Maddy Associate Luncheon: A Conversation with Senator Anna Caballero
Join us for a conversation with Senator Anna Caballero (SD-14) about the latest legislation impacting our region.
Date: Friday, June 14, 2024
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Location: Fresno, CA
Email Blake Zante at blakezante@csufresno.edu for RSVP information and event details.
*In-person only
Speaker:
Senator Anna M. Caballero (SD-14) has authored key pieces of legislation like the Middle Class Housing Act (SB 6), to help families achieve the dream of home ownership, legislation that ensures locally grown, quality produce for California students (SB 490), and the Distressed Hospital Loan Program (SB/AB 112), to keep struggling hospitals from closing their doors. Senator Caballero is also the proud author of comprehensive legislation to combat climate change and extreme heat (SB 306) and the capture, removal storage and utilization of carbon (SB 905). Her strong advocacy of reproductive rights led to the creation of a support fund (SB 1142), to expand access to care during this particularly critical time in history. In 2023 Senator Caballero was instrumental in securing over half a billion dollars in direct funding to support veterans, flood victims, institutions for higher education, agricultural modernization and district-specific infrastructure projects.
Prior to her election to the State Senate, Caballero was the first female Mayor elected in the 126-year history of the City of Salinas and the first Latina elected to represent the 28th Assembly District in 2006. In 2011, Governor Edmund G. Brown hired Senator Caballero to serve as a member of his cabinet as the Secretary of the Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency. While in the Assembly, she received numerous awards for her work in youth violence prevention, protection of local government, support for public school construction, and water reliability and sustainability. Prior to her election to the Assembly, Caballero established a non-profit organization, Partners for Peace, dedicated to youth violence prevention. Devoted to representing working families at a price they could afford, Caballero and two colleagues formed the law firm of Caballero, Matcham and McCarthy, opening offices in Salinas and Hollister after graduating from UCLA law school and UC San Diego.
Maddy Associate Luncheon: A Conversation with Congressman Vince Fong
Join us for a conversation with newly elected Congressman Vince Fong (CA-20).
Date: Monday, June 17, 2024
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Location: Fresno, CA
Email Blake Zante at blakezante@csufresno.edu for RSVP information and event details.
*In-person only
Speaker:
U.S. Representative Vince Fong (CA-20), born and raised in Bakersfield, began his career with Congressman Bill Thomas, focusing on international trade policy to benefit farmers and small businesses. Later, Fong served as district director for House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy for nearly a decade, addressing public policy issues, job creation, and quality of life improvements in Kern County.
In 2016, Fong was elected for California State Assembly District 34. As Assemblyman, Fong helped lead the conversation on energy independence in California and worked to develop policies that permit business expansion and enhance job opportunities for local residents. He worked with local small business owners to create a climate for small business growth. Fong also helped organize the Valley Fever Symposium, bringing the issue into the national spotlight and convincing leaders in healthcare to conduct research and find solutions to a growing problem.
Fong was sworn into Congress on June 3 after winning a special election to complete the remainder of former U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s term. In this new role, Fong plans to focus on border security, supporting small business and investing in water storage critical to the San Joaquin Valley’s agriculture.
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