Willie Lewis Brown, Jr. (b. March 20, 1934) is an American political figure who served over 30 years in the California State Assembly, after which he became the first and only African-American mayor of San Francisco. Brown is a member of the Democratic Party.

Carol A. Corrigan (born August 16, 1948, in Stockton, California) is a Justice of the California Supreme Court. On December 9, 2005, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger nominated her to the Supreme Court of California to replace Justice Janice Rogers Brown, who resigned to accept an appointment to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. She was confirmed in this position January 4, 2006.

Christopher Allen Darden (born April 7, 1956) is an American lawyer and fifteen-year veteran of the LA County District Attorney's office. He was, along with Marcia Clark, a prosecuting attorney in the murder trial of O.J. Simpson. He received criticism during the trial from legal observers. His worst blunder may have been his request that Simpson try on the "bloody gloves," which seemed not to fit. Darden received a B.A. from San Jose State University, …

George Richard Moscone (November 24, 1929-November 27, 1978) (pronounced "mos-"cone"-ee") was the mayor of San Francisco, California from January 1976 until his assassination in November 1978.

Kevin Francis Shelley (born November 16, 1955 in San Francisco, California) is a California politician, who was the 28th California Secretary of State from January 6, 2003, until his resignation on March 4, 2005. Shelley was raised in San Francisco, the only son in a family of five. His father, Jack Shelley, was a State Senator, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and Mayor of San Francisco. Shelley graduated from St. Ignatius High School in 1973.

George R. Roberts (1945-) is an American financier and was one of the founders of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR). He is the first cousin of Henry Kravis. With an estimated net worth of around $2.5 billion as of 2006, he is ranked by "Forbes" as the 292-richest person in the world. Roberts was a native of Houston, Texas and attended Claremont McKenna College graduating in 1966.

Marvin R. Baxter (born January 9, 1940) is, as of 2006, an associate justice of the Supreme Court of California (appointed 1991). Baxter was born in Fowler, California, and was raised on his family's farm. He attended California State University, Fresno, earning a degree in economics. Upon graduation, he became a Coro Foundation Fellow in Public Affairs (1962-63), and attended the Hastings College of the Law, from which he earned his law degree in 1966.

Robert Takeo Matsui was an American politician from the state of California. Matsui was a member of the Democratic Party and served 13 terms (although elected to 14) in the U.S. House of Representatives as the congressman for California's 5th congressional district.

Richard Charles Ackerman (born December 5, 1942 in Long Beach, California) is a Republican U.S. politician, who is currently the California State Senate Minority Leader. Born in Long Beach, California, Ackerman earned a B.A. in Mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1964 and a J.D. from Hastings College of the Law in 1967. Ackerman and his wife, Linda, who married in 1968, have three children, Lauren, Marc, and Brett, and one granddaughter, Caitlin.

Kamala Devi Harris (born 1964 in Oakland, California) is the current District Attorney of San Francisco. She is the first woman district attorney in San Francisco, the first African American to serve as top prosecutor in California, and the first Indian American to serve as district attorney in the United States. She was elected in December 2003 with over 56 percent of the votes in a run-off election against the two-term incumbent, Terence Hallinan.

Clair Engle (September 21 1911 - July 30 1964) was an American politician of the Democratic Party and a United States Senator from California. Engle was born in Bakersfield, California, he attended public school and graduated from Chico State College in 1930 and from the University of California Hastings College of Law in 1933. Engle was admitted to the bar in 1933 and commenced practice in Corning, California, and served as district attorney of Tehama County, …

Vicki McCarty Iovine (born Vicki McCarty on 13 January 1954 in Los Angeles, California) is an American model, writer, and lawyer. She was "Playboy" magazine's Playmate of the Month for its September 1979 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Arny Freytag. Vicki graduated "summa cum laude" from the University of California, Berkeley and earned membership in the Phi Beta Kappa society.

Jackie Speier is a former Democratic member of the California State Senate representing San Francisco and San Mateo Counties.

Karla M. Gray (b. May 10, 1947) is an American attorney and judge who currently serves as the Chief Justice of the Montana Supreme Court; she was the first woman elected to that position. Gray was born in Escanaba, Michigan. She attended Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo from 1965-1970, earning a B.A. and an M.A. in African history. She then moved to California, working as a clerk matron at the Mountain View Police Department.

Thomas Arthur Mesereau, Jr. is an American trial attorney and former amateur boxer best known for successfully defending Michael Jackson in the 2005 child molestation trial. His celebrity criminal defense work is balanced by his personal and professional commitment to seeking justice for the legally underserved and "railroaded" victims of overzealous criminal prosecution offices.

Abby Ginzberg has been an independent documentary film director and producer for the past 20 years, creating films that tackle discrimination and the legal profession. She recently completed the documentary, "Soul of Justice: Thelton Henderon's American Journey", which focused on federal district judge Thelton Henderson. Another film, "A Tale of Two Cities", discusses the difficulty of forming high-school education for disadvantaged juvenile youths.

Paula A. Nakayama (born October 19, 1953) of Honolulu, Hawaii is Associate Justice of the Hawaii State Supreme Court. She served her first term from 1993 to 2003. She is currently serving her second term which lasts from 2003 to 2013. At a young age, Nakayama moved to San Jose, California where she graduated from Blackford High School. She then went on to study at the University of California at Davis where she obtained her bachelor's degree in consumer economics.

Robert Myles Hertzberg was born on November 19, 1954 in Los Angeles, California, was an attorney and businessperson, and served in the California State Assembly from 1996-2002. In 2000 he was elected Speaker of the State Assembly, and sought the office of Mayor of Los Angeles in 2005 but lost. During his term as an Assemblymember, Hertzberg created the San Fernando Valley High School Commission, providing young people an opportunity to get involved in the political process.

Mario R. Ramil (born June 21, 1946) was an Associate Justice of the Hawaii State Supreme Court and was the second Filipino American in the United States to rise to the office. He served his tenure from 1993 to 2002. Born and raised in the Philippines, Ramil's family immigrated to the San Francisco Bay Area when he was young. He received his bachelor's degree in 1972 from California State University, …

Thomas John Umberg (born September 25 1955) is a U.S. politician, who was a Democrat in the California State Assembly, representing the 69th District.

Edward Espenett "Ed" Case (born September 27, 1952) is a Democratic politician. He represented Hawaii's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. He was first elected in 2002 in a special election to fill the seat of Patsy T. Mink, who died of pneumonia. In 2006 Case chose not to run for another term in the House of Representatives so he could challenge Senator Daniel Akaka in the Democratic primary for Akaka's U.S. Senate seat.

William Edwin Dannemeyer (born September 22 1929) is a right-wing American politician, activist, and author. He is currently honorary national chairman of Citizens for a Better America. He served as U.S. Representative from the 39th Congressional District of California from 1979 to 1993, during which time he and friend and fellow Republican U.S. Rep. Robert K. Dornan came to personify Orange County conservatism.

Richard Thalheimer (born 1948) is founder, and former CEO and chairman of the Sharper Image Corporation. Thalheimer is a graduate of Hall High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, and Yale University (Class of 1970) and received a law degree from University of California, Hastings College of the Law in 1974. Thalheimer's family settled in Arkansas before the Civil War and started a livery business. Thalheimer was raised in Little Rock.