A Representative from California; born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., July 28, 1946; attended Homestead High School, Sunnyvale, Calif.; graduated, Capitol Page School, Washington, D.C., 1963; B.A., Willamette University, Salem, Oreg., 1968; J.D., Willamette University, 1971; admitted to the California bar, 1971, and commenced practice in San Rafael; director, Department of Human Relations, Marin County, Calif., 1973; executive director, Marin County Housing Authority, 1974; elected, California legislature, 1979-1982; delegate, California State Democratic convention, 1982; delegate, Democratic National Convention, 1980; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1983-January 3, 1991); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1990 to the One Hundred Second Congress; is a resident of Occidental, Calif.