Join the Federation’s Real Estate & Construction Network for a conversation between CA Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel (AD-45) and CA Senator Scott Wiener (CA-11). Moderated by REC Vice Chair Ben Harris, the Chair and Vice Chair of California’s Legislative Jewish Caucus will discuss advocacy issues most important to our Jewish community and real estate community, including our relationship with Israel, the California Ethnic Studies Curriculum, homelessness, and so much more.
Our Jewish Federation’s Senior Vice President of Community Engagement, Alisa Finsten, will share how Federation works with elected officials to advocate for our policy priorities and strengthen their relationship to the Jewish community.
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About our speakers:
Jesse Gabriel was first elected to the California State Assembly in June 2018. He represents the 45th Assembly District, which includes much of the west San Fernando Valley. Gabriel currently serves on five standing committees, as Chair of the Select Committee on Jobs and Innovation in the San Fernando Valley, and is a member of the Select Committee on Women’s Reproductive Health.
Gabriel currently serves in the Assembly Leadership as Majority Whip and was recently elected by his colleagues as Chair of the California Legislative Jewish Caucus. In 2019, Gabriel was one of 100 leaders from across the state recognized as a "California Influencer" by The Sacramento Bee.
In his time in the Legislature, Gabriel has championed efforts to address California’s housing and homelessness crisis, strengthen public education, fight climate change, pass commonsense gun safety measures, and protect vulnerable communities. In his first full term, Gabriel authored nine bills that were signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom, including highly regarded measures to expand access to justice and protect communities at risk of hate-motivated violence. He has also fought to protect Californians during the COVID-19 pandemic through measures to increase testing, provide PPE to healthcare and essential workers, and deliver emergency financial relief to struggling workers and small businesses.
Gabriel also has been an outspoken leader on issues related to mass shootings and gun violence prevention. In 2019, he co-founded a legislative working group and partnered with former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and Moms Demand Action to enact more than a dozen new gun safety measures.
Before being elected to the Legislature, Gabriel worked as a constitutional rights and general litigation attorney, where he helped resolve complex disputes and represented clients before the United States Supreme Court. In 2017, Gabriel sued the Trump Administration in two landmark lawsuits to protect young people — known as Dreamers — who were promised protection under the DACA program. Gabriel also represented Holocaust survivors, victims of domestic abuse, and communities facing hate-motivated violence, and was honored with a California Lawyer Attorney of the Year (CLAY) award by The Daily Journal in 2018. Gabriel also worked to advance President Obama’s priorities as a senior advisor to Senator Evan Bayh.
A committed environmentalist and longtime community activist, Gabriel previously served as a Los Angeles County Commissioner and as a board member of the Los Angeles League of Conservation Voters and The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles. Gabriel lives in Encino with his wife Rachel Rosner — an affordable housing attorney — and their sons Ethan, Joshua, and Noah. He is a graduate of UC Berkeley and Harvard Law School.
Senator Scott Wiener represents San Francisco and northern San Mateo County in the California State Senate. Elected in 2016, Senator Wiener focuses extensively on housing, transportation, civil rights, criminal justice reform, clean energy, and alleviating poverty. He chairs the Senate Housing Committee and is Vice Chair of the California Legislative Jewish Caucus. He is the immediate past Chair of the California Legislative LGBTQ Caucus. Before his election to the Senate, Senator Wiener served as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, representing the district previously represented by Harvey Milk. He also chaired the San Francisco County Transportation Authority. Before taking public office, Senator Wiener practiced law for fifteen years, including nearly a decade as a Deputy City Attorney in the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office. He also served in a number of community leadership roles, including Co-chair of the San Francisco LGBT Community Center and on the national Board of Directors of the Human Rights Campaign. Senator Wiener has lived in San Francisco’s Castro neighborhood since 1997. He received degrees from Duke University and Harvard Law School and was a Fulbright Scholar in Santiago, Chile.
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