New Governor, New Legislature - Can California Be Saved?

Senator MARK LENO will address these issues and answer your questions at Business Environment Breakfast.

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Mark Leno was elected to the State Senate in 2008 and represents California’s 3rd Senate District encompassing all of Marin County, and parts of Sonoma and San Francisco Counties. Senator Leno chairs the Senate Public Safety Committee and the Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee on Health and Human Services. He is also a member of five other standing committees, including Budget, Appropriations, Health, Judiciary and Labor and Industrial Relations.

From 2002-2008, Senator Leno served in the California State Assembly, representing the 13th District, which encompasses the eastern portion of San Francisco. Prior to his election to the Assembly, he served for four and a half years on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.

During his tenure in the Legislature, Senator Leno has fought for better schools and access to higher education, foster youth, a cleaner and sustainable environment, single-payer universal health care, improved transportation, renewable energy, safer streets and equal rights for all Californians.

On January 1 of 2010, ten bills that Senator Leno authored in 2009 became law. These bills addressed important statewide issues, including the rights of tenants and seniors, California’s rising prison population, renewable energy, the preservation of our state parks and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights.