I guess, I really didn't learn until much later how he had gotten my name, but actually, when I was in the district attorney's office, our boss, the district attorney of Alameda County was the chairman of what was called the Law and Legislative Committee of Law Enforcement in the state. I enjoyed trying criminal cases, and I'm going to say reasonably successful.Īnd so I was not looking for a job, but one day out of the blue, I got a call, would I come up and meet the new governor? Or the governor-elect at that time? December of 1966. Both the rather significant cities for various reasons, and I enjoyed my work there, I enjoyed working with the police. That's the county in California that has both Oakland and Berkeley. At that time, I was in the district attorney's office in Alameda County. MEESE: Well, it all began right after he was elected as Governor of California in 1966.
