Candidate, California State Senate, District 8, 2022

Insurance Commissioner, State of California, 2011-2019

Candidate, State of California Attorney General, 2018

Assembly Member, California State Assembly, District 9, 2004-2010

Member, California Advisory Group on Climate Risk Disclosure, 2021-present

Former Member, Sacramento Metropolitan Cable Commission

Former Member, Sacramento Regional Sanitation District

Former Chair, Sacramento Regional Transit District

Former Member, Sacramento Solid Waste Authority

Former Member, Sacramento Transportation Authority

Member, California Catastrophic Wildfire Cost and Recovery Commission, 2019

Member, Agriculture and Utilities and Commerce Committee, California State Assembly, 2004-2010

Chair, Budget Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, California State Assembly, 2004-2010

Chair, Health Committee, California State Assembly, 2004-2010

Chair, Judiciary Committee, California State Assembly, 2004-2010

Director, Climate Risk Initiative, Center for Law, Energy, & the Environment at Berkeley Law, 2019-present

Senior Director, The Nature Conservancy, 2019-2021

Former City Council Member, City of Sacremento, 1999-2004

Special Assistant/Counsel, Office of Attorney General Janet Reno, United States Department of Justice, 1995-1998

White House Fellow, 1995-1996

Attorney, Legal Services of Northern California, 1989-1995

Distinguished Fellow, ClimateWorks Foundation, 2019-present

Awards:

California's Top 100 Lawyers, Daily Journal
Big Heart Award, Greenlining Institute
Distinguished Advocate Award, Autism Speaks
Named "2008 Consumer Champion" by the California Consumer Federation
"Leadership Award" by the Western Center on Law and Poverty
He has been honored by Planned Parenthood, Environment California, the Urban League, Preschool California and CalPIRG
Capitol Weekly named Assemblymember Jones California's "most effective legislator."