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Senate District 18
Democrat Bob Hertzberg currently represents Senate District 18 and will not be termed out until 2022. Hertzberg will not be up for re-election until 2018.
District Summary
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Voter Registration
Total Voters - 423,006 Democrat - 51.72% Republican - 16.58% No Party Preference - 26.32% |
Demographics
White - 29.05% Latino - 56.53% Black - 4.23% Asian - 8.93% |
Citizen Voting Age Population
Latino - 38.04% Black - 5.70% Asian - 8.90% |
Counties
Los Angeles |
Major Cities
Los Angeles San Fernando Burbank |
District Vote History
2014
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Senate District 18
Bob Hertzberg (D) - 70% Ricardo Benitez (R) - 30% |
Governor
Jerry Brown (D) - 72% Neel Kashkari (R) - 28% |
Secretary of State
Alex Padilla (D) - 69% Pete Peterson (R) - 31% |
Proposition 46: MICRA
Yes - 39% No - 61% |
2012
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U.S. President
Barack Obama (D) - 74% Mitt Romney (R) - 24% |
U.S. Senator
Diane Feinstein (D) - 75% Elizabeth Emken (R) - 25% |
Proposition 30: Income and Sales Tax Increase
Yes - 63% No - 37% |
Bob Hertzberg Biography
Hi. I’m Bob Hertzberg. It is my honor and privilege to serve the nearly 1 million residents of the San Fernando Valley in the California Senate, for which I was elected in November, 2014.
As many of you know, this is not my first stint as a statewide policy maker. I was first elected to the California Assembly in 1996. After three years of hard work, I was twice unanimously elected Speaker and served until 2002. Then I spent a dozen years building a successful a career in private industry and helping to establish groundbreaking public policy in several areas. I’ve always fought for BIG and BOLD ideas to fix California and tried to always think long term and solve tough problems.
As Speaker, for example, I helped preserve the quality of our air and water. I fought to stop the abuse of the elderly and to protect consumers from credit card companies and big banks. I supported expansion of the Cal-Grants program, giving more poor students unprecedented access to California’s colleges and universities. And I responded to public safety concerns by leading the way on opening new criminal investigation laboratories. By focusing on the future, such as our education infrastructure, our next generation of leaders can only be better prepared to make public policy.
Among other accomplishments, on a range of issues challenging California:
Staying active
After leaving government service in 2002, I continued to be active, as a global clean-energy entrepreneur, as a lawyer and as a leader on government reform. Even though I left public office, I never stopped devoting time and energy toward solving California’s toughest problems.
The result – today I am better qualified to serve California and am more knowledgeable of our problems than before. Working outside government for more than a decade provided invaluable insights into how our great state can better compete globally. I better understand the nuances of creating economic change.
Many of these insights came from working around the globe – traveling throughout China and to numerous countries in Africa. In recognition of these efforts, I received the World Bank Award for Lighting Africa for a project in Rwanda. Also, UK Guardian, Europe’s leading newspaper, named me one of the “50 people who could save the planet.”
I broadened my business background when I co-founded Solar Integrated Technologies, the first solar company in Los Angeles. I then co-founded Renewable Capital – a first-of-its-kind green venture capital company. Through Renewable Capital, I co-founded G24 Innovations, a company that produced lightweight and inexpensive solar panels.
Background
As a native of Los Angeles, I graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Redlands with bachelor’s degrees in History and English. Three years later, I received my Juris Doctor from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, and have been an active member of the State Bar since 1979. I have two grown sons. David is a classical music composer and a Juilliard Graduate, and Daniel graduated Goucher College and, like me (poor guy), loves politics and public policy.
As many of you know, this is not my first stint as a statewide policy maker. I was first elected to the California Assembly in 1996. After three years of hard work, I was twice unanimously elected Speaker and served until 2002. Then I spent a dozen years building a successful a career in private industry and helping to establish groundbreaking public policy in several areas. I’ve always fought for BIG and BOLD ideas to fix California and tried to always think long term and solve tough problems.
As Speaker, for example, I helped preserve the quality of our air and water. I fought to stop the abuse of the elderly and to protect consumers from credit card companies and big banks. I supported expansion of the Cal-Grants program, giving more poor students unprecedented access to California’s colleges and universities. And I responded to public safety concerns by leading the way on opening new criminal investigation laboratories. By focusing on the future, such as our education infrastructure, our next generation of leaders can only be better prepared to make public policy.
Among other accomplishments, on a range of issues challenging California:
- Helped negotiate more than $35 billion in school construction bonds – the largest municipal bond issue in U.S. history.
