Each year, JPAC member communities sponsor California state legislators’ travel to Israel for a 9-day study trip. Experiencing Israel, most for the first time, it is a unique educational opportunity to learn first-hand about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the Middle East region. Legislators visit various historical sites and meet with their counterparts in the Israeli government to discuss shared challenges and best practices and to learn about Israeli homeland security and bioterrorism, environmental practices, multiculturalism in education, and the political system, amongst other issues.
Past participants in JPAC’s annual Legislators’ Study Trip to Israel
2011 (December 11-19, 2011)
Speaker of the Assembly John A. Perez
Assemblymember Connie Conway
Assemblymember Katcho Achadjian
Assemblymember Toni Atkins
Assemblymember Susan Bonilla
Assemblymember Steven Bradford
Assemblymember Richard Gordon
Assemblymember Bonnie Lowenthal
2010 (December 12-20)
Assembly Member Bob Blumenfield (40th)
Assembly Member Betsy Butler (53rd)
Assembly Member Anthony Portantino (44th)
Assembly Member Holly Mitchell (47th)
Senator Bob Huff (29th)
2009 (December 6-15)
Senator Roy Ashburn (18th)
Senator Gloria Negrete McLeod (32nd)
Senator Curren Price (26th)
2008 (December 9-18)
Assembly Member Van Tran (68th)
Assembly Member John A. Pérez (46th)
Assembly Member Paul Krekorian (43rd)
Assembly Member Dave Jones (9th)
Los Angeles City Councilman Tony Cárdenas (6th)
Sacramento City Councilman Kevin McCarty (6th)
2007 (November 7-16)
Assembly Member Mike Feuer (42nd)
Assembly Member Mike Davis (48th)
Assembly Member John Laird (27th)
Assembly Member Jared Huffman (6th)
Assembly Member Joel Anderson (77th)
Assembly Member Ted Lieu (53rd)
Assembly Member Sally Lieber (22nd), Speaker pro Tempore
2006 (December 6-15)
Assembly Member Jean Fuller (32nd)
Assembly Member Chuck DeVore (70th)
Assembly Member Bonnie Garcia (80th)
Santa Barbara County Supervisor Salud Carbajal (1st)
2005 (December 4-14)
Assembly Member John Benoit (64th)
Assembly Member Carol Liu (44th)
Assembly Member Joe Nation (6th)
Assembly Member Fran Pavley (41st)
Senator George Runner (17th)
Assembly Member Sharon Runner (36th)
Senator Joe Simitian (11th)
Assembly Member Todd Spitzer (71st)
2004 (November 14-23)
Senator Sam Annestad
Senator Jim Brulte
Assemblyman Rick Keene
Assemblyman Doug LaMalfa
Assemblyman Lloyd Levine
Assemblyman (now Congressman) Kevin McCarthy
Assemblywoman Cindy Montanez
2003 (November 6-16)
City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo
Councilmember Jack Weiss
Councilmember Alex Padilla
Dates unknown
Cruz Bustamante
Ellen Corbett
Gloria Romero
Antonio Villaraigosa
Jim Battin
Bill Lockyer
Bruce McPherson
Tim Leslie
Kerry Mazzoni
Susan Davis
Kevin Murray
Dick Ackerman
Liz Figueroa
Ray Haynes
Richard Katz
Debra Bowen