The CFT names a Legislator of the Year to acknowledge an individual’s extraordinary efforts in the State Capitol on behalf of educators and education. The award is presented at the CFT Convention.

Award Recipients

• 2021   Assemblymember Rob Bonta, D-Oakland
• 2019   Assemblymember Patrick O’Donnell, D-Long Beach 
• 2018   Senator Connie Leyva, D-San Bernadino, and Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher, D-San Diego 
• 2017   Assemblymembers Kevin McCarty, D-Sacramento, and Phil Ting, D-San Francisco
• 2016   Assemblymember Jose Medina, D-Riverside
• 2015   Assemblymember Paul Fong, D-San Jose (Award of Appreciation) 
• 2014   Senator Marty Block, D-San Diego
• 2013   Assemblymember Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley
• 2012   Assemblymembers Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco, and Paul Fong, D-San Jose
• 2011   Senator Loni Hancock, D-Berkeley