Gail Pellerin
What this job does: Your district's vote in the 80-member California State Assembly. Members write and vote on state laws and the state budget, and with the Senate can place measures such as Props. 1, 2, 4, 5 and 43 on the ballot. A term is two years.
- Holds this seat now
- Yes
- Office
- California State Assemblymember, District 28 (since December 2022)
- Occupation
- Assemblymember; former county elections official
Background
- Earned a B.S. in journalism from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (1984). source: ballotpedia.org
- Served as Santa Cruz County Clerk, the county's chief elections official, and was elected to that office four times; held the elections role for 27 years. source: ballotpedia.org
- Took office in Assembly District 28 on December 5, 2022; chairs the Assembly Elections Committee. source: theballotbrief.com
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- "Ensuring that your voice is heard remains my number one priority" (2022 survey) source: ballotpedia.org
- Affordable housing and homelessness source: theballotbrief.com
- Affordable and equitable health care source: theballotbrief.com
- Jobs and the economy source: theballotbrief.com
- Climate change, affordable education, and public safety (2022 survey) source: ballotpedia.org
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