Senator Fran Pavley (fmr), California 27th District

California State Senator Fran Pavley is widely considered to be the mother of CA climate policy. From her humble beginnings as a 29-year 8th-grade civics teacher and then mayor of Agoura Hills, she burst onto the state political scene in 2000 as an Assemblymember before serving from 2008 to 2016 in the Senate. In addition to authoring the Global Warming Solutions Act, she held the Clean Cars Bill that Trump is now threatening to undo. Join our wide-ranging conversation about her career, her outlook on current climate policy, and her advice for those wanting to save the planet.