On The Ballot: Running, Democratic for U.S. House (CA) - District 26
223 East Thousand Oaks Boulevard, Suite 220
Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
201 East Fourth Street, Suite 209B
Oxnard, CA 93036
2262 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Full Name:
Julia A. Brownley
Gender:
Female
Family:
2 Children: Fred, Hannah
Birth Date:
08/28/1952
Birth Place:
Aiken, SC
Home City:
Westlake Village, CA
Religion:
Episcopalian
MBA, American University, 1979
BA, Political Science, Mount Vernon College, George Washington University, 1975
Representative, United States House of Representatives, District 26, 2012-present
Candidate, United States House of Representatives, California, District 26, 2022, 2024
Assembly Member, California State Assembly, 2006-2012
Member, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Member, Select Committee on the Climate Crisis
Member, Subcommittee on Aviation
Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Health (Veterans' Affairs)
Member, Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
Member, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment
Member, Veterans' Affairs
Member, Committee on Agriculture, United States House of Representatives, 2023-present
Ranking Member, General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit, United States House of Representatives, 2023-present
Member, Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, United States House of Representatives, 2023-present
Former Member, Budget Subcommittee Number 2 on Education Finance, California State Assembly
Former Member, Committee on Higher Education, California State Assembly
Former Member, Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Health Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, House Natural Resources Committee
Former Member, House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis
Former Member, Subcommittee on Technology Modernization, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives
Former Employee, Burroughs Corporation
Former Employee, Pitney Bowes
Former Sales Employee, Steelcase Incorporated
Member, California Commission on the Status of Women
Legislative Liaison, Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission
Legislative Participant, Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy
Former Member, State Allocation Board
President/Member, Board of Education, Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District, 1994-2006
Awards:
Lifetime Perfect Score, California League of Conservation Voters
"Legislator of the Year" awards, California Association for Bilingual Education, the California Council for Adult Education and California Adult Education Administrators Association, the Congress of California Seniors, the California School Boards Association, the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, the California Federation of Teachers, and by the California League of High Schools
2010 Environmental Champions Award, Environmental Working Group
Honored as one of "12 Remarkable Women," National Women's Political Caucus, Los Angeles Westside
Woman of the Year, YWCA (2005)
Reason for Seeking Public Office:
Julia Brownley is running to represent California's 26th District in Congress because she believes the people of Ventura County deserve a strong economy with good paying jobs, access to quality affordable health care and a first class education system to prepare our children to compete in a global economy.