Martha Escutia

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Martha Escutia
Ronald Calderon
Member of the California State Assembly from the 50th district
In office December 7, 1992 – November 30, 1998
Preceded by	Curtis R. Tucker Jr.
Succeeded by	Marco Antonio Firebaugh
Personal details
Born	(1957-01-16) January 16, 1957 (age 67) East Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Leo Victor Briones ​ (m. 1994)​
Children	2
Education	University of Southern California (BS) Georgetown University (JD)

Martha M. Escutia (born January 16, 1957) is an American politician and attorney who served as a member of the California State Senate from 1998 until 2006 and California State Assembly from 1992 until 1998.

Early life and education

Escutia was born and raised in East Los Angeles. Escutia obtained her bachelor's degree in public administration from the University of Southern California and earned her J.D. degree from Georgetown University Law Center She holds certificates in Advanced International Legal Studies of Trade and Tariffs from the World Court at The Hague, and in Foreign Investment from the National Autonomous University in Mexico City.

Career

Escutia represented

. She served as Chair of the Senate Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications (EU&C) and was also the first woman Chair of the 27-member California Legislative Latino Caucus.

During her tenure as a Senator, Escutia assumed significant leadership roles, notably serving as Chair of the Senate Health and Human Services Committee as a freshman senator. She was also the first Latina Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, the first woman Chair of the Assembly Judiciary Committee, and the Chair of the California Legislative Women's Caucus.

Throughout her career, Escutia championed universal health care for children and is recognized as the creator of Healthy Families. She sought to protect California's children from unhealthy levels of air contaminants, establishing the first-ever Children's Environmental Health Protection Act.

Escutia also successfully passed legislation to implement the first low-cost auto insurance program for low-income residents in

counties.

The California Labor Federation

education.

In November 2005, the Corona New Primary Center in Bell, California, was dedicated the Martha Escutia Primary Center in her honor.

Since 2013, Escutia has served as Vice President of the University of Southern California for Government Relations.^[1]

Personal life

Escutia has two children, Andres and Diego.

References

External links

• Escutia's Profile with Manatt, Phelps, and Phillips
• California School Boards Association Q&A with Martha Escutia
• Profile and The Senators firm
• Appearances on C-SPAN
• Join California Martha Escutia

California Assembly
Preceded by Curtis Tucker	Member of the California Assembly from the 50th district 1992–1998	Succeeded by Marco Antonio Firebaugh
California Senate
Preceded by Charles M. Calderon	Member of the 30th district 1998–2006	Succeeded by Ronald S. Calderon