Full Name:
Lorena Gonzalez
Gender:
Female
Family:
Husband: Nathan; 5 Children
Birth Date:
09/16/1971
Birth Place:
Oceanside, CA
Home City:
San Diego, CA
JD, University California at Los Angeles School of Law, 1995-1999
MA, American Government, Georgetown University, 1993-1995
BA, American Studies, Stanford University, 1989-1993
Assembly Member, California State Assembly, District 80, 2013-2022
Candidate, California State Assembly, District 80, 2018, 2020
Chair, Assembly Appropriations Committee, present
Vice Chair, California Legislative Latino Caucus, present
Member, California State Assembly Committee on Health, present
Member, California State Assembly Committee on Insurance, present
Former Member, California State Assembly Committee on Education
Former Member, California State Assembly Committee on Rules
Former Member, California State Assembly Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife
Former Member, California-Mexico Bi-National Affairs Committee, California State Assembly
Former Member, Coastal Protection Committee, California State Assembly
Former Member, Coastal Protection Committee, California State Assembly
Former Member, Craft Brewing and Distilling Committee, California State Assembly
Former Member, Higher Education in San Diego County, California State Assembly
Former Member, Local Government Committee, California State Assembly
Former Member, Public Safety Committee, California State Assembly
Former Member, Rail Committee, California State Assembly
Former Member, Renewable Energy Development and Restoration of the Salton Sea Committee, California State General Assembly
Former Member, Select Committee on Hate Crimes, California State Assembly
Former Member, Select Committee on Homelessness, California State Assembly
Former Member, Select Committee on Incarcerated Women, California State Assembly
Former Member, Select Committee on Veteran Employment and Education, California State Assembly
Former Member, Select Committee on Waste Reduction and Recycling, California State Assembly
Former Chair, Select Committee on Women in the Workplace, California State Assembly
Former Member, Status of Girls and Women of Color Committee, California State Assembly
Former Member, Youth and California's Future Committee, California State Assembly
Member, California State Lands Commission, 2000-2006
Secretary-Treasurer, San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council, American Federation of Labor Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), 2006-present
Senior Advisor, Office of Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante, 1999-2006
Member, California State Bar, present
Awards:
Labor Leader of the Year Award, Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice; Community Leadership Award, Leadership California; Mayor George Moscone Civil Rights Award; Assemblyman Ben Hueso's Woman of the Year