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CLBC Members

	Hon. Holly J. Mitchell Assemblymember, 54th District Chair, California Legislative Black Caucus Chair: Assembly Budget Subcommittee #1 (Health and Human Services) Chair: Assembly Select Committee on Foster Youth Standing Committee Assignments: Budget, Insurance, Public Safety, and Health Select Committee Assignments: Community and Neighborhood Development; Delinquency Prevention and Youth Development; Disabilities; Homelessness; Human Rights, Diversity and Race Relations; Status of Boys and Men of Color; and Women of Color: Engagement, Opportunity and Progress. Joint Legislative Committee Assignments: Budget, Emergency Management Assemblymember Holly J. Mitchell, a Democrat representing Culver City and Los Angles, earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Riverside. She was elected to the Assembly in 2010. She worked as a policy analyst for the Senate Health and Human Services Committee chaired by then Senator Diane E. Watson. She served as legislative advocate for the Western Center on Law and Poverty, executive director of Los Angeles-based Black Women’s Health Project and chief executive officer of Crystal Stairs, a nonprofit Los Angeles-based child development agency. Ms. Mitchell’s legislative agenda is focused on improving Californians’ access to quality health and education, and assisting working families through job creation and expanding economic opportunity.
	Hon. Roderick D. Wright Senator, 35th District Vice Chair, California Legislative Black Caucus Chair: Senate Governmental Organization Committee Chair: Senate Select Committee on California Job Creation and Retention Chair: Subcommittee on Gaming Standing Committee Assignments: Budget and Fiscal Review; Energy, Utilities and Communications, Human Services; and Governmental Organization Select Committee Assignments: European Trade, California Ports and Goods Movement Joint Legislative Committee Assignments: Rules Senator Roderick D. Wright, a Democrat representing South Los Angeles, graduated with a degree in urban studies and city planning from Pepperdine University. He served three terms in the California State Assembly from 1996 to 2002. He was elected to the Senate in 2008. He previously served as district administrator for U.S. Representative Maxine M. Waters. He was a driving force in the African American Caucus of the California Democratic Party. Mr. Wright’s legislative agenda is focused on job creation, health care access, education, and state energy policy.
	Hon. Steven Bradford Assemblymember, 62nd District Treasurer, California Legislative Black Caucus Chair: Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee, Select Committee on the Status of Boys and Men of Color in California Standing Committee Assignments: Local Government, Appropriations, and Insurance Assemblymember Steven C. Bradford (D – Gardena) earned his bachelor’s degree in Political Science from California State University, Dominguez Hills. He was elected to the Assembly in 2009. Prior to serving in the Assembly, he was the first African American elected to the Gardena City Council, where he served 12 years. He was previously a public affairs executive for Southern California Edison. Assemblymember Bradford’s legislative agenda is focused on state energy policies, natural gas pipeline safety, clean energy, reducing our state’s reliance on the prison system and providing children with quality education and healthcare.
	Hon. Isadore Hall, III Assemblymember, 64th District Secretary, California Legislative Black Caucus Chair: Assembly Governmental Organization Committee Chair: Assembly Select Committee on Human Rights, Diversity & Race Relations Standing Committee Assignments: Appropriations; Elections and Redistricting; and Human Services Select Committee Assignments: Asia/California Trade & Investment Promotion; California-Mexico Bi-National Affairs; Community Colleges; Foster Care; Gun Violence in the East Bay; Job Creation for the New Economy; Ports; Youth & California’s Future; Fairs, Allocation & Classification Assemblymember Isadore Hall, III, a Democrat representing Compton, was elected to the California State Assembly in 2008. He was first elected in 2001 to the Compton Unified School District Board of Trustees, where he served as Board President. Hall also served six years on the Compton City Council. Hall earned his Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Phoenix and his Master’s degree in Management and Leadership from University of Southern California. Hall’s legislative agenda is focused on job creation, reducing childhood obesity and diabetes, improving public safety and expanding access to education technology.
	Hon. Cheryl R. Brown Assemblymember, 47th District Standing Committee Assignments: Rules; Housing and Community Development; Veterans Affairs; Arts Entertainment, Sports, Tourism and Internet Media; and Aging and Long Term Care Assemblymember Cheryl R. Brown was elected on November 6, 2012 to represent California's 47th Assembly District, which includes San Bernardino, Rialto, Fontana, Colton, Grand Terrace, Bloomington and Muscoy. Her key legislative priorities include economic development, small business growth, public safety and education. She is currently the chair of the Assembly Select Committee on Small Business Financing and Development Opportunities. As chair, her primary goal is to promote a strong agenda for economic development and create an environment for small business growth. Prior to joining the California State Assembly, Brown worked for the San Bernardino County Planning Department. She later served on the County and City Planning Commissions for 17 years. During her tenure as a commissioner, she was elected president of the California County Planning Commissioners Association. In 1980, Brown and her husband, Hardy, founded Brown Publishing Company to produce a weekly community newspaper, Black Voice News, which focuses on local news in Riverside and San Bernardino counties. Black Voice News was originally established in 1972 and purchased by the Browns in 1980. The Browns, married for 50 years, have been recognized as the only living publishers to be included in the 175th anniversary of the Black Press of America. Their names were added to such historic publishers as Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells-Barnett and Carlotta Bass – all of whom overcame great obstacles to publish the truth and to give a voice to the disenfranchised. Assembly Member Brown has received numerous awards during her career. She has received awards as a community leader, business woman, and religious leader. Her awards include but are not limited to: Alumnus of the year from California State University, Publisher of the Year, from West Coast Black Publisher’s Association, NAACP, Boys and Girls Club of San Bernardino, Gorgonia Girl Scout Council, YWCA, Woman of Achievement. She has also been awarded for business by the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO), Inland Empire, and the Inland Empire Region of the Church of God, the A.M.E., and Seventh Day Adventist Churches of the Inland Empire. In 2012 the Browns celebrated 40 years of publishing excellence and held a black tie gala honoring 40 extraordinary individuals from the Inland Empire.
