Anna Caballero

Who is Anna Caballero?

Anna Marie Caballero is Secretary of the California Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency. She was appointed to the California State and Consumer Services Agency by Governor Jerry Brown on March 22, 2011. She was a Democratic member of the California State Assembly who was elected to serve the 28th Assembly district in November 2006 and ran unopposed in 2008. Caballero ran for a seat in the California State Senate and lost her election bid in 2010. Caballero had served as Mayor and a Council member of Salinas, California prior to election to the Assembly.

Born to a family of copper miners, Ms. Caballero moved to the Salinas Valley 25 years ago to work for California Rural Legal Assistance. She attended college at University of California, San Diego and law school at UCLA. As an attorney, she represented striking farm workers and fought side by side with unions to prevent plant closures. She, along with three partners, founded the law firm Caballero, Matcham & McCarthy, in 1982 to provide low cost legal service. The business received several awards. Caballero was recognized with the Athena Award for entrepreneurial excellence.