Nicole Parra

Nicole M. Parra (born February 3, 1970 in Bakersfield, California) was a California State Assemblywoman from 2002–2008. She is a Democrat, who represented the 30th Assembly District which is in California's Central Valley.

Parra's hometown is Hanford, California. Her father has served Kern County as a Supervisor and her mother works for the Bakersfield Adult School. Parra is Catholic. She attended Highland High School where her brother, Peter, now teaches. She graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1992 with a B.A. in Economics. In 1998, she earned a J.D. from the Catholic University School of Law in Washington D.C. Parra spent many years working on behalf of Congressman Cal Dooley. Parra served as Dooley’s campaign manager in 2000 and as his district director from 1998 to 2002.

The district includes portions of Fresno County, Tulare County and Kern County and all of Kings County.

Parra was widely known as one of the more moderate or conservative members of the California Assembly Democratic Caucus; she chairs the "New Democratic Caucus" which consists of moderate to conservative democrats [1].

Parra is very pro-business (especially pro-farmer) and receives heavy criticism from liberals for her pro-business stance.

Parra is pro-immigration and commonly opposes anti-immigrant legislation. In April 2006 Parra attended a rally at Jastro Park in downtown Bakersfield that drew 12,000 people to oppose the bill H.R. 4437, an enforcement only bill that would have made all illegal immigrants felons. She has received criticism from conservatives for supporting driver license for illegal immigrants. However, during election cycles none of her opponents campaigned against her immigration stance to prevent from alienating the district's majority Hispanic population.

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