Former Majority Caucus Chair, California State Senate

Senator, California State Senate, District 20, 2014-2022

Candidate, California State Senate, District 20, 2018

Member, Democratic National Committee Platform Drafting Committee, 2008

Democratic Caucus Chair, California State Senate, present

Member, Senate Select Committee on California-Mexico Cooperation, present

Former Member, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review, California State Senate

Former Member, Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, Joint Committee on Rules, California State Senate

Former Member, Legislative Audit Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, Ports and Goods Movement Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, Public Employment and Retirement Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, Rules Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, Select Committee on Preparing California's Future Workforce, California State Senate

Former Member, Select Committee on Women, Work and Families, California State Senate

Former Member, Student Success Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee 1 on Education, California State Senate

Former Member, Transportation and Housing Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, Women and Inequality-Strategies to Promote Opportunity Committee, California State Senate

No professional experience on file.

Member, California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls, present

Former President, California State Federation of Labor, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)

Former President/Union Representative, United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 1428

Father's Occupation:

Clerk, Alpha Beta Grocery Store

Mother's Occupation:

classroom instructional aide in local public schools