Centra
Costa acknowledges and thanks Sheldon Sarfan for his dedicated service to the Office of the
Public Defender,the clients of that Office and the people of this County on the occasion of his
retirement as an employee of Centra Costa County.
PASSED and ADOPTED by a unanimous vote of the Board of Supervisors members present this
5th day of 09tober, 2004.
�O/"N GIOIA, 1st District YLL B.U EMA,�2D�i�strict
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MILLIE GREENBERG,3rd District MARK DESAULNIER,4th District
FE RAL GLOVER,Chair, 5th District
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct
copy of an action taken and entered on the
s * minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the
date shown:
ATTESTED: October 5,2004
JOHN SWEETEN, Clerk of the Hoard of
Supervisors and County Administrator
Cp K' By t° `, a ty
RESOLUTION NO.20041495