Darrell Steven Steinberg was born on October 15,1959 and is an American politician and attorney who is the 56th mayor of Sacramento, California since December 2016.
24 Facts About Darrell Steinberg
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Darrell Steinberg was elected to be mayor on June 7,2016.
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Darrell Steinberg had previously served as a member of the California State Assembly and as a member of the Sacramento City Council.
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Darrell Steinberg then earned a Juris Doctor from the University of California, Davis School of Law.
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Darrell Steinberg was a member of the California State Assembly from 1998 until he was termed out in 2004.
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Darrell Steinberg authored 80 bills that were signed into law in areas that included mental health, K-12 education, foster care, and workplace safety.
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Darrell Steinberg is considered a strong advocate for children and mental health issues.
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Darrell Steinberg authored legislation to focus additional educational resources on high-poverty schools and make them more accountable for improvement.
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Darrell Steinberg authored several laws to improve the state's foster care system, including measures to improve system accountability and educational stability.
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Darrell Steinberg passed AB 34, the first significant expansion of community mental health programs in more than a decade.
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Darrell Steinberg was the President pro Tempore of the California State Senate from 2008 to 2014.
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Darrell Steinberg took office in November 2008 as the first Senate leader from Sacramento since 1883.
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Darrell Steinberg chaired the Senate Select Committee on High School Graduation.
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Darrell Steinberg continued his work on improving test scores, aiding under performing schools, lowering dropout rates, and improving the state's mental health system.
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In 2007, Darrell Steinberg introduced a bill to cap at 20 the number of hours high school students can work after school if their grade point average is not 2.5 or higher.
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Darrell Steinberg has called it "the under-attended issue in our time and in our society".
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Darrell Steinberg is known within the mental health community as a long time champion.
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Darrell Steinberg became passionate about mental health during his time on the Sacramento City Council.
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Darrell Steinberg took up working on ways to help solve this issue.
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Darrell Steinberg authored Proposition 63, the California Mental Health Services Act, approved by California voters on the November 2004 statewide ballot.
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Darrell Steinberg co-authored "Prop 63" with advocate Sherman Russell Selix, Jr.
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In 2021, Darrell Steinberg backed a legislative proposal that would make Sacramento the first city in California to end zoning that permits only the construction of one single-family home.
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In June 2021, Darrell Steinberg was one of 11 US mayors to form Mayors Organized for Reparations and Equity, a coalition of municipal leaders dedicated to starting pilot reparations programs in their cities.
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Darrell Steinberg is married to his wife Julie and has two children: daughter Jordana and son Ari.