A leader in her community, Linda Harris Forster a candidate for the people of the 52nd.district has been an advocate for the under served, poor and disenfranchised, at the grassroots level, for over 25 years. Linda Harris Forster is the proud daughter of renowned community activist "Sweet" Alice Harris. She and four of her sisters worked hand in hand to help their mother found the Parents of Watts Working With Youth and Adults Multi-Purpose Community Crisis Center in the early eighties. Linda believes there is only so much two hands helping individuals can do and that a greater impact can be made through legislation to improve the quality of life for the masses.

Currently Linda is wife, mother, Founding Partner and President of Forster Company Inc., a community relations and construction management firm specializing in business, economic development, material testing, and construction management. She plans to take the knowledge and experience gained from business and community service to use it at the legislative level to effect change for the people who don't have a representative to speak on their behalf.

Over the last 25 years Linda has held positions that make a difference in peoples lives. She was Caseworker Supervisor for a 24 hour California State Male Parolee Treatment Facility. In this position, she along with community service links that reduce recidivism and drug dependence, rehabbed over 40 adult males within twelve months to prepare them for successful re-integration into society as productive members.

Linda uses the acronym SAFE (Serious, Accessible, Forward-Thinking, and Experienced) to describe her commitment to your vote and service. In the past, Linda has been the Administrator for both The Parents of Watts Forster Family Agency and Parents of Watts School Readiness Center, which improves the transition from early care settings to elementary school promoting the success of young children, a Clinical Social Worker for Martin Luther King Drew Medical Center, Director of the Diane Feinstein Home for Young Mothers in Watts, Crisis Response Team Volunteer for Office of the Mayor Homeland Security & Public Safety, appointed by former Mayor Richard Riordan to the Department of Animal Services Board of Commissioners, appointed by Supervisor Yvonne Brathwaite Burke to the Department of Public Social Services, active member of The Democratic Party for the last 20 years, and a delegate to the 2004 National Democratic Convention chaired by Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer.

Linda earned her Associates of Arts degree from Compton Community College, her Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from Pepperdine University in Malibu, CA and her Master's in Social Work from California State Long Beach.