2024 marks my last year in the California Legislature. I have never taken for granted the
trust of my community. For the last eight years, I have fought hard to improve the lives of my
constituents in real, tangible ways. I’m excited for what 2025 will bring, for the change I intend
to fight for in Congress.
California, like every state, is a work in progress; I am proud of the contribution my team and I have made. The bulk of my legislation affects four issue areas: the environment,
transportation, healthcare and housing. During my time in the Legislature, I have served in
leadership as the assistant speaker pro tempore, chaired the Assembly Natural Resources
Committee, the Assembly Transportation Committee, the Assembly Select Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, and the Assembly Select Committee on Urban Development to Combat Climate Change. As chair of the Joint Rules Subcommittee on Sexual Harassment Prevention and Response, I led a historic bicameral and bipartisan reform of the Legislature’s response to sexual harassment that’s become a model for the nation. I spent 2024 chairing the Assembly Select Committee on Biodiversity, while also chairing the bicameral Environmental Caucus, and serving as the Policy chair of the Progressive Caucus.