ORANGE COUNTY SUPERVISOR LOU CORREA ANNOUNCES BID FOR STATE SENATE
Former Assemblyman Sees Critical Need for Better Schools, More Affordable Prescription Drugs and Health Care, and New Roads to Accommodate Growth

SANTA ANA – Today Orange County Supervisor Lou Correa announced he will run the California State Senate seat being vacated by Senator Joe Dunn (SD-34), citing the need for strong representation in Sacramento to improve public schools, provide more affordable prescription drugs and health care, and bring home state funding to build badly-needed roads in Orange County.

“I’ve lived in central Orange County for more than forty years. I have represented the heart of Orange County on the Board of Supervisors as well as in the California State Assembly, and I understand all too well how critical it is to adequately fund our classrooms and schools,” Correa said. “This is at the heart of our priorities in Orange County – we simply want to have good public schools, affordable prescription drugs and health care, decent paying jobs, safe neighborhoods, and good streets and highways.”

“Our region needs a leader who will fight to ensure that we our fair share of the resources we need to build roads and schools, as well as to assure that such proposals are fiscally sound,” Correa added. “We must also continue to fight for our fair share of property tax revenues. Orange County receives less than eleven cents of each dollar of property taxes we send to Sacramento.”

“This is a very important time for our region and for our state, and I believe I am the right person to get the job done,” Correa added. “As an Orange County Supervisor, I have first-hand working knowledgeable of exactly what our area needs to accommodate growth; and as a former legislator, I know how to work with both sides of the aisle to make that happen in Sacramento.”

Correa currently represents the cities of Garden Grove, Santa Ana, Westminster, Midway City and other unincorporated county land on the Board of Supervisors. From 1998 to 2004, he represented the 69th Assembly District in Orange County.

Correa grew up in Anaheim. He is a product of the Anaheim public school system, where he attended Ben Franklin Elementary, Fremont Junior High and Anaheim High School. He holds degrees in Economics from California State University, Fullerton, and Jurist Doctorate Degree (JD) and Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

Long active in community affairs, Correa taught in the Rancho Santiago Community College District and continues to work to ensure the affordability of higher education for all Californians. He presently serves on the County Mental Health Board, the Children First Families Commission (Prop. 10), the Orange County Transportation Authority and the Regional Transportation Agencies Coalition. He is also a member of the Anaheim Sunrise Rotary Club, and past member of the Orange County Community Development Council, the county’s anti-poverty council, the California Small Business board, and the Orange County Boy Scouts Board of Directors. Prior to serving in the California State legislature, he was an investment banker and a real estate broker. He is licensed with the California Real Estate Board and the California State Bar. Supervisor Correa lives in Santa Ana with his wife, Dr. Esther Correa, and their four children, Alex, Andres, Adan and Emilia.