1. Steven Mitchell Glazer was born on August 10,1957 and is an American politician and former political advisor who is a former member of the California State Senate from the 7th Senate District, which includes most of Contra Costa County and eastern portions of Alameda County in the East Bay.
Steve Glazer first worked for Brown in 1978, when he was in charge of the campaign activities at 20 colleges for Brown's re-election as Governor.
Steve Glazer served as deputy campaign manager for Brown's unsuccessful bid for the United States Senate in 1982.
Steve Glazer earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from San Diego State University.
Steve Glazer was senior advisor to Kathleen Brown in her 1990 campaign for California State Treasurer.
Steve Glazer was an advisor to the 1994 campaign of Democratic former Los Angeles City Councilman Michael Woo in his primary race for Secretary of State.
Steve Glazer aided Governor Brown's campaign to gain voter approval of Proposition 30 in 2012, which prevented billions of dollars in additional cuts to our public schools and universities.
Steve Glazer was spokesperson for the first female Chief Justice of California Supreme Court, Rose Bird, during her failed retention campaign from 1985 to 1986.
Steve Glazer was the press secretary for Assemblyman Gray Davis in 1983 and ran his re-election campaign in 1984.
Steve Glazer persuaded Davis to promote the idea of placing the pictures of missing children on milk cartons, grocery bags, bus stops and billboards.
Steve Glazer served as press secretary for State Senate Pro Tem David Roberti from 1987 to 1993.
Steve Glazer ran the campaign for the 1990 Los Angeles ballot measure, Measure H, which instituted ethics reform of Los Angeles city election campaigns.
Steve Glazer served as a political strategist for the historic 1992 Los Angeles City Charter Amendment F, which aimed to dramatically alter the power structure of the Los Angeles Police Department and make it more accountable to the community.
Steve Glazer led campaigns in the 1990s to protect old growth redwood forests, the San Francisco Bay, parks, and open spaces.
Steve Glazer organized campaigns that provided billions of dollars for homeless shelters and affordable housing, as well as residences for abused women and foster children.
In 2006, Steve Glazer served as campaign manager for Proposition 1C, which funded new and existing housing and development programs.
Steve Glazer ran Governor Jerry Brown's tax measure campaign in 2012.
Steve Glazer was a coauthor of the 2020 California Proposition 13, a bond measure to fund capital improvements at schools.
Steve Glazer served on the Orinda Park and Recreation Commission from 1997 to 1999.
Steve Glazer was elected to the City Council of Orinda in 2004,2008, and 2012.
Steve Glazer was elected to that post in 2007,2012 and 2015.
Steve Glazer was a 2014 Democratic candidate for District 16 of the California State Assembly.
Steve Glazer won a May 2015 special election to succeed Mark DeSaulnier, who was elected to Congress in 2014.
Steve Glazer won his re-election campaign in November 2016 and began a new four-year term.
Steve Glazer was re-elected in November 2020 to begin a new four-year term.
Steve Glazer authored a bill in 2015 to ban the use of Confederate leaders in state parks, buildings, schools and other public places.
Steve Glazer authored a bill in 2016, the California Promise, to help increase the 4-year graduation rate by requiring the California State University system to provide priority enrollment, enhanced academic advising and other support for students who carry at least 30 units per year.
In 2017, Steve Glazer was the lone Democrat in the state Senate to vote against a single-payer healthcare system.
The month after the vote against the transportation bill, Steve Glazer resigned from the Senate Governmental Organization Committee.
Steve Glazer authored a ballot measure, Proposition 72 in 2018, to improve residents' ability to capture rainwater that passed both houses of the Legislature and made it onto the June 2018 primary ballot.
Steve Glazer authored the first-in-the-nation truth-in-lending bill for small businesses in 2018, making lending to small businesses more transparent.
Steve Glazer authored legislation in 2019 to create the office of Inspector General for the Bay Area Rapid Transit Authority to look for waste, fraud and abuse in the agency.
Steve Glazer jointly authored a bill in 2020 to ban the sale of flavored tobacco.
In 2021, Steve Glazer proposed legislation that would require oversight of mental healthcare spending in California.
In 2022, Steve Glazer was the lone Democrat in the State Senate to join the Republicans in voting against a bill abolishing slavery in California, though 10 other Democrats abstained from voting on the bill, leaving the bill one vote shy of the 21 needed.
Steve Glazer is a member of the California Legislative Jewish Caucus.
Steve Glazer served as Chairman of the Senate Banking and Financial Institutions Committee, and as a member of the Insurance and Public Safety committees.
Steve Glazer is Chairman of the Elections and Constitutional Amendment Committee; and serves on the Agriculture; Education; Governmental Organization; and Insurance committees.
On March 7,2022, Steve Glazer announced his candidacy for California State Controller.
Steve Glazer came in fourth place in the primary, and therefore did not advance to the general election.
In October 2003, Steve Glazer was shot in the neck by a high-powered pellet rifle while driving with his family.