Liz Ortega
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 20 (since December 2022)
- Occupation
- Assemblymember; labor leader
- Lives in
- San Leandro
Background
- Raised in Oakland; lives in San Leandro. source: pleasantonweekly.com
- Worked as political and legislative director of AFSCME Local 3299, a University of California employee union. source: ballotpedia.org
- Was elected executive secretary-treasurer of the Alameda Labor Council. source: pleasantonweekly.com
- Took office in Assembly District 20 on December 5, 2022; chairs the Assembly Labor and Employment Committee. source: pleasantonweekly.com
In their own words
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- "My top priority is ensuring that every Californian who works hard has a chance at a good life" source: pleasantonweekly.com
- Raise wages, protect workers, and lower the cost of living source: pleasantonweekly.com
- Reproductive freedom, affordable housing, environmental justice, and neighborhood safety (2022 survey) source: ballotpedia.org
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