Sally J. Lieber

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Sally Lieber is a Democratic California State Assemblymember and former Mountain View, CA City Council member and Vice Mayor. She represents the 22nd Assembly District, which is part of Santa Clara County. It includes most of Mountain View, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, Cupertino and parts of San Jose.

Lieber holds the office of Speaker pro Tempore in the current 2007-2008 legislative session. In the Nov 7th, 2006 general election she was reelected to her third and final term in the assembly, beating her Republican opponent Roger Riffenburgh by 68.8% to 31.2%. Next election cycle she will be term-limited out of the office.

1 Political history
2 Legislative priorities
3 Legislative accomplishments
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Political history

Lieber was elected to the City Council of Mountain View in 1998. In 2001 a group of citizens launched an effort to recall her from office but that effort ultimately failed.

Lieber was first elected to the California State Assembly in 2002. During her first term she served as Assistant Speaker pro Tempore. She is the only woman to have functioned as an officer of the assembly in her first term. She took the oath of office for Speaker pro Tempore on October 24, 2006.

In April 2006, Lieber spent several days living homeless in Silicon Valley in an attempt to understand the problems the homeless face and how the legislature can help them.

Lieber was in the press in January 2007 by announcing she was planning on introducing a bill that will make it illegal in California to spank a child three years-old or younger. The proposed bill has since been opposed by some on the basis of the practical aspects of enforcing it, though there are those who support it as well (early polling suggests that it is supported by 23% of Californians).^[1]

[edit] Legislative priorities

Sally Lieber's main legislative priorities include: increased educational and economic opportunities for all citizens of California, protection for the environment, improvements to public health, and increased social justice.

[edit] Legislative accomplishments

Lieber was instrumental in achieving passage of an increase in the state minimum wage, a green house gas reduction bill, and a legalization of gay marriage (though that bill was later vetoed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger).

She also serves on the Committee on Insurance, Committee on Judiciary, Committee on Local Government, Committee on Revenue and Taxation and as the Chair of the Committee on Mobilehomes.

[edit] References

^ Yi, Matthew. Spank a little kid, go to jail, if bill becomes law - Critics blast effort as intrusive and difficult to enforce, SFGate.com, January 19 2007, retrieved January 23 2007

Bazelon, Emily. Hitting Bottom - Why America should outlaw spanking, Slate Magazine, January 25 2007, retrieved February 1 2007.
League of Women Voters. Voter Information for Sally Lieber, SmartVoter.org, October 14 2006, retrieved November 25 2006.
Mangaliman, Jessie. No hope for GOP in some districts, Mercury News, September 24 2006, retrieved November 25 2006.
McPherson, Bruce. 2006 Election Results for State Assembly District 22, California Secretary of State Live Election Returns, November 17 2006, retrieved November 25 2006.
Myronuck, Jen. Assemblywoman Sally Lieber Goes Homeless, Citizenjen.com, April 24 2006, retrieved November 26 2006.
Office of Assemblywoman Sally J. Lieber. Speaker pro Tempore Sally Lieber takes oath of office in public ceremony in Mountain View, democrats.assembly,ca.gov, October 24 2006, retrieved November 25 2006.
Recall Lieber Committee. Recall Sally Lieber, recallsallylieber.org, August 07 2003, retrieved November 26 2006.