Catherine S. Blakespear
What this job does: Your district's vote in the 40-member California State Senate. Senators write and vote on state laws and the state budget, confirm many of the governor's appointments, and can place constitutional amendments on the ballot with the Assembly. A term is four years.
- Holds this seat now
- Yes
- Office
- California State Senator, District 38 (since December 2022)
- Occupation
- California State Senator
- Lives in
- Encinitas
Background
- Earned B.S. and M.S. degrees in journalism from Northwestern University (1999) and a J.D. from the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law (2006). source: ballotpedia.org
- Worked as a journalist for the Los Angeles Times and the Associated Press, and as an attorney. source: ballotpedia.org
- Served as a City of Encinitas traffic commissioner and was elected mayor of Encinitas in 2016. source: ballotpedia.org
- Has represented California State Senate District 38 since December 5, 2022. source: ballotpedia.org
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- Public safety: work with law enforcement and invest in mental health, addiction treatment, and homelessness programs source: ballotready.org
- Speed the transition to clean energy and protect natural resources source: ballotready.org
- Expand affordable housing, improve access to health care and child care, and support small businesses source: ballotready.org
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