Transportation and Housing Committee, California State Senate

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The Transportation and Housing Committee is a standing committee of the California State Senate.

The committee concerns itself with

• Bills relating to the operation, safety, equipment, transfer of ownership, licensing and registration of vehicles, aircraft and vessels.
• Legislation affecting the Department of Transportation and the Department of Motor Vehicles.
• Bills relating to waterways, harbors, highways, public transportation systems and airports.
• Bills relating to housing and community development, including those that affect state housing programs for low- and moderate-income families, housing elements and land use approvals for housing developments, the housing obligations of redevelopment agencies, manufactured housing, building codes and standards, common interest developments, and enterprise zones.

Members

2013-2014

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.

Transportation and Housing Members, 2013
Democratic members (7)	Republican members (3)
• Mark DeSaulnier, Chair	• Ted Gaines, Vice-chair
• James Beall Jr.	• Anthony Cannella
• Cathleen Galgiani	• Mark Wyland
• Ricardo Lara
• Carol Liu
• Fran Pavley
• Richard Roth

2011-2012

The following table describes committee membership for the 2011 legislative session.

Transportation and Housing Members, 2011
Democratic members (5)	Republican members (3)
• Mark DeSaulnier, Chair	• Ted Gaines, Vice-chair
• Christine Kehoe	• Tom Harman
• Alan Lowenthal	• Bob Huff
• Fran Pavley
• Joe Simitian

A contentious 2008 hearing before the committee

2007-2010

The following table describes committee membership for the 2011 legislative session.

Transportation and Housing Members, 2007
Democratic members (5)	Republican members (3)
• Alan Lowenthal, Chair	• Bob Huff, Vice-chair
• Mark DeSaulnier	• Roy Ashburn
• Christine Kehoe	• Tom Harman
• Fran Pavley
• Joe Simitian

External links

• Transportation and Housing Committee