Correa (Lou) Papers, 1999-2004

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Summary

Title:: Lou Correa Papers
Dates:: 1999-2004
Creators:: Correa, Lou
Abstract:: Assembly Member Lou Correa, Democrat, was elected to the Legislature in 1998. Correa represented Assembly District 69, which includes central Orange County and is dominated by Santa Ana in the south and stretches north to take in parts of Garden Grove and Anaheim. The Lou Correa Papers consist of 2.5 cubic feet of records reflecting Correa's activities during his time as an Assembly Member from 1999 to 2004. The bill files document his legislative activity during his term as a member of the California State Legislature.
Extent:: 2.5 cubic feet.
Language:: Languages represented in the collection: English
Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Lou Correa papers, LP358:[folder number], California State Archives, Office of the Secretary of State, Sacramento, California.

Background

Scope and content:

The Lou Correa Papers consist of 2.5 cubic feet of records reflecting Correa's activities during his time as an Assembly Member from 1999 to 2004. The bill files document his legislative activity during his term as a member of the California State Legislature. The bills introduced by Lou Correa include a wide array of subjects. He authored bills concerning education, public employee benefits, health practitioners, sexual offenders, transportation, manufactured housing, and small businesses.

Biographical / historical:

Assembly Member Lou Correa, Democrat, was elected to the Legislature in 1998. Correa represented Assembly District 69, which includes central Orange County and is dominated by Santa Ana in the south and stretches north to take in parts of Garden Grove and Anaheim. Tourism, small businesses, the aerospace industry, and the building and construction industry are the district's top job producers.

Correa was born in East Los Angeles on January 24, 1958, but was raised in Anaheim. He received a B.A. in Economics from California State University, Fullerton, and a M.B.A. and a J.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles. Correa worked as an investment banker, a small businessman, a realtor, a mortgage banker, and as a part-time teacher. He was a member of the California State Bar, California Faculty Association, Hispanic Chamber, Anaheim Sunrise Rotary Club, Los Amigos, and a licensed member of the National Association of Securities Dealers. He also served on the Board of Directors of the Orange County Community Development Council and the Small Business Board. He was termed out in 2004.

According to the California Legislature at Sacramento (Handbooks), Lou Correa served on the following committees:

Standing Committees
Appropriations, 2001-2004
Banking and Finance, 2003-2004
Budget, 1999-2000
Business and Professions, 2001-2004
Chair 2001-2004
Education, 1999-2002
Insurance, 2003-2004
Jobs, Economic Development, and the Economy, 2001-2002
Local Government, 2001-2002
Public Employees, Retirement, and Social Security, 1999-2004
Chair 1999-2004
Transportation, 1999-2000
Veterans Affairs, 1999-2000
Subcommittees
Budget: Information, Technology/Transportation, 1999-2000
Select Committees
Airports and the Airline Industry, 2004
Asian Trade, 2004
California's Foreign Trade Offices, 2004
California-Mexico Affairs, 1999-2002
California's Nursing Shortage, 2004
Long-Term Planning for Commercial and General Aviation Airport Capacity, 1999-2000
Megan's Law and Sex Offender Registration, 2003-2004
Mobilehomes, 1999-2004
Chair 1999-2002
Prison Construction and Operation, 2004
Re-Use of El Toro Marine Corps Air Station, 2003-2004
Chair 2003-2004
School Funding Reform, 1999-2000
Small Business, 2004
Joint Committees
Legislative Sunset Review, 2001-2004

Acquisition information:

California State Archives acquired the Lou Correa Papers following his final term in the California State Legislature.

Arrangement:

The Lou Correa Papers are arranged into one series: Bill files.

Physical location:

California State Archives

Rules or conventions:

Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:: California. Legislature. Assembly
Names:: Correa, Lou

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:: Lola Aguilar
Date Encoded:: Machine-readable finding aid created by Lola Aguilar. Machine-readable finding aid derived from MS Word. Date of source: July 20, 2006.

Access and use

Restrictions:: Collection is open for research.
Terms of access:: For permission to reproduce or publish, please consult California State Archives staff. Permission for reproduction or publication is given on behalf of the California State Archives, Office of the Secretary of State, Sacramento, as the owner of the physical items. The researcher assumes all responsibility for possible infringement that may arise from reproduction or publication of materials from the California State Archives' collections.

Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Lou Correa papers, LP358:[folder number], California State Archives, Office of the Secretary of State, Sacramento, California.

Location of this collection:: California State Archives

1020 "O" Street

Sacramento, CA 95814, US