Meeting, August 22, 2019 District Attorney Diana Becton

District Attorney Diana Becton of Contra Costa County

District Attorney Diana Becton
“Fairness & Integrity for Safer Communities”
August 22, 2019
6:00 Networking; 6:30 Dinner
($28 members; $33 nonmembers)
7:00 Program
Crow Canyon Country Club
711 Silver Lake Drive, Danville
Please RSVP president@srvdems.org

The San Ramon Valley Democratic Club is honored to have our District Attorney Diana Becton speak on her new policies and programs to establish fairness and integrity to create safe communities. We will learn how she is implementing criminal justice reform, improving mental health treatments and much more.

District Attorney Diana Becton has spent most of her professional career as a judge, lawyer, and manager. On September 17, 2017, she was sworn in as the 25th District Attorney for the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office. District Attorney Becton served for 22 years as a judge in Contra Costa County, where she was elected as Presiding Judge.

District Attorney Becton is the Immediate Past President of the National Association of Women Judges, the nation’s leading voice for women in the judiciary. She currently serves as the Chair of the State Bar Council on Access and Fairness.

A native of California she is a product of Oakland Public Schools and a graduate of Golden Gate University School of Law. Most recently, District Attorney Becton earned a Masters of Theological Studies at Pacific School of Religion (2015).

District Attorney Becton leads a prosecutorial office of approximately 200 lawyers, investigators, and staff. She is the first woman and the first African-American to serve as Contra Costa District Attorney since the office was established in 1850

Please join us at 6:00 pm to talk about the latest political news or to just socialize and have fun.

We have dinner meetings.
Members: $28
Non-members: $33

Please email us to let us know by Monday, August 19 that you are attending (we need a ‘head count’ for the dinner). Thank you for your help.

To make certain you have a dinner reservation, please make your check payable to Brodie Hilp, and send to SRVDC, P.O. Box 1218, Danville 94526.