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Bruce Hotchkiss

Mr. Bruce Hotchkiss was appointed to the Inspection and Maintenance Review Committee on August 21, 2001. Mr. Hotchkiss has worked for the Bureau of Automotive Repair (BAR) since 1991 and is currently assigned to the Hayward Complaint Mediation Center. Prior to this assignment, the BAR enforcement division employed Mr. Hotchkiss where he worked with automotive repair dealers to ensure compliance with the Automotive Repair Act. Prior to his employment at BAR, Mr. Hotchkiss worked for Honda Canada, Inc., in Service Engineering; Chrysler Canada/American Motors Canada, as an Owner Relations Specialist in the Central Regional Office; and, Peterson, Howell, and Heather, Canada, as a Fleet Maintenance Specialist. In 1977, Mr. Hotchkiss earned a Certificate of Qualification as a Motor Vehicle Mechanic from the Province of Ontario's Ministry of Colleges and Universities automotive apprenticeship program. This was later split into two certificates, Automotive Service Technician and Truck and Coach Technician, which are kept current. Mr. Hotchkiss writes a monthly automotive review column for the Pacifica Tribune, contributes to www.AutoWire.net, and is a member of the Western Automotive Journalists. In addition, he was also a member of the Pacifica Planning Commission, from 1997 until March 2004. Mr. Hotchkiss is the President of the California Association of Regulatory Investigators and Inspectors (CARII), an affiliate of CAUSE, a union of state public safety employees. Bruce is the Chair of CAUSE’s Scholarship Committee, and is a member of CAUSE’s Controller’s Committee, Political Action Committee and the Negotiation Team during the last two bargaining sessions (2001 and 2003).