Levin, Mike, 1978-

<p>Michael Ted Levin (born October 20, 1978) is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for California's 49th congressional district since 2019, which covers most of northern coastal San Diego County, as well as a portion of southern Orange County. A member of the Democratic Party, and an environmental attorney by occupation, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2018 election. He was re-elected in 2020.</p>

<p>Levin was born in Inglewood, California and raised in Lake Forest, California, in South Orange County. His mother is Mexican American and his father is Jewish. Levin was raised in both the Jewish and Catholic faiths. He attended Loyola High School in Los Angeles before attending Stanford University. While at Stanford, Levin served as president of the student body. He attended law school at the Duke University School of Law in Durham, North Carolina before returning to his native Orange County.</p>

<p>Levin co-founded CleanTech OC, a clean energy trade association in Orange County, and was profiled in an OC Metro "40 Under 40" piece for his work at FlexEnergy, a company that developed a technology to capture and use methane from landfills and wastewater treatment facilities. He was the director of government affairs at FuelCell Energy from 2014 to 2017. He also served as the vice president of Better Energy Systems, a consumer-facing cleantech startup based in Berkeley, California, and on the board of directors of the Center for Sustainable Energy, an environmental organization based in San Diego. In this capacity, Levin opposed the redevelopment of Encina Power Station, arguing that "the proposed Carlsbad plant contradicts the priorities that California has established to reduce pollution across our state as it will use combustion to generate power."</p>

LEVIN, Mike, a Representative from California; born on October 20, 1978; graduated from Loyola High School, Los Angeles, Calif., 1997; B.A., Stanford University, Stanford, Calif., 2001; J.D., Duke University, Raleigh, N.C., 2005; lawyer, private practice; business executive; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Sixteenth and to the succeeding Congress (January 3, 2019-present).

<p>Congressman Mike Levin is proud to represent California's 49th Congressional District, which includes North County San Diego and South Orange County.</p>

<p>Currently serving his second term in the House of Representatives, Levin sits on the House Committee on Natural Resources, the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, and the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, where he serves as Vice Chair of the Committee and Chair of the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.</p>

<p>Levin was raised in South Orange County and attended local elementary and junior high schools. He spent his high school years at Loyola High in Los Angeles, and went on to study at Stanford University, where he served as the student body president. Upon graduation from Stanford, Levin served as a Coro Fellow and then attended Duke University School of Law.</p>