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Deborah Ortiz was born on 19 March, 1957 in Sacramento, California, U.S., is an American politician. Discover Deborah Ortiz's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 66 years old?

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Born 19 March 1957
Birthday 19 March
Birthplace Sacramento, California, U.S.
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1957

Deborah V. Ortiz (born March 19, 1957, in Sacramento) is an American politician from Sacramento, California.

A Democrat, she served in both chambers of the California State Legislature.

1992

In a field of six candidates, Ortiz received 36% of the vote and was elected to the seat of Joe Serna who had been elected Mayor of Sacramento in November 1992.

Prior to that she had served as Chief of Staff to then State Assemblyman Richard Polanco and as a leader at the Latino Coalition for Fair Sacramento Redistricting.

Ortiz had also served on the Sacramento County Planning Commission, the Oak Park Project Area Committee and the UC Davis Medical Center Community Advisory Board.

Ortiz was known as a major advocate for Oak Park, the neighborhood where she lived and was raised.

Oak Park had a long history as one of the most blighted and crime ridden neighborhoods in the City of Sacramento.

Ortiz authored ordinances to hold absentee landlords accountable by imposing penalties on neglected vacant properties and she established a cash reward program for reporting of illegal dumping in neighborhoods.

Ortiz also authored an ordinance that required gun dealers to register with the police department and precluded them from locating near schools and day care centers.

1993

Ortiz was first elected to public office in a special election in March 1993 when she was elected to the Sacramento City Council.

1995

In 1995, Ortiz managed to have US Bank open the first new bank in Oak Park in thirty years.

After nearly four years on the city council, Ortiz decided to run for the Assembly seat that Phil Isenberg, a former Mayor of Sacramento was vacating due to term limits.

In the Democratic primary, she faced County Supervisor Roger Dickinson and Bill Camp.

In a three-way race, Ortiz defeated Dickinson and Camp by over 50%.

Ortiz was easily elected in the November general election against token opposition.

Ortiz focused on health and passed the first law in the nation protecting embryonic stem cell research.

1996

A then-member of Sacramento City Council, Ortiz was elected to the California State Assembly in 1996 and served a single two-year term representing the 9th Assembly district.

1998

In 1998, she was elected to the California State Senate from the 6th Senate district with 55% of the vote and won re-election in 2002 with 70.8% of the vote.

2001

Ortiz is well known for authoring the California Freedom of Access to Clinic and Church Entrances Act (or California FACE Act) and the Reproductive Rights Law Enforcement Act in 2001.

Passed by the Legislature and signed into law by Governor Davis, the law protects reproductive health care clients, providers and assistants and also worshipers and places of worship.

Motivated by attacks on abortion patients, providers, clinics, and clinic escorts, it targets crimes, not First Amendment-protected speech.

She also authored laws that required criminal background checks for school employees after the death of Michelle Montoya at Rio Linda High School.

Michelle Montoya was brutally raped and murdered on a school campus by a janitor that had been released from prison for manslaughter.

Montoya was the daughter of a friend of Ortiz.

Ortiz also passed laws to create funding for ovarian cancer research and laws to ensure access to emergency contraception.

Ortiz also authored SB 400 that allowed public employees to receive more generous pensions and provided local government the authority to vote to increase public employee pensions.

Many argue that changes enacted by the bill have contributed to fiscal crisis in the State of California.

2003

She was the first legislator to ban sodas from primary and middle schools when she passed SB 677 in 2003.

Ortiz passed laws that created the California Biomonitoring Program, established the California Lead Abatement standards program, established the standards for Chromium 6 in drinking water, and created the California Department of Public Health.

Ortiz also authored the historic Cal Grant Scholarship Program that guarantees college grants for poor and working class students who attend California schools.

2006

Term limits prevented her from seeking a third Senate term in 2006; she instead ran unsuccessfully for Secretary of State.

Ortiz was termed out of office in 2006 having served two terms in the Senate.

Thus, she decided to run for Secretary of State against incumbent Bruce McPherson.

However, Ortiz lost the June 6, 2006 Democratic primary to fellow State Senator Debra Bowen (D-Marina del Rey) who ended up defeating McPherson in November.

Ortiz was born and raised in the Oak Park neighborhood of the City of Sacramento.

Ortiz attended UC Davis for her undergraduate studies and received her Juris Doctor degree from McGeorge School of Law.

2010

Ortiz was elected to the Los Rios Community College Board of Trustees in 2010 and reelected in 2014.

Los Rios Community College Board of Trustees, Area 6, elected in 2010 and reelected in 2014