18 Facts About Ford Greene

Ford Greene is serving his fourth-term as an elected San Anselmo town council member.

Ford Greene was voted to the position of Mayor in 2010,2015, and 2019.

Ford Greene grew up in Ross and attended several boarding schools.

Ford Greene estimated he deprogrammed more than 100 people over the next several years.

Ford Greene was admitted to the State Bar of California in 1983.

Ford Greene has represented a number of clients against the Church of Scientology.

Ford Greene successfully represented client Raul Lopez against the church; Lopez had sustained partial brain damage in an auto accident and turned to Scientology, subsequently donating or "investing" most of his 1.7 million-dollar accident settlement money to the church.

In Molko v Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity, Greene represented two former members of the Unification Church, David Molko and Tracy Leal, before the California Supreme Court.

From 2003 to 2005, Ford Greene was involved in a controversy about a changeable "Freedom" sign with political messages on the side of his San Anselmo law office, facing eastbound traffic on busy Sir Francis Drake Blvd.

Ford Greene settled the dispute in October 2005 by agreeing to use only half the space for messages, and was reimbursed by the town for nearly a thousand US dollars in expenses.

In November 2005, Ford Greene ran for a seat on the San Anselmo Town Council against Ian Roth, but came 300 votes short of being elected.

Ford Greene was elected to the San Anselmo Town Council in November 2007.

Ford Greene was elected by the council to the position of mayor in December 2010.

Ford Greene was re-elected to the council on November 8,2011.

Ford Greene stated he would "continue on the same path, emphasizing open and responsive government and looking at planning and regulatory codes to make them more accessible and friendly to residents of San Anselmo".

Ford Greene won a third term on the San Anselmo Town Council on November 3,2015.

Ford Greene was the only seated councilman to speak against the proposal to turn a San Anselmo park into a flood basin, and a citizen-emplaced ballot measure supported by Greene that was designed to prevent the flood-basin proposal won, despite opposition by Marin County political figures.

Ford Greene had included in his platform storefront sales of recreational cannabis, to be taxed by San Anselmo.