Pedro Nava (politician)

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Pedro Nava (born 1948) is a Democrat has represented California's 35th Assembly district since December of 2004. He succeeded Hannah Beth Jackson who was term limited.

[edit] Background

Assemblyman Nava grew up and attended public schools in Southern California. He studied at San Bernardino Community College, graduated from California State University, San Bernardino, and obtained his law degree from the University of California, Davis, Martin Luther King Jr. Hall, School of Law. After graduation from law school, Assemblyman Nava worked in job training programs for the economically disadvantaged in Fresno. Assemblyman Nava later became a Deputy District Attorney in the Fresno County DA's Office, involved in Targeted Narcotics Prosecution; headed up the county-wide Drug Crime Task Force; was a Board member of the Fresno Rape Crisis Center; and was President of the Fresno Community College President's EOP&S Advisory Committee. In 1985, he joined the Santa Barbara DA's office where, for a time, he was assigned to the Consumer/Business Law Section. Since 1987, Assemblyman Nava has been a civil litigator, primarily representing nurses and health care practitioners.

Assemblyman Nava also served on the California Coastal Commission from 1997 until 2004.

[edit] Personal

Assemblyman Nava is married to Susan Jordan, co-founder of the California Coastal Protection Network (CCPN) and Vote The Coast. Assemblyman and Mrs. Nava are the parents of Jedd, a first-year college student. They live in Santa Barbara.