About Lucas

As a Yolo County Supervisor, Lucas Frerichs is committed to advancing policy that promotes the ability of families, in all their forms, to have their basic needs met in safe, connected communities where there is opportunity for personal fulfillment, and access to protected natural resources.  

Representing the cities of Davis and Winters, the campus of the University of California at Davis (UCD), and the rural land of southwestern Yolo County, Lucas began a four-year term on the Yolo County Board of Supervisors in January 2023 after being elected by the District 2 voters in June 2022.

Lucas earlier served as Mayor and City Council Member for the City of Davis from 2012-22. Lucas also served as Board Chair of the 31-member Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG) and serves on the boards (and is former Board Chair) of the following agencies: Capitol Corridor JPA (Amtrak California), Yolo Transportation District (Yolobus), Valley Clean Energy (VCE)-Yolo County’s local clean power provider, and the Yolo Habitat Conservancy. Lucas is also the incoming Commission Chair for First 5 Yolo, whose primary goal is to assist our community to raise children who are healthy, safe, and ready to learn.

Lucas’ work in public service began as a longtime staffer in the California State Assembly- working for four separate Assemblymembers. With fifteen years of experience working in the State Capitol, Lucas most recently worked as Associate Director of State Policy for The Nature Conservancy, where he was responsible for advocating on behalf of the environment before the California State Legislature and numerous state agencies.

In 2018, the Sacramento Business Journal named Lucas as one of its annual “40 Under 40” young professionals, and in 2021, Sacramento Magazine named Lucas one of the Sacramento Area’s Top 100 Professionals. He is also a proud member of the Davis Sunrise Rotary Club. He received a B.A.

in government from California State University, Sacramento, and earned a certificate in land use and environmental planning from UC Davis. He also earned his Masters in Public Administration (MPA) from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University.

He lives in Davis with his wife, Stacie, who is the Director of Business Programs for the California State Association of Counties (CSAC) Finance Corporation. They enjoy the antics of their frisky pup, Berryessa.