Candidate for
City Prosecutor; City of Long Beach

Doug Haubert is an experienced attorney with over 10 years of experience as a prosecutor. He is an expert on code enforcement prosecution, and served as a Deputy City Prosecutor for Long Beach before joining a law firm where he serves as City Prosecutor to several cities in Southern California on a contract basis.

Mr. Haubert has given training to code enforcement officers, as well as new prosecutors, on code enforcement topics such as search and seizure, due process, abatement actions, civil injunctions, and criminal prosecution. In 2007 and 2008, he led a panel of attorneys speaking at the California Association of Code Enforcement Officers' Annual Conference in Oxnard and South Lake Tahoe, respectively.

As Deputy City Prosecutor for the City of Long Beach, he took on slumlords and helped initiate the City of Long Beach's first Community Prosecution Program, a neighborhood-oriented effort praised in many press accounts. He has handled several of Long Beach's highest profile cases, including the prosecution of West Long Beach slumlord Henry Crossman, who was sentenced to 13 months in jail for housing and building code violations.

Mr. Haubert is also knowledgeable on land use issues and regularly advises cities on planning decisions. He is recognized as an expert in election law and California ethics laws, including compliance with the Brown Act, the Public Records Act, and conflict of interest laws. An expert on conflict of interest laws, Mr. Haubert has provided ethics training to over 200 city officials.

Doug Haubert's family ties to Long Beach go back 40 years to when his grandfather, Lt. Col. Harvey Lee Stockwell (ret.), ran the JROTC programs at Long Beach high schools. The JROTC building at Poly High School is named "Stockwell Hall" in his honor.

Doug Haubert is supported by neighborhood leaders, the Long Beach Police Officers' Association, and may others from all areas of Long Beach. 17 current and former city councilmembers and 2 former mayors have endorsed him for City Prosecutor!

Doug Haubert's volunteer work in Long Beach goes back nearly 20 years, on numerous Long Beach commissions and as a PTA/school volunteer. Doug Haubert served on the Long Beach Ethics Task Force, advocating in favor of a lobbyist registration ordinance and against "discretionary funds" used by politicians.

He is a past recipient of the Diana P. Scott Award for Outstanding Oral Advocacy, a member of the Traynor Honor Society, and received his law degree "With Distinction" from the University of Pacific, McGeorge School of Law. He lives in Long Beach with his wife and two children.