Chair

Assembly Education Committee

Primary jurisdictions are education generally, certificated employees of schools, school finance, and school facilities.

5th Extraordinary Session Committee on Education

Select Committee on Higher Education in the 21st Century

Select Committee on the Cleanup of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory

Member

Budget

Primary jurisdiction is the state budget.

Judiciary

Primary jurisdictions are family law, product liability, tort liability, Civil Code, and Evidence Code (excluding criminal procedure).

Natural Resources

Primary jurisdiction includes air quality, climate change, energy efficiency, renewable energy, California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), coastal protection, forestry, land conservation, oil spills, solid waste and recycling.

Budget Sub-Committee #1 – Health & Human Services

Budget Sub-Committee #2 – Education Finance

Select Committee on Domestic Violence

Select Committee on Community Colleges

Select Committee on Improving State Government

Select Committee on Lowering California’s High School Dropout Rates

State Allocation Board

The State Allocation Board (SAB) is responsible for determining the allocation of state resources (proceeds from General Obligation Bond Issues and other designated State funds) used for the new construction and modernization of local public school facilities. The SAB is also charged with the responsibility for the administration of the School Facility Program, the State Relocatable Classroom Program, and the Deferred Maintenance Program. The SAB is the policy level body for the programs administered by the Office of Public School Construction.

The SAB meets monthly to apportion funds to the school districts, act on appeals, and adopt policies and regulations as they pertain to the programs administered by the SAB.

Legislative Liaison, Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission

California Commission on the Status of Women

The Commission on the Status of Women, a nonpartisan state agency, works in a culturally inclusive manner to promote equality and justice for all women and girls by advocating on their behalf with the Governor, the Legislature and other public policymakers, and by educating the public in the areas of economic equity including educational equity, access to health care including reproductive choice, violence against women and other key issue areas identified by the Commission as significantly affecting women and girls.

Legislative Participant, Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy

The Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy was established by the California State Legislature in 1980. Since that time, it has helped to preserve over 60,000 acres of parkland in both wilderness and urban settings, and has improved more than 114 public recreational facilities throughout Southern California.

Through direct action, alliances, partnerships, and joint powers authorities, the Conservancy's mission is to strategically buy back, preserve, protect, restore, and enhance treasured pieces of Southern California to form an interlinking system of urban, rural and river parks, open space, trails, and wildlife habitats that are easily accessible to the general public.