Chris Brown

Who is Chris Brown?

Chris Brown is an American politician and entrepreneur in the State of California. On November 5, 2013, Brown became the youngest Mayor of the City of Hawthorne, California and the first African American Mayor in the city's 91 year history. Brown defeated incumbent Daniel "Danny" Juarez and Jose Gutierrez, winning 39.48 percent to 30.93 percent to 29.60 percent, respectively.

In March 2014, Brown, in conjunction with Police Chief Bob Fager and the HPOA, developed and adopted an action strategy to address fiscal and diversity concerns within the City of Hawthorne and its police force through Lateral Recruitment.

On May 6, 2014, Mayor Brown introduced an ordinance to increase the minimum hourly wage to a "living wage" for workers hired by City of Hawthorne, California contract services providers, following the stall of the Federal "Living Wage" increase proposed by President Barack Obama stalled in Congress. The National Conference of State Legislatures, notes this year 34 states have considered and are moving forward with legislation to impose higher minimum wages.