Rich Gordon

ornia Legislative Le***an, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender (LGBT) Caucus. During his tenure at the state level, Gordon led the way on a series of good government, campaign finance, transparency, recycling, environmental and tax policies, including the bi-partisan AB 2231, which was sponsored by County Treasurers and Tax Collectors to help assist seniors and qualified disabled individuals by having the state pay their property taxes until such time that the state would be re-paid when the property was sold. Prior to his time in the Assembly, Gordon was a Member of the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors from 1997 to 2010. He also served as the former chairman of the Redwood City/San Mateo County Chamber of Commerce. Gordon earned his B.A. in Sociology from the University of Southern California in 1970 and his Master's of Divinity from the Garrett Theological Seminary at Northwestern University in 1973. His professional experience includes working as executive director of Youth and Family Assistance, as a member of the San Mateo County Board of Education from 1992 to 1997 and as president of the California State Association of Counties in 2008.