Bill Monning
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William "Bill" Monning is an American
United States
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 educator, lawyer and politician. Monning was elected to the California State Assembly
California State Assembly
The California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature. There are 80 members in the Assembly, representing an approximately equal number of constituents, with each district having a population of at least 420,000...

 from the 27th Assembly District in the 2008 Assembly election
California State Assembly elections, 2008
The 2008 California State Assembly elections took place on November 4, 2008. Voters in all 80 of California's State Assembly districts voted for their representative. Other elections were also held on November 4...

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Since being sworn in on December 1, 2008 he has been picked by Speaker Karen Bass
Karen Bass
Karen Ruth Bass is the U.S. Representative for . She is a member of the Democratic Party. Prior to her election to Congress in 2010, she had served as a member of the California State Assembly representing the 47th district since 2004...

 to sit on several committees including Assembly Committee on Budget, Assembly Committee on Labor and Employment which he was selected to head, Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxics Materials Committee, Assembly Judiciary Committee, Joint Legislative Audit Committee, Budget Subcommittee #5 on Information Technology/Transportation, California Coastal Conservancy, and Assembly Stimulus, Economic Recovery, and Jobs Task Force.

Prior to being elected, Monning served as a professor at the Monterey Institute of International Studies
Monterey Institute of International Studies
The Monterey Institute of International Studies is a graduate school of Middlebury College, located in Monterey, California, United States...

 in Monterey, California
Monterey, California
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, teaching International Negotiation and Conflict Resolution. He is active in education, healthcare reform, civil rights, environmental work, international education, and human rights advocacy.
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