Pat Wiggins
| Pat Wiggins | |
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| Member of the California State Senate from the 2nd district |
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In office December 4, 2006 – December 6, 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Wesley Chesbro |
| Succeeded by | Noreen Evans |
| Member of the California State Assembly from the 7th district |
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In office December 7, 1998 – November 30, 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Virginia Strom-Martin |
| Succeeded by | Noreen Evans |
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April 19, 1940 Pasadena, California |
| Died | August 15, 2013 (aged 73) Santa Rosa, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Guy Conner |
| Alma mater | UCLA |
| Profession | Politician |
Patricia A. "Pat" Wiggins (April 19, 1940 – August 15, 2013) was an American politician and member of the Democratic party. Wiggins served in the California State Assembly, representing the 7th district from 1998 until 2004, and in the California State Senate from 2006 to 2010, representing the 2nd district. Wiggins previously served as a member of the Santa Rosa city council.
Wiggins was a second-generation Californian. Her father, Ralph Wiggins, was the stuntman responsible for the wing-walking maneuvers in Robert Redford's 1975 movie, The Great Waldo Pepper, and her mother, Grace, was one of the first women ever to parachute. At age 38, Wiggins graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with a bachelor's degree in English.
Wiggins represented the 7th District (Napa, Solano and Sonoma counties) until she was forced out of office by term limits in December 2004. She served as Chair of the Local Government and Banking Committees. In 2000, as an Assemblywoman, Wiggins founded the Legislature's Smart Growth Caucus (www.assembly.ca.gov/sgc), which grew to include 47 of the legislature's 120 members over the next few years. She is the author of AB 857 (statutes of 2002), pertaining to land use planning. AB 857 established California's spending priorities for future development to address sprawl, and to promote compact development. She is also the author of legislation to facilitate farmworker housing, to promote mixed use development, and to increase funding for agriculture.
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