1. Robert Myles Hertzberg was born on November 19,1954 and is an American politician who previously served in the California State Senate.
49 Facts About Robert Hertzberg
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Robert Hertzberg was Majority Leader from January 2019 to January 2022.
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Robert Hertzberg announced he would not seek re-election and instead announced his candidacy for the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.
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Robert Hertzberg earned his Juris Doctor from University of California, Hastings College of the Law in 1979.
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The younger Robert Hertzberg left in 1985 and sued his father over the firm's assets in 1986, seeking $1 million in punitive damages.
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Robert Hertzberg left Mayer Brown in 2014, after being sworn in as a State Senator.
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Shortly after being elected to the California State Senate in November 2014, Robert Hertzberg was hired as a "of counsel" government affairs attorney with the Los Angeles law firm Glaser Weil.
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Robert Hertzberg did legal work for Los Angeles County Supervisor Gloria Molina.
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Robert Hertzberg was later appointed to the California State Board of Pharmacy.
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In 1994, Robert Hertzberg contemplated running for the 40th Assembly District, which encompassed North Hollywood to Canoga Park in the San Fernando Valley, but never announced his candidacy.
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Robert Hertzberg created the California Assembly Program for Innovative Training and Orientation for the Legislature Institute with Assemblyman Bill Leonard in 2000 to educate first time legislators and their staff.
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Robert Hertzberg created the Speaker's Office of International Relations and Protocol.
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In 1996, when Robert Hertzberg first ran for the Assembly, the Democrats had 38 of 80 seats.
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Robert Hertzberg termed out of the California State Assembly in 2002 and transitioned back to private law practice.
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Robert Hertzberg launched his mayoral campaign in June 2004 with an extensively produced website at ChangeLA.
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Robert Hertzberg told the Los Angeles Times that he while he made more money doing business and conducting his law practice, he ran out of a sense of civic duty.
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Robert Hertzberg was the first to launch a TV campaign in the race, which featured a giant image of him towering over a city full of problems.
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An analysis by the Los Angeles Times showed that Robert Hertzberg was popular among Hahn's base, which included San Fernando Valley residents, conservatives, moderates, and Jewish voters.
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Robert Hertzberg won twice as many precincts as Hahn but fell short when Hahn's negative ads decreased his support in the Valley.
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Robert Hertzberg placed third in the primary election after Hahn and Villaraigosa, with the most votes of any candidates in the San Fernando Valley.
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In May 2013, Robert Hertzberg announced his candidacy for the Senate seat representing California's 18th State Senate district.
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Robert Hertzberg's announcement was followed up by a lieu of endorsements by state officials, including Ted Lieu, Raul Bocanegra, Tony Cardenas, and Alex Padilla, and local representatives, including Felipe Fuentes and Curren Price.
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Robert Hertzberg credited his time co-founding the Think Long Committee with billionaire Nicholas Bergguen and successfully drafting legislation as motivation to re-enter the political scene.
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Robert Hertzberg was sworn in for his second and final Senate term on December 3,2018.
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In 2018, Robert Hertzberg introduced a bill to identify automated social media accounts as bots with full disclosure.
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Robert Hertzberg has said that the bill was aimed at preventing internet fraud, particularly in politics and advertising.
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In 2018, Robert Hertzberg announced a bill that would allow the transfer of corporate share certificates through blockchain.
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Robert Hertzberg opposed SB 10, a bill that would enable city and county governments to allow for denser housing near transit-rich areas, jobs-rich areas or urban infill sites.
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Robert Hertzberg said that he opposed the bill because it was redundant as Governor Gavin Newsom had already signed another bill in 2019 with similar intentions of setting up buffer zones.
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Robert Hertzberg partnered with the Governor's office to secure the passage of multiple historic climate measures, including SB 1137 which created a set back of 3,200 feet for all oil wells and established a first in the nation ban on single use plastics with Sb 54.
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In early 2023, after leaving office, Robert Hertzberg was named as a senior fellow to the Mission Possible Partnership, an alliance of climate leaders focused on supercharging efforts to decarbonise some of the world's highest-emitting industries in the next 10 years.
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Robert Hertzberg's son ran to fill his father's old seat, but lost to Caroline Menjivar.
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Outside of his law practice, Robert Hertzberg has been active in the alternative energy industry.
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Robert Hertzberg co-founded Solar Integrated Technology in 2003 in south-central Los Angeles.
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Robert Hertzberg sold his shares in the company to run in the 2005 Los Angeles mayoral race.
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Robert Hertzberg co-founded Cardiff, Wales, based G24 Innovations in 2006 with the intentions of selling lightweight solar cells to the African market.
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Robert Hertzberg has gone on to win several industry awards and has transitioned, and found success, selling solar strips to power iPad keyboard cases.
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In 2010, billionaire Nicolas Berggruen and Robert Hertzberg founded the Think Long Committee for California.
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Robert Hertzberg chaired the Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation, in 2004 and 2011.
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In 2009, Robert Hertzberg served as the co-chair of the Transition Team for newly elected Los Angeles City Attorney, Carmen Trutanich.
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Robert Hertzberg calls himself a "New Democrat" in the mold of Bill Clinton, who is both pro-business and pro-labor.
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Robert Hertzberg is a proponent of regionalism, open primaries, and a non-partisan State government.
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Robert Hertzberg has been given the nicknames "Huggy" and "Hugsberg" for his habit of offering embraces to colleagues, employees, voters and even opponents.
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Robert Hertzberg came under public scrutiny for his lingering embraces as two female lawmakers and a former female legislator complained that the intimate embraces made them uncomfortable, according to an interview by the Sacramento Bee.
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Two of the women said that Robert Hertzberg hugged them again even after they had asked him to stop.
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Robert Hertzberg then restricted the Assemblywoman from moving away, forcing prolonged torso-to-torso contact despite her shouting at him to let her go.
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The Latino lawmaker argued that race was playing a role in his treatment, noting that Robert Hertzberg, who is Jewish, had not been asked to step aside despite allegations he inappropriately hugged people.
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The former California Assemblywoman who complained about Robert Hertzberg's conduct questioned why Robert Hertzberg had been able to continue his work as a lawmaker during the investigation of his conduct when the other California lawmaker was barred from showing up in the building as allegations against him were being investigated.
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Robert Hertzberg met clinical psychologist Cynthia Telles while working for the Jewish National Fund.