[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 98 (Thursday, June 8, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E792]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          HONORING STEVE HARDY

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                          HON. JOHN GARAMENDI

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, June 8, 2017

  Mr. GARAMENDI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in memory of Mayor Steve 
Hardy, a beloved member of the Vacaville community, who passed away 
this May.
  Mr. Hardy was born in San Francisco, and served six years in the Navy 
from 1960 to 1966 as a radar operator on a destroyer. He then returned 
home and worked as a San Francisco police officer for five years before 
leaving that position to become a public policy specialist in 
Sacramento.
  He served as the Staff Director for the California State Senate 
Committee on Governmental Organization for 19 years. From 1980 to 1985, 
Mr. Hardy was an advocate for the California State Employees 
Association, the union of California's state workers.
  Mr. Hardy served as Chairman of the Solano County Drug Abuse Advisory 
Council in 1978 and 1979, and as a member of the Vacaville Human 
Services Commission from 1977 through 1979.
  He also served as a Vacaville Unified School Board Member from 1987 
through 1991 where, among other positions, he served as its President. 
Mr. Hardy was elected to the Vacaville City Council in 2002, where he 
served two terms. In 2007 he was appointed director of the state 
Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control by then-Governor Arnold 
Schwarzenegger, which led to his stepping down as a city council 
member. He was elected Mayor of Vacaville in 2010 and served one term.
  Mayor Hardy was an excellent representative for the Vacaville 
community. He helped lead the city through the Great Recession, improve 
local surface transportation, and was always able to take a principled 
approach to the most critical challenges and decisions the Council 
faced.
  Steve Hardy's loss leaves a major void in the community. Mr. Hardy's 
wife of 46 years, Jerri Hardy, passed away in March 2012. He is 
survived by a son, Stephen; and a daughter, Shannon. The Vacaville 
community mourns Steve's passing and remembers his selfless commitment 
to the community.

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