In 2017,Avila Farias and a group of activists filed a lawsuit under the California Voting Rights Act alleging the Martinez Unified School District board diluted minority-representation through at-large elections. The board ultimately split the board representation into districts and paid $90,000 in legal fees.[4]
Avila Farias ran for Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors in 2016,losing to incumbent Federal Glover. A mailer accused her and her husband Isidro of improperly receiving a $40,000 relief for building homes from the Martinez City Council in 2008.[6]
California State Assembly
Avila Farias ran in the 2024 election for the California State Assembly in the 15th district after the incumbent Assemblymember,Tim Grayson,announced that he would forgo reelection and run for the California State Senate instead.[3] Avila Farias and Republican Sonia Ledo advanced to the general election.[7] Avila Farias was elected.[8] As of the end of the 2025 session,Avila Farias was a member of the standing committees on Aging and Long-Term Care;Housing and Community Development;Military and Veterans Affairs;Water,Parks and Wildlife,and Insurance,and was co-chair of the Select Committee on Housing Finance and Affordability,and a member of several other select committees.[9] In her first session in the Assembly,she authored a number of bills on housing,education,and other issues.[10]
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