Senator Jenny Oropeza
Oropeza served six years in the Assembly, 2000-2006, and in November 2006 garnered 62 percent of the vote to win election to the 28th Senate District, which includes the cities of Carson, El Segundo, Hermosa Beach, Lomita, Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach, and Torrance; the Los Angeles communities of Cheviot Hills, Del Aire, Del Rey, Harbor City, Harbor Gateway, Lennox, Mar Vista, Marina del Rey, Palms, Playa del Rey, Rancho Park, San Pedro, West Los Angeles, Westchester, Wilmington and Venice; and part of the city of Long Beach.
In January 2002, with barely a year's experience in the Assembly, Oropeza was named chair of the Assembly Budget Committee — on the eve of the worst deficit in California history. She served two years leading one of the toughest committees in the Legislature.
From 2004 to 2006, Oropeza chaired the powerful Assembly Transportation Committee. From that post, Oropeza, who served five years on the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board, fought to improve highway and transit-funding policies.
She is past Vice Chair of the dual-house Latino Caucus. In 2005, the League of California City´s Latino Caucus named her Legislator of the Year; in 2006, the Los Angeles League of Conservation Voters awarded her the Smith-Weiss Environmental Champion Award for her work on issues from air pollution and cancer prevention to radiation and environmental advocacy.
In January 2002, with barely a year's experience in the Assembly, Oropeza was named chair of the Assembly Budget Committee — on the eve of the worst deficit in California history. She served two years leading one of the toughest committees in the Legislature.
From 2004 to 2006, Oropeza chaired the powerful Assembly Transportation Committee. From that post, Oropeza, who served five years on the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board, fought to improve highway and transit-funding policies.
She is past Vice Chair of the dual-house Latino Caucus. In 2005, the League of California City´s Latino Caucus named her Legislator of the Year; in 2006, the Los Angeles League of Conservation Voters awarded her the Smith-Weiss Environmental Champion Award for her work on issues from air pollution and cancer prevention to radiation and environmental advocacy.
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Articles by Senator Jenny Oropeza
April 03, 2009
Take a deep breath behind a school bus — any school bus — and a thought immediately comes to mind.
This cannot be healthy.
Now, multiply that bus by tenfold or more, and an idea of the air quality around our schools becomes distressingly apparent. Throw in the exhaust put out by...
August 10, 2008
Attention directionally challenged road warriors: Deliverance is at hand.
Most people in our car-dependant culture have encountered the stubborn spouse who refuses to pull over for directions, the disgruntled child who repeatedly asks, "are we there yet?" or the frustration that comes from fra...
August 10, 2008
When soaring food and oil prices hit our family budgets, when more and more people do not have sufficient money to buy enough food, when a global food crisis kills children, and when a quarter of all food is wasted and ends up in landfills, contributing to global warming, leaders must act.
That&acu...
August 09, 2008
Attention directionally challenged road warriors: Deliverance is at hand.
Most people in our car-dependant culture have encountered the stubborn spouse who refuses to pull over for directions, the disgruntled child who repeatedly asks, "are we there yet?" or the frustration that comes from fra...
February 27, 2008
Leadership means solving problems. Business executives must keep business growing for the benefit of their shareholders, government leaders must make difficult public service funding decisions with a fixed amount of revenue, and single parents must balance food, clothing, and housing needs within t...
December 20, 2007
SANTA MONICA – We are killing our children by poisoning the air they breathe.
At the same time, it comes as no surprise, that those living closest to pollution sources like congested freeways, refineries and the ports also are the ones most likely to believe regional air pollution is a problem a...
October 03, 2007
Governor to decide on car-smoking ban by Oct. 14.
How many times have you ever had to hold your breath while walking out of a building because of a cloud of cigarette smoke?
Some may argue that you have the freedom to walk a different direction.
Or what about the type of hotel room ...
May 26, 2006
Have you ever had to hold your breath while walking out of a building because of a cloud of cigarette smoke, even if the source was the required distance of 20 feet? Did you come away with your clothes and hair smelling of cigarettes and the knowledge that, if you smelled like smoke, surely your lu...
August 23, 2005
Our treatments may be killing us. Consider the following:
In the United States alone, one in three women and one in two men will suffer from cancer at some time during their lifetime.
In California each year, about 22,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer, and another 4,000 residents wi...