Early Life and Career
Lockyer attended the University of California, Berkeley, graduating with a BA in Political Science in 1965. His first job was as a public school history teacher. (He returned to the classroom in 2009 as a non-tenured college professor, teaching a yearly undergraduate course in American State Politics at the University of Southern California.)
Lockyer began his political career as a School Board member of the San Leandro Unified School District, as chair of the Alameda County Democratic Central Committee, and California coordinator of Senator George McGovern's 1972 campaign for the Presidency.
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