Wally Knox was born on February 7,1947 and was a Democratic Assemblyman from the State of California from 1994 until 2000.
19 Facts About Wally Knox
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Wally Knox was an attorney specializing in labor relations, and owned a small business.
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Wally Knox was on the Executive Board of the American Jewish Committee.
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Wally Knox served four years in the US Army and is a decorated Vietnam War veteran.
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Wally Knox is married to Elizabeth Garfield, and has two daughters, Aviva and Tamara.
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Wally Knox was a member of the following committees: Judiciary, Housing and Community Development, and Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security.
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Wally Knox sponsored the bill to reinstate daily overtime pay with flexibility for workers and employers.
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Wally Knox was the author of a new law allowing parents to use their accrued sick leave to care for ill children.
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Wally Knox successfully fought to reinstate the renters tax credit and secured expanded tax relief for senior citizens.
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Wally Knox gained passage of anti-crime measures, including a one-gun limit law, intended to dry up the black market sales of handguns to gang members, youths and felons.
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Wally Knox authored legislation that doubled the size of a successful crime prevention program that targets repeat offenders.
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Wally Knox wrote laws to assist local law enforcement in apprehending street criminals and the prosecution of car registration tag thefts.
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Wally Knox sponsored an effort that enabled the Los Angeles Police Department to trace and crack down on illegal handguns.
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Wally Knox authored new laws to prevent ocean pollution and to cut down on hazardous air pollution.
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Wally Knox wrote the nation's first law requiring banks to disclose to consumers hidden charges for the use of ATMs.
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Wally Knox is responsible for expanding State assistance to innovative start-up companies, in the high-tech, biotech and multi-media fields, through the new business incubator program.
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Wally Knox received the 1998 award for outstanding leadership from the Jewish Public Affairs Committee.
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Wally Knox secured passage of a crucial new law that helps Holocaust survivors and families of Holocaust victims recoup insurance policy payments denied them by European insurance companies.
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Wally Knox authored a landmark law requiring insurers to disclose Holocaust-era policy information to a public State registry, or lose their license to operate in California.