Anthony Cannella
From Ballotpedia
| Anthony Cannella | ||
 | ||
| California State Senate District 12 | ||
| Incumbent | ||
| In office | ||
| December 6, 2010-Present | ||
| Term ends | ||
| December 16, 2014 | ||
| Years in position | 3 | |
| Party | Republican | |
| Compensation | ||
| Base salary | $95,291/year | |
| Per diem | $141.86/day | |
| Elections and appointments | ||
| First elected | November 2, 2010 | |
| Next election | November 4, 2014 | |
| Term limits | 2 terms | |
| Education | ||
| Bachelor's | University of California, Davis | |
| Personal | ||
| Profession | Small Business Owner | |
| Websites | ||
| Office website | ||
| Personal website | ||
 | ||
Contents |
Biography
Cannella earned his B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of California at Davis. His professional experience includes serving on the Planning Commission of the City of Ceres for four years. He also served on the Ceres City Council from 2003 to 2005. He has served as Mayor of the City of Ceres since 2005.
Committee assignments
2013-2014
At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Cannella served on the following committees:
| California Committee Assignments, 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| • Agriculture, Vice-chair | ||||
| • Energy, Utilities and Communications | ||||
| • Governmental Organization | ||||
| • Natural Resources and Water, Vice-chair | ||||
| • Transportation and Housing | ||||
| • Arts | ||||
| • Fairs, Allocation, and Classification | ||||
| • Legislative Audit | ||||
| • Joint Rules | ||||
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Cannella served on these committees:
| California Committee Assignments, 2011 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| • Agriculture, Chair | ||||
| • Veterans Affairs, Vice-chair | ||||
| • Governmental Organization | ||||
| • Natural Resources and Water | ||||
| • Arts | ||||
| • Fairs, Allocation, and Classification | ||||
| • Rules | ||||
Issues
Campaign themes
Cannella's campaign website lists the following issues:
- Supporting Agriculture
- Excerpt: "Misguided water policies, unprecedented regulations, and excessive taxation have damaged California’s agricultural economy."
- Creating Better Paying Jobs
- Excerpt: "In the Senate, he will continue his efforts to improve the local business climate so businesses can grow and create new job opportunities. He will protect employers from countless regulatory hurdles that keep them from hiring more of our people."
- Making Neighborhoods Safer
- Excerpt: "As Mayor, Anthony made public safety his highest priority. Anthony beefed up firefighting efforts and helped save lives and property by lowering response times by emergency responders."
- Water
- Excerpt: "As Mayor, Anthony worked with staff to ensure the City had reliable water supplies and a better delivery system. He made well development and well rehabilitation a top priority."
- Improving Educational Opportunities
- Excerpt: "As Mayor, Anthony has worked closely with school officials to keep students safe and lower the dropout rate."
- Demand Fiscal Responsibility
- Excerpt: "As Mayor, Anthony took a budget that was $2 million in the red and balanced it. He made cuts by reviewing the budget on a line-by-line basis."
- Fighting for our District
- Excerpt: "Anthony Cannella knows that Los Angeles and San Francisco get an unfair share of the state’s budget and that inequity hurts everyone of us."
- Oppose Higher Taxes
- Excerpt: "Hard working Californians can’t afford higher taxes and the state’s economy can’t afford another round of job-killing tax hikes."
- Health Care
- Excerpt: "Anthony will push to expand health care options for employees by allowing them to purchase health insurance through a licensed provider."[1]
Elections
2010
- See also: California State Senate elections, 2010
Cannella defeated Anna Caballero in the November 2 general election.[2]
| California State Senate, District 12 General Election (2010) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | |||
 Anthony Cannella (R)
|
92,270 | |||
| Anna Caballero (D) | 86,963 | |||
Campaign donors
2010
In 2010, Cannella raised $2,177,529 in contributions. [3]
His four largest contributors were:
| Donor | Amount |
|---|---|
| California Republican Party | $1,120,408 |
| Republican Party Of Stanislaus County | $174,000 |
| Republican Party Of Tulare County | $29,000 |
| California Building Industry Association | $11,700 |
Personal
Cannella and his wife, Julie, have four children.
Recent news
This section displays the most recent stories in a google news search for the term Anthony + Cannella + California + Senate
- All stories may not be relevant to this page due to the nature of the search engine.
Anthony Canella News Feed
- TURLOCK NOW: Councilman Nascimento's new job - Modesto Bee
- Legislature passes Medicaid expansion in Calif. - Greenwich Time
- California lawmakers expand Medicaid in final budget voting - Contra Costa Times
- California Senate committee seeks to criminalize online 'revenge porn' - abc7.com
- California Legislature passes Medicaid expansion to 1.4M residents - abc7news.com
- Bill to tackle cattle rustling moves to California Senate - Capital Press
- Lawmakers OK Medicaid expansion - Monterey County Herald
- Votes remain on handful of Calif. budget measures - Greenwich Time
- Calif. lawmakers expand Medicaid in final budget voting - ModernHealthcare.com
- Five CA GOP state senators back $2 billion tax increase - Watchdog.org
Cite error: <ref> tags exist, but no <references/> tag was found
External links
- Anthony Cannella's campaign website
- Senate website
- Project Vote Smart Biography
- Project Vote Smart legislative profile
- Campaign contributions: 2010
References
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Jeff Denham |
California State Senate District 12 2010–present |
Succeeded by NA |
| |||||||||||||||||
 |
This California-related article is a stub. You can help people learn about California politics by expanding it. |
