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The proof of Joel Anderson’s total commitment to honesty, integrity and hard work aren’t in what he says. They’re in what he’s already done – the record of accomplishment he’s achieved.

For Joel each day is spent in service to honor the things he values most — his family and his country. The core values that he brings to government is his belief in smaller government, lower taxes, personal responsibility, and a strong and secure border.

• Joel is the youngest of 8 children, and at home, he is a husband of 19 years to his wife, Kate, and a father to three children – Mary, Maura, and Michael.

• He owned and operated a small company for over a decade, which has given him real world experience with the challenges that face business owners and employees. He started his company in 1986 and built it into a million-dollar operation by its third year. Believing that work is the best solution to poverty, Joel moved his operation to an Enterprise Zone and hired from local neighborhoods in order to bring jobs to a high unemployment area.

• As President of the Padre Dam Municipal Water District, he led the fight to cut waste and became a Golden Watchdog Award finalist.

• He was San Diego County Co-Chair of Senator Tom McClintock’s “Repeal the Car Tax” Committee

• Assemblyman Anderson was the Bush/Cheney 2004 San Diego County Conservative Chairman

• Anderson has been active for decades in both Republican organizations and campaigns. As a member the Republican Party of San Diego County’s central committee he played a major role in the building of one of the nation’s most effective local parties. For a decade, he served as a Board Member in the Adam Smith Institute, and as a member of the Lincoln Club of San Diego.

• In the California State Assembly, he’s authored legislation as varied as divesting California’s public retirement funds from countries doing business in Iran, to expanding the hours of San Diego’s Transportation Management Center to alleviate traffic congestion.

Joel was also affiliated with the following civic organizations before being elected to the California State Assembly:

• Citizens Advisory Board of Miramar College, Member
• Resource Conservation Board of Greater San Diego, Treasurer
• Water Conservation Garden, Board Member
• Alpine Chamber of Commerce, Director of Proceedings
• East County Chamber of Commerce, Member
• Kiwanis Club of Alpine, Member
• River Valley Charter High School, Volunteer
• We the People, Volunteer

Joel has worked alongside San Diego’s leading business and community leaders raising money for scholarships for underprivileged children, the US Justice Foundation, Kiwanis, and Santa Fe Christian School.

He graduated from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and served as President of the International Business Fraternity of Delta Sigma Pi.

These are just some of the many values of Joel Anderson — values you will continue to see as your California State Assemblyman.

Assembly District 77 encompasses East San Diego County, including all or portions of El Cajon, La Mesa, Santee, Jamul, Lakeside, Ramona, Alpine, Borrego Springs, and the City of San Diego. His district covers more than 420,000 people.