Mike Levin
Template:TOCnestleft Mike Levin
Background
Mike Levin was raised in South Orange County, where he attended public elementary and junior high schools. Mike spent his high school years in Los Angeles at Loyola High and then went to Stanford University, where he was honored to serve as student body president. After college, Mike served in the Coro Fellows Program and then attended Duke University School of Law. After law school, he served as Executive Director of the Democratic Party of Orange County, and has worked as an attorney focused on environmental and energy regulatory compliance and government affairs.
Mike is a passionate believer in clean energy and has over a decade of experience in the industry, helping to accelerate the transition towards more sustainable power generation and transportation options. Mike has served for several years on the board of the Center for Sustainable Energy, based in San Diego, and co-founded Sustain OC in Orange County. For his work in clean energy, Mike was named to the OC METRO 40 under 40.
On top of championing environmental policies, Mike will fight for Medicare for All, affordable higher education, preventing gun violence, protecting Social Security, a woman’s right to choose, and a $15 federal minimum wage.
Mike lives in San Juan Capistrano with his wife, Chrissy, a graduate of the University of Arizona and Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and their two children.[1]
Stanford presidency
April 1999, with their platform focusing on "experience, dedication and vision." sophomore Mike Levin and doctoral student John Mills hope to assume the positions of ASSU president and vice president, respectively. The two bring a great deal of experience to the campaign. In his two years of involvement with the ASSLI, Levin has risen to the position of senate deputy chair. In that role he works on projects within the senate and, together with the senate chair, compilesand prepares for senate meetings. In addition Levin works with the 10 freshman associate senators. . 'Mills won his senate seat unexpectedly thanks to write-in votes from friends but accepted the seat, us it was "an opportunity to do something rewarding." Mills is also a member of the (graduate Student Council and was involved this year in planning the ASMIJ's Dead Week Midnight Breakfast.
The team's vision centers nrotmd "balancing the stuff [in the ASSUJ that works now with new creative ideas. We want to make a
real effort to listen to the students," Levin said. One of their new projects, termed "Recycle Your Cycle," will organize the donation of unwanted bikes of graduating students. The ASSU will have the bikes stored by the Stanford police over the summer, fixed up by a student mechanic, and sold to students in the fall for $50 or less. Another new idea, the "Lighted Corridor Project," will work toward providing more lighted paths for students to travel at night. Signs will be put on lamp posts directing students to well-lit paths. In addition they will work to increase the lighting in areas of campus that are too dark at night. Levin and Mills want to continue to improve dining quality and service.
Levin also mentioned plans to extend the nighttime hours of the basketball courts, as students are often kicked off and threatened with arrest by campus police. Mills, as a graduate student, hopes to facilitate the GSC's efforts to address issues specific to graduate students such as dental care through Cowell and health care options for spouses and children. In addition Mills wants the ASSU to take a more active role in planning graduate student social events.
Levin and Mills were two of the authors of the amendment to form separate graduate and undergraduate senates in the ASSU. They see the amendment as "complementary to what we want to do," Levin said. Mills said that a graduate student as vice president along with the amendment would "bring [graduate students] more fully under the ASSU umbrella. We're really reaching out to everyone on campus." "We're not here to serve ourselves, we're here to serve others," Levin said. "The most important thing is being passionate about what you're doing. We're doing this, because it's what we believe in." Mills defined the dedication part of their campaign as his and Levin's commitment to "maintain and strengthen what's already been established this past year."[2]
The Levin/Mills ticket was successful.
Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC
In 2018 Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC (CPC PAC), the political arm of the 76-member Congressional Progressive Caucus, endorsed Mike Levin (CA-49) for the House of Representatives.[3]
Democracy for America
Mike Levin, U.S. House, California 49, was endorsed by Democracy for America in 2018.
- After graduating from Duke University School of Law, Mike served as Executive Director of the Democratic Party of Orange County, and has worked as an attorney focused on environmental and energy regulatory compliance and government affairs.
- He is a passionate believer in clean energy and has over a decade of experience in the industry, helping to accelerate the transition towards more sustainable power generation and transportation options. For the last decade, Mike has been involved in the clean energy industry as an attorney and non-profit founder and director, and will be a champion in Washington on issues of sustainability and climate change and their impact on our economy, health, and security. Mike Levin wants to put California’s 49th district at the forefront of clean energy economic growth.
- On top of championing environmental policies, Mike Levin will fight for Medicare for All, affordable higher education, preventing gun violence, protecting Social Security, a woman’s right to choose, and a $15 federal minimum wage.[4]