Thomas John Campbell is an American academic,educator,and politician. He is a professor of law at the Dale E. Fowler School of Law,and a professor of economics at the George Argyros School of Business and Economics,at Chapman University,in Orange,California.
The Regents of the University of California is the governing board of the University of California (UC),a state university system in the U.S. state of California. The Board of Regents has 26 voting members,the majority of whom are appointed by the Governor of California to serve 12-year terms.
Fabian Núñez is an American politician and labor union adviser. A member of the Democratic Party,he served three two-year terms as a member of the California State Assembly,leaving office in late 2008. During his last two terms,Núñez served as the 66th Speaker of the California State Assembly.
Tom Ammiano is an American politician and LGBT rights activist from San Francisco,California. Ammiano,a member of the California Legislative LGBT Caucus,served as a member of the California State Assembly from 2008 to November 30,2014. He had previously been a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and had mounted an unsuccessful bid for mayor of San Francisco in 1999. He was succeeded as California's Assemblyman for District 17 by San Francisco Board of Supervisors President David Chiu on December 1,2014.
Abel O. Maldonado Jr. is an American politician who served as the 48th lieutenant governor of California from April 27,2010 to January 10,2011. As of 2024,he is the very last Republican to serve as lieutenant governor of California to date.
George Andrew Plescia is a U.S. Republican politician from California. He served in the California State Assembly from 2002 and 2008,and served as its Minority Leader in 2006.
Robert Myles Hertzberg is an American politician who previously served in the California State Senate. A Democrat he represented the 18th Senate District,which includes parts of the San Fernando Valley.
John Laird,an American politician,is the California State Senator for District 17,since 7 December 2020,and was Secretary of the California Natural Resources Agency from 2011 to 2019 and a former legislator who represented the 27th district in the California State Assembly until 2008. The 27th district included parts of Santa Clara County,Santa Cruz County and Monterey County. Laird was one of the first two openly gay men to serve in the California legislature. Laird became one of the United States' first openly gay mayors in 1983 when he took over the mayoralty of the city of Santa Cruz,California.
Martin Joseph Jenkins is an American attorney and jurist serving as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of California. He was previously a justice of the California Court of Appeal for the First District,located in San Francisco,and a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
The governorship of Arnold Schwarzenegger began in 2003,when Arnold Schwarzenegger ran for Governor of California in a recall election. He was subsequently elected Governor when the previous governor Gray Davis was recalled and Schwarzenegger placed first among replacement candidates. Schwarzenegger served the remainder of Davis' incomplete term between 2003 and 2007. Schwarzenegger was then reelected to a second term in 2006,serving out this full term and leaving office in January 2011. Schwarzenegger was unable to run for a third term due to term limits imposed by Constitution of California.
Dean Raymond Florez is a former California State Senator from the 16th Senate District,who served from 2002 until the end of his second term in November 2010.
Sharon Runner was an American politician. She was a Republican California State Senator,who represented the 21st Senate District at the time of her death,and previously represented the 17th Senate District from 2011 to 2012. She was also a member of the California State Assembly from 2002 to 2008,representing the 36th district. She was the wife of California State Board of Equalization Member George Runner. From 2004 to 2008,then-Senator George Runner and then-Assemblywoman Sharon Runner were the first husband and wife in California history to serve concurrently in the California State Legislature.
Jerome Edgar Horton is an American accountant and politician who was the member of the California Board of Equalization from the 3rd district from October 5,2009 to January 7,2019. He previously served as a member of the California State Assembly from 2000 until 2006.
Lois Wolk is an American politician and former member of the California State Senate. A Democrat,she represented the 3rd Senate District,which encompasses the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta region and portions of the North Bay.
Joel Anderson is an American politician serving as a member of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors. A Republican,he is a former California state senator,assemblyperson,and board member of a municipal water district. During his time in the Legislature,Anderson served on the board of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) as California state chair.
George C. Runner Jr. is an American politician from California who served on the California State Board of Equalization,the only publicly elected tax commission in the United States. A Republican,he represented the Board's 2nd District from 2011 to 2015 and the renumbered 1st District from 2015 to 2019.
Patrick Johnston is an American politician who served as a member of the California State Assembly from 1981 until 1991 and California State Senate from 1991 until 2000,primarily representing San Joaquin County.
The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery is a branch of the California Environmental Protection Agency that oversees the state's waste management,recycling,and waste reduction programs. CalRecycle was established in 2010 to replace the California Integrated Waste Management Board. It is known for administering the California Redemption Value (CRV) program,among other responsibilities.
Anthony Patrick "Tony" Capozzi is an American trial attorney and political consultant and participant. During his legal career,he has worked as a solo practitioner,supervising Assistant United States Attorney,adjunct professor of law,and law clerk to Omer Poos of the United States District Court in Springfield,Illinois. He also served as the 79th President to the State Bar of California. He owns and practices law at the Law Offices of Anthony P. Capozzi and serves on the California Commission on Judicial Performance,a post California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed him to in 2010. Since 2005,Capozzi has been the exclusive legal and political consultant for KFSN-TV ABC 30.
Rocky John Chávez is an American politician who served in the California State Assembly. A Republican,he represented the 76th district,encompassing parts of northern coastal San Diego County. He was a candidate for the United States House of Representatives,having run in the 2018 midterm election in California's 49th congressional district to replace Darrell Issa,but he failed to place in the top two during the primary election.
