Corbett capped off her career on the East Bay Regional Parks board
Ellen Corbett, who served as Bay Regional Parks District director for Ward 4, is photographed at the East Bay Times studio in Oakland, Calif., on Monday, Sept. 26, 2016. East Bay parks director Ellen Corbett, a former state Senate majority leader and San Leandro’s first woman elected mayor, died on Friday. She was 69.
East Bay Regional Parks General Manager Sabrina Landreth called Corbett a fearless leader for regional parks and a champion of the organization’s mission. Corbett was just the second woman in history to serve as senate majority leader in the California State Senate, a post she held from 2010 to 2014.signed into law, including new requirements for seismic safety in K-12 school buildings, greater privacy protections for domestic violence and stalking victims, and the Californiato fund regional park services including wildfire prevention, improved trails and visitor facilities, and restoring natural habitats, including urban creeks and hillsides.
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