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District 20, Hayward

Time in office

Assembly: 2012—Present

Background

City Councilmember/Scientist

Campaign contributions

Assemblymember Bill Quirk has taken at least $1.4 million from the Labor sector since he was elected to the legislature. That represents 35% of his total campaign contributions.

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Capitol office

1021 O Street, Suite 5120
P.O. Box 942849, Sacramento, CA 94249-0020; (916) 319-2020

District office(s)

22320 Foothill Boulevard, Suite 540, Hayward, CA 94541; (510) 583-8818

Biographical information

Birth Place

Summit, NJ

Race/Ethnicity

White

Residence

Union City, CA

Gender

Male

Born

September 8, 1945

Identifies as

Straight

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How this legislator voted in 2019-2020

Selected Legislator

Democratic

Republican

Independent

No longer in this office

Liberal

Conservative

This legislator was Left relative to colleagues in the state Assembly last year.

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Campaign contributions received by sector

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This is how much money Bill Quirk has taken from the various sectors since he was elected to the legislature.

Broad sector	Amount	Percent
Labor	$1,354,609 $1.4 M	35%
Energy & Natural Resources	$306,928 $306k	8%
Health	$243,093 $243k	6%
General Business	$208,581 $208k	5%
Finance, Insurance & Real Estate	$202,789 $202k	5%
Candidate Contributions	$202,424 $202k	5%
Lawyers & Lobbyists	$175,924 $175k	5%
Communications & Electronics	$166,351 $166k	4%
Agriculture	$122,036 $122k	3%
Ideology/Single Issue	$89,400 $89k	2%
Government Agencies/Education/Other	$76,000 $76k	2%
Transportation	$61,300 $61k	2%
Construction	$49,675 $49k	1%
Unitemized Contributions	$32,269 $32k	<1%
Party	$28,259 $28k	<1%
Note: The above percentages might not add up to exactly 100% because we are not displaying any contributions that have not yet been classified.

Committees this legislator serves on

Being on a policy committee means the legislator works on these issues by considering bills relevant to the policy topic. The committee “chair” , chosen by the chamber leader, oversees the discussions of these bills. Members also serve on additional special, select, joint and sub committees, which can be found here.

Appropriations

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Fiscal bills, including bonds and alternative public financing.

Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials (Chair)

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Bills involving toxic substances and hazardous materials, hazardous waste regulation, drinking water regulation, and pesticides

Public Safety

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Bills involving the California Penal Code.

Revenue and Taxation

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Bills involving taxes and revenue to the state.

Utilities and Energy

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Bills involving the California Energy Commission; California Independent System Operator; California Public Utilities Commission; Electric generation; Electric grid; Energy providers; utility rates; water utilities.

How special interest groups rate this legislator

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40%

2020

California Chamber of Commerce

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California Chamber of Commerce is an advocacy group for California employers. It claims more than 14,000 members representing a quarter of the state’s private sector workforce.

100%

2020

California Labor Federation

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The California Labor Federation is an umbrella organization that claims to represent more than 1,200 labor unions representing 2.1 million workers in manufacturing, retail, construction, hospitality, public sector, health care, entertainment and other industries.

92%

2020

California Environmental Voters

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California Environmental Voters advocates for environmental protection and climate change mitigation. It was started in 1972.

92%

2020

California Teachers Association

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California Teachers Association is a labor organization representing K12 school teachers. With 310,000 members It is the largest affiliate of the National Education Assn.

91%

2020

Courage California

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Courage California is a progressive advocacy organization seeking policy change on issues including equity, representative democracy and institutional corruption.

38%

2020

Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association

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Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association advocates for limited taxation and for the “economical, equitable and efficient use of taxpayer dollars.” It was founded by Howard and Estelle Jarvis, who championed Proposition 13 in 1978, California’s landmark property tax limit.

Assembly District 20 demographics

Safe Democratic district

Next election: 2022

How to read these charts

District

State

Voter registration

Dem

55%

46%

GOP

13%

24%

No party

27%

24%

Other

Race/ethnicity

Hispanic or Latino

28%

39%

White

22%

37%

Asian

37%

14%

Black or African American

Multi-race

Median household income

$101,506

$75,235

Median age

37.7

36.5

Poverty rate

13%

Bachelor's degree or higher

38%

34%

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Most recent election

2020 General

Bill Quirk (Incumbent)

Democratic

56.9%

Alexis Villalobos

Democratic

43.1%

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Bill Quirk

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How this legislator voted in 2019-2020

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Appropriations

Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials (Chair)

Public Safety

Revenue and Taxation

Utilities and Energy

How special interest groups rate this legislator

California Chamber of Commerce

California Labor Federation

California Environmental Voters

California Teachers Association

Courage California

Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association

Assembly District 20 demographics

Most recent election

2020 General

CalMatters coverage about this legislator

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Glass House: California Legislator Tracker

Bill Quirk

Time in office

Background

Campaign contributions

Contact or follow this legislator

Capitol office

District office(s)

Biographical information

Birth Place

Race/Ethnicity

Residence

Gender

Born

Identifies as

How this legislator voted in 2019-2020

Campaign contributions received by sector

Committees this legislator serves on

Appropriations

Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials (Chair)

Public Safety

Revenue and Taxation

Utilities and Energy

How special interest groups rate this legislator

California Chamber of Commerce

California Labor Federation

California Environmental Voters

California Teachers Association

Courage California

Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association

Assembly District 20 demographics

Most recent election

2020 General

CalMatters coverage about this legislator

Goodbye, gas-powered cars

Labeling it 'rushed' and 'lousy,' California lawmakers OK Newsom's power plan

Legislators, Newsom negotiating behind closed doors over energy deal

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