1901 Harrison Street, 6th Floor
San Francisco, 94162
300 Capitol Mall, 17th Floor
Sacramento, 95814
300 South Spring Street, 14th Floor
Los Angeles, 90013
Full Name:
Ricardo Lara
Gender:
Male
Birth Place:
Commerce
Home City:
Los Angeles, CA
Masters, Leadership, University of Southern California, 2010
BA, Journalism, San Diego State University, 1999
BA, Spanish, San Diego State University, 1999
Candidate, California Commissioner of Insurance, 2022
California Commissioner of Insurance, 2019-Present
Senator, California State Senate, District 33, 2012-2019
Assembly Member, California State Assembly, District 50, 2010-2012
Candidate, California State Assembly, District 46, 2008
Member, Advisory Board, Western Commission for Higher Education, present
Former Member, Appropriations Committee, California State Assembly
Former Chair, Appropriations Committee, California State Senate
Former Member, Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media Committee, California State House of Representatives
Former Member, Banking and Finance Committee, California State Assembly
Former Member, Banking and Financial Institutions Committee, California State Senate
Former Member, Building Equity and Growth in Neighborhoods Program
Former Member, California-Mexico Cooperation Committee, California State Senate
Former Member, Elections and Redistricting Committee, California State House of Representatives
Former Member, Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee, California State Senate
Former Member, Environmental Quality Committee, California State Senate
Former Member, Governance and Finance Committee, California State Senate
Former Member, Governmental Organization Committee, California State Senate
Former Member, Higher Education Committee, California State Assembly
Former Chair, Joint Legislative Audit Committee, California State Assembly
Former Member, Legislative Audit Committee, California State Senate
Former Member, Legislative Budget Committee, California State Senate
Former Member, Los Angeles County's Consumer Affairs Commission
Former Member, Passenger Rail Committee, California State Senate
Former Member, Ports and Goods Movement Committee, California State Senate
Former Member, Revenue and Taxation Committee, California State House of Representaives
Former Member, Rules Committee, California State House of Representatives
Former Member, Rules Committee, California State Senate
Former Member, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Committee, California State Senate
Former Member, Student Success Committee, California State Senate
Former Member, Subcommittee on Emergencies, Disaster Response and Port Security, California State Senate
Former Chair, US Citizen Youth Exiled in Mexico Committee, California State Senate
Former Member, Water, Parks, and Wildlife Committee, California State Assembly
Former Member, Women and Inequality-Strategies to Promote Opportunity Committee, California State Senate
Former District Director, Assembly Member Fabian Nuñez, California State Assembly
Former Communications Director, Assembly Member Kevin de Léon, California State Assembly
Former Chief of Staff, Assembly Member Marco Antonio Firebaugh, California State Assembly
Member, Bellflower Noon Lions Club, present
Member, Downey Kiwanis Club, Kiwanis International, present
Member, Optimist International, present
Member, South Gate Rotary Club, present
Former Member, Advocacy Project Board, Planned Parenthood
Former Member, Board of Directors, Parent Institute for Quality Education
Former Member, College Board's Hispanic Advisory Committee for Latino College Completion
Member, Equality California Institue
Awards:
Champion of Change award, President Barack Obama; "Point man in the push for immigrant rights," Los Angeles Times