AGENDA
APRIL
10, 2025
08:15 AM - 02:30 PM
8:15 AM - 9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 9:25 AM
KIMPTON SAWYER
500 J St. Sacramento, CA 95814
Registration, Check in & Breakfast Buffett Served
Doors Open & Welcome Remarks
9:05 AM - 9:15 AM The Honorable Juan Carrillo, CA State Assembly, District 39
9:25 AM - 10:20 AM
10:25 AM - 11:20 AM
11:20 AM - 11:30 AM
11:35 AM - 11:45 AM
11:45 AM - 12:30 PM
12:15 PM - 12:30 PM
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Panel: CA Issues & Political Landscape
Panel: Affordability
The Honorable James Gallagher, CA StateAssembly, District 3
The Honorable Jose Luis Solache, CA State Assembly, District 62
LUNCH BREAK
Susan Lipper, Director of State Government at T-Mobile
Panel: Latino Economic Development
Legislative Office Visits
CHCC Business Policy Summit Reception
Thursday April 10, 2025
Welcome to the CHCC 2025 Business Policy Summit
On behalf of the California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce, we would like to welcome you to Sacramento for the CHCC Annual Business Public Policy Summit. Since 1995, the CHCC has convened Hispanic and small business owners to advocate for our respective communities, but more importantly, to learn and understand the issues and the impact of potential legislative policies and political dynamics on the growth of California’s economy and our perspective communities.
The annual summit serves as an essential platform for businesses and community leaders to understand the legislative, public policy, and political issues impacting the state. The summit will focus on significant concerns and propose solutions to policymakers that promote California's economic development.
Participants will attend legislative briefings, engage in meetings at the State Capitol, and network during social activities. The CBPS brings together leaders to shape the future of business and empower our communities through effective advocacy and collaboration.
As the entrepreneurial landscape continues to evolve, it is essential for Hispanic and diverse business and community leaders to actively participate in shaping public policy. The CBPS allows diverse business and community leaders to engage with and influence policymakers on issues crucial to the success of California's small business community.
11:45 AM
Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedules to join us in Sacramento today!!
Veronica Corona
Veronica Corona CHCC Chairman
Julian Cañete CHCC President & CEO
SPEAKER BIOS
Julian Cañete
President & CEO
California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce
Julian Cañete serves as the President and CEO of the California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce. Through its network of over 130 Hispanic chambers and business associations, the CHCC is a leading voice on issues impacting business in California. The mission of the CHCC is to foster economic growth, creating and sustaining prosperity benefiting California’s economy and communities.
Julian previously served as the Director of Public Policy and Strategic Partnerships for the California Asian Pacific Chamber of Commerce and as President and CEO of CHCC from 1999 – 2006 and again from 2009-2012.
He is currently a member of the California Department of General Services Small Business Advisory Board, Californians for Affordable & Reliable Energy (CARE), CalTrans Small Business Council, CA Secretary of State Voters’ Choice Act Task Force, the SBDC Northern CA Network Advisory Board, T-Mobile California External Diversity Sub-Council, and the CalVet Foundation.
Caylin Edwards
Northern California Small Business Group Manager
Comerica Bank
Caylin Edwards is the Northern California Small Business Group Manager for Comerica Bank. He leads a team of specialized bankers focused entirely on supporting the financial wellbeing of business ranging from start-up to established and thriving. He has helped small businesses throughout Northern California achieve their growth objectives for the last 15 years.
Prior to joining Comerica Bank, Caylin led Retail bank sales in the San Francisco Bay Area and managed strategy and analytics for the Business Banking group. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Management and completed Executive Banking School at Furman University.
Veronica Corona
CHCC
Chairman or the Board
Owner
Crown Enterprises, Inc
Veronica Corona is an award-winning entrepreneur, business consultant, bilingual public speaker, and community leader, she specializes in empowering small business owners and entrepreneurs to navigate challenges, scale their businesses, and achieve sustainable growth With a background as the former CEO of a multimillion-dollar janitorial company and extensive experience in leadership coaching, she brings industry insights, strategic guidance, and actionable advice to help businesses thrive.
She attributes her drive and dedication to her parents, who immigrated to the U.S. from Jalisco, Mexico and instilled a strong work ethic in her and her three siblings. This foundation, combined with her passion for building meaningful relationships, has propelled her to become an award-winning entrepreneur.
With a strong desire to give back, she currently serves as Chairwoman of the Board for the California Hispanic Chamber of Commerce; one of the largest Hispanic business organizations in the state. Where since 2016, she has been leading initiatives for entrepreneurs. Something she is very passionate about as an entrepreneur herself. In addition, she is a current Board member for the City of Los Angeles Work Force Development, and Board Member of the American Cancer Society. She is a past president (2012-2014) of The National Latina Businesswomen Association (NLBWA)Los Angeles Chapter, past advisor for NEW-Women Economics and USC Multicultural Entrepreneur Program. A testament of her unwavering dedication.
With a prestigious Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM) accolade from Toastmasters International and long-standing member of the "Speaking Your Business" Toastmasters Club, she is an experienced keynote speaker, facilitator and presenter on a variety of subjects. She specializes in leadership development and training, helping leaders enhance their public speaking skills to communicate with confidence, inspire others, and create lasting impact.
Marcus Gomez
CHCC Vice Chairman of the Board
Owner, California Clothing Recyclers
Marcus Gomez, a Sacramento native, is proud to be a small business owner. Since 1997, California Clothing Recyclers has not only provided for his family, but also has created a key fundraising tool for numerous schools and non-profits in the region. Each year, CCR recycles more than 3.5 million pounds of clothing with collection routes in northern California. Marcus brokers and ships clothes to Central America, South America, and the Middle East.
He learned the export business while working with his father, also a small business owner, and naturally inherited the entrepreneurial spirit. With his wife and co-owner, Crystal, they recently celebrated their 25th Anniversary in business. When he is not at work, Marcus enjoys shooting sporting clays, golfing and an occasional Raider football game with one of his two adult children.
