John Laird

Who is John Laird?

John Laird is the current Secretary of the California Natural Resources Agency and a former legislator who represented the 27th district in the California State Assembly until 2008. The 27th district stretches from Santa Cruz County down through the Monterey Bay and down the coast below the San Luis Obispo county line into Santa Barbara county. Laird was one of the first two openly gay men to serve in the California legislature. Laird become one of the United States first openly gay mayors in 1983 when he took over the mayoralty of the city of Santa Cruz, California.