Jared William Huffman is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for California's 2nd congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party,Huffman represented the 6th district in the California State Assembly from 2006 to 2012. He chaired the Assembly Water,Parks &Wildlife Committee and the Assembly Environmental Caucus. He was elected to Congress in 2012 with more than 70% of the vote,defeating Republican nominee Dan Roberts. His congressional district covers the North Coast from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Oregon border.
Roger Niello is an American politician who is currently in the California State Senate representing the 6th district,which includes portions of Sacramento and Placer counties. He is a Republican who had also served in the California State Assembly from 2004 to 2010.
Otto Oswald Lee is a Hong Kong-born American politician,attorney,and military veteran who was a Sunnyvale,California city council member from 2003 to 2011,before which he was on the Planning Commission,which he chaired from 2000 to 2001. From 2005 to 2006 he was vice mayor,and from 2006 to 2007 he was the 57th mayor of Sunnyvale. He is a patent attorney,and a co-founder and partner of the Intellectual Property Law Group LLP.
Wilma Chan was an American politician in California serving on the Alameda County Board of Supervisors. A Democrat,she served in the California State Assembly from 2000 to 2006 before being termed out,representing the 16th District,which at the time included Oakland,Alameda,and Piedmont. She served as Assembly Majority Whip from 2001 to 2002 and from 2002 to 2004 as Assembly Majority Leader,the first woman and the first Asian American to hold the position. In 2008,Chan lost a Democratic Party primary election for the California State Senate District 9 seat.
David Campos,is a politician who is Vice Chair of the California Democratic Party. In 2008 he was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors,where he represented San Francisco's District 9 until 2016 when he termed out. During his tenure,Campos sought to prohibit the construction of market-rate housing in his district.
Evan Low is an American politician currently serving in the California State Assembly. He is a Democrat representing the 26th Assembly District,which encompasses parts of Silicon Valley,including Cupertino,Sunnyvale,Santa Clara and portions of northern and western San Jose. He is a member of the California Legislative LGBT Caucus,and currently serves as Chair of the California Asian American &Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus.
Philip Yu-Li Ting is an American politician currently serving in the California State Assembly. He is a Democrat representing the 19th Assembly District,which encompasses western San Francisco and northwestern San Mateo County. Prior to being elected to the Assembly in 2012,he was the Assessor-Recorder of San Francisco.
California Lawyers for the Arts (CLA) is a non-profit organization founded in 1974 to provide legal services to artists and members of the creative arts community. The first Executive Director was Hamish Sandison,who was a recent graduate of Boalt Hall at University of California,Berkeley and is now a solicitor in London,England,specializing in law and technology. In 1987,Bay Area Lawyers for the Arts (BALA) joined forces with Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts-Los Angeles (VLA) to form California Lawyers for the Arts as a statewide organization. CLA is part of an informal network of “Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts”programs that serve artists through state-based organizations throughout the United States.
Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer Sr. is an American politician who served in the California State Assembly since 2012. Representing the 59th district from 2012 to 2022 and the 57th district from 2022 to 2024,Jones-Sawyer was a member of the California Legislative Black Caucus and served as chair of the caucus from 2015 to 2016. In 2023,he announced his candidacy for the Los Angeles City Council for the 2024 Los Angeles elections,which he placed 5th out of five candidates in the primary.
The 2018 United States Senate election in California took place on November 6,2018,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent California,concurrently with other elections to the United States Senate,elections to the United States House of Representatives,and various state and local elections.
The 2018 California lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 6,2018,to elect the Lieutenant Governor of California. Incumbent Democratic lieutenant governor Gavin Newsom was ineligible to run for reelection due to term limits and ran for Governor of California instead. Democrats Eleni Kounalakis and Ed Hernandez faced each other in the general election,as no Republican finished in the top two positions of the nonpartisan blanket primary that was held on June 5,2018.
Marc Berman is an American lawyer and politician who has served as a member of the California State Assembly since 2016. He is a Democrat representing the 23rd Assembly District,encompassing parts of the San Francisco Peninsula and Silicon Valley,including Campbell,Mountain View,and Saratoga. Before being elected to the Assembly,he was a member of the Palo Alto City Council.
Ash Kalra is an Canadian-American politician who has served as a member of the California State Assembly since 2016. A member of the Democratic Party,Kalra previously served on the San Jose City Council from 2008 to 2016.
Jesse Samuel Gabriel is an American attorney and politician serving as a member of the California State Assembly. A member of the Democratic Party,Gabriel represents the California's 46th State Assembly district,which includes much of the eastern San Fernando Valley,including Encino,Tarzana,Reseda,and Van Nuys.
Robert A. Rivas is an American politician currently serving as the 71st speaker of the California State Assembly. A Democrat,he represents the 29th Assembly District,which encompasses the Pajaro and Salinas valleys of the Central Coast. Prior to being elected to the State Assembly,he served on the San Benito County Board of Supervisors. Rivas was first elected to the State Assembly in November 2018,easily defeating Republican Neil G. Kitchens.
Matthew Craig Haney is an American politician from San Francisco currently serving as a member of the California State Assembly from the 17th district,covering the eastern portion of the city. A progressive member of the Democratic Party,Haney had represented District 6 on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from 2019 to 2022 and previously served as a commissioner on the San Francisco Board of Education from 2013 to 2019.
Alex Tianming Lee is an American politician who has served as a member of the California State Assembly since 2020,having represented the 24th district since 2022 and the 25th district from 2020 to 2022. A member of the Democratic Party,Lee's district includes Fremont,Newark,Sunol,Milpitas,and parts of western San Jose.
Mialisa "Mia" Tania Bonta is an American politician serving as a member of the California State Assembly. A member of the Democratic Party,she represents the 18th Assembly District,which consists of Oakland,Alameda,and Emeryville.
The 2024 California State Assembly election will be held on Tuesday,November 5,2024,with the primary election being held on March 5,2024. All of the seats of the California State Assembly will be elected as part of the 2024 California elections.
Gregg Hart is an American politician serving as a member of the California State Assembly for the 37th district. Elected in November 2022,he assumed office on December 5,2022.
