Fred Keeley

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Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
11-05-1996	Democratic	AD-27	86099	Win
11-03-1998	Democratic	AD-27	81234	Win
11-07-2000	Democratic	AD-27	98434	Win

Candidate Biography:

Born: May 9, 1950 in Sacramento, CA
Married: Maria Rodriguez-Keeley
University: San Jose State University (BA, Social Sciences; 1974

1980-1984: Policy Director, Santa Cruz County Supervisor Joe Cucchaira
1984-1988: Chief of Staff, Assemblymember Sam Farr
1988-1996: Member, Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors
1998: Majority Caucus Chair, California State Assembly
1998-2003: Speaker pro Tem, California State Assembly
2002-2005: Executive Director, Planning and Conservation League and the PCL Foundation
2005-2015: Treasurer, Santa Cruz County
2005-2010s: Co-Chair, Voices for Reform Coalition
2006: Leader-in-Residence, San Jose State University Political Science Department
2008-2009: Member, Commission on the 21st Century Economy
2009-Present: Member, California Ocean Science Trust, Board of Trustees

• IN HONOR OF: The Fred Keeley Lectures on the Environment at UC Santa Cruz began in 2003.
• LEGISLATION: Keeley was the author of the California Marine Life Protection Act [MLPA] (1999)

Source: California Blue Book (2000)