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Assembly Member Wilmer Amina Carter represents the 62nd District which covers the cities of Rialto and Colton, portions of the cities of Fontana and San Bernardino, and the communities of Bloomington and Muscoy.

Carter’s legislative focus includes transportation, job creation and education.

During her first term, Governor Schwarzenegger signed several of her bills into law: AB 428, AB 1088, AB 1229, AB 1963, AB 2650 and AB 2801. Of note, AB 428 requires high schools to notify parents and pupils of the A-G curriculum required for admission to the UC and CSU systems. AB 1229 gives rank-and-file officers a seat at the Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission. AB 1963 gives counties the flexibility to offer competitive hiring packages to financial experts in order to help grow retirement investments.

As your Assembly Member for the 62nd District, Assemblywoman Carter is actively involved in policy discussions that affect Californians, and is always working to improve the welfare of the state and her district. She is Chair of both the Budget Subcommittee on Education, and the Select Committee on Inland Empire Transportation. She also serves as a member on the following Assembly Committees: Budget, Education, Health, Insurance, Utilities and Commerce. She is a member of the following Assembly Select Committees: Domestic Violence, Census, Renewable Energy, and Schools and Community. She serves on the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, and is an active member on the following Commissions that address issues currently confronting California: the California Workforce Investment Board, the Education Commission of the States, The Curriculum Commission, and The Assembly Stimulus, Economic Recovery, and Jobs Task Force.

Prior to being elected to the California State Assembly, she served on the Rialto Unified School District Board for sixteen years. She was a staff member to the late Congressman George Brown for 23 years; during that time, she served as District Director. She also served as a government affairs liaison for California State University, San Bernardino.

After she retired from the Rialto School Board, the board members recognized her for her contributions to the community by voting to name Rialto’s newest comprehensive International Baccalaureate high school the Wilmer Amina Carter High School. Carter High School is the first high school in the Inland Empire to be named in honor of a living African American woman.

Assembly Member Carter graduated from San Bernardino High School, attended San Bernardino Valley College, and earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from California State University at San Bernardino. She lives in Rialto with her husband, Ratibu Jacocks. They have three adult children.