The Chamber

Current Office: Governor
First Elected: 11/02/2010
Next Election: 2014
Party: Democratic

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Anne Gust
Birth date: 04/07/1938
Birthplace: San Francisco, CA
Home City: CA
Religion:

Profession

Law Clerk, Justice Mathew Tobriner, California Supreme Court Founder, Oakland Military Institute Founder, Oakland School for the Arts Attorney, Tuttle and Taylor

Education

JD, Yale University, 1964 BA, Classics, University of California, Berkeley, 1961

SB 95 Increase State's Ability to Borrow
Stage: Passage
Vote: Sign

SB 469 Requirements for Expansion by Large Retailers
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

SB 931 Limits Fees for Payroll Debit Cards
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

AB 275 Rainwater Capture Act of 2011
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

AB 767 State Capitol Sustainability Task Force
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

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SB 95 Increase State's Ability to Borrow
Stage: Passage
Vote: Sign

SB 469 Requirements for Expansion by Large Retailers
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

SB 931 Limits Fees for Payroll Debit Cards
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

AB 275 Rainwater Capture Act of 2011
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

AB 767 State Capitol Sustainability Task Force
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

AB 1210 Stormwater Discharge and Water Quality
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

SB 14 State Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

SB 416 California Health Survey
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

SB 427 Ammunition and Arms
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

SB 508 Income and Business Tax Credits
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

SB 833 Solid Waste Disposal Facilities
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

AB 353 DUI Inspection Checkpoints and Unlicensed Drivers
Stage: Passage
Vote: Sign

AB 38 Banking
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

AB 172 State Agency Websites
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

AB 267 Employment Contracts
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

AB 325 Employee Rights to Bereavement Leave
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

AB 1044 Tax Payments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

AB 1055 Solicitation of Contributions from Regulated Persons or Corporations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

AB 1220 Land Use and Planning
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

SB 127 Official Medical Fee Schedule
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

SB 503 Judges' Retirement
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

SB 538 Nursing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

SB 586 Signature Stamps for Banks and Credit Unions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

SB 747 Education on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Patients
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

AB 433 Birth Certificates for Transgendered Individuals
Stage: Passage
Vote: Sign

AB 887 Prohibits Discrimination Against Transgendered Individuals
Stage: Passage
Vote: Sign

SB 746 Prohibits the Use of Tanning Beds by Minors
Stage: Passage
Vote: Sign

AB 499 Authorizes Minors to Seek Medical Care for STDs
Stage: Passage
Vote: Sign

SB 51 Compliance with Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Sign

AB 1236 Prohibits Requirement of Electronic Employment Verification
Stage: Passage
Vote: Sign

AB 165 Prohibits Public Schools from Charging Fees for Educational Activities
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

SB 185
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

AB 65 Statewide Ballot Pamphlet
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

AB 211 Workers' Compensation Permanent Disability Benefits
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

AB 584 Workers' Compensation Utilization Review
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

AB 651 Paid Circulators for Ballot Initiatives
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

AB 862 Regional Centers for Developmental Services
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

AB 894 Economic Development
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

AB 947 Workers' Compensation Temporary Disability Payments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

AB 1121 Dog Licensing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

AB 1155 Workers' Compensation.
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

SB 199 Vote by Mail Ballots
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

SB 205 Paid Voter Registration Activities
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

SB 334 Statewide Ballot Pamphlet
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

SB 364 Business Tax Credits
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

SB 439 Limits on Gifts to Public Officials
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

SB 702 Microchip Implants for Animals
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

SB 222 Relating to Individual Health Care Coverage for Maternity Services
Stage: Passage
Vote: Sign

SB 299 Pregnancy or Childbirth Leave for Employees
Stage: Passage
Vote: Sign

AB 101 Allows Family Child Care Providers to Organize
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

AB 1319 Prohibiting the Use of BPA in Baby Products
Stage: Passage
Vote: Sign

AB 1424 Suspending the Licenses of Delinquent Taxpayers
Stage: Passage
Vote: Sign

AB 91 Community Colleges
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

AB 656 Committees and Commissions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

SBX1 8 Redevelopment
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

AB 129 Local Government Fines and Penalties
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

AB 952 High-Speed Rail
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

AB 1147 Dependent Children Status Reports
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

SB 834 Integrated Regional Water Management Plans
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

SB 671 Continuing Education Requirements for Shorthand Reporters
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

SB 292 Authorizes Governor to Expedite Environmental Review
Stage: Passage
Vote: Sign

AB 135 Health and Safety Code
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

AB 559 Amending Civil Actions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

AB 650 Transportation Bill
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

AB 750 Relating to Finance
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

SB 386 Proposed State Park Closures
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

SB 715 Annuity Transactions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

SB 847 Zoning Restrictions for Residential Use of Medical Marijuana
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

AB 142 Guilty Pleas in Criminal Court Cases for Undocumented Immigrants
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

AB 274 Unemployment Claims
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

AB 293 Vote-By-Mail Ballots
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

AB 390 Renewal Notices for Vehicle Identification Cards
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

SB 28 Use of Cell Phones While Driving
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

SB 88 Candidate Names
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

SB 105 Snow Sport Helmets
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

SB 111 Civil Rights and Language Restrictions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

SB 350 Pre-Retirement Death Benefits
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

SB 448 Relating to Elections
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

SB 745 School Attendance
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

SB 888 Picketing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

AB 446 Restorative Justice Program
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

AB 1216 Assisted Housing Developments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

SB 211 Tire Inflation Regulation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

SB 724 State Air Resources Board
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

AB 1395 Public Employment
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

AB 312 Civil rights of Homeless Persons
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

AB 201 Veterans Courts
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

SB 39 Bans Caffeinated Alcohol Drinks
Stage: Passage
Vote: Sign

SB 168 Compensation for Petition Signatures
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

SB 582 Commute Benefit Policies
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

SB 627 Driving Schools and Traffic Violator Schools
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

AB 96 Adult Health Daycare Program
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

AB 455 Local Public Employee Organizations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

SB 759 Astro Turf
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

SB 48 Requires Teaching Gay History
Stage: Passage
Vote: Sign

AB 1281 Audioconferencing at Parole Hearings
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

SB 278 Ski Resorts
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

ABX1 34 Property Tax Postponement
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

SB 104 Labor Representatives
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

SB 69 State Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

AB 98 State Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

SB 2 Increasing Renewable Energy
Stage: Passage
Vote: Sign

AB 109 Criminal Justice Realignment
Stage: Passage
Vote: Sign

SB 70 Education Budget Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Sign

SB 74 Developmental Services Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Line Item Veto

SB 80 General Government Appropriations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Line Item Veto

SB 82 Management of Cash Resources
Stage: Passage
Vote: Line Item Veto

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