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Law and Legitimacy: Legal and Policy Innovation in California

Fri, April 28, 2017
Lunch Program
Kevin de León (Pitzer '03)

Senator Kevin de León (Pitzer '03), president pro tempore of the California State Senate, will speak about the challenges and opportunities presented by legal and policy innovation in California.

With a focus on using the public policy process to empower the least fortunate and voiceless, Senator Kevin de León, a Democrat from Los Angeles who represents California's Senate District 24, leads an agenda to increase economic opportunity for all Californians focused on education, equity for women, immigrants and low-wage workers, public safety, and on maintaining the state’s leadership in building a clean-energy economy that benefits everyone.

Senator de León has authored groundbreaking legislation on a variety of issues that have become national models and exemplify his ambitious approach to policymaking. He employs this today as he leads the upper house in California’s legislature.

As leader of the Senate, pro tempore, de Leόn also serves as chair of the Rules Committee, which is responsible for vetting the Governor’s appointments that are subject to confirmation by the Senate.

De León served four years in the Assembly before his election to the Senate in 2010. He is the first person in California history to serve as the chair of the Appropriations committees in both the Assembly and Senate. In 2014, he became the first Latino elected leader of the Senate in over a century. He was the first in his family to graduate from high school, later earning a degree with honors from Pitzer College. He is a Rodel Fellow at the Aspen Institute and a guest lecturer at the University of Southern California.

Senator De León is the keynote speaker for the 2017 Southern California Law and Social Science Forum (SoCLASS) which is sponsored by the Dreier Roundtable. 

Read more information about Senator De León.

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