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District 45, Van Nuys

Time in office

Assembly: 2018—Present

Background

Constitutional Rights Attorney

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Capitol office

Capitol Office, Room 4117
P.O. Box 942849, Sacramento, CA 94249-0045; (916) 319-2045

District office(s)

20750 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 101, Woodland Hills, CA 91364; (818) 346-4521

Biographical information

Birth Place

Berkeley, CA

Race/Ethnicity

White

Residence

Encino, CA

Gender

Male

Born

September 25, 1981

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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CalMatters coverage about this legislator

California social media regulations — a tougher sell in 2021

By Zayna Syed, May 27, 2021

California's gun control laws under scrutiny

By Emily Hoeven, March 24, 2021

'Hella connected': How California lawmakers are governing from home

By Laurel Rosenhall and CalMatters staff, April 6, 2020

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Committees this legislator serves on

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Appropriations

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Fiscal bills, including bonds and alternative public financing.

Banking and Finance

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Bills involving financial institutions, real property finance, consumer finance and corporate securities law.

Higher Education

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Bills involving higher education.

Housing and Community Development

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Bills involving housing, building standards, developments, eminent domain, farm worker housing, homeless programs, housing discrimination, housing finance, natural disaster assistance and preparedness, land use planning, mobile homes/manufactured housing and rent control.

Privacy and Consumer Protection (Chair)

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Bills involving technology-related issues, consumer protection, personal information, data security, false advertising, charitable solicitations; oversight of the Department of Technology.

How special interest groups rate this legislator

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27%

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.

99%

2020

California Environmental Voters

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

88%

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.

90%

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.

34%

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 45 demographics

Safe Democratic district

Next election: 2022

How to read these charts

District

State

Voter registration

Dem

49%

46%

GOP

21%

24%

No party

25%

24%

Other

Race/ethnicity

Hispanic or Latino

33%

39%

White

47%

37%

Asian

13%

14%

Black or African American

Multi-race

Median household income

$80,621

$75,235

Median age

38.9

36.5

Poverty rate

11%

13%

Bachelor's degree or higher

41%

34%

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Most recent election

2020 General

Jesse Gabriel (Incumbent)

Democratic

66.2%

Jeffi Girgenti

Republican

33.8%

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How this legislator voted in 2019-2020

CalMatters coverage about this legislator

California social media regulations — a tougher sell in 2021

California's gun control laws under scrutiny

'Hella connected': How California lawmakers are governing from home

Committees this legislator serves on

Appropriations

Banking and Finance

Higher Education

Housing and Community Development

Privacy and Consumer Protection (Chair)

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 45 demographics

Most recent election

2020 General

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