Loni Hancock
| Loni Hancock | |
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| Member of the California State Senate from the 9th district |
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In office December 1, 2008 – November 30, 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Don Perata |
| Succeeded by | Nancy Skinner |
| Member of the California State Assembly from the 14th district |
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In office December 2, 2002 – December 1, 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Dion Aroner |
| Succeeded by | Nancy Skinner |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
April 10, 1940 Chicago, Illinois |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Tom Bates |
| Residence | Berkeley, California |
| Alma mater |
Ithaca College (BA) Wright Institute (MA) |
| Profession | Federal education administrator |
Loni Hancock (born April 10, 1940) is an American politician and a former member of the California State Senate. A Democrat, she represented the 9th Senate District, which encompasses the northern East Bay.
Hancock has been a fixture of East Bay politics for decades, and has lived in Berkeley since 1964. Before her election to the State Senate in 2008, she served in the California State Assembly, representing the 14th Assembly District. She was also the first female Mayor of Berkeley, and served in the administrations of Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton.
Hancock served Berkeley as a member of the Berkeley City Council from 1971 to 1979. One of Hancock's achievements as a member of the council was the preservation of the Berkeley marina from development. She helped conduct a study by a group of students from the University of California, Berkeley that showed that major development in the marina area would threaten the wildlife in the area.
Hancock was the first woman to serve as the Mayor of Berkeley, California, succeeding Gus Newport in 1986. Serving as mayor for two terms, she balanced seven straight city budgets, forged a historic agreement between the city and the University of California, began the revitalization of downtown Berkeley, led efforts to secure additional open space and launched a Bio-Tech Academy at Berkeley High School (in partnership with Bayer), and managed to repair many potholes in Berkeley streets during a very short period prior to her second election as Mayor.
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