Community Service

Victoria Kolakowski has been committed to community service, and believes that judges should to be active leaders in the civic life of the community.

Governmental Commissions

• Budget Advisory Commitee, Oakland, CA

Member (2009-Present)

Advises the Council on budgetary matters.

• Public Works Commission, Berkeley, CA

Vice Chair (1996)

Advises the Council on maintenance, repair, and capital improvement of streets, sidewalks, sanitary sewers, storm drains, City buildings, communication systems, vehicles and equipment, and undergrounding of utilities.

• Human Welfare and Community Action Commission, Berkeley, CA

Chair (1993-1995)

Member (1992-1996)

Advises the Council on social welfare programs serving the poor, including recommendations for $1.8 million in contracts for non-profit organizations.

Non-Profit Organizations

• California Council of Churches, Sacramento, CA

Board Member (2010-Present)

The California Council of Churches has presented the theological diversity in the mainstream and progressive communities of faith since 1913.  CCC and its sister organization, Council of Churches Impact, operate a Sacramento-based public policy office representing 51 different denominations and judicatories with over 1.5 million members from the mainstream Protestant and Orthodox Christian communities as well as allies from other faith traditions.

• Interfaith Working Group, Philadelphia, PA

Treasurer (2008-Present)

Non-Profit organization that undertakes Internet-based projects to address religious diversity, racism and justice concerns of the LGBT community.  Operates the http://www.transfaithonline.organd http://www.alliesgather.org websites.

• Transgender Law Center, San Francisco, CA

Co-Chair (2010-Present)

Vice Chair (2009-2010)

Board  (2006-Present)

Civil rights organization advocating for transgender communities through legal services, public policy advocacy, and educational opportunities. 

• Tenderloin AIDS Resource Center (now Tenderloin Health), San Francisco, CA

Board (1994-95)

Provides case management, peer advocacy, housing, medical care, anonymous testing, and other services for the homeless confronting HIV/AIDS.

Advocacy Organizations

• Marriage Equality USA

Communities of Faith Liaison (2009-Present)

Transgender Outreach Director (2006-2009)

• Equality California

Vice Chair (1999-2000)

Secretary (1998-1999)

Founding officer of California's largest LGBT advocacy organization.

• East Bay Stonewall Democratic Club (Formerly East Bay Lesbian/Gay Democratic Club)

President (1991-1994)

Helped draft Berkeley's domestic partnership registry ordinance, and assisted multiple cities and governmental bodies with developing benefits and protections for domestic partnerships.

 

Victoria Kolakowski is an administrative law judge at the California Public Utilities Commission. In order to prevent any impropriety, she will neither solicit nor accept support from anyone who appears before her at the CPUC, including utilities, organizations, and individuals involved in utility proceedings, and attorneys and experts who appear on their behalf.