By a MetNews Staff Writer
...The FEC (click here) is a
six-member body, divided equally between Democrats and Republicans, that
enforces the Federal Election Campaigns Act. One seat is currently vacant, and
five members are holding over after their terms have expired.
Ravel, 63, has
headed the FPPC, which enforces the state’s campaign finance laws, since 2011.
She served from 2009 to 2011 as deputy assistant U.S. attorney general,
overseeing tort and consumer litigation in the Civil Division of the Department
of Justice.
Before joining
the DOJ, she spent 33 years in the Santa Clara County Counsel’s Office, the
last 11 as county counsel.
She was a member
of the Judicial Council of California from 2002 to 2005, and served one full
term plus two short appointed stints on the Board of Governors, in addition to
her service on the JNE commission....
