[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 184 (Wednesday, November 30, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1191]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         TRIBUTE TO ASSEMBLYMEMBER MARK STONE ON HIS RETIREMENT

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                           HON. ANNA G. ESHOO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, November 30, 2022

  Ms. ESHOO. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the work of 
California Assemblyman Mark Stone who is retiring after serving five 
terms as a state legislator. He is a leader with a strong and well-
earned reputation as an environmental defender and as a champion of the 
rights of California's most vulnerable residents.
  Mark Stone has a long and distinguished history of public service. He 
was twice elected to the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors where 
he held leadership roles on the County Regional Transportation 
Commission and the First 5 Commission. He led a reorganization of the 
County's child welfare system and fought discrimination against 
LGBTQIA+ youth. He led the successful effort to ban single-use plastic 
bags and served with distinction as Vice Chair of the California 
Coastal Commission. Mark was also a member of the Board of Trustees of 
the Scotts Valley Unified School District and served as its President. 
Prior to his career in public service, he worked as an attorney and as 
a Professor at the Naval Postgraduate School.
  As the representative from the 29th Assembly District, which includes 
portions of Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, and Monterey Counties, Mark served 
as Chair of the Judiciary Committee and as a member of the Human 
Services Committee. He also served as Chair of the Select Committee on 
Coastal Protection and Access to Natural Resources and is a member of 
the Banking and Finance Committee.
  During the disastrous CZU complex fires of 2020, Mark was an ardent 
and effective advocate for allocation of state resources for residents 
and businesses affected by the disaster.
  Madam Speaker, I ask the entire House to join me in thanking Mark 
Stone for his exemplary service and wishing him every blessing in the 
next chapter of his life. He is a good and great man and we are a 
better community and a stronger country because of him and his work.

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