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rebecca
Democrat Serving in the State Assembly
Rebecca Bauer-Kahan was elected to the State Assembly in 2018 to represent the 16th Assembly District. She immediately made her mark on the legislature when she was selected by her colleagues to serve in the Assembly leadership as Assistant Speaker pro Tempore and Chair of the Select Committee on Women's Reproductive Health – the first committee of its kind in the nation.
A former environmental lawyer, Rebecca is dedicated to protecting the environment and battling climate change. She increased penalties for those who illegally dump garbage and pollute our communities (AB 1216) and worked to electrify and modernize California's ports (AB 1594).
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She has also helped small farmers succeed, reducing water consumption and protecting drinking water by codifying a program to provide small farms with grants to convert to micro-irrigation systems (AB 1086).