Our annual joint meeting with the Sacramento Chapter of APWA is right around the corner and always draws a big crowd. This years meeting should carry on that tradition with Assemblyman Roger Dickinson as our special guest.

Assemblyman Roger Dickinson represents the people of the 7th District, which includes most of the Cities of Sacramento and West Sacramento. Prior to his election to the Assembly, Dickinson served on the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors beginning in a special election in January 1994, and was subsequently re-elected to four four-year terms, serving through 2010.

Assemblymember Dickinson received his undergraduate degree from the University of California at Berkeley where he lettered in varsity basketball and afterward earned a law degree at UCLA in 1976. He spent seven and a half years with the California Department of Consumer Affairs. In private practice, he helped to form the firm of Kemnitzer, Dickinson, Anderson & Barron emphasizing automobile warranty law and sales misrepresentation cases. He has litigated cases up to the California Supreme Court.

Assemblymember Dickinson serves as Chair of the Assembly Banking and Finance Committee. He also serves on the Assembly Budget Committee, the Assembly Budget Subcommittee #1 on Health and Human Services, the Assembly Judiciary Committee, and the Assembly Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Committee. As a legislator, Dickinson has focused on issues related to environmental quality, education, health and human services for children and families, economic development, and consumer protection.

Roger lives with his wife, Marj, in the Woodlake neighborhood where they have owned a home for more than 30 years. Join ACEC and APWA members on Friday, January 10th to hear the latest goings on in the California Assembly!