• Environmental Quality, Chair
• Joint Committee on the Arts, Chair
• Governmental Organization
• Natural Resources and Water

• Select Committee on Aerospace and Defense, Chair
• Select Committee on California-Mexico Cooperation
• Select Committee on Career Technology and the New Economy
• Select Committee on Student Success
• Select Committee on Women, Work and Families
• Jewish Caucus, Chair
• Environmental Caucus, Co-Chair

Appointed Positions:

• California Coastal Conservancy, Board of Directors
• Ocean Protection Council, Board of Directors
• Public Works Board, Board of Directors
• Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, Board of Directors
• California Film Commission