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Leroy David "Lee" Baca (born May 27, 1942) is a former Sheriff of Los Angeles County, California. Baca was elected Los Angeles County's 30th sheriff against his mentor Sherman Block, who had died in office days prior to the election but remained on the ballot. He was sworn in on December 7, 1998. He was re-elected to a fourth term in 2010. He has been criticized for proposing a half-percent sales tax increase in 2004 to hire more deputy sheriffs, placing friends on the payroll, taking of gifts and for releasing inmates from the Los Angeles County Jail. On January 7, 2014 Baca announced that he would retire at the end of January 2014 before the expiration of his term. ==Early life and career== Baca's mother was a seamstress born in Michoacán and then brought to the U.S. illegally when she was a year old. Lee Baca was born in East Los Angeles and graduated from Benjamin Franklin High School, located in the Highland Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, in 1960 and later from East Los Angeles College. 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. In 1981, Baca became captain of the Norwalk, California sheriff station. On January 23, 1992, Sheriff Sherman Block promoted Baca to the rank of chief deputy.〔 Baca received his bachelor's degree in 1971 from California State University, Los Angeles 〔(Alumni List ), Cal State website〕 and a Master of Public Administration in 1973 and a Doctorate of Public Administration in 1993 from the University of Southern California School of Policy, Planning, and Development.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.usc.edu/schools/price/alumni/guardian/honorees/baca.html )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lee Baca」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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