Rick Chavez Zbur

Assemblymember Rick Chavez Zbur was elected to the California State Assembly in November 2022 to represent the 51st Assembly District, and in July 2023 was appointed Democratic Caucus Chair by Speaker Robert Rivas. He previously served as Executive Director of Equality California, the nation’s largest statewide LGBTQ+ civil rights organization. An environmental lawyer by training, he spent two decades on the board of the California League of Conservation Voters, now California Environmental Voters, including six years as its president.