Doris Kim

Assembly Fellow with a background in environmental, equity, and economic policy. Staffed 4 bills (AB 1645, AB 1679, AB 1704, AB 2332) and 5 budget requests in 2025-26. Secured $70M in Exide battery plant cleanup through the Legislative Budget Process. Worked with 59 stakeholders and negotiated 11 amendments with 14 opposing groups.

Assembly Fellow - Office of Assemblymember Mark González - Sacramento

(2025-10 - 2026-08)

• Portfolio: Agriculture, Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials, Higher Education, Natural Resources, Public Safety, Revenue and Taxation, Transportation, Utilities and Energy, and Water, Parks, and Wildlife.
• Bill Staffing & Management: Successfully passed 3 bills and managed a legislative portfolio of 4 bills (AB 1645, AB 1679, AB 1704, AB 2332) and 5 budget requests through the 2025–26 session.
• Amendment Negotiation: Formulated compromises and drafted technical amendments with committee staff and key state agencies (CDCR, CDE, CARB, State Board of Education) to align stakeholders and move high-profile opposition to "neutral" or "aye" votes.
• Coalition & Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborated with a collective network of 700+ members, 59 distinct external stakeholders, and 45 organizations to organize unified testimony, social media campaigns, and secure 129 support letters.
• District & Constituent Relations: Partnered closely with district office staff to resolve constituent problems, track local impacts of Capitol policy, and connect regional advocacy groups with the Member.
• Project Management: Managed daily office workflows under pressure, monitored The Daily File, tracked strict committee deadlines, and coordinated legislative publications and contact lists using LCMS and DCO Workfront.
• Research & Writing: For every presentation, prepared Member’s background research, FAQs, talking points for Member and witnesses, author statements, and support and opposition arguments using straightforward language.
• Media Relations and Communications: Wrote 4 press releases, resulting in story placement in CalMatters (AB 1645), Merced Focus (AB 2332), and Sacramento Bee (AB 1645).
• Bill Analysis: Wrote 208+ bill analyses and recommendations within assigned policy portfolio; prepared an average of 12 vote recommendations per week for the Assembly Public Safety and Assembly Utilities and Energy Committees, and briefed the Member weekly.
• Interpersonal Communication: Briefed Legislative Director daily on bill progress, controversies, local news, and meetings. Briefed the district office, Capitol office, and Member weekly on major bill updates.
• Event Planning: Planned, set up, and introduced Member for Brown Bag and Progressive Caucus Lunch (~35 attendees each event).

Research Positions - UC Davis and Sacramento - UC Davis and Sacramento

(2022-04 - 2025-09)

• UC Davis Division of Inclusive Excellence: Planned and hosted 26 events with 1,530 total attendees with 25 stakeholder groups. Wrote and designed 6 departmental reports, 12 articles, and 7 social media campaigns. Researched equitable faculty hiring, retention, and leadership practices for faculty and student programming.
• California State Treasurer’s Office (STO): Collected 31 testimonials with county-level data, analyzed participation data based on location, and designed heat maps of agency outreach.
• UC Davis Fracking Policy Entrepreneurs Research: Researched 20 policy entrepreneurs/week connected to oil and fracking legislation and found their contact information to register them for the study.
• UC Davis Groundwater Organization Research: Coded for 50 organizations/week mentioned in groundwater policy and SGMA documents to understand where the most political momentum was coming from.

Associate Intern - National Stewardship Action Council (NSAC) - Sacramento

(2023-06 - 2023-10)

• Designed 6 social media campaigns for sponsored bills across 4 platforms and sent out weekly newsletters.
• Researched 25 grant opportunities and prepared 4 presentations.

B.S. - Environmental Policy Planning and Analysis, Minor in Economics - University of California, Davis

Graduate Certificate - Applied Policy and Government - California State University, Sacramento