California Assembly District 20 Update

Assemblyman Bill Quirk (D-Hayward) represents the 20th District of California. Assemblyman Quirk, a Hayward Rotary Club member since 2005, will deliver his entertaining keynote presentation, "Bipartisan Successes and Failures in the 2015-16 California Legislative Session"

As the oldest of seven children growing up near Boston, Bill started taking responsibility at an early age. Bill excelled in school and became an Eagle Scout. 

After earning his Ph.D. in Astrophysics from Columbia at the age of 24, Bill joined NASA as a research scientist and supervised one of the first studies of climate change: the Goddard Institute Climate Model.

From there, Bill worked in the computer industry in Silicon Valley before settling into a career at the Lawrence Livermore National Lab (LLNL), where he established himself in the fields of atmospheric science and nuclear testing. Bill studied nuclear programs in numerous foreign countries. Bill prepared reports for the Presidential Daily Brief and played a key role in the negotiations for the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.  Teaching physics at Columbia, Caltech and UC Davis helped Bill formulate his lifelong interest in education. 

Bill has a strong record of public service, beginning with his tenure as PTA president while his children attended Hayward public schools. Since moving to Hayward in 1978, Bill served the community as President of Hayward Friends of the Library and Chair, Hayward Library Commission. He is a Member of Hayward Rotary, Hayward Area Historical Society.

Bill served from 2004-12 on the Hayward City Council. While on the Council, Bill served on the Board of Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency, and the Hayward Area Shoreline Planning Agency. While on the city council, Bill has been dedicated to revitalizing Hayward through promoting jobs and safe and clean neighborhoods. 

In the assembly, Bill has stressed simplifying regulations and streamlining the regulatory processes for individuals and businesses while still protecting workers, consumers, and the environment. He is dedicated to achieving the greenhouse reduction values of AB32 in a way that achieves affordable and reliable energy.
Bill is serving on the Assembly Public Safety committee and has served as chair. In this role, he was dedicated to reducing the crime rate in California by reducing the recidivism rate and improving methods of policing.
Bill has been a union member for 30 years and has served on the board of CWA local 9119, which has over 10,000 members at all the University of California Campuses. 

Bill and his wife Laurel moved to the Hayward area in 1978 and have been married for over 45 years. They raised two children who attended Hayward public schools and the University of California.