John Albert Nejedly (October 22, 1914September 19, 2006) was a district attorney and Republican state senator in California who represented Contra Costa County from 1958 to 1980. Early life Born in Oakland, California, Nejedly was raised there while attending public schools. He was a member of the Boy Scouts and went on to earn the rank of Eagle Scout. After high school, Nejedly attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he received his Bachelor of Science in business administration in 1935. In 1938, he purchased a parcel of hillside land in the then-unincorporated area of Walnut Creek, which became his lifelong home. He continued with his education and received his Bachelor of Laws from the UC Berkeley School of Law in 1941. From 1942 to 1946, Nejedly served with the U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II as a Japanese language officer. He was also the lone survivor of a plane crash during the war. Professional career Nejedly became a Deputy District Attorney for Contra Costa County in 1946, and in 1948 took on the additional role as the City Attorney for the City of Walnut Creek, both roles that he held until 1958. While serving as City Attorney, he played a key role in the creation of the Little Master Plan, a land use and public improvement plan that called for the culverting of portions of Walnut, Las Trampas, and San Ramon Creeks within downtown Walnut Creek, for the purpose of flood control and commercial development. This plan, which was adopted by the City in 1956, led to the expansion of Broadway Plaza and the creation of the portion of North Broadway between Lincoln Avenue and Mount Diablo Boulevard. A plaque commemorating the Little Master Plan can be found at the corner of Duncan Street and North Broadway, in downtown Walnut Creek. While working for the city of Walnut Creek, Nejedly engineered the annexation of the city into the East Bay Municipal Utility District, thereby providing a more stable source of drinking water (the city has since grown into areas that are served by the Contra Costa Water District). Nejedly was also successful in working to annex the city into the Central Contra Costa Sanitary District, which allowed the city to close its old sewer farm and to reuse the land for what is now the eastern portion of Civic Park (at the end of Carmel Drive, near