Former Member, Subcommittee on Olive Oil Production and Emerging Products, California State Senate

Senator, California State Senate, District 03, 2008-2016

Majority Whip, California State Senate, 2015-2016

Assembly Member, California State Assembly, District 08, 2004-2008

Member, Board of Supervisors, Yolo County, 1998-2002

Chair, Board of Supervisors, Yolo County, 1998-2002

Mayor, City of Davis, 1992-1994, 1996-1998

Member, Davis City Council, 1990-1998

Former Member, Aging and Long-Term Care, California State Senate

Former Member, Agriculture Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, Budget and Fiscal Review Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, California's Wine Industry, California State Senate

Former Senate Representative, Delta Protection Commission

Former Member, Energy, Utilities and Communications, California State Assembly

Former Member, Fairs, Allocation, and Classification, California State Senate

Former Member, Health Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, Legislative Budget Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, Mental Health Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, Missing and Unidentified Persons Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, Natural Resources and Water Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, Rules Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee 2 on Resources, Environmental Protection, Energy and Transportation

Former Member, Subcommittee on Gas and Electric Infrastructure Safety, California State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Invasive Species, California State Senate

Chair, Children and Families Commission-Proposition 10, 1999-2002

Member, Davis Recreation and Parks Commission, 1989

Former Teacher, Edmund Burke School

Teacher, Davis Joint Unified School District, 1979-1981

Member, Advisory Board, CICG

Member, Advisory Board, Explorit Science Center

Member, Advisory Committee, California Wildlife Conservation Board

Member, California Elected Women

Member, Davis Science Center Board

Member, Institute for County Government

Member, Rotary Club

Member, Soroptimist International

Founding Member, TREE Davis

Member, University Retirement Community Foundation Board

Member, Yolo Basin Foundation Board

Founding Member, Yolo Land Trust

Awards:

Hands on Legislator of the Year Award, Community Alliance with Family Farmers, 2015; Design Build Distinguished Leadership Award, Design Build Institute of America Western Pacific Region, 2015; Lifetime Achievement Award, California Solar Energy Industry Association, 2015; John Muir Heritage Award, Restore Hetch Hetchy, 2015; Green Hard Hat Award, US Green Building Council, 2015; Legislator Climate & Agriculture Leadership Award, California Climate and Agriculture Network, 2015; Distinguished Service Award, California State Association of Counties, 2015; ACWA Legislative Leadership Award, Association of California Water Agencies, 2014; Clean Water Champion, Clean Water Action, 2015; Legislator of the Year, California Association of Resource Conservation Districts, 2013; Legislator of the Year Award, California County Boards of Education, 2013; Capital River Award, Friends of the River, 2013; Legislator of the Year Award, Child Abuse Prevention Council, 2013; Delta Advocate Award, Restore the Delta, 2012; Donald N. Phelps Visionary Award, Elder Financial Protection Network, 2012; Patti Mattingly Award, Regional Council of Rural Counties, 2012; Legislator of the Year, American Legion's California Department, 2011; Robin Jenkins Memorial Award, Solano Partnership Against Violence, 2011; Legislator of the Year, California Association of County Treasurers and Tax Collectors, 2011

Number of Grandchildren:

5

Priority Issues:

Education
Environment
Economy and Jobs
Family Security

Spouse's Occupation:

Professor of Law at University of California Davis Law School