I am honored to serve as your Yolo County Supervisor. My priorities are to preserve and protect open space and farmland in Yolo County; to reduce our carbon footprint, to promote services for seniors, children, crime victims, and the disabled; and to assure that Yolo County is able to provide essential public safety services.

I have over 40 years of state and local government experience, and a long career in public interest law. I served as a special assistant district attorney for 23 years, promoting enforcement of environmental and worker safety laws, prosecution of domestic violence and child abuse prevention cases, and legislation to prevent the release of sexual violent predators.

I was born in Buffalo, New York in 1955. My family moved to San Diego, California in 1959 where I resided until 1968. From 1968 until I left for College, I lived in Camarillo, CA in Ventura County. I then attended UC Santa Barbara, graduating with a B.A. in Political Science in 1977. Following that, I earned my law degree in 1980 from UC Davis. I am a member of the California State Bar Association.

After law school, I returned to Santa Barbara, where I worked as the Executive Director of the Legal Aid Foundation of Santa Barbara County, managing countywide programs providing legal representation to victims of domestic violence, consumer fraud and civil rights violations. In 1988, my family and I moved to Sacramento, where I began working as the managing attorney for Legal Services of Northern California, representing victims of housing and employment discrimination in federal civil rights actions.

Then, from 1989-1992, I served as counsel to Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Bill Lockyer. I wrote California’s hate crime law and legislation related to the reform of the criminal justice system. I later served as chief counsel to the Assembly Public Safety Committee, where I investigated medical conditions for AIDS patients at Vacaville Prison. Soon after, I was hired to represent The Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office at the state capitol. I returned to Davis in 1994 with my family.

I first entered public office in 2003 as a Member of the Davis Joint Unified Board of Education. I served as President of the Board of Education from 2006-2007. During my time on the Board, I supported excellence in education for all our students, worked to address the achievement gap and advocated for special needs children.

I currently reside in Davis with my wife, Donna, a retired sociology professor. Donna’s mother, Rose Calabria, age 100 lives with us at our home in Mace Ranch. We have two children and 4 grandchildren.

I am interested in your thoughts, concerns, and questions, and I value your participation in Yolo County government. Please call or send me a text message at 530-601-7843 if you have any questions or concerns.

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You may contact my District 4 Office as follows:

Supervisor Jim Provenza at:

jim.provenza@yolocounty.org

530-757-5554

Deputy Supervisor, Sheila Allen at:

sheila.allen@yolocounty.org

530-757-5583

Assistant Deputy, Oliver Snow at:

oliver.snow@yolocounty.org

530-757-5553

 

Para Español: 530-757-5555

 

My Davis Office is located at: 600 A Street, Suite C, Davis, CA 95616

My Woodland Office is located at: 625 Court Street, Room #204, Woodland, CA 95695

My Board of Supervisor assignments to Yolo County Advisory Boards, Committees, Commissions, and Councils are as follows:

County

Ad hoc

Aging & Adult Services (Chair) Community Service Action Board Health Council  IHSS Advisory Board Local Mental Health Board (Co-liaison) Parks, Recreation & Wildlife (Alternate)  Art in Public Places Child Welfare Services  Davis 2x2 Davis Joint Unified School District 2X2 Community Corrections Partnership (Alternate) Countywide Successor Oversight Board First 5 Yolo (Alternate) IHSS Public Authority LAFCo (Alternate)  Yolo Animal Services (Alternate) Yolo County Climate Action  Yolo County Housing (Alternate)

Adult Day Health Center Aging/Older Adult Ad Hoc Animal Shelter Cannabis Regulation Davis Homelessness & Housing Emergency evacuation of Older Adults  Fire Sustainability  Legislative Advocacy Local Innovation Subaccount Mobile Home Park Rent Stabilization South Davis Library Yolo Bypass

 

Regional	State
Area 4 Agency on Aging Delta Counties Coalition (Alternate) Regional Child Support Agency (Alternate)  Yolo Bypass Working Group Yolo-Solano Air District	Delta Conservancy Board Delta Protection Commission (Alternate) CSAC Committees: -Administration of Justice NACO Representative Golden State Connect Authority (Alternate) RCRC/GSFA (Alternate)

 

Special districts
Davis Cemetery District E. Davis Fire District No-Mans Land Fire Dist El Macero CSA #1 Willowbank CSA # 12 South Davis GPCAC Rec. Dist 2068