KZSC_Bushwhacker's_Gail Pelerin CA 28th Dist Assemblymember_staffer Maureen McCarty last day & retirement_2024-12-20

Today is Maureen McCartney's last day in Gail's office before retiring! Maureen is District Manager; Assemblymember Pellerin's district includes Santa Cruz to the Yacht Harbor / Nisene Marks, the northern half of Santa Cruz County, and quite a bit of Santa Clara County from Santa Clara to Almaden and Morgan Hill; although Maureen is retiring from her state job, she's not going far, as she'll have a "side hustle" on Kim deSerpa's staff (newly elected County Supervisor); Maureen started as an intern "working for pennies", then became a staff member for a congressman in Washington DC, later moving to Santa Cruz and becoming a staff member for a Palo Alto state senator; Special Session, where California legislature "Hopes for the best but prepares for the worst"; deep dive into staff, and how they maintain institutional knowledge.