Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins Recounts Her Very Big Year

September 21, 2018

There seems to be no stopping Toni Atkins.

Born in Virginia, Atkins moved to San Diego in 1985 and was elected to her first term on the San Diego City Council in 2000 at the age of 38.

She began her life in the California Legislature as a Democratic member of the Assembly in 2010. Four years later she became the first San Diegan and the first acknowledged lesbian to be named speaker of the Assembly.

In 2018 she became the only woman ever to be named president pro tempore of the California Senate, which made her just the third person to have held both that position and the Assembly speakership.

Anyone wondering why Atkins is trusted with so much responsibility might take a look at the 2018 legislative year.

 

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