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Liz Ortega

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Assembly Democrat

District 20, Hayward

Time in office

Assembly: 2022—Present

Background

Labor Council Executive

Campaign contributions

Assemblymember Liz Ortega has taken at least $60,425 from the Labor sector since she was elected to the legislature. That represents 28% of her 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

Mexico

Race/Ethnicity

Latina

Residence

San Leandro, CA

Gender

Female

Born

August 26, 1977

Identifies as

Straight

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How this legislator voted in 2021-2022

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Campaign contributions received by sector

OpenSecrets and CalMatters have categorized campaign contributions to legislators based on the economic sector that the donor represents. Methodology →

This is how much money Liz Ortega has taken from the various sectors since she was elected to the legislature.

Broad sector Amount Percent
Labor
$60,425 $60k 28%
Lawyers & Lobbyists
$59,675 $59k 28%
Ideology/Single Issue
$37,600 $37k 18%
Government Agencies/Education/Other
$15,400 $15k 7%
Finance, Insurance & Real Estate
$14,800 $14k 7%
Candidate Contributions
$11,800 $11k 6%
Health
$2,750 $2k 1%
Construction
$1,000 $1,000 <1%
Unitemized Contributions
$490 $490 <1%
Energy & Natural Resources
$250 $250 <1%
Party
$200 $200 <1%
Communications & Electronics
$100 $100 <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.

Higher Education
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Bills involving higher education.
Insurance
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Bills including insurance (excluding health insurance), workers compensation, and unemployment compensation.
Labor and Employment
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Primary jurisdictions are wages, hours, employment discrimination, Cal-OSHA, employment development, and public job programs.
Public Safety
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Bills involving the California Penal Code.
Rules
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Responsible for matters relating to the business of the Legislature; assigning bills to committees.

How special interest groups rate this legislator

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Sponsored travel in 2022

Gifts reported in 2022

Assembly District 20 demographics

Assembly District 20 map
D

Safe Democratic district

Next election: 2024

How to read these charts

District
State

Voter registration

Dem
57%
47%
GOP
13%
24%
No party
25%
23%

Census data on race/ethnicity, household income, age, poverty rate, and education level will be provided when available.

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Most recent election

2022 General
D

Liz Ortega

Democratic
62.2%
D

Shawn Kumagai

Democratic
37.8%

CalMatters coverage about this legislator

Democrats stall crackdown on California homeless encampments

By Lynn La, March 29, 2023

Will women rule in the 2022 California election?

By Sameea Kamal and Ariel Gans, September 21, 2022

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