[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 39 (Wednesday, April 13, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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[Congressional Record: April 13, 1994]
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                    TRIBUTE TO SENATOR MILTON MARKS

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                          HON. LYNN C. WOOLSEY

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, April 13, 1994

  Ms. WOOLSEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor one of my district's 
most popular, dedicated, and accomplished elected officials, State 
Senator Milton Marks. We are celebrating Senator Marks' 35 years of 
service and his record of achievement on Thursday, April 14, 1994, in 
San Francisco.
  Senator Marks represents the third senatorial district, which 
encompasses all of Marin County and parts of San Francisco and Sonoma 
Counties. Milton and his wife, Carolene live in San Francisco. They 
have one daughter, Carol, and two sons, Milton III and Edward David 
Marks. They have two grandchildren, Zoe and Benjamin.
  Milton Marks graduated from Stanford University with a B.A. degree 
and began law school at U.C. Boalt Hall when military service 
intervened. Following his service in World War II he completed his 
legal studies at San Francisco Law School and received his L.L.B. 
degree in 1949.
  Milton Marks followed in his father's footsteps, who was an 
assemblyman, a San Francisco supervisor, and a city attorney.
  Senator Marks has served with distinction since he was elected to the 
State Assembly in 1958. He was appointed by Gov. Pat Brown in 1966 as 
judge in San Francisco, and later ran in a special election for State 
Senate in 1967. He continues to serve his city and the State of 
California well in this capacity.
  I wish to recognize Senator Marks for his commitment to the people of 
San Francisco, Marin and Sonoma Counties, and to thank him on the 
anniversary of his 35 years of distinguished public service.
  Milton has demonstrated great leadership on a wide variety of issues, 
ranging from environmental protection and government accountability, to 
civil rights and privacy legislation. He is an active supporter of 
women's rights and an effective advocate for children, seniors, and 
people with disabilities.
  As San Francisco's senator, Milton created the phenomenally 
successful environmental license plate fund which has raised over $300 
million from the sale of personalized license plates to finance 
environmental projects. As chair of the senate select committee on 
maritime he introduced California's first historic shipwrecks law, 
providing procedures to maintain or salvage historic shipwrecks. His 
legislation also restricted the use of gill nets in order to protect 
marine mammals and seabirds, established safety guidelines on shipping 
vessels, and created the first Port Infrastructure Bank in California.
  Senator Marks made invaluable contributions to the Ralph M. Brown 
Act, establishing open meetings in California. He was the architect of 
the Milton Marks Commission on State Government Finance, Efficiency, 
and Economy, which is commonly known as the Little Hoover Commission, 
which has saved California millions of dollars. In 1990, as a chair of 
the elections and reapportionment committee, Senator Marks created a 
balanced reapportionment plan that won bipartisan support in the 
legislature. His legislative efforts have helped prevent election fraud 
and voter intimidation at polling places, and safeguarded voters' 
rights to privacy. He continues to introduce campaign finance reform 
legislation.
  Milton has been a fighter of discrimination and an advocate for civil 
rights and most notably coauthoring the Rumford bill which became 
California's first fair housing law. He passed the first State funding 
in the Nation for AIDS-related programs; he authored and co-authored 
every major progressive AIDS proposal in California.
  Senator Marks was influential in passing laws that allowed women in 
California to obtain their own credit apart from their husbands, he 
worked to allow women the right to keep their own name after marriage, 
and he has been a long-time member of the Commission on the Status of 
Women.
  As a chair of the senate subcommittee on the rights of the disabled, 
he has authored or coauthored a number of bills covering diverse topics 
such as increased SSI/SSP payments, provision of rental housing for 
low-income handicapped persons, emergency loans for the aged, blind, 
and disabled, and he created the State Council on Developmental 
Disabilities.
  The State of California owes a great deal of gratitude for the 
tireless efforts of Senator Milton Marks over the years. Time and time 
again he has extended himself on behalf of so many people and for so 
many causes.
  Mr. Speaker, it is my great pleasure to pay tribute to Senator Milton 
Marks on this celebration of his illustrious career. I regret that I am 
not able to join Milton and Carolene and their many friends during the 
April 14, 1994, celebration at Fort Mason Center, but I extend my 
hearty congratulations and best wishes to Senator Milton Marks for 
continued success in the years to come.

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