Bill knows our Valley. The Berryhill family has been here four generations. For thirty years he’s run the successful wine grape growing and harvesting operation he built from the ground up. He did it the old fashioned way, with hard work and a commitment to quality. He’s not afraid to get up early, or to get his hands dirty.

For years, Bill served on a local school board. His common sense, team approach helped make the Ceres school district one of top performing in the state. How? Holding everyone accountable again: principals, teachers, parents and students. A few years ago we elected him to the State Assembly to start turning Sacramento around.

Bill shares his time between his home base in the Valley and the State Capitol.  He will be the first to say that he stays near home as much as possible. He spends most of his free time checking on his ranches, which are managed in partnership with his wife, Triana.  Luckily, his home in Stockton allows him to commute daily to Sacramento.

In the State Assembly, Bill has been working hard on the issues that our Valley cares most about. No one has a better record of fighting to cut the unfair rules that are killing our jobs and preventing new companies from opening. He’s been a leading voice for cutting wasteful spending so we have money for our schools, our prisons and our roads. He’s been the point man on preserving our water rights and a strong voice for our Delta communities. Bill is a proponent for through-Delta water conveyance and opposes a peripheral canal. Also, he believes California is overburdened with regulations and believes that California needs to roll out the red carpet to businesses, instead of rolling out the red tape.

Bill and Triana have been married for 20 years. They met in Triana’s hometown, San Carlos, Mexico and now have three children. Like Bill, no one in the Berryhill household is afraid to speak their minds. With two children of voting age, if Bill starts thinking like a Sacramento politician instead of a Valley farmer, you can be sure they’ll be the first to tell him. William attends Air force ROTC at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Arizona, Alexandria attends UC Berkeley in California, and their youngest child, Gabriele is a senior in high school.