20 Facts About Chris Norby

Chris Norby was born on December 3,1949 and is an American politician and educator.

Chris Norby was a Boy Scout and worked in the Norby family's lumber yard.

Chris Norby wrote for both the school newspaper and the Fullerton News Tribune.

Chris Norby volunteered for the Barry Goldwater 1964 presidential campaign and Eugene McCarthy 1968 presidential campaign.

Chris Norby enrolled at Occidental College in Los Angeles, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in religious studies in 1972.

Chris Norby was co-chair of Occidental's first Earth Day in 1970, elected to the Board of Governors co-founded the Omega Tau Rho fraternity and was active as a Yell Leader.

Chris Norby later earned a teaching credential and master's degree in history at California State University, Fullerton.

Chris Norby taught secondary students in both Catholic and public schools for 25 years, including St Joseph School in Placentia, Alverno High School in Sierra Madre, Arcadia High School and 18 years at Brea-Olinda High School in Brea, At Brea-Olinda, he served as Pep Squad Advisor, Assistant Wrestling Coach, and advisor to the Swing Dance and Young Republicans Clubs.

Chris Norby was awarded the 1997 Samuel Adams Award for Leadership in Local Government from the Local Government Council, a nonprofit organization that seeks to promote free market policies.

Chris Norby proposed and gained passage of a county ordinance issuing medical marijuana identification cards to eligible patients to show to police officers when questioned about marijuana possession.

Chris Norby worked directly with Governors Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jerry Brown for the reform and ultimate dissolution of state redevelopment agencies, ending decades of fiscal and eminent domain abuses.

Chris Norby wrote Redevelopment: The Unknown Government, a book describing the distortions caused by the fiscalization of land use, eminent domain abuse, and sales tax competition that results in big-box stores, car dealerships, and sports teams receiving huge public subsidies.

Chris Norby argued against redevelopment agencies in media-sponsored debates, spoke at community meetings across the state, and published articles in various state publications calling for redevelopment money to be spent on education instead.

Chris Norby introduced legislation in the Assembly to prohibit redevelopment agencies from using tax revenue to subsidize professional sports teams or their stadiums.

Chris Norby introduced legislation to force redevelopment agencies to be subject the Local Agency Formation Commission process, as other local agencies were required to be.

Chris Norby crossed party lines to partner with Governor Jerry Brown, a Democrat, in an eventually successful effort to abolish redevelopment agencies.

When redevelopment agencies filed a lawsuit to overturn California's new law abolishing the agencies, Chris Norby filed an amicus curiae brief with the Supreme Court of California in defense of the new law.

Chris Norby is active in Buena Park Rotary Club, Sons of Norway, Fullerton Elks Lodge and YMCA.

Chris Norby serves on the Fullerton High School's English Learners Advisory Committee and Chairs the District English Learners Advisory Committee for the Fullerton Joint Union High School District.

Chris Norby is the head usher at his family's church, the First Presbyterian Church of Fullerton.