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English: KARNETTE, Betty (D) 27th District
Senator Betty Karnette represents the 27th District, including the cities of Artesia, Avalon, Bellflower, Cerritos, Downey, Hawaiian Gardens, Lakewood, Long Beach, Palos Verdes Estates, Rancho Palos Verdes, Rolling Hills, Rolling Hills Estates, San Pedro, Signal Hill and portions of Los Angeles County. The Senate was quick to recognize Betty's interest in campaign spending reform, transportation, job training and development and streamlining government. Her colleagues named her chair of the Senate Committee on Elections and Reapportionment. She also serves on the following standing commitees: Appropriations, Transportation, Industrial Relations, Revenue and Taxation, Governmental Organization, and Public Employment and Retirement. Working on these issues is nothing new to Karnette. A teacher and education consultant, she served in the State Assembly from 1992-1994. Betty chaired the Assembly Select Committee on California Ports, which she used to focus attention on the Alameda Corridor. She was Vice Chair of the Labor and Employment Committee and served on the Transportation, Higher Education, Governmental Organization and Environmental Safety and Toxic Substances Committees. Much of Karnette's effectiveness as a legislator can be traced directly to her experience as a school teacher with an emphasis in middle school mathematics. There she developed a clear, concise manner in fighting for issues she cares about. Betty began teaching school in the Los Angeles Unified School District when John Kennedy was President. She had spent 31 years in the classroom when, in 1992, she chose to run for public office for the first time. Betty worked as an educational consultant and substitute teacher from 1994-1996. She has served on several boards, including the community advisory panel for California State University, Long Beach's Department of Social Work; the Board of Directors of Young Horizons, a Long Beach nonprofit corporation providing diversion activities, parenting skills and child care for at-risk youth; and the Board of Directors for the Long Beach Memorial Hospital Children's Clinic. A native of Paducah, Kentucky, Betty and her husband Richard have lived in Long Beach since 1952 and are long time Wrigley homeowners. The Karnettes have one daughter. Betty spent the 1950s working as a secretary and office manager for the oil industry on Terminal Island and completed her B.A. degree at California State University, Long Beach while working full-time. She continued working in the oil industry even after she began teaching school. She later earned a M.A. degree from Long Beach State. |
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