Biography
Representative from California; born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., January 24, 1958; B.A., California State University, Fullerton, Calif., 1980; J.D.,University of California, Los Angeles, Calif., 1985; M.B.A., University of California, Los Angeles, Calif., 1985; investment banker; real estate broker; unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the California state assembly in 1996; member of the California state assembly, 1998-2004; member of the Orange County, Calif., board of supervisors, 2005-2006; member of the California state senate, 2006-2014; unsuccessful candidate for election to the Orange County, Calif., board of supervisors in 2015; member of the California high speed rail authority, 2015-2016; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Fifteenth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2017-present).
Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress