Mike Feuer

Mike Feuer
California State Assembly District 42
Former Member
In office
2006-2012
Party	Democratic
Elections and appointments
Last election	November 2, 2010
Term limits	3 terms (6 years)
Prior offices
Los Angeles City Council
1995-2001
Education
Bachelor's	Harvard University
J.D.	Harvard University
Personal
Place of birth	San Bernadino, California
Profession	Attorney
Websites
Office website

Mike Feuer is a former Democratic member of the California State Assembly, representing District 42 from 2006 to 2012. He served on the Los Angeles City Council from 1995-2001.

Feuer is the Director of Bet Tzedek Legal Services, House of Justice. He has worked as a Judicial Clerk with the California Supreme Court, attorney with Hufstedler, Miller, Carlson & Beardsley, and Morrison & Foerster.

He is a member of the California Common Cause Board, and the Visiting Committee, Board of Overseers, Harvard Law School.

Feuer will be ineligible to run for re-election to the California State Assembly in 2012 due to term limits.

Issues

Initiatives

Feuer is a co-sponsor of ACA 6, a proposed constitutional amendment that would require that if a statewide ballot initiative would require the state government to spend money, the initiative would have to identify the source of that money.

Legislative scorecard

Capitol Weekly, California's major weekly periodical covering the state legislature, publishes an annual legislative scorecard to pin down the political or ideological leanings of every member of the legislature based on how they voted on an assortment of bills in the most recent legislative session. The 2009 scores were based on votes on 19 bills, but did not include how legislators voted on the Proposition 1A (2009). On the scorecard, "100" is a perfect liberal score and "0" is a perfect conservative score. ,

On the 2009 Capitol Weekly legislative scorecard, Feuer ranked as a 100, along with eight other Democratic members of the state assembly.

Sponsored legislation

Feuer's sponsored legislation includes:

• AB 83 - Torts: personal liability immunity
• AB 392 - Long-term health care facilities
• AB 909 - Elections: voting

For details and a full listing of sponsored bills, see the House site.

Committee assignments

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Feuer served on these committees:

• Budget Committee, California General Assembly
• Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee, California General Assembly
• Insurance Committee, California General Assembly
• Judiciary Committee, California General Assembly, Chair

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Feuer served on these committees:

• Budget Committee, California General Assembly
• Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee, California General Assembly
• Insurance Committee, California General Assembly
• Judiciary Committee, California General Assembly (Chair)
• Select Committee on Youth Violence Prevention

Elections

2012

Feuer was ineligible to run for re-election due to term limits.

2010

See also: California State Assembly elections, 2010

Feuer won re-election to the 42nd District Seat in 2010. He had no opposition in the June 8 primary. He defeated Republican Mary Toman-Miller in the November 2 general election.

California State Assembly, District 42 General Election (2010)
Candidates		Votes
Mike Feuer (D)		106,029
Mary Toman-Miller (R)		38,836

2008

In 2008 Feuer was re-elected to the California State Assembly District 42. Feuer (D) finished with 142,456 votes while his opponent Steven Sion (R) finished with 44,803 vteso.

California State Assembly District 42
Candidates		Votes
Mike Feuer (D)		142,456
Steven Sion (R)		44,803

Campaign donors

2010

In 2010, Feuer raised $737,893 in contributions.

His three largest contributors were:

Donor	Amount
Laborers Local 777	$10,600
California State Council Of Laborers	$8,900
State Building & Construction Trades Council Of California	$8,500

2008

Below are Feuer's top 5 campaign contributors in the 2008 election:

Contributor	2008 total
California State Council of Service Employees	$14,400
CA State Council of Laborers	$10,800
Southern CA Pipe Trades District Council 16	$8,750
Professional Engineers in CA Government	$8,000
United Health Care Workers West	$7,200

Personal

Feuer is married to Gail. They have two children.

Recent news

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Mike Feuer News Feed

• Democrats strike back at GOP voting measures - Northwest News and Tribune
• Los Angeles Voter Guide May 21, 2013: Mayor, Weed Measures, City Council ... - LA Weekly (blog)
• Political Blotter: Speier calls for independent IRS probe - Contra Costa Times
• California AG meets with new task force on guns - The Desert Sun
• Capitol Alert: AM Alert: Analyst gives lowdown on the budget revision - Fresno Bee
• LA City Attorney Race Heats Up Before Runoff Election - CBS Local
• Illegal dumping prosecuted; Feuer gets endorsement - Los Angeles Daily News
• California voting participation numbers are bad?is help on the way? - California Forward Reporting
• Our View: Stop health insurance rate gouging - San Gabriel Valley Tribune
• Dan Morain: State pushes 'green chemistry' - Sacramento Bee

External links

Suggest a link

• Official state assembly website of Mike Feuer
• Legislative profile of Mike Feuer on Project Vote Smart
• Biographical profile of Mike Feuer on Project Vote Smart
• Campaign contributions: 2010, 2008, 2006

References

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