Cal-Tax Staff:
David Doerr Honored for 50 Years of Shaping State Tax Policy

Cal-Tax Chief Tax Consultant David R. Doerr was honored by the Cal-Tax Board of Directors on September 17 for reaching a major milestone - -his 50th year as a policy analyst in California.

Mr. Doerr (shown at right with Cal-Tax President Teresa Casazza) joined the Assembly staff as an intern in September 1959. By 1960, he was chief consultant of the Assembly Government Organization Committee, and in 1963, he was named chief consultant of the Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee. After many years of working on tax policy with everyone from Governor Ronald Reagan to Assembly Speaker Willie Brown, Mr. Doerr came to Cal-Tax in 1987.

Cal-Tax President Teresa Casazza said: "Dave still is the taxpayers' best friend and most alert watchdog, and he is widely recognized as the state's tax policy historian. And for those of us who have the pleasure to work with him, he is a friend, a mentor, and a role model for working hard and paying attention to details, while still having fun and making time for family."

Cal-TaxReports, September 28, 2009

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