Akilah (Akilah) Weber (D-SS39)
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Senator
Suite 8610 State Capitol 1021 O Street
Sacramento, CA 95814-4900

District Office:
7575 Metropolitan Drive
San Diego, CA 92108
Elected: 2024    Next Election: 2028
Spouse: Andrew Pierson   DOB: 7/2/1978
Counties Representing
San Diego

Bio

Dr. Akilah Weber was elected November 2024 to represent California's 39th Senate District. Previously representing California's 79th Assembly District, Dr. Weber is a medical doctor, educator, former City Councilmember, San Diego native, and mom to two young boys. Dr. Weber is a board-certified obstetrician/gynecologist, and she is the founder and past director of the Pediatric & Adolescent Gynecology Division at Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego. She also served as an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences at UCSD.

Dr. Weber has served on the La Mesa City Council where she's worked to implement the city's Climate Action Plan and championed the creation of both a Community Police Oversight Board and the La Mesa homelessness task force. Since the outbreak of COVID-19, Dr. Weber has also been on the frontlines of the city's efforts to protect public health. Her long record of community activism includes serving on the boards of La Mesa Conversations and the La Mesa-Foothills Democratic Club, and volunteering as the science coordinator for the Links to STEM program for children who are underrepresented in STEM fields.

Dr. Weber grew up in the Oak Park neighborhood of San Diego and graduated from Encanto Elementary School and Gompers Secondary School. She earned her Bachelor's degree from Xavier University of Louisiana and her medical degree from the University of Rochester Medical School. Dr. Weber completed her residency in Obstetrics & Gynecology at Chicago Cook County Hospital and her fellowship in Pediatric & Adolescent Gynecology at Cincinnati Children's Hospital. Dr. Weber lives in La Mesa with her boys, Kadir and Jalil. She is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and The Links, Incorporated.








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