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John Bakker's practice focuses on public law. He has experience with the full range of public law issues. His areas of special expertise include government finance (Propositions 13, 62, and 218), Political Reform Act compliance (lobbying, conflicts, campaign finance), elections (initiative and referendum), the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act (annexations, incorporations, and reorganizations), and telecommunications, energy and public utilities. Since joining the firm in January of 2001, he has provided advice on these and other public-law issues to a number of the firm's municipal clients. He has also advised private clients on the procedures for incorporating new cities. He also advises the firm's special district clients. John is a member of the firm's public law practice group and the energy and telecomm practice group. He is an active participant in the Attorneys' Committee in the California Association of Sanitation Agencies. John serves as City Attorney of Greenfield, Assistant City Attorney of Dublin, Union City, and Los Altos Hills, and General Counsel to the Bayshore Sanitary District. John received a B.A. in history from the University of California at Berkeley in 1995. He received his J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in 1998. | 