Patrick Kennedy, a fourth generation Sacramentan, has served as the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors (BOS) Representative for District 2 since 2014.
He is a leader on homeless issues, law enforcement oversight and reforms, affordable housing, mental and behavioral health, climate action, flood protection, and transit. He has
served on more than thirty boards and commissions including Regional Transit, Mental Health Board, the Homeless Policy Council and many more.
Before his election to the BOS, he served on the Sacramento City Unified School District Board of Education from 2008 to 2014. Among his many accomplishments on the school board, he started the Healthy Foods Task Force, enabling thousands of school children, particularly those from very low-income households, to eat healthier and locally sourced meals at breakfast lunch and dinner throughout the year. He led efforts to develop one of the nation's most far-reaching anti-bullying policies and transgendered students’ policies. He also chaired the successful bond campaigns, Measures Q and R, to raise $410 Million to improve Sacramento's schools and student health.
While receiving his degree in Government from Sacramento State University, Patrick worked for former State Treasurer Phil Angelides and U.S. Representative Robert Matsui. He later attended law school at night while raising a young family, graduating from Lincoln Law School of Sacramento in 2001.