In 2013, California Clothing Recyclers received the “Small Business of the Year” from the Sacramento Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and in 2014, they were recognized as the “Small Business of the Year” by the Sacramento Metro Chamber of Commerce.
Due to his active engagement with the Chamber and the local business community, he was asked to serve on the Sacramento Mayor’s Task Force for Inequality under Mayor Kevin Johnson. As one of only two small business owners on the task force, his involvement was critical in ensuring that the concerns of small businesses were heard and addressed. He currently serves as a board member on the California Hispanic Chamber and Board President of the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Northern California, a local charitable organization.
Susan Lipper Director of State Government Affairs
T-Moblie
Susan Lipper serves as Director for State Government Affairs at T-Mobile, leading the company’s advocacy before the California, Nevada, Oregon, and Hawaii State Legislatures. During her 19-year career at T-Mobile, Susan has worked on numerous policy issues, including broadband, wireless facility local permit reviews, supplier diversity, and emergency and disaster response. She also previously led T-Mobile’s regulatory affairs advocacy for matters before the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), including managing the company’s successful effort to win the Commission’s support of T-Mobile’s merger with Sprint.
She started her career in Sacramento as a speechwriter for Governor George Deukmejian, followed by leadership roles at the California Integrated Waste Management Board, and as the Legislative Director at the CPUC during the state’s unprecedented energy crisis. Her wireless service began as Executive Director for the Cellular Carriers Association of California before working for Cingular Wireless and then joining T-Mobile in 2005.
Susan is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of the University of Southern California School of Journalism and is the proud mother of three.
Bob Gutierrez CHCC Chair Emeritus
Owner/ Principal at Government and Policy Affairs Consultant BG Strategies
Bob Gutierrez stands at the forefront of a new wave of political strategists, shaking up the conventional approach in both Sacramento and Washington as the founder and principal of BG Strategies. With a two-decade career in politics, Bob has honed a unique style in guiding clients towards success in pro-business policymaking, both in California and nationally. He is adept at introducing diverse, often overlooked audience insights, allowing his clients to stay proactive and tailored in their approach to emerging issues.
Recognized for his innovative strategies and impactful campaigns, Bob has accumulated a record of notable achievements for various candidates, communities, and industries navigating complex political terrains. Before establishing BG Strategies, he served as the Government Affairs Director at PAQ Inc., a family-owned entity operating grocery outlets like Food 4 Less, Rancho San Miguel markets in California, and Times Supermarkets in Hawaii. During his tenure, Bob skillfully addressed intricate industry matters including land use, recycling, plastic bag usage, theft thresholds, and loss prevention, while ensuring robust representation for the grocery sector in policies related to the WIC program and SNAP within the federal Farm Bill. His political expertise extends to roles such as a senior district representative for a U.S. House of Representatives member and campaign consultant for a California Lieutenant Governor candidate.
In recent years, Bob's focus has shifted to aiding various organizations and community groups in mobilizing and advocating their causes to legislators in Sacramento and Washington D.C. In 2019, he was unanimously voted Chairman of the California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce (CHCC) in a statewide election, and previously held positions as CHCC vice-chair and president of the San Joaquin County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Today, he continues to serve as the CHCC Chair Emeritus.
Bob also contributes as the acting interim CEO of the San Joaquin Partnership, a joint public-private initiative promoting economic development in the region, adding to his extensive portfolio of client work.
The Honorable Juan Carrillo
Assemblymember, District 39
California State Assembly
Assemblymember Juan Carrillo was first elected to the California State Assembly in November 2022 and re-elected in November 2024 to represent the 39th Assembly District. He will represent portions of the northern Antelope Valley, including Palmdale, Lancaster, the eastern communities of Littlerock, Lake Los Angeles, and Sun Village, stretching into San Bernardino County to include Adelanto, Hesperia, Mountain View Acres and Victorville.
Assemblymember Carrillo served as a member of the Palmdale City Council, advocating for affordable housing to address the homelessness crisis, increasing green space, and supporting local small businesses as they recover from the COVID19 pandemic. Before entering public office, Carrillo served as a city planner for 15 years — 10 of which were with the City of Palmdale.
Juan was born and raised in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, and immigrated to Los Angeles when he was 15. He earned his Associate’s Degree in Architecture from the College of the Desert, Bachelor’s Degree in Urban and Regional Planning from California State Polytechnic University Pomona, and a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from California State University Northridge. Juan lives with his wife in east Palmdale with their four children and two dogs.
Nick Cammarota Senior Vice President & General Counsel
CBAI
Nick Cammarota serves as Senior Vice President and General Counsel and oversees the Government and Regulatory Affairs of CBIA. Nick became General Counsel in 1999. His duties include conducting strategic litigation to benefit the industry and providing legal support for CBIA’s legislative advocates. Nick is licensed to practice law in all California courts and the U.S. Supreme Court.
Michael Madrid
Political Consultant & Author
Co-Founder of The Lincoln Project
Mike Madrid is a nationally recognized political consultant with expertise in Latino voting trends and voter behavior. Madrid has been a pioneer in Latino communications and outreach strategies in state, local, and national political campaigns. A graduate of Georgetown University, he served as the press secretary for the California Assembly Republican leader, as the political director for the California Republican Party, and as senior adviser to both Democrats and Republicans.
In 2020, Madrid co-founded the Lincoln Project, a Republican anti-Trump organization that became one of the most successful Political Action Committees in US history. Madrid was a co-director of the Los Angeles / USC Times Poll and, in 2013, was appointed to the Board of Directors of the American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC). Mike was an adjunct lecturer on Race, Class, and Partisanship at the University of Southern California and was awarded the Unidos US Capital Award in 2023 by the oldest Latino Civil Rights organization in the country. He continues his work against the rise of global authoritarianism through his political work domestically and internationally.
Madrid is the author of “The Latino Century”, published by Simon and Schuster and released in Spring 2024. He is also co-host of the Latino Vote Podcast.
Madrid served as the public affairs director of the League of California Cities. In that role, he was instrumental in the passage of Proposition 1A (The Local Taxpayer Protection Act), a historic achievement that constitutionally protected local government revenues from state raids. The measure received 84% of the vote—one of the highest percentages in California history.
