16 Facts About Fabian Nunez

1.

Fabian Nunez is an American politician and labor union adviser.

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2.

Fabian Nunez was born in San Diego, California, to Mexican parents, but the family lived in Tijuana, Mexico until Nunez was 7 years old.

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3.

At the age of 31, Fabian Nunez earned Bachelor of Arts degrees in both political science and education from Pitzer College in Claremont, California.

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4.

From 1996 to 2000, Fabian Nunez served as the Political Director for the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor and, between 2000 and 2002, was the Government Affairs Director for the Los Angeles Unified School District.

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5.

Fabian Nunez was elected to the California State Assembly to represent the 46th district in 2002.

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6.

Fabian Nunez supported and advocated for the passage of the 2006 infrastructure bonds.

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7.

Fabian Nunez authored both the education and water levee bond in the Legislature.

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8.

Fabian Nunez was instrumental in taking what was failure last time and putting it all together this time.

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9.

Fabian Nunez is willing to work with all sides and wants to get things done.

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10.

Fabian Nunez passed a law in 2006 to establish a program to provide prescription drugs at discount prices to about five million uninsured and underinsured Californians.

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11.

In 2007, Fabian Nunez was named "Public Official of the Year" by Governing Magazine.

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12.

Fabian Nunez joined a national bipartisan public strategy firm, Mercury, as a partner managing the Sacramento and Los Angeles offices.

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13.

In 2010, Fabian Nunez filed paperwork to run for the California State Senate but withdrew.

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14.

Fabian Nunez created a campaign finance committee and announced that he would run for California State Treasurer in 2014, when incumbent Bill Lockyer was termed out.

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15.

Fabian Nunez formed an exploratory committee for California State Treasurer in 2018.

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16.

Fabian Nunez is currently a partner at the public relations and lobbying firm Actum.

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