	Hon. Christopher Holden Assemblymember, 41st District Standing Committee Assignments: Appropriations; Business, Professions & Consumer Protection; Labor & Employment; Transportation Select Committee Assignments: Community Colleges; Innovative Green Financing Mechanisms; Legislative Ethics; Small Business Financing & Development Opportunities Boards: Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy Board of Governors Assemblymember Chris Holden, a Democrat representing Pasadena, earned his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from California State University, San Diego. He was elected in 2012. He serves as Assembly Majority Whip. Mr. Holden was previously elected to the Pasadena City Council. He was elected Pasadena Mayor in 1997. He was instrumental in expanding the Metro Gold Line connecting the San Gabriel Valley region to Metro Los Angeles, creating jobs and new business activity. He is president and owner of Pasadena-based CHMB Consulting Firm. Mr. Holden’s legislative agenda is focused on construction and transit-oriented development for the Metro Gold Line Pasadena-Azusa-Montclair extension, economic opportunities for start-up companies and small businesses and support for active duty military personnel.
	Hon. Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer, Sr. Assemblymember, 59th District Chair: Assembly Budget Subcommittee #5 (Public Safety) Standing Committee Assignments: Budget; Governmental Organization; Higher Education; Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security; and Public Safety Subcommittee Assignments: Budget Subcommittee #6 (Budget Process, Oversight and Program Evaluation); Select Committee Assignments: Addressing Out of School, Unemployed Youth; Higher Education in San Diego County; Human Rights, Diversity and Race Relations; Status of Boys & Men of Color in California Joint Committee Assignments: Joint Legislative Budget Assembly Member Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer Sr., a Democrat representing Los Angeles, earned his bachelor’s degree in Public Administration from the University of Southern California. He was elected in 2012. He previously served as director of Asset Management for the City of Los Angeles, chair of the L.A. County Small Business Commission, Assistant Deputy Mayor for the City of Los Angeles. He was vice president of the L.A. Professional Managers Association. Mr. Jones-Sawyer’s legislative agenda is focused on job creation, fair employment, justice and corrections, improving access to California’s education systems, and school campus safety.
	Hon. Curren Price Senator, 26th District Chair: Business Professions and Economic Development Chair: Joint Legislative Committee on the Arts Chair: Senate Select Committee on Procurement Standing Committee Assignments: Appropriations; Banking, Finance and Insurance; Education; Public Safety Subcommittee Assignments: Senate Budget Subcommittee #5 (Corrections, Public Safety and the Judiciary) Select Committee Assignments: Procurement Senator Curren Price, Democrat representing Los Angeles, earned his bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Stanford University. He earned his law degree from Santa Clara University School of Law. He was elected to the Assembly in 2006. He was elected to the Senate in 2009. He served on the Inglewood City Council for 10-years. Mr. Price’s legislative agenda is focused on small business, working families, education, economic development, and quality health care. Mr. Price was elected to represent the Los Angeles City Council’s Ninth District in May 2013.
	Hon. Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D. Assemblymember, 79th District Chair: Assembly Select Committee on Higher Education in San Diego County Standing Committee Assignments: Appropriations, Banking and Finance, Education, Higher Education, and Rules Select Committee Assignments: Agriculture and the Environment; Biotechnology; California’s Clean Energy Economy; California-Mexico Bi-National Affairs; Community and Neighborhood Development; Domestic Violence; Increasing the Integration of Science, Technology and Engineering in California K-12 Schools; Out of School, Unemployed Youth; Regional Approaches to Addressing the State’s Water Crisis; Regional Transportation Solutions; and Women of Color: Engagement, Opportunity and Progress Assemblymember Shirley Nash Weber, a Democrat representing San Diego, earned her B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. from University of California, Los Angeles. She was elected in 2012. She previously served as a professor at California State University, San Diego. Dr. Weber is former president of the San Diego Unified School District Board of Education. She chaired the San Diego Citizens Equal Opportunity Commission. Dr. Weber’s legislative agenda is focused on small business procurement, K-12 education curriculum, public safety, student financial aid, and juvenile justice youth assistance programs.