Name |
Anna Caballero |
Office Held |
California Assemblymember, 28th District |
Term |
2006-2011 |
Party |
Democratic |
A strong advocate for public safety, affordable housing, quality health care and education, Assembly Member Anna Caballero was elected to serve the 28th Assembly District in November of 2006. The district consists of San Benito County, the Salinas Valley, North Monterey County, Watsonville, and South Santa Clara County.
Now in her second term, Caballero has been re-appointed as chair of the Committee on Local Government, and as a member of the following committees: Accountability and Administrative Review; Budget; Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Resources; Water, Parks and Wildlife; and, the Select Committee on Renewable Energy. In recognition of her extensive work to prevent youth violence and gang membership, Caballero has also been re-appointed as chair of the Select Committee on Youth Violence Prevention.
Born to a family of copper miners, Caballero graduated from the University of California San Diego magna cum laude with a B.A. in Sociology, and earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of California Los Angeles. She moved to the Salinas Valley 30 years ago to work for California Rural Legal Assistance (CRLA). As an attorney, she represented striking farm workers and fought side by side with unions to prevent plant closures.
Seeing the need for legal representation at a price working families could afford, Caballero and two colleagues founded a law firm, Caballero, Matcham & McCarthy, in 1982. The business received many awards, and she was personally recognized by the Salinas Valley Chamber of Commerce with the Athena Award for entrepreneurial excellence.
Assembly Member Caballero took a leave from her law practice to serve as the executive director of Partners for Peace, a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing the community together to prevent gang violence, with a focus on literacy, early childhood education, youth employment and empowerment, and providing services to families.
Moving from law to public service, Caballero spent five years on the Salinas Planning Commission and was elected to the Salinas City Council in 1991. She was then elected Mayor of Salinas in 1998, and served in that role until her election to the Assembly.
Assembly Member Caballero is also a wife, mother, and grandmother. Her husband, Juan Uranga, is the director of the Center for Community Advocacy in Salinas.
Above taken from the bio on her official Assembly website
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