Sacramento, California, United States
• Analyze the fiscal effects of state legislation related to labor and employment, revenue and taxation, public employees, banking and finance, emergency management, and agriculture. • Negotiate with internal and external stakeholders to reach consensus on legislation pending in the committee. • Advise the committee chair on committee actions such as amendments to legislation. • Work with legislative staff to develop original legislative proposals.
• Conducted original research on policy issues such as child poverty, state earned income tax credits, income inequality, and job market trends. • Gave public presentations, provided legislative testimony, and made media appearances. • Managed long-term research projects involving multiple staff members.
Contributed research on a range of long-term research projects, including the impact of the housing market on state revenues, retirement income trends for elderly Californians, and widening wage inequality.