In 2011, Madrid helped develop the Leadership California Institute, an organization dedicated to educating and training future legislators before they get in office. He is regularly sought out by statewide campaigns seeking key messaging and support.
Michael Gunning Chief Strategy Officer
Lighthouse
Public Affairs
Michael Gunning is a seasoned leader in finance, housing policy, insurance, and community development investment in California. With over two decades of legislative experience, he has been appointed by two governors to key state boards, including the California Housing Financing Agency and the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CALSTRS).
Previously, he served as Senior Vice President of Legislative Affairs for the California Building Industry Association (CBIA), advocating for policies that support homebuilding and homeownership. He also held leadership roles at the Personal Insurance Federation of California (PIFC) and the California Department of Insurance, where he promoted economic development and affordable housing investments.
Gunning is Chairman of the Board for the Alliance for Community Development and has served on multiple financial and policy boards. He holds a BA in Political Science and History from Claremont McKenna College and an MA in Public Policy from Claremont Graduate School. He lives in Elk Grove, CA, with his wife, Kelly, and their daughters, Elon and Emma.
The Honorable James Gallagher
Assemblymember, District 3
California State Assembly
James Gallagher has represented California’s Third Assembly District since 2014. Before joining the Assembly, he served on the Sutter County Board of Supervisors for six years. James earned his Bachelor of Arts degree at UC Berkeley before completing an Assembly Fellowship in Sacramento and a law degree at UC Davis, where he graduated at the top of his class. He advocates for small businesses and farmers in his law practice and is a partner in his family’s farming operation. James is married to his high school sweetheart, Janna; the two live in Sutter County where they are raising their five young children.
Brenna Butler-Gutierrez
Vice President of Community Relations
A.G. Spanos Companies
Brenna Butler Gutierrez is the Vice President of Community Relations for A.G. Spanos Companies in Stockton, a family-owned builder of multi-family housing and master planned communities with a strong commitment to enhance and support the communities where they build. In this capacity she works with nonprofit organizations, elected officials, and regional stakeholders to advance the company’s philanthropic and community-focused initiatives.
Previously, Brenna was the Manager of Association Marketing & External Engagement for the Western States Petroleum Association (WSPA). Prior to that, she was the CEO of the San Joaquin County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (SJCHCC), bolstering its small business education programs and advocacy efforts.
Brenna continues her service to the Latino business community as an at-large director of the California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce (CHCC). In August 2019, she cochaired the CHCC Statewide Convention in Stockton, the city’s first business convention, which generated a positive economic impact of over $1.5 million.
Her contributions have been recognized by the ATHENA International Organization and the Greater Stockton Chamber of Commerce, where she received the Young Professional Leadership Award. She was also presented with the Mujer Del Año by New York Life and Senator Susan Talamantes Eggman recognized Brenna’s service to the business and educational communities.
Currently, Brenna represents A.G. Spanos Companies as the chair of the regional innovation hub, iHub San Joaquin, and serves on the boards of Ready To Work and the Reinvent Stockton Foundation. In 2021, she joined the board of the James Irvine Foundation, an organization focused on a singular goal: a California where all lowincome workers have the power to advance economically.
Cecil Autry
Legal and Regulatory Affairs Attorney
Mutual Insurance Industry
Cecil Autry is an experienced legal and regulatory affairs attorney with nearly 30 years’ experience counseling three major mutual insurance companies in nearly one half of these United States. He is a registered lobbyist and advocates his employers’ positions and interests before legislatures and departments of insurance. He has served and been appointed by current and past insurance commissioners to various advisory boards, task forces and committees, including the CA FAIR Plan’s Governing Committee Chair, CA Insurance Guaranty Association, and the CA Department of Insurance’s inaugural Diversity and Inclusion Task Force.
Cecil earned his Juris Doctorate and Master of Public Affairs degrees from Indiana University. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics with a minor in Political Science from the University of Houston. Cecil clerked with the Honorable Judge John G. Baker, Indiana Court of Appeals prior to beginning his legal career in insurance.
Cecil lives in northern California with his wife and they have one grown daughter, a third-year law student. He is an avid golfer, sports enthusiast, bibliophile of nonfiction books, and a Texas BBQ pit master (wannabe).
The Honorable Jose Luis Solache
Assemblymember, District 62
California State Assembly
Assemblymember José Luis Solache, Jr. represents the cities and communities of Lakewood, Lynwood, Maywood, Paramount, South Gate, Huntington Park, Bellflower, and Walnut Park in the California State Assembly, having been first elected in November 2024. Before this role, Solache served as Mayor, Mayor Pro-Tem, and Councilmember in Lynwood since 2013, focusing on economic development, transparency, and youth programs. He also served three terms on the Lynwood Unified School District's Board of Education, becoming one of the youngest elected leaders in L.A. County at age 23. Solache was born in Bellflower, grew up in Lynwood, and attended local public schools before earning a degree in Liberal Studies from California State University, Dominguez Hills, where he served as Student Body President and statewide Chair of the California State Student Association.
David Hayes-Bautista
Professor & Director
University of California, Los Angeles
Dr. David Hayes-Bautista is a professor of medicine and director of the Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture at UCLA's School of Medicine. His research focuses on Latino health dynamics, and he has published numerous papers and books, including "The Burden of Support", "El Cinco de Mayo", and "La Nueva California". A renowned expert, Hayes-Bautista has received awards for his work, including the Association of American Medical Colleges' Herbert W. Nickens Award and the Mexican Government's Ohtl Award. He is a frequent columnist and commentator, and has been named one of the top 101 leaders in the Latino community by Latino Leaders Magazine.
Matthew Fienup Executive Director Center for Economic Research and Forecasting California Lutheran University
Matthew Fienup is the Executive Director of the Center for Economic Research and Forecasting (CERF) at California Lutheran University and an Associate Professor in the Master of Quantitative Economics program. As an applied economist, he specializes in econometrics, economic policy, land use, and environmental markets. He is a recognized forecaster, earning multiple Crystal Ball Awards for his U.S. home price projections.
