Council Member, City of Los Angeles, California, District 14, 2020-present

Former President pro Tempore, California State Senate

Former Majority Caucus Chair, California State Senate

Candidate, Council Member, City of Los Angeles, California, District 14, 2020

Senator, California State Senate, District 24, 2010-2018

Candidate, United States Senate, California, 2018

Assembly Member, California State Assembly, District 45, 2006-2010

No committee memberships found.

Former Chair, Appropriations Committee, California State Assembly

Former Member, California, Armenia and Artsakh Mutual Trade, Art and Cultural Exchange Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, California-Mexico Cooperation Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, California-Mexico Cooperation Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, Climate Change and AB 32 Implementation Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee, California State Senate

Former Chair, Joint Committee on Rules, California State Senate

Former Chair, Rules Committee, California State General Assembly

Former Member, Rules Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, Rules Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, Select Committee on Asian Pacific Islander Affairs, California State Senate

Former Member, State Allocation Board

Rodel Fellow, Aspen Institute, present

Guest Lecturer, University of Southern California, present

Former Senior Associate, National Education Association

Former Employee, One Stop Immigration & Educational Center

Former Member, Alliance for a Better California

Former Member, California Teachers Association

Awards:

Recognized as Legislator of the Year by the Planning and Conservation League, Green California, Friends of the River and the Coalition for Clean Air