"I’m running for the State Senate to fight day and night on behalf of working families and local neighborhoods across the Valley.
Public service has been deeply ingrained in my DNA since I was a kid. Growing up, I witnessed my Dad, Bob Hertzberg, serve as Speaker of the California State Assembly where he did big things like bring the Orange Line to the Valley and start the first clean energy solar panel manufacturing facility in the City of Los Angeles. Then, as Senate Majority Leader, he’s fought to combat climate change, invest in public education, create jobs and so much more.
In 2015, thousands of Valley residents were the victims of the largest gas leak in U.S. history. Senator Hertzberg joint authored a new law requiring testing of the Aliso Canyon Gas Storage Facility and requiring all wells to undergo testing before new injections of gas are made. Senator’s lifelong record on the environment earned him the distinction of “One of 50 People Who Could Save the Planet.”