William Wheeler Monning (born April 2, 1951) is an American politician who was elected to the California State Senate in 2012.

He attended Flintridge Preparatory School from fifth to twelfth grade and participated in athletics including football, basketball, baseball and swimming.

Additionally, he was a member of the Monterey County Court-directed mediation panel and served for four years as executive director of the Nobel Peace Prize winning organization, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War.

[5][6][7] After entering the California State Bar, Monning first worked as a staff attorney for the United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO (1976–1978).

I counter that, I get the sentiment, but no, we should take our country back.In 2008 Bill Monning ran for and won the California State District 27 Assembly seat being vacated by termed out John Laird.

Monning hoped to work with community groups and other legislators to effect reform in this and other areas including electoral, campaign finance and economic justice.

[1] In 2016 Monning seriously considered running to fill the seat being vacated by retiring Congressmen Sam Farr but felt he could be more effective in working on climate policy and other important issues as a leader in Sacramento as opposed to being a member of the minority party in Washington.

The investigation found that hundreds of female agriculture workers said they had been harassed and assaulted in the fields with minimal response from their supervisors or from law enforcement.

"[21] Senator Monning successfully authored another bill, SB 168 in 2013, to help agricultural workers get back wages and penalties owed by state-licensed farm labor contractors.

According to Monning, some California contractors had fraudulently dissolved and moved their assets to new corporations, leaving farm workers without anyone to file a claim against.

"[22] In 2015 Monning co-sponsored, with Lois Wolk (D-Davis), SB 128, the California End of Life Option Act.

[25][26] In a 2018 interview with the Monterey County Weekly Monning claimed that the End of Life Option Act was "one of his greatest legislative achievements".

[27] Senator Monning believes climate change is the largest long-term threat to humanity and that it will also negatively affect public health and coastal communities.