Matthew led the development of California’s first groundwater market under SGMA and served for five years as the exchange administrator for the Fox Canyon Water Market. He is also the Project Director of the Latino GDP Project, which quantifies the economic impact of Latinos in the U.S. and has been presented nationally, including to the U.S. Congress and featured in major media outlets.
He holds a PhD in environmental economics from UC Santa Barbara and previously ran a small business in Ventura County.
Angela Shell Deputy Director of the Procurement Division
Angela Shell was reappointed Chief Procurement Officer at the Department of General Services on May 27, 2021, where she has served in that position since 2017.
Angela is responsible for overseeing the State’s purchase of goods and services vital to state department operations that serve the needs of the California. This includes developing and awarding statewide leveraged procurement agreements, delegating purchasing authority, developing statewide policy and training, identifying sustainable procurement methods and products, and certifying Small and Disabled Veteran Business enterprises.
Angela has more than 24 years of experience in California state service including 19 years at the Department of Transportation (Caltrans) from 1998 to 2017 serving as the Division Chief and Chief Procurement Officer for the Division of Procurement and Contracts, Assistant Director for the Office of Business and Economic Opportunity, Chief of the Office of Construction Support, and Labor Compliance Program Manager.
Angela has also worked for the Contractors State License Board and Department of Insurance and has extensive experience working with the small and disabled veteran business communities, state and federal government stakeholders and vendor community representatives to develop innovative solutions to California’s contracting and procurement needs.
Zachary Leary
Senior Director, California Chief Lobbyist
Western States Petroleum Association (WSPA)
Zachary Leary joined the team in July 2020 and currently serves as Senior Director, California Chief Lobbyist. Drawing on his experience in both the California State Senate and California State Assembly, Zach work’s with WSPA’s members, navigating policy and politics in California to help achieve the organization’s goals in the legislature and regulatory process.
Prior to joining WSPA, Zach held many different roles working for legislators on a wide range of policy issues including energy, tax, natural resources, public safety and budget.
Zach graduated with a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, California.
Luis Armona Owner & CEO
Mambises Enterprises,
Inc.
Mr. Armona oversees the Meruelo Group managed a family of companies, having equity interests in and sitting on the board of many of those companies, most notably, Meruelo Enterprises, Inc., a holding company owning Southern California utility construction contractors Herman Weissker, Inc., Herman Weissker Power, Inc., Doty Bros. Equipment Company, and Tidwell Excavation, Inc., and electrical contractors Neal Electric Corp., and Select Electric, Inc. Those companies work extensively on major private and public construction projects. Other Meruelo Group-affiliated operating companies include La Pizza Loca, Inc., Fuji Food Product, Inc., and Fujisan Franchising Corp. Since 1987, Mr. Armona has participated in the successful development of over 25 apartment communities and 20 shopping centers in Southern California and Southern Florida, primarily in Hispanic neighborhoods. He provides exclusive management of maintenance services to Cantamar Property Management, Inc., which manages residential and commercial properties throughout Southern California. Since 1990 Mr. Armona is the owner and CEO of the real estate development and management firm, Merona Enterprises, Inc. Since 2004, Mr. Armona is the owner and CEO of Mambises Enterprises, Inc., a real estate development firm. In 2011,
Mr. Armona entered the gaming and hospitality industry acquiring an ownership interest in the Grand Sierra Resort and Casino located in Reno, Nevada. The resort features luxury accommodations, gaming, fine dining, quality entertainment and activities, and large convention facilities. He is also a strategic consultant to the iconic Sahara Las Vegas Casino and Hotel located on the “Fabulous Strip” in Las Vegas, Nevada. In that same year, Mr. Armona also diversified into broadcast media through the acquisition of an ownership interest in KWHY-TV (22), a Spanish-language television station in Los Angeles, California, and has since expanded to include an ownership interest in Meruelo Media LLC which owns and operates iconic Southern California radios stations KPWR-FM 106, KLOS-FM 95.5, KDAY-FM 93.5, and CALIFM 93.9. Mr. Armona has ownership interests in and sits on the board of NCAL Bancorp which does business as Commercial Bank of California. Mr. Armona serves as an alternate governor of the National Hockey League Arizona Coyotes Club Franchise.
Orson Aguilar President Latino Prosperity
Orson Aguilar is a nationally recognized leader in economic justice and wealth-building for communities of color. Driven by a deep commitment to social justice, Orson brings extensive experience in public affairs, policy development, advocacy, and community engagement. He has held significant roles throughout his career, including President of the Greenlining Institute, Executive Director at UnidosUS Action Fund, and Senior Director at Oportun. In these positions, Orson has consistently demonstrated effective leadership in crafting strategies, engaging stakeholders, and building coalitions to advance equitable policies and create opportunities for underserved communities.
Orson has actively contributed to various corporate advisory boards and the boards of leading nonprofit organizations. He currently serves on several governing boards, including The East Los Angeles Community Corporation, GreenLatinos, Innovate Public Schools, and Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice.
Orson has received numerous leadership appointments, including serving on the Federal Reserve of San Francisco’s Community Advisory Council, Bank of America’s National Community Advisory Council, BBVA’s Community Advisory Council, JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s Community Advisory Board, and PG&E’s Community Advisory Council. In 2018, Assemblymember Rob Bonta honored Orson with The Equity Champion Award. In 2019, Congresswoman Barbara Lee recognized him with a Congressional Record Award, and Oakland’s Mayor proclaimed April 26, 2019, as Orson Aguilar Day. Orson has testified before Congress and has been quoted in various news outlets, including The Los Angeles Times, CNBC News, Our Weekly, Univision, Telemundo, The Wall Street Journal, and USA Today.
Throughout Orson's professional career and leadership development, his advocacy for equitable policy practices has been deeply informed by his experience of being born and raised in the low-income neighborhood of Boyle Heights in Los Angeles. This background has given him a unique understanding of the challenges faced by underserved populations and the success that can be achieved when equitable opportunities and resources are accessible.
Orson lives in Southern California with his wife and their three children. He loves the outdoors and serves as an Adult Leader for his children’s Scouting America troops.
The
Honorable Susan Rubio
Senator California State Senate
Senator Susan Rubio represents over one million residents in California's State Legislature, advocating for District 22 since 2018. A former public school teacher and elected official in Baldwin Park, Rubio has made a name for herself as a champion of domestic violence policy reform, housing development, and social justice. She's a member of various committees, including Energy, Utilities, and Communications, and Health, and has successfully passed legislation supporting victims of domestic violence and increasing affordable housing options. Born in Juarez, Mexico, to a former Bracero farm worker, Rubio has deep roots in her community and continues to push for positive change throughout California.
2025 Policy Perspectives
California faces great challenges that we will meet only by working together. With each Administration and Legislative session come new opportunities for cooperation and progress.
The California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce stands ready to work with policymakers on both sides of the aisle, and regulators on urgent and comprehensive action to ensure economic growth and a strong California economy.
Access to Capital
It is fundamental for business of all sizes to have access to capital when they need it. Hispanic businesses, especially small businesses, do not want to be reliant on government programs as the sole means of business and personal loans. It is important to have a healthy private sector loan market not only for those with good credit, but also for those with credit scores that are less than prime. We support legislation and regulation that expands credit opportunities so long as there is full disclosure to the borrower regarding terms, it is a regulated product, it provides the opportunity to build credit, and the interest rate and fees reflect the risks associated with the borrower. We oppose legislation that restricts private sector loan options.
Affordable Housing
The CHCC promotes policies that enhance the affordability and availability of housing. Ensures policies for land use are being implemented to ensure that California can achieve its Sustainable Communities Strategies' goals without impeding new commerce, industry, and housing opportunities.
Economic Development
The CHCC supports legislation that improves job creation, expansion, and retention through specific efforts in addressing issues of lending discrimination to minority businesses, marketing, neighborhood development, small business start-up development, technology transfer, real estate development, state procurement, economic development, and workforce investment.
HealthCare
The CHCC supports efforts to reduce the cost of health insurance and increase the number of workers who have health insurance. Health care reform must provide for adequate grants, tax benefits and other means to improve the affordability and access of health care for Hispanic business owners. Any reform must also address the disparities in coverage often seen in Hispanic communities.
Immigration
The CHCC supports efforts to enact comprehensive reform of immigration laws. CHCC recognizes that proposed reforms are the purview of the U.S. Congress and the Federal Executive Branch.
The CHCC supports advocacy efforts at all levels of government that encourage immigration reforms that will help our diverse small business community and immigrant families that are trying to improve their quality of life in the pursuit of the American Dream.
Insurance
Access to affordable and comprehensive insurance coverage is crucial for business stability and growth. The CHCC advocates for legislation that ensures equitable access to various forms of insurance for small businesses, including business, property, health, and liability insurance. We promote the development of competitive insurance markets that offer flexible options designed to address the unique risks encountered by small and emerging enterprises. Furthermore, we oppose regulations raising insurance costs without enhancing coverage or improving risk management practices.
International Trade
The CHCC supports the expansion of international trade and investment, fair and equitable market access for California products, and elimination of disincentives that impede the global competitiveness of California business.
Privacy & Cybersecurity
As digital transformation accelerates, protecting sensitive business and customer data has become more critical than ever before. The CHCC advocates for policies that shield small businesses from cyber threats while ensuring compliance requirements are clear, reasonable, and not overly burdensome. The CHCC supports scalable cybersecurity solutions tailored for small enterprises and promotes educational initiatives to help businesses understand best practices for data protection. Additionally, privacy regulations must balance consumer rights and business operations, ensuring compliance costs do not disproportionately burden small businesses.
Procurement and Contracting
The CHCC supports policies that encourage small business participation and competition for government contracts. Doing business with the government can be a complex and daunting task. Government contracting provides opportunities for Hispanic businesses to expand into new markets.
The CHCC supports policies that encourage small business participation and competition for government contracts, and programs that provide technical assistance for small business to compete for state contracts and opportunities.
Regulations
The CHCC supports proposals and actions aimed at regulatory fairness, reform, and relief for all business. The CHCC supports policies that provide for opportunities for new technologies and innovation that help prepare our businesses for success in today’s economy. Regulations are necessary; however, they need to be fair, efficient, predictable and accountable, with common sense rules that are fairly applied.
Tobacco Products
The sale of tobacco has been part of our economy for countless years. Many small Hispanic businesses sell tobacco products as part of their total sales through convenience stores and small markets where a substantial amount of their revenue comes from tobacco products. We recognize that tobacco, like a lot of other products people consume, is not without detrimental health effects; however, that is the consumer’s choice. We support policies that encourage tobacco harm reduction products to ameliorate the harmful health effects of tobacco. We oppose unreasonable taxation on existing tobacco products that unfairly targets tobacco consumers, impacts the licensed retailers of tobacco products, and results in a “black market” underground economy that has proven difficult to enforce and increases youth access.
Taxes
California is an excessive cost of living state in part driven by our tax structure. We rely heavily on personal income tax which depending on our economy, creates significant highs and lows. The Hispanic businesses would be significantly affected if their property taxes were increased at a higher rate than other property. We oppose attempts to create a “Split Roll” property tax taxing business at a higher rate. Tax incentives for other types of taxation can prove effective when targeted to meet a particular objective. We, in general, support such policies.
Transportation
The CHCC recognizes the need for road repairs as commercial entities and the public more heavily use our roads. The CHCC supports the improvement of commuter and public transportation systems.
Unemployment Insurance
The CHCC advocates for reforms to California’s unemployment system to ensure it is sustainable, efficient, and supportive of employers and employees. We support policies that prevent excessive cost increases for small businesses while maintaining essential protections for workers during economic downturns. We encourage transparent and fair proposals aimed at reducing the insolvency of the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Fund, ensuring its solvency without disproportionately affecting small businesses.
