CCBE Executive Board and Board of Directors representatives presented Assemblymembers Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters) and James Gallagher (R-Yuba City) with the 2018 Outstanding Legislator of the Year Award for the work they have done on behalf of the children of California. The presentations took place on the morning of Sunday, May 19, on the steps of the State Capitol.
Aguiar-Curry has represented California’s 4th Assembly District since 2016, an area that includes all or parts of Napa, Lake, Yolo, Sonoma, Colusa and Solano counties. Before joining the Assembly, she served as planning commissioner for the city of Winters and then was elected to the city council, eventually serving as the first female mayor of Winters. As mayor, Aguiar-Curry oversaw improvements in the downtown area and worked to improve local schools, including securing computers for every sixth-grader in the city. She also brought broadband internet to rural communities, built senior housing and helped the area become an agricultural and food innovation hub for the region. She currently resides in Winters, just a block from her childhood home.