**SOLD OUT** Legislative Breakfast with Sheriff Chad Bianco and District Attorney Michael A. Hestrin

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Please join us for a Member's Only Legislative Business Breakfast with Sheriff Chad Bianco and District Attorney Michael E Hestrin.

Sheriff Chad Bianco

Chad Bianco was elected Sheriff, Coroner, and Public Administrator of Riverside County in the November 6, 2018, general election.  In June 2022, he was re-elected to his second term.  He is a thirty year veteran of the Sheriff's Office.  As Sheriff, he serves as the Chief Law Enforcement Officer of Riverside County.

Sheriff Bianco oversees the County's five jail facilities, six court buildings, a civil bureau, the Coroner's Bureau, Public Administrator's Office, twelve patrol stations, seventeen contract cities, 4,200 dedicated employees and an operating budget of just over one billion dollars.

Sheriff Bianco is a member of the California State Coroner's Association, National Sheriffs' Association, Western States Sheriffs' Association and is on the Board of Directors for the California State Sheriffs' Association and Major County Sheriff's of America Association.

Sheriff Bianco is married with four adult children, and four grandchildren.  He and his wife, Denise, live in the Woodcrest area of Riverside.  Sheriff Bianco believes in service above self, and hopes that his priorities of God, family and service will provide meaningful guidance and direction as the Sheriff's Department engages in an unprecedented change of culture to positively serve the residents of Riverside County.

District Attorney Michael A. Hestrin
 

Michael A. Hestrin was elected as Riverside County District Attorney in June 2014 and  sworn in to serve in this capacity on January 5, 2015. He was re-elected to a third term in 2022 and continues to hold the position of Riverside County District Attorney. 
Born in the Coachella Valley, Hestrin graduated from the University of Arizona in Tucson in 1993, earning a bachelor’s degree in history. Following his undergraduate studies, he 
spent a year living in Mexico with relatives while working as a reporter for a small  newspaper based in Guadalajara. Hestrin then returned to the United States to pursue his  legal education at Stanford University, where he graduated in 1997 with both a Juris  Doctorate in Law and a master’s degree in Latin American studies. 
Prior to his election as District Attorney, Hestrin dedicated nearly 20 years to serving as a  line prosecutor in the Riverside County DA’s Office. Throughout his tenure, he handled  numerous complex criminal cases, successfully prosecuting over 100 jury trials. He served as Trial Team Leader for the District Attorney’s Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Unit,  demonstrating his commitment to seeking justice for victims of child abuse. Additionally, for the majority of his last decade before assuming office, he worked in the Homicide Unit,  where he conducted more than 40 murder trials, including seven death penalty cases. 
Throughout his tenure as District Attorney, Hestrin has remained steadfast in his  commitment to ensuring public safety in our community. He has prioritized tough  prosecution of serious and violent felonies, leading to the establishment of initiatives such
as the DA’s Bureau of Investigation-led Gang Impact Team and Riverside County Child  Exploitation Team. These multiagency teams are dedicated to aggressively investigating  and prosecuting violent felons, child predators, and human traffickers. In 2021, Hestrin  took a firm stance against drug dealers distributing fentanyl, a lethal substance causing  detrimental harm to the community. Under his leadership, the Riverside County District  Attorney’s Office has pursued aggressive prosecution of fentanyl dealers, including  charging them with murder when supported by evidence. 
DA Hestrin currently lives in Murrieta with his wife and children.

 

 

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