Willie Lewis Brown Jr. is an American retired politician. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as mayor of San Francisco from 1996 to 2004,the first African American to hold that office.
Mervyn Malcolm Dymally was an American politician from California. He served in the California State Assembly (1963–1966) and the California State Senate (1967–1975) as the 41st Lieutenant Governor of California (1975–1979) and in the U.S. House of Representatives (1981–1993). Dymally returned to politics a decade later to serve in the California State Assembly (2003–2008).
Loretta Weinberg is an American Democratic Party politician,who served as a member of the New Jersey Senate from 2005-2022,where she represented the 37th Legislative District. She also served as Senate Majority Leader. Weinberg served in the General Assembly before being selected to replace retiring Senator Byron Baer.
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.
Arthur A. Torres is an American former politician who served as a member of the California State Legislature. He is the vice chair of the Independent Citizens Oversight Committee,the governing Board of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM). CIRM,established in 2005 following the passage of Proposition 71,is charged with allocating US$3 billion to California universities and research institutions to support and advance stem cell research. He is a colon cancer survivor and serves on the Board as a patient advocate.
Charles S. "Chuck" "Pooch" Poochigian is an American jurist serving as Associate Justice of the California Court of Appeal. A member of the Republican Party,he is also a former California State Senator.
Ronald Steven Calderon is a former Democratic California State Senator from the 30th Senate District. Calderon is also known for receiving bribes from Michael Drobot.
The Armenian Genocide Martyrs Monument,better known as Montebello Genocide Memorial,is a monument in Montebello,California in the Los Angeles metropolitan area,dedicated to the victims of the Armenian genocide of 1915. The monument,opened in April 1968,is a tower of eight arches supported on 75-foot-tall (23 m) white concrete columns. The memorial was designed by Hrant Agbabian. It is the oldest and largest memorial in the United States dedicated to the Armenian Genocide victims. The inscription on the memorial plaque reads:
Armenian Martyrs Memorial Monument:This Monument erected by Americans of Armenian descent,is dedicated to the 1,500,000 Armenian victims of the Genocide perpetrated by the Turkish Government,1915–1921,and to men of all nations who have fallen victim to crimes against humanity.
Darrell Steven Steinberg is an American politician and attorney who is the 56th mayor of Sacramento,California since December 2016. He was elected to be mayor on June 7,2016. Before that,he was California Senate President pro Tempore and the leader of the majority party in the California State Senate from 2008 to 2014.
Steven Anthony Geller is an American attorney and politician who serves on the Broward County Commission for District 5. As of November 2020,Geller was the mayor of Broward County from November 2020 till November 2021. He was the former vice mayor from November 2019 till November 2020.
Paul V. Horcher is an American former politician from California and a former member of the Republican Party.
The Bribery and Special Interest (BRISPEC) sting operation was a sting operation conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation that investigated corruption in the California State Legislature from 1986 to 1988. The operation,later known as Shrimpscam in the press,involved setting up dummy companies by the FBI. The FBI set up a West Sacramento-based shrimp processing company. Then the fake companies lobbied for special-interest legislative bills favoring themselves. In addition,money was offered to legislators to see if any of them could be bribed in return for their support. A couple of the bills were actually passed by both the Assembly and Senate,but were vetoed by Governor George Deukmejian,who was tipped off in advance.
Jack R. Fenton was an American politician who represented California's 51st State Assembly district and California's 59th State Assembly district 16 years in the California State Assembly. He was part of the Democratic leadership,majority leader in 1972,and helped establish California's occupational health and safety regime.
The 2009–2010 session was a meeting of the California State Legislature.
William Wheeler Monning is an American politician who was elected to the California State Senate in 2012. A Democrat,he served in the 17th Senate District which encompasses the Central Coast. Monning was reelected to the Senate in 2016 for a second and final term ending in November,2020. Education,the environment and public health are areas of particular interest to Monning.
Francis "Frank" X. McDermott was an American Republican Party politician who served in both houses of the New Jersey Legislature.
Ian Charles Calderon is an American politician who served in the California State Assembly. He is a Democrat who represented the 57th Assembly District,which encompasses the Gateway Cities and portions of the San Gabriel Valley from 2012 to 2020. He served as the Assembly Majority Leader from 2016 to 2020. In November 2019,he announced that he would not be running for reelection in 2020,citing his desire to spend more time with his growing family.
Michael Joshua Lindner is a judge of the 19th Judicial Circuit General District Court of Virginia (Fairfax),in the United States,elected February 25,2015 by the Virginia Senate and the Virginia House of Delegates,for a 6-year term commencing July 1,2015. His election was preceded by a selection process wherein candidates were evaluated by the Fairfax Bar Judicial Selection Committee which issued an Executive Summary on his candidacy.
Lisa Yvette Calderon is an American politician serving in the California State Assembly. She is a Democrat representing the 57th Assembly District,which encompasses the Gateway Cities and portions of the San Gabriel Valley,including Whittier,South El Monte,and Hacienda Heights. In December 2019,she announced that she would be running in the 2020 election,following the retirement of her stepson,Ian Calderon.
