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2018-12-01 |
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| Name | Rebecca Bauer-Kahan |
| Address |
Orinda, California , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | [Link] |
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October 28, 1978
(46 years)
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| Contributor | RBH |
| Last Modifed | Juan Croniqueur
Feb 16, 2024 05:13am |
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| Info | Rebecca Bauer-Kahan was first elected to the California 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.
In the Assembly, Rebecca has been laser-focused on issues that reflect our community's values and on delivering fiscal resources that our region desperately needs. In 2022 alone, she passed 15 pieces of legislation highlighting District 16 priorities, including bills strengthening gun safety, protecting victims of sexual exploitation, providing better access to health care, streamlining government services, improving the environment and more. She has also secured millions of dollars over the past five years to fund important local projects in Assembly District 16, which includes the communities of Orinda, Moraga, Lafayette, Walnut Creek, Danville, San Ramon, Dublin, Pleasanton and Livermore.
Before serving her community in the Assembly, Rebecca was an accomplished attorney, environmental advocate, community volunteer, law professor and mother. As an attorney, Rebecca specialized in ensuring major corporations complied with environmental laws and regulations by leading internal investigations to improve their environmental practices, while maintaining profitability. She also oversaw and grew her office’s pro bono legal programs to include work in the critical arenas of civil rights, immigration, homelessness and domestic violence.
Rebecca is the granddaughter of refugees, who came to the United States to escape the Holocaust. They were able to secure a sponsor, a stranger who made a great sacrifice to allow them to survive – and thrive – here in this country. Her grandparents’ experience has shaped Rebecca's perspective, inspiring her to help others in her own community. That included spearheading the effort to provide emergency legal services at San Francisco International Airport on behalf of the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) to assist refugees and immigrants impacted by the Trump Administration’s travel ban.
Rebecca is a proud Bay Area native and a product of public schools. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and Georgetown University Law Center. She and her husband, Darren, live in Orinda with their three children.
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