Sally Lieber is a committed and passionate state and regional leader who has used her elected positions to offer hope and opportunity to all Californians. As a city councilwoman, mayor and now as a member of the State Assembly, she has worked to address community needs and increase the economic well-being and quality of life of working families and the poor. Her work has resulted in numerous awards and recognition from senior, labor, environmental, disability, and women’s organizations.

Sally was first elected to the State Assembly in 2002, where she became the Assembly’s Assistant Speaker pro Tempore and the only woman to serve as an officer of the Assembly in her first term. In September 2006 Sally was elevated to Speaker pro Tempore, only the third woman to be sworn-in to this office since 1849. As Speaker pro Tempore, Sally plays a key role in the development and passage of legislation and presides over Assembly floor sessions.

Sally’s legislative priorities include increasing educational and economic opportunity, improving public health, protecting the environment, and increasing social justice. She is well-known for authoring laws to increase California’s minimum wage, make human trafficking a crime, reduce air pollution, protect vulnerable seniors and protect the rights of the developmentally disabled. Sally’s legislation has included a number of bills that were ‘first of their kind’ in the nation. These bills deal with subjects as diverse as women’s healthcare and victims’ rights.

In addition to her leadership responsibilities, Sally serves on the Assembly’s Judiciary Committee and Committees on Revenue and Taxation, Insurance and Local Government. Sally previously served as the Assembly’s Chair of the Joint Legislative Committee on Ending Poverty in California, as Vice-Chair of the Committee on Local Government and as Chair of the Assembly's Select Committee on Mobilehomes.

Sally represents the 22nd District, considered the ‘Heart of Silicon Valley,’ where she lives with her husband David. They are proud to be active in neighborhood and community activities, enjoy hiking and windsurfing and take seriously their role as pet guardians for a politically astute black-and-white cat.

Last Updated on January 25, 2007