He was elected to represent the citizens of District 28 in the Arizona House of Representatives in November 2006, and just completed his first session in office where, among many other accomplishments, he introduced a bill to tax carbon emissions in order to fund solar energy. He was named Conservation Hero by the Arizona League of Conservation Voters, and Legislative Champion by the Arizona League of Towns and Cities.

He is well-known as the artist who gathered personal photos from the Tucson community and turned them into those historic photographic tile murals around the Broadway Underpass, at the eastern gateway to Downtown Tucson. For that project, he invented a new way of converting photographs to glazed ceramic tile.

Steve has also become well-known as a strong advocate for public transit and other sustainable transportation improvements, and is founder of the transit advocacy group Tucsonans for Sensible Transportation. He was instrumental in gaining approval for a dramatically expanded system of buses, bikeways and sidewalks and the Modern Streetcar starter light rail line which will be running in Tucson by 2010.

The Arizona Transit Association honored him with the statewide 2006 Friend of Transit award. He is also a Board Member of the central-city Blenman Elm Neighborhood Association.

He has collaborated with a broad range of Tucson environmentalists and government officials on various livability issues ranging from the Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan to alternative modes of transportation to organic gardening to smart growth to affordable housing to water harvesting to urban design.

• Father of Amelia, 13, and Genevieve, 8
• Small-business owner for 16 years
• Creator of historic photo-tile murals at Tucson’s Broadway Underpass
• Designer/author of several Tucson community history books
• Named 2007 Conservation Hero by the Arizona League of Conservation Voters
• Named 2007 Legislative Champion by the League of Arizona Cities and Towns
• Honored with several other national awards for community art and activism
• Board Member, Blenman-Elm Neighborhood Assocation
• Board Member, Arizona Citizen Action for the Arts
• Union member: Graphic Artists Guild
• Founder, Tucsonans for Sensible Transportation
• Founder, Citizens for a Sensible Transportation Solution
• Vice-Chair, Pima Association of Governments Regional Transportation Plan Task Force