Following her election in November to the state Legislature's upper chamber, Senator Susan Talamantes Eggman (D-Stockton) made history as the first lesbian of color to serve in the Senate.
But due to the eight years she spent as an assemblywoman, Eggman can only serve one four-year term in the Senate under California's term limit rules for legislators.
And Eggman plans to make the most of her time as a state senator. She is chairing the Senate's budget subcommittee #3 on health and human services and serving on the budget and fiscal review committee.
She also is a member of the agriculture and natural resources and water committees, two key issues in her Central Valley district. "We need to take a hard look to make sure we are meeting