Editing Sam Farr (section)

===State and local political career===
Farr's public service career began in the [[California State Assembly]], where he worked as a staffer on budget issues for a decade. In 1975, he ran for and won a seat on the [[Monterey County, California|Monterey County]] [[Board of Supervisors]].<ref name=":0" />

In 1980 he was elected to a seat in the Assembly, where he became a champion for the organics industry and wrote one of the country's strictest oil-spill liability laws. He served in the Assembly until his election to Congress in 1993. {{Citation needed|date=January 2013}}