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- ↑ "CSAC Elects New Slate of Officers: Alameda County Supervisor Keith Carson Named President" (Archive post). California State Association of Counties. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ↑ "Keith Carson". ACERA (Alameda County Employees' Retirement Association). Archived from the original on 1 December 2010. Retrieved 3 December 2010.
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