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Carole Migden (born August 14, 1948) is an American politician from San Francisco, California who represented the third district of the California State Senate from 2004 to 2008 and the 13th district of the California State Assembly from 1996 to 2002. Migden's former district, the 3rd Senate district, includes parts of San Francisco, Sonoma County, and Marin County.〔(California Senate District 3 Map )〕 She was previously a member of the California State Assembly (1996–2002) and Chairwoman of the California Board of Equalization (2002–2004), the nation's only publicly elected tax commission. Prior to that, she had served on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors (1991–1996). She also chaired the San Francisco Democratic Party for eight years and is a member of the Democratic National Committee. Migden was the Chairperson of California Senate Labor & Industrial Relations Committee and the Chairperson of the Senate Majority Caucus. She was previously the Senate Appropriations Committee Chair. She was, at the time, the only openly lesbian state legislator from Northern California (Sheila Kuehl, who served from 2000 to 2008, and Christine Kehoe, who has served since 2004, are from Southern California). ==State legislature== In the State Assembly, Migden served for five years as Chairwoman of the Assembly Committee on Appropriations. She was the first woman and the first lesbian to chair that committee. She also served for four years as a conferee on the state's Joint Budget Conference Committee, which writes the final version of California's state budget. As a member of the State Assembly, Migden authored legislation to create California's domestic partner registry, promote children's health, preserve the old growth Headwaters Forest, increase accountability in K-12 schools, protect borrowers from predatory and deceptive lending practices, protect consumers from manipulation by energy generators, and promote the use of emergency contraception.〔(Senator Carole Migden - Senator Migden )〕〔(Carole Migden Leading: Carole's Issues )〕 Migden authored the ‘‘Clean Water Act’’ in 1999 that imposed tougher penalties on industrial polluters dumping harmful toxins in California waterways. She also authored the Headwaters Forest and SF Wetlands/Cargill legislation that enabled the state preservation of the ancient Headwaters Forest and restoration of the San Francisco Baylands into a wildlife habitat and recovery of endangered species.〔()〕 Over the last seven years Migden has authored legislation for domestic partnership in California providing benefits to the LGBT community and unmarried senior citizens. Assembly Bill 26 in 1999 marked the first time in the nation a state legislature passed a domestic partnership statute without forcible intervention of the courts. (Assembly Bill 26).〔(AB 26 Assembly Bill - Bill Analysis )〕〔(Gay & Lesbian History Timeline )〕 Migden’s SB 565 provided for the legalization of the transfer of property between domestic partners without reassessment for tax purposes (Senate Bill 565) 〔(ACLU News: Assembly Passes Landmark Domestic Partner Rights Expansion Despite Right-Wing Campaign to Nix the Bill )〕 and provided for the filing of domestic partner income-tax returns under the same status as married couples. (Senate Bill 1827).〔(2006 Legislation - Equality California )〕 In 2005, Migden's SB 663 closed tax loopholes allowing corporate giants to put millions in offshore tax shelters and depleting the state of revenues. (SB 663). Migden has authored legislation to improve foster care that created new programs such as transitional housing, increased savings accounts, and adoption incentives for parents adopting teenagers.〔http://www.sen.ca.gov/leginfo/bill-6-dec-1998/current/AB/FROM1400/AB1439/AACAPPR1.TXT〕 Migden has authored legislation providing for rapid HIV testing (AB 1263),〔(AB 1263 Assembly Bill - Bill Analysis )〕 protection of health care workers from needle injuries (AB 1046) and enabling of HIV positive people to have healthy children (SB 443).〔(Senator Carole Migden - Sen. Migden’S Bill Making It Safe For Women To Conceive When Partner Is Hiv Positive Passes Assembly )〕 In 2002 Migden authored legislation (AB 1860) requiring the state to provide information regarding the “morning after” contraception to female victims of sexual assault.〔(State Politics & Policy | California Assembly Unanimously Passes Bill Requiring Hospitals to Provide EC to Rape Survivors - Kaisernetwork.org )〕 Staunchly opposed to the war in Iraq, Migden became one of the first critics of the war and passed a Senate resolution making California the first state in the nation to formally oppose the surge of troops in Iraq. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Carole Migden」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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