Harpreet Sandhu

Harpreet S. Sandhu is the first Asian, Sikh, and South Asian city councilperson of Richmond, California and a major city with over 100,000 people in Northern California's San Francisco Bay Area. He was sworn in on January 16, 2007. [http://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/archives/30/cc07january23agenda.pdf Richmond City Council Agenda January 23, 2007] , City of Richmond website, January 23, 2007, retrieved August 22, 2007] He was appointed by a vacancy left by Gayle McGlaughlin when she became mayor. This causes a controversy about council appointments after vacancies caused by this and another appointment to the 7-member council in the 2006 Richmond, California city elections. He is the only currently serving sikh politician in the entire state of California and one out of only a few in the United States. He served on the human relations and human rights commission. Sandhu has been working to help out taxi drivers since recent crime has targeted them, both for opportunity and alleged hate. [http://www.pluralism.org/news/article.php?id=13914 West County Public Forums to Focus on Taxi Driver Safety (California)] , Contra Costa Times, from Pluralism.org, by Tom Lochner, October 26, 2006, retrieved August 23, 2007]
Sandhu is elected to represent Congressional District 7 as Senator Obama's delegate to the National Democratic Convention in Denver.

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