Senator, California State Senate, District 5, 2020-present

Former Member, Stockton City Council

Assembly Member, California State Assembly, District 13, 2012-2020

Candidate, California State Senate, District 5, 2020

Candidate, California State Assembly, District 13, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018

Member, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review

Member, Committee on Business, Professions, and Economic Development

Member, Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee

Chair, Health Committee

Member, Joint Legislative Audit Committee

Member, Joint Legislative Budget Committee

Member, Joint Legislative Committee on Emergency Management

Member, Natural Resources and Water Committee

Member, Ports and Goods Movement

Member, Select Committee on California's Wine Industry

Member, Select Committee on Ports and Goods Movement

Member, Subcommittee 3 on Health and Human Services

Democratic Caucus Chair, California State Assembly, 2015-present

Former Chair, Accountability and Administrative Review Committee, California State Assembly

Former Chair, Agriculture Committee, California State Assembly

Former Member, Appropriations Committee, California State Assembly

Former Member, Business and Professions Committee, California State Assembly

Former Member, Career Technical Education and Building a 21st Century Workforce Committee, California State General Assembly

Former Member, Civic Engagement Committee, California State General Assembly

Former Member, Economic Development and Investment in Rural California Committee, California State Assembly

Former Member, Foster Care Committee, California State General Assembly

Former Member, Higher Education in San Diego County, California State General Assembly

Former Member, Joint Committee on Fairs Allocation and Classification, California State Assembly

Former Chair, Joint Committee on Fairs, Allocation, and Classification, California State Assembly

Former Member, Local Emergency Preparedness Committee, California State General Assembly

Former Chair, Local Government Committee, California State General Assembly

Former Member, Master Plan for Higher Education in California Committee, California State Assembly

Former Member, Mental and Behavioral Health and Proposition 63 Implementation Committee, California State General Assembly

Former Member, Natural Resources Committee, California State Assembly

Former Member, Select Committee of Ports and Goods Movement, California State Assembly

Former Chair, Select Committee on End of Life Health Care, California State Assembly

Former Member, Select Committee on Incarcerated Women, California State Assembly

Former Member, Select Committee on Infectious Diseases, California State Assembly

Former Member, Select Committee on Waste Reduction and Recycling, California State Assembly

Former Member, Status of Boys and Men of Color Committee, California State General Assembly

Former Member, Status of Girls and Women of Color Committee, California State General Assembly

Former Member, Utilities and Commerce Committee, California State Assembly

Former Member, Utilities and Energy Committee, California State Assembly

Former Member, Waste Reduction and Recycling in the 21st Century California Committee, California State Assembly

Former Member, Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee, California State General Assembly

Former Member, Wine Committee, California State General Assembly

Former Member, Women in the Workplace Committee, California State Assembly

Former Mental Health Provider

Former Professor, California State University, Sacramento

Medic, Fort Meade Army Hospital, United States Army, 1979-1983

Former Member, Board of Directors, El Concilio, Stockton

Former Member, California Faculty Association

Founding Member, Central Valley Stonewall Democratic Club

Former Member, Coma Board

Hobbies or Special Talents:

Cooking