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About the author of assisted-death law

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California Assemblywoman Susan Talamantes Eggman, an author of California’s new assisted-death law

• Party: Democrat

• Occupation: Assembly member, 13th Assembly District

• Age: 54, born in Castro Valley

• Residence: Stockton

• Personal: Married to Renee Hall; daughter, Emelia, age 7

• Education: Bachelor’s degree, CSU Stanislaus; master’s of social work, CSU Stanislaus; Ph.D., Portland State University

• Career highlights: Social worker, Hospice of Emanuel in Turlock, Calif., 1993-1996; Graduate program director, division of Social Work, California State University, Sacramento, 2004-2009; Stockton City Council, 2006-2012; California State Assembly, 2012 to present.

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• Quote: “Sitting by people who are dying every day, you learn so much about living.”

Source: Times reporting

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