Liz Figueroa
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Liz Figueroa is a Democratic politician. She currently serves as a California State Senator, representing the 10th district.
She ran for California Lieutenant Governor in the June 6th, 2006 California primary election, against fellow state senator Jackie Speier, and Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi. Figueroa received much less support than either of her opponents, winning 18% of the vote while Garamendi won the primary. Figueroa will serve in the state senate until January 2007, and is not running for reelection due to term limits. http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=59720
In April 2004 Figueroa garned some national attention when she proposed a bill aimed at limiting Google's Gmail service from providing ads to users based in part on the content of their emails. After a few months negotiating with privacy groups and Google, Figueroa abandoned the effort.
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