- Hammered out a settlement on prudent water policies that advanced landmark agriculture-to-urban water transfers and provided a framework to end nearly seven decades of California/Colorado River water disputes.
- Fought for establishment of a 10th UC campus in Merced to educate under-served students in an underserved region.
Staying active
After leaving government service in 2002, I continued to be active, as a global clean-energy entrepreneur, as a lawyer and as a leader on government reform. Even though I left public office, I never stopped devoting time and energy toward solving California’s toughest problems.
The result – today I am better qualified to serve California and am more knowledgeable of our problems than before. Working outside government for more than a decade provided invaluable insights into how our great state can better compete globally. I better understand the nuances of creating economic change.
Many of these insights came from working around the globe – traveling throughout China and to numerous countries in Africa. In recognition of these efforts, I received the World Bank Award for Lighting Africa for a project in Rwanda. Also, UK Guardian, Europe’s leading newspaper, named me one of the “50 people who could save the planet.”
I broadened my business background when I co-founded Solar Integrated Technologies, the first solar company in Los Angeles. I then co-founded Renewable Capital – a first-of-its-kind green venture capital company. Through Renewable Capital, I co-founded G24 Innovations, a company that produced lightweight and inexpensive solar panels.
Background
As a native of Los Angeles, I graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Redlands with bachelor’s degrees in History and English. Three years later, I received my Juris Doctor from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, and have been an active member of the State Bar since 1979. I have two grown sons. David is a classical music composer and a Juilliard Graduate, and Daniel graduated Goucher College and, like me (poor guy), loves politics and public policy.
Bob Hertzberg Political History
1973-1974: Intern for State Senator Mervyn Dymally
1978-1979: California Advisory Commission on Youth Chair
1984-1988: California State Board of Pharmacy Member
1996-2002: California State Assemblymember
2005: Unsuccessfully Ran for Mayor of Los Angeles
2014-Present: California State Senator
1978-1979: California Advisory Commission on Youth Chair
1984-1988: California State Board of Pharmacy Member
1996-2002: California State Assemblymember
2005: Unsuccessfully Ran for Mayor of Los Angeles
2014-Present: California State Senator
Bob Hertzberg Statement of Economic Interest (Form 700)
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Committee Membership
Elections and Constitutional Amendments - Member
Energy, Utilities and Communications - Member
Governance and Finance - Chair
Judiciary - Member
Natural Resources and Water - Member
Energy, Utilities and Communications - Member
Governance and Finance - Chair
Judiciary - Member
Natural Resources and Water - Member
Bob Hertzberg Staff
Capitol Office 916-651-2018
Diane Griffiths - Chief of Staff (diane.griffiths@sen.ca.gov)
Michael Bedard - Legislative Director (michael.bedard@sen.ca.gov)
Ray Sotero - Communications Director (ray.sotero@sen.ca.gov)
Terra Grantham - Scheduler (terra.grantham@sen.ca.gov)
Elizabeth Bojorquez - Legislative Aide (elizabeth.bojorquez@sen.ca.gov)
Zulma Michaca - Legislative Aide (zulma.michaca@sen.ca.gov)
Brayden Borcherding - Fellow (brayden.Borcherding@sen.ca.gov)
Van Nuys District Office 818-901-5588
Barri Girvan - District Director (barri.girvan@sen.ca.gov)
Eveline Bravo-Ayala - District Representative (eveline.bravoayala@sen.ca.gov)
Raj Dhillon - District Representative (raj.dhillon@sen.ca.gov)
Steve Fukushima - District Representative (steve.fukushima@sen.ca.gov)
Marco Santana - District Representative (marco.santana@sen.ca.gov)
Diane Griffiths - Chief of Staff (diane.griffiths@sen.ca.gov)
Michael Bedard - Legislative Director (michael.bedard@sen.ca.gov)
Ray Sotero - Communications Director (ray.sotero@sen.ca.gov)
Terra Grantham - Scheduler (terra.grantham@sen.ca.gov)
Elizabeth Bojorquez - Legislative Aide (elizabeth.bojorquez@sen.ca.gov)
Zulma Michaca - Legislative Aide (zulma.michaca@sen.ca.gov)
Brayden Borcherding - Fellow (brayden.Borcherding@sen.ca.gov)
Van Nuys District Office 818-901-5588
Barri Girvan - District Director (barri.girvan@sen.ca.gov)
Eveline Bravo-Ayala - District Representative (eveline.bravoayala@sen.ca.gov)
Raj Dhillon - District Representative (raj.dhillon@sen.ca.gov)
Steve Fukushima - District Representative (steve.fukushima@sen.ca.gov)
Marco Santana - District Representative (marco.santana@sen.ca.gov)
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