Lieutenant governor: Liz Figueroa,
John Garamendi, and Jackie Speier

The lieutenant governor sits on the State Lands Commission, the Board of Regents, and the Coastal Commission (non-voting).

Sen. Figueroa has built a superb record in the legislature, voting for all of Sierra Club California's most important bills on the Senate floor over the last 3 years, authoring bills to protect our coast and water quality, and serving as a stalwart on the Environmental Quality Committee.

Insurance Commissioner Garamendi previously served in the legislature, where he authored laws on clean energy and toxic clean-up, and as deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Interior, where he implemented the water reforms of the Central Valley Improvement Act and blocked the Ward Valley nuclear-waste dump.

Sen. Speier has distinguished herself in the legislature, voting for 83% of Sierra Club California's highest-priority bills on the Senate floor over the last three years and introducing a bill this year to counter the Bush Administration's attempt to roll back community right-to-know about toxic releases.