Water
Climate change is going to be with us for many years to come. This reality brings with it very dry conditions and years with higher-than-average rainfall. Water conservation, although important, is not a substitute for expanding upon our water infrastructure. If our economy is to thrive and flourish for future generations, we need additional water storage as a critical component to our water infrastructure.
Workforce Development
The CHCC supports legislative efforts in partnerships and programs that provide skill development training and business support. This includes career pathways programs and workforce development educational opportunities at community colleges, state universities, and local non-profit job training providers throughout California.
The CHCC supports legislation that expands educational opportunities, work-based learning opportunities, urge financial aid tuition assistance to low- income high school students to make a successful transition to postsecondary education and encourage implementation of programs to assist English language learners.
California Legislative Update
as of Wednesday, April 09, 2025
AB 222Bauer-Kahan D Data centers: energy usage reporting and eDiciency standards: electricity rates.History
Current Text: Amended: 4/7/2025 html pdf
Introduced: 1/8/2025
Last Amended: 4/7/2025
Status: 4/8/2025-Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.
Location: 4/2/2025-A. P. & C.P.
Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Desk Policy Fiscal Floor Conf.
Conc. Enrolled Vetoed Chaptered 1st House 2nd House
Current law, on or before January 1, 2026, and before each time thereafter that a generative arti^cial intelligence system or service, as de^ned, or a substantial modi^cation to a generative arti^cial intelligence system or service, released on or after January 1, 2022, is made available to Californians for use, regardless of whether the terms of that use include compensation, requires a developer of the system or service to post on the developer’s internet website documentation regarding the data used to train the generative arti^cial intelligence system or service. This bill would require a developer, before using a covered model commercially or before making a covered model available for use by a third party, to calculate the total energy used to develop the covered model and the percentage of the total energy used to develop the covered model that was generated in California.
Position: Oppose
AB 226 ( )
Calderon D California FAIR Plan Association.History
Current Text: Introduced: 1/9/2025 html pdf
Introduced: 1/9/2025
Status: 4/2/2025-In Senate. Read ^rst time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
L o c a t i o n : 4/2/2025-S. RLS.
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The California FAIR Plan Association is a joint reinsurance association in which all insurers licensed to write basic property insurance participate in administering a program for the equitable apportionment of basic property insurance for persons who are unable to obtain that coverage through normal channels. Current law requires the association’s plan of operation and any amendment to the plan to be approved by the Insurance Commissioner. Current law establishes the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank and authorizes it to issue
bonds to provide funds for the payment of costs of a project for a participating party or upon request by a state entity. This bill would authorize the association, if granted prior approval from the commissioner, to request the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank to issue bonds, and would authorize the bank to issue those bonds to Qnance the costs of claims, to increase liquidity and claims-paying capacity of the association, and to refund bonds previously issued for that purpose. The bill would specify that the association is a participating party and that Qnancing all or any portion of the costs of claims or to increase liquidity and the claims-paying capacity of the association is a project for bond purposes. The bill would authorize the bank to loan the proceeds of issued bonds to the association, and would authorize the association to enter into a loan agreement with the bank and to enter into a line of credit agreement with an institutional lender or brokerdealer.
Position: Support ( )
AB 265 Caloza D Small Business Recovery Fund Act. History
Current Text: Introduced: 1/17/2025 html pdf
Introduced: 1/17/2025
Status: 2/10/2025-Referred to Com. on E.D., G., & H.I.
Location: 2/10/2025-A. E.D., G., & H.I.
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Current law establishes the Ofice of Small Business Advocate (OSBA) within the Governor’s Ofice of Business and Economic Development, also known as GO-Biz, to advocate for causes of small business and to provide small businesses with the information they need to survive in the marketplace. This bill would establish the Small Business Recovery Fund Act and would appropriate ($100,000,000) from the General Fund to the Small Business Recovery Fund, which would be created by the bill. The bill would require OSBA to administer the fund and would require OSBA to allocate 90% of the monies appropriated to the fund for purposes of a small business recovery grant program to provide competitive grants to small businesses and nonproQt organizations, as deQned, that are directly impacted by a state of emergency proclaimed by the Governor. The bill would authorize the funds to be used for, among other things, support recovery and rebuilding eforts, and would require a grantee to match the amount of the grant awarded.
Position: Support
AB 504Ta R Worker classiQcation: employees and independent contractors: licensed manicurists. History( )
Current Text: Introduced: 2/10/2025 html pdf
Introduced: 2/10/2025
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Status: 2/24/2025-Referred to Com. on L. & E.
Location: 2/24/2025-A. L. & E.
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Current law requires a 3-part test, commonly known as the “ABC” test, to determine if workers are employees or independent contractors for purposes of the Labor Code, the Unemployment Insurance Code, and the wage orders of the Industrial Welfare Commission. Under the ABC test, a person providing labor or services for remuneration is considered an employee rather than an independent contractor unless the hiring entity demonstrates that the person is free from the control and direction of the hiring entity in connection with the performance of the work, the person performs work that is outside the usual course of the hiring entity’s business, and the person is customarily engaged in an independently established trade, occupation, or business Current law exempts speciQed occupations and business relationships from the application of the ABC test described above. Current law provides that these exempt relationships are governed by the multifactor test previously adopted in the case of S. G. Borello & Sons, Inc. v. Department of Industrial Relations (1989) 48 Cal.3d 341. These exemptions include services provided by a licensed manicurist, subject to the manicurist meeting speciQed conditions. Current law makes this exemption for licensed manicurists inoperative on January 1, 2025. This bill would delete the January 1, 2025, inoperative date, thereby making licensed manicurists subject to this exemption indeQnitely.
Position: Support
AB 710
Irwin D Theft of a gift card. History
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Current Text: Amended: 3/18/2025 html pdf
Introduced: 2/14/2025
Last Amended: 3/18/2025
Status: 3/26/2025-In committee: Set, Qrst hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Location: 3/3/2025-A. PUB. S.
