Samuel Blakeslee was born on June 25,1955 and is a former Republican California State Senator representing California's 15th State Senate district which included the counties of Santa Clara, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Cruz and Santa Barbara.
15 Facts About Sam Blakeslee
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Sam Blakeslee previously served as a California State Assemblyman from California's 33rd State Assembly district, and a former State Assembly Republican Leader.
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Sam Blakeslee was elected to the California State Assembly in 2004 to represent the 33rd Assembly District, Sam Blakeslee was re-elected in 2006 and 2008, and elected to the California State Senate in 2010.
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Sam Blakeslee graduated from San Luis Obispo High School and then began a career in construction.
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Sam Blakeslee later earned both bachelor's and master's degrees in geophysics from University of California, Berkeley.
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Sam Blakeslee worked as a research geophysicist at Exxon's research lab in Texas in the Long Range Research Division.
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Sam Blakeslee received a patent for inventing an innovative technique that used medical cat-scan technology to create detailed images of geologic formations between wellbores.
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Sam Blakeslee was elected to the California State Assembly in 2004 and later to the State Senate.
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Sam Blakeslee served and held leadership positions on a variety of legislative committees focusing on agriculture, energy, banking, environmental quality, education, and other fields.
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Sam Blakeslee successfully authored dozens of bills to evolve and reform policy related to energy, the environment, health care, job creation, lobbying reform, public and worker safety, veterans' affairs, and other areas of concern.
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Sam Blakeslee is a Certified Financial Planner, General Municipal Securities Principal, General Securities Principal, and a General Securities Representative.
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Sam Blakeslee founded IATPP in 2012 with a mission to "develop and promote practical solutions to real-world problems by informing and driving public policy through advanced technology".
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In 2017 Sam Blakeslee became a board member of California Common Cause.
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Sam Blakeslee became Vice Chair of the board in 2020.
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In 2018 Sam Blakeslee became the Founding President of the San Luis Coastal Education Foundation, a nonprofit working to increase funding for innovation in education at the San Luis Coastal Unified School District.