Senator, United States Senate, California, District Sr., 2021-present

Candidate, United States Senate, California, 2022

Secretary of State, State of California, 2015-2021

Candidate, Secretary of State, State of California, 2018

Senator, California State Senate, District 20, 2006-2014

Member/President, Los Angeles City Council, 1999-2006

Member, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

Member, Committee on Environment and Public Works Committee

Member, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

Member, Committee on Rules and Administration

Member, Committee on the Budget

Member, Committee on the Judiciary

Member, Joint Committee on Printing

Member, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations

Chair, Subcommittee on Border Security and Immigration

Member, Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety

Member, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice and Counterterrorism

Chair, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife

Member, Subcommittee on Government Operations and Border Management

Member, Subcommittee on Intellectual Property

Member, Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights and Federal Courts

Member, Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law

Member, Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure

Former Member, Appropriations Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, Banking and Financial Institutions Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, Business, Professions, and Economic Development Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee, California State Senate

Former Chair, Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, Joint Committee on Rules, California State Senate

Former Member, Joint Committee on the Legislative Budget, California State Senate

Former Member, Labor and Industrial Relations Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Committee, California State Senate

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

Former Member, Public Employment and Retirement Committee, California State Senate

Former Staff, Assembly Member Tony Cardenas

Former Staff, United States Senator Dianne Feinstein

Campaign Manager, Richard Alarcon for State Senate, 1998

Southern California Political Director, Victory : California Democratic Party Coordinated Campaign, 1998

Campaign Manager, Gil Cedillo for State Assembly, 1997

Campaign Manager, Tony Cardenas for State Assembly, 1996

Educational Counselor, University of the Pacific, 1994

Engineer, Hughes Aircraft, 1991-1992

Former Member, Board of Directors, National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials, 2010-present

Chair, Los Angeles Leadership Council, American Diabetes Association, 2005-present

Member, Board, Children's Museum of Los Angeles, 2001-present

Member, California Film Commission, 2001-present

Member, Advisory Board, Meet Each Need with Dignity (MEND), 2000-present

Former Member, Board of Trustees, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Corporation

Former Board Member, League of California Cities

Member, Executive Committee on Sustainability, National Conference of State Legislatures, 207-2014

President, National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials, 1999-2010

Committee Officer, National Conference of State Legislatures, 2007-2008

President, League of California Cities, 2005-2006

Member, Los Angeles Building and Safety Commission, 1997-1999

Participant, Coro Fellowship Program in Leadership and Public Affairs, 1995

Awards:

One of 2013's "Most Effective Legislators" -- Around the Capitol