Inventory of the Dion Louise Aroner Papers
Lola Aguilar
California State Archives
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Inventory of the Papers
Collection number: LP355
California State ArchivesOffice of the Secretary of State
Sacramento, California
- Processed by:
- Lola Aguilar
- Date Completed:
- May 2006
- Encoded by:
- Lola Aguilar
© 2006 California Secretary of State. All rights reserved.
Title: Dion Louise Aroner papers
Dates: 1997-2002
Collection number: See series description
Creator:
Aroner, Dion Louise
Collection Size:
5 cubic feet.
Repository:
California State Archives
Sacramento, California
Abstract: Assembly Member Dion Louise Aroner, Democrat, was elected to the Legislature in 1996 and served three consecutive terms representing
Assembly District 14. The Dion Louise Aroner Papers consist of 5 cubic feet of records reflecting Aroner's activities during
her time as an Assembly Member from 1997 to 2002. The bill files document her legislative activity during her term as a member
of the California State Legislature.
Physical location: California State Archives
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Collection is open for research.
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is given on behalf of the California State Archives as the owner of the physical items. The researcher assumes all responsibility
for possible infringement which may arise from reproduction or publication of materials from the California State Archives
collections.
[Identification of item], Dion Louise Aroner papers, LP355:[folder number], California State Archives, Office of the Secretary
of State, Sacramento, California.
California State Archives acquired the Dion Louise Aroner Papers following her final term in the California State Legislature.
Assembly Member Dion Louise Aroner, Democrat, was elected to the Legislature in 1996 and served three consecutive terms. She
represented Assembly District 14, which runs along the eastern side of San Francisco and San Pablo Bays and is a mix of industrial
and residential communities. Cities in the district include Albany, Berkeley, El Cerrito, Emeryville, San Pablo, most of Richmond,
and about one fourth of Oakland. Education and high-tech industry are major economic factors in the district, with the University
of California, Berkeley acting as a strong magnet for other businesses.
Dion Louise Aroner was born on June 6, 1945 in San Francisco. She received a bachelor's degree in political science from the
University of California, Berkeley in 1966 and worked in Alameda County as a social worker from 1967 to 1972. From 1972 to
1976 she joined the staff of Alameda County Supervisor Tom Bates. In 1970 she served as president of the Alameda County chapter
of the Service Employees International Union Local 535, and in 1971 the union elected her statewide president, the first woman
and youngest person to hold the office. After Bates was elected to the Assembly in 1976, Aroner continued working on his staff
for the next twenty years, eventually becoming his chief of staff until he was termed out in 1996. With the support of Bates,
Aroner successfully ran in 1996 for the Assembly District 14 seat left vacant by Bates and served until 2002, when she was
termed out of office. She and her husband David Aroner have two children, Joshua and Danielle.
According to the California Legislature at Sacramento (Handbooks), Dion Louise Aroner served on the following committees:
California State Assembly, 1997-2002
- Standing Committees
- Appropriations, 2001-2002
- Budget, 1999-2002
- Housing and Community Development, 1998
- Human Services, 1997-2002
- *Chair 1997-2002
- Judiciary, 1997-2000
- Revenue and Taxation, 1997-2002
- Water, Parks and Wildlife, 2001-2002
- Subcommittees
- Budget: Health and Human Services, 2001-2002
- Select Committees
- Aging, 1998
- California's Women, 1998
- Coastal Protection, 1998
- Mental Health, 1998
- Palliative Care, 2001-2002
- Welfare Reform Implementation, 1998
- Joint Committees
- Task Force on Workforce Investment, 1999
- Welfare Reform, 1997
The Dion Louise Aroner Papers consist of 5 cubic feet of records reflecting Aroner's activities during her time as an Assembly
Member from 1997 to 2002. The bill files document her legislative activity during her term as a member of the California State
Legislature. The bills introduced by Dion Louise Aroner include a wide array of subjects. She authored bills concerning educational
finance, childcare, disability rights, children's mental health, adoptions, foster care, and family policy.
Bill files are arranged chronologically by legislative session and numerically by bill number.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Aroner, Dion Louise
California. Legislature. Assembly
File folders: LP355:1-70
Series 1. Bill Files 1997-2002
Physical Description: 70 file folders
Bill files created by Dion Louise Aroner may include bill analyses, amendments, author's statements, correspondence, committee
statements, author's statements, press releases, newspaper clippings, and background information.
California State Assembly
1997-1998 AB437-AB2774 (25ff) LP355:1-25
1999-2000 AB150-AB2921, AJR17 (20ff) LP355:26-45
2001-2002 AB212-AB2972, AJR49 (25ff) LP355:46-70