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Judge Pregerson is a dedicated member of the Southern California Metropolitan Board of the Salvation Army and has been an important contributor to the Salvation Army’s partnership with the FBI in hosting the Junior Special Agents Summer Camp Program, composed of youth residing with their families at the Salvation Army’s Westwood Transitional Village. Judge Pregerson coordinates activities for the children, including mock trial simulation and speakers from federal agencies, among other events. Under Judge Pregerson’s leadership, children undergoing a stressful transition have been given inspiration and hope.

As president of the Los Angeles Parks Commission and commissioner of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Judge Pregerson and others coordinated rapid relief efforts on behalf of those displaced by the 1994 Northridge earthquake, which drove tens of thousands of frightened people out of their homes.

Judge Pregerson served as a board member of Bet Tzedek Legal Services, a non-profit organization that provides legal services to approximately 12,000 impoverished clients throughout Los Angeles County annually. In addition, Judge Pregerson has for two decades been an adviser to the board of the GSA/Salvation Army Bell Homeless Shelter, which provides housing, services, and training to 350 men and women, many of whom are veterans.

As part of his work with the Salvation Army Metropolitan Board, Judge Pregerson was recognized for his leadership role in creating Operation Angel Island, which provided housing and vocational opportunities on the Bell Shelter campus for displaced victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Judge Pregerson co-founded his court’s Conviction and Sentence Alternatives (CASA) program. CASA is a post-plea diversion program that offers eligible defendants alternatives to incarceration and effectively addresses offender behavior, rehabilitation, and community safety.