Jared Huffman is the assemblyman for California's 6th State Assembly district, which includes all of Marin and southern Sonoma counties. Huffman is Chairman of the Assembly Water, Parks & Wildlife Committee and also chairs the Assembly Environmental Caucus. Huffman graduated from William Chrisman High School in 1982 and later received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science magna cum laude from University of California, Santa Barbara, where he was a three-time All-American volleyball player. He went on to graduate cum laude from Boston College Law School in 1990. Huffman was a member... of the World Champion USA Volleyball Team in 1987. Huffman became a consumer attorney specializing in public interest cases. Among his court victories was an historic case on behalf of the National Organization for Women, which required all California State University campuses to comply with Title IX, creating new athletic opportunities for thousands of female scholar-athletes throughout California. Huffman was also a senior attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council.
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