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Would make a person who, with the intent to defraud, acquires or retains possession of a gift card or gift card redemption information, as deQned, or uses an acquired or forged card, without the consent of the cardholder, card issuer, or gift card seller, or, with the intent to defraud, devises a scheme to obtain a gift card or gift card redemption information from a cardholder, card issuer, or gift card seller by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises guilty of theft, punishable as a misdemeanor, and, if the things of value that are acquired or used exceed $950, guilty of grand theft, punishable as a misdemeanor or a felony. The bill would make a person who, with the intent to defraud, alters or tampers with a gift card guilty of forgery, punishable as a misdemeanor or a felony. By creating new crimes, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
Position: Support
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Current Text: Introduced: 2/19/2025 html pdf
Introduced: 2/19/2025
Status: 3/24/2025-In committee: Set, Qrst hearing. Referred to suspense Qle.
Location: 3/24/2025-A. APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
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The Personal Income Tax Law authorizes various credits against the taxes imposed by that law, including a credit for qualiQed renters in the amount of $120 for spouses Qling joint returns, heads of household, and surviving spouses if adjusted gross income is $50,000, as adjusted, or less, and in the amount of $60 for other individuals if adjusted gross income is $25,000, as adjusted, or less. Current law requires the Franchise Tax Board to annually adjust for inkation these adjusted gross income amounts. For 2024, the adjusted gross income limit is $52,421 and $104,842, respectively. Current law establishes the continuously appropriated Tax Relief and Refund Account in the General Fund and provides that payments required to be made to taxpayers or other persons from the Personal Income Tax Fund are to be paid from that account This bill, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1 of the taxable year that includes the date on which funding is Qrst authorized for purposes of this bill and for the succeeding 4 taxable years, and only when speciQed in a bill relating to the Budget Act, would extend the above-described renter’s credit to spouses Qling joint returns, heads of household, and surviving spouses if adjusted gross income is $150,000, as adjusted, or less, and for other individuals if adjusted gross income is $75,000, as adjusted, or less.
Position: Support
AB 911Carrillo D Emergency telecommunications medium- and heavy-duty zero-emission vehicles. History
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Current Text: Introduced: 2/19/2025 html pdf
Introduced: 2/19/2025
Status: 3/10/2025-Referred to Com. on TRANS. L o c a t i o n : 3/10/2025-A. TRANS.
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The State Air Resources Board has adopted the Advanced Clean Fleets Regulations, which imposes various requirements for transitioning local, state, and federal government keets of medium- and heavy-duty trucks, other high-priority keets of medium- and heavy-duty trucks, and drayage trucks to zero-emission vehicles, as provided This bill would exempt emergency telecommunications vehicles owned or purchased by emergency telecommunications service providers that are used to participate in the federal Emergency Alert System, to provide access to 911 emergency services, or to provide wireless connectivity during service outages from speciQed requirements in the above-described regulations.
Addis D Farmworkers: beneQts. History
Current Text: Introduced: 2/21/2025 html pdf
Introduced: 2/21/2025
Status: 3/17/2025-Referred to Com. on INS.
L o c a t i o n : 3/17/2025-A. INS.
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Position: Oppose
SB 22 AB 1336 Laird D Gift certiQcates. History
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Current Text: Introduced: 12/2/2024 html pdf
Introduced: 12/2/2024
Status: 1/29/2025-Referred to Com. on JUD.
L o c a t i o n : 1/29/2025-S. JUD.
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Current law provides that a gift certiQcate, sold after January 1, 1997, is redeemable in cash or subject to replacement with a new gift certiQcate except that a gift certiQcate with a cash value of less than $10 is redeemable in cash for its cash value. This bill would instead make a gift certiQcate with a cash value of less than $25, adjusted annually for inkation based on the California Consumer Price Index and rounded to the nearest whole dollar amount, redeemable in cash for its cash value and would require an issuer of gift certiQcates to ( )
Current law establishes a workers’ compensation system to compensate employees for injuries sustained in the course of their employment. Current law creates a disputable presumption that speciQed injuries sustained in the course of employment of a speciQed member of law enforcement or a speciQed Qrst responder arose out of and in the course of employment. Current law authorizes the Department of Industrial Relations to expend moneys that have been appropriated for the administration and enforcement of laws under its jurisdiction, as well as for the maintenance of any commission or ofice of the department, as speciQed. Current law establishes the Workers’ Compensation Administration Revolving Fund within the State Treasury. Current law requires the director to levy a surcharge upon employers in order to fund, among other things, the Workers’ Compensation Administration Revolving Fund. Upon appropriation by the Legislature, current law authorizes funds to be expended for, among other things, the Return-to-Work Program and the enforcement of the insurance coverage program This bill would create a disputable presumption that a heat-related injury that develops within a speciQed timeframe after working outdoors for an employer in the agriculture industry that fails to comply with heat illness prevention standards, as deQned, arose out of and came in the course of employment. The bill would require the appeals board to Qnd in favor of the employee if the employer fails to rebut the presumption.
display at the cash register a notice of the right of the holder to redeem a gift certiQcate for cash pursuant to that provision.
Position: Oppose
SB 53 Wiener D CalCompute: foundation models: whistleblowers. History
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Current Text: Amended: 3/27/2025 html pdf
Introduced: 1/7/2025
Last Amended: 3/27/2025
Status: 4/1/2025-Set for hearing April 8.
L o c a t i o n : 3/25/2025-S. JUD.
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Would establish within the Government Operations Agency a consortium required to develop a framework for the creation of a public cloud computing cluster to be known as “CalCompute” that advances the development and deployment of artiQcial intelligence that is safe, ethical, equitable, and sustainable by, among other things, fostering research and innovation that beneQts the public, as prescribed. The bill would require the Government Operations Agency to, on or before January 1, 2027, submit a report from the consortium to the Legislature with that framework, and would dissolve the consortium upon submission of that report. The bill would make those provisions operative only upon an appropriation in a budget act, or other measure, for its purposes.
Position: Oppose
SB 84Niello R Disability access: construction-related accessibility claims: notice of violation and opportunity to correct. History
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Current Text: Introduced: 1/17/2025 html pdf
Introduced: 1/17/2025
Status: 1/29/2025-Referred to Coms. on JUD. and APPR.
