Sally Havice
56th Assembly District
The 56th Assembly District includes the cities of ARTESIA, BELLFLOWER, CERRITOS, DOWNEY, HAWAIIAN GARDENS, LAKEWOOD & LONG BEACH.
Voters first elected Sally Havice to the California Assembly in 1996. In 1998, Sally won re-election by nearly 10,000 votes. In her final race to the State Assembly, Sally Havice won over 61% of the vote in November 2000. Prior to her election to the legislature, Havice had been elected in 1989 and re-elected in 1993 to serve on the Board of Education for the ABC Unified School District.
Sally grew up in the Cerritos/Norwalk area, attended local schools and graduated from EXCELSIOR HIGH. After business college, she got a job in the private sector and later as secretary at NORWALK CITY HALL. While working, Sally enrolled at CERRITOS COLLEGE, where she earned two ASSOCIATE OF ARTS degrees, one in Social Studies and the other in Spanish. She then went on to CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LONG BEACH, where she graduated cum laude with a BACHELORS OF ARTS degree in English and a MASTERS OF ARTS degree in Linguistics.
Sally taught English composition and literature at CERRITOS COLLEGE for 23 years. During this time at the College, she also served as the Interim Assistant Dean of Liberal Arts and as the Community Liaison for Cultural Performing Arts. Her work on campus included service as an officer on the Cerritos College Faculty Association and as a member of the Faculty Senate.
Sally has three sons: EDWARD, a physician; RAUL, a police officer; and JOSEPH, a computer scientist. She has nine grandchildren.
While in the Assembly, Sally has focused on school safety and quality of life issues.
On education, Sally authored Assembly Bill 1756, which was signed into law by Governor Wilson, establishing a statewide grant program to pay for community policing and mentoring on school campuses. Sally has authored legislation ranging from child privacy enhancements to expanded access to after-school programs.
On quality of life issues, Sally authored AB 1355, which created the largest urban nature conservancy in California. This conservancy - and funding items she carried in three state budgets - will bring more parks and green space to the region.
During the 1999-2000 legislative session, Sally Havice was recognized by the media as the fifth most effective state Assemblymember, in terms of securing adoption of her legislative package.
CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE Artesia Chamber Bellflower Chamber Cerritos Chamber Downey Chamber Hawaiian Gardens Lakewood Chamber Long Beach Chamber ANTI-CRIME Bellflower's Alternative to Gangs Doris Tate Crime Victims Foundation Gangs Out Of Downey (GOOD) Long Beach K-9 Officers Association Southeast Task Force on Youth Violence Su Casa Family Violence Shelter of Lakewood CIVIC, CULTURE & HISTORY Artesia Historical Society Bellflower Friends of the Library Bellflower Historical Society Downey Art League Downey Historical Society Downey Symphony Guild Friends of the Artesia Library Friends of the Downey Library Friends of the Downey Art Museum OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AAUW Advocacy Coalition of Long Beach Cerritos College Faculty Association Disabled Resource Center of Long Beach Pilipino American Alliance Latina Leadership Network LULAC Optimist International Sierra Clu Southeast ROP * Partial list of past and current memberships