Rebecca Bauer-Kahan
Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (born October 28, 1978) is an American attorney and politician who serves in the California State Assembly. A Democrat, she represents the 16th Assembly District, which encompasses Lamorinda and the Tri-Valley region of the San Francisco Bay Area. Bauer-Kahan was first elected to the State Assembly in November 2018 after narrowly defeating the previous incumbent, moderate Republican Catharine Baker. She currently serves as the Assistant Speaker Pro Tempore of the Assembly and founded and chairs the Select Committee on Women's Reproductive Health. Biography. Prior to being elected to the State Assembly , Bauer-Kahan was an attorney and taught appellate law and legal research and writing at Santa Clara University and Golden Gate University. She is the granddaughter of refugees, who came to the United States to escape the Holocaust and she coordinated the legal services effort at SFO on behalf of the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) to assist refugees and immigrants impacted by the Trump Administration’s travel ban.