Loni hancock biography
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Loni Hancock
Template:TOCnestleftLoni Hancock is a California State Senator.
Loni Hancock has spent nearly "four decades as a forceful advocate for open government, educational reform, environmental protection, economic development, and social justice".
Loni hancock biography
Prior to her election to the California State Senate in 2008, she served three terms in the California State Assembly (14th District). She also was the first woman elected mayor of the City of Berkeley (1986-1994), the Executive Director of the Shalan Foundation, and served in both the Carter and Clinton Administrations.
Senator Hancock currently represents the 9th State Senate District, which includes the cities of Alameda, Albany, Berkeley, Castro Valley, Dublin, El Sobrante, Emeryville, Livermore, Oakland, Piedmont, Richmond, and San Pablo.[1]
Background
Born and raised in New York, Loni Hancock received her BA from Ithaca College in 1963 and her MA from the Wright Institute in 1978.
She moved to Berkeley in 1