Rusty Areias
Rusty Areias is a former Democratic member of the California State Assembly. Areias served in the California State Assembly from 1982 to 1994. He lost bids for the California State Senate in 1996 and 2002.
From 1998 to 2001, he was the Director of the California Department of Parks and Recreation. He is a principal at California Strategies, a public affairs and lobbying firm. Areias and two other employees of California Strategies were fined in 2013 for seeking to influence state government decisions without registering as lobbyists.
