About Rebecca

Since she was elected to the California State Assembly to represent the 16th Assembly District in 2018, she has been laser-focused getting results on issues that reflect our community's values and delivered vital resources for our region. She has consistently worked across the ideological spectrum and stood up to powerful interests to get things done for local families – without sacrificing our core values.

​In the Assembly, Rebecca has authored more than 80 bills that have passed the legislature, including bills keeping kids safe online, strengthening gun safety, protecting victims of sexual exploitation, providing better access to health care, ensuring reproductive rights, streamlining government services, improving the environment and more. She has also secured millions of dollars to fund important local projects in AD 16, which includes the communities of Orinda, Moraga, Lafayette, Walnut Creek, Danville, San Ramon, Dublin, Pleasanton and Livermore.

Before serving her community in the Assembly, Rebecca was an accomplished attorney, environmental advocate, community volunteer, law professor and mother. As an attorney, Rebecca specialized in ensuring major corporations complied with environmental laws and regulations by leading internal investigations to improve their environmental practices, while maintaining profitability. She also oversaw and grew her office’s pro bono legal programs to include work in the critical arenas of civil rights, immigration, homelessness and domestic violence.

Rebecca is the granddaughter of refugees, who came to the United States to escape the Holocaust. They were able to secure a sponsor, a stranger who made a great sacrifice to allow them to survive – and thrive – here in this country. Her grandparents’ experience has shaped Rebecca's perspective, inspiring her to help others in her own community.