Current Position: US Representative of CA District 12 from 1993  to 2025 (Formerly 13th)
Affiliation: Democrat
Other positions:  Co-Chair Democratic Steering and Policy Committee
District:   Alameda County and includes the cities of Oakland, Berkeley, Emeryville, Alameda, Albany, Piedmont, and most of San Leandro.

Quotes:
@SpeakerPelosi said it: We cannot jeopardize the integrity of the Jan. 6th investigation with people that don’t take it seriously & played a role in threatening our democracy. Nothing will stand in the way of the truth.

Barbara Lee: Speaking Truth to Power | Official Trailer

Lateefah Aaliyah Simon (born January 29, 1977) is an American politician who is the U.S. representative-elect for California’s 12th congressional district. She is a member of the Democratic Party.

She serves on the Bay Area Rapid Transit board of directors, on the board of trustees of the California State University system, and as the president of MeadowFund, a donor-advised fund created by Patricia Quillin, the wife of Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings. Simon was previously the president of Akonadi Foundation, an organization focused on racial justice in Oakland, California. In 2003, she received a MacArthur Fellowship for her leadership of the Center for Young Women’s Development (now the Young Women’s Freedom Center) from age 19.