L o c a t i o n : 1/29/2025-S. JUD.
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Would prohibit a construction-related accessibility claim for statutory damages from being initiated in a legal proceeding against a defendant who employs 50 or fewer individuals, as speciQed, unless the defendant has been served with a letter specifying each alleged violation, and the alleged violations have not been corrected within 120 days of service of the letter. The bill would provide that a defendant is not liable for statutory damages, plaintif’s attorney’s fees, or costs for an alleged violation that is corrected within 120 days of service of a letter alleging the violation. The bill would also prohibit a plaintif from avoiding the notice and opportunity to correct provisions and the liability limitations by claiming they are seeking general discrimination damages
based on a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 if the underlying claim is based on a defendant’s failure to comply with physical accessibility standards under California law.
Position: Support
SB 222
Wiener D Climate disasters: civil actions. History
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Current Text: Amended: 3/28/2025 html pdf
Introduced: 1/27/2025
Last Amended: 3/28/2025
Status: 3/28/2025-From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
L o c a t i o n : 2/5/2025-S JUD
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Current law gives a person the right of protection from bodily harm and the right to possess and use property. If a person sufers bodily harm or a loss of their property because of the unlawful act or omission of another, existing law authorizes them to recover compensation from the person at fault, which is known as damages. This bill would authorize a person who sufered physical harm to their person or property totaling at least $10,000 to bring a civil action against a party responsible for a climate disaster to recover damages, restitution, speciQed costs, and other appropriate relief. The bill would make responsible parties jointly, severally, and strictly liable to a plaintif for damages and restitution.
Position: Oppose
SB 310
Wiener D Failure to pay wages: penalties. History
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Current Text: Introduced: 2/10/2025 html pdf
Introduced: 2/10/2025
Status: 3/26/2025-Set for hearing April 9.
Location: 2/19/2025-S. L., P.E. & R.
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Current law makes every person who fails to pay the wages of each employee subject to a speciQed penalty. Current law requires the penalty to either be recovered by an employee as a statutory penalty or by the Labor Commissioner as a civil penalty, as prescribed This bill also would permit the penalty to be recovered through an independent civil action, as speciQed.
Position: Oppose
SB 346
Durazo D Local agencies: transient occupancy taxes: short-term
rental facilitator. History )
Current Text: Amended: 3/20/2025 html pdf
Introduced: 2/12/2025
Last Amended: 3/20/2025
Status: 3/20/2025-Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
L o c a t i o n : 3/19/2025-S. JUD.
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Current law authorizes a local authority, by ordinance or resolution, to regulate the occupancy of a room or rooms, or other living space, in a hotel, inn, tourist home or house, motel, or other lodging for a period of less than 30 days This bill would authorize a local agency, deQned to mean a city, county, or city and county, to enact an ordinance to require a short-term rental facilitator, as deQned, to report, in the form and manner prescribed by the local agency, the assessor parcel number of each short-term rental, as deQned, during the reporting period, as well as any additional information necessary to identify the property as may be required by the local agency. The bill would authorize the local agency to impose an administrative Qne or penalty for failure to Qle the report, and would authorize the local agency to initiate an audit of a short-term rental facilitator, as described The bill would require a short-term rental facilitator, in a jurisdiction that has adopted an ordinance, to include in the listing of a short-term rental any applicable local license number associated with the short-term rental and any transient occupancy tax certiQcation issued by a local agency.
Position: Oppose
Padilla D California Latino Commission. History
Current Text: Amended: 3/18/2025
Introduced: 2/14/2025
Last Amended: 3/18/2025
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Status: 3/28/2025-Set for hearing April 7.
L o c a t i o n : 3/25/2025-S. APPR.
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Would create the California Latino Commission to address the inequities faced by the Latino community in housing, education, economic mobility, labor, and health care The commission would consist of 9 members who have demonstrated expertise in speciQed areas, including housing policy and advocacy and economic development. The bill would task the commission with, among other things, collecting and analyzing data, developing recommendations, and monitoring the implementation of state programs and policies afecting the Latino community, as speciQed. The bill would require the commission to work with other state agencies and to submit an annual report to the Governor and the Legislature. The bill would establish that the commission and its activities would be supported by appropriations by the Legislature from the General Fund and grants from (
SB 388
federal and private sources. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2036.
SB 496Hurtado D Advanced Clean Fleets Regulation: appeals advisory committee: exemptions. History
Current Text: Introduced: 2/19/2025 html pdf
Introduced: 2/19/2025
Status: 3/11/2025-Set for hearing April 2.
L o c a t i o n : 2/26/2025-S E Q
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The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 establishes the state board as the state agency responsible for monitoring and regulating sources emitting greenhouse gases and requires the state board to adopt rules and regulations to achieve the maximum technologically feasible and cost-efective greenhouse gas emission reductions from those sources. This bill would require the state board to establish the Advanced Clean Fleets Regulation Appeals Advisory Committee by an unspeciQed date for purposes of reviewing appeals of denied requests for exemptions from the requirements of the Advanced Clean Fleets Regulation. The bill would require the committee to include representatives of speciQed governmental and nongovernmental entities. The bill would require the committee to meet monthly and would require recordings of its meetings to be made publicly available on the state board’s internet website. The bill would require the committee to consider, and make a recommendation on, an appeal of an exemption request denial no later than 60 days after the appeal is made. The bill would require speciQed information relating to the committee’s consideration of an appeal to be made publicly available on the state board’s internet website. The bill would require the state board to consider a recommendation of the committee at a public meeting no later than 60 days after the recommendation is made
Position: Support SB 632
Position: Support ( )
Arreguín D Workers’ compensation: hospital employees. History
Current Text: Introduced: 2/20/2025 html pdf
Introduced: 2/20/2025
Status: 3/26/2025-Set for hearing April 9
Location: 3/5/2025-S. L., P.E. & R.
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Current law creates a rebuttable presumption that speciQed injuries sustained in the course of employment of a speciQed member of law enforcement or a speciQed Qrst responder arose out of and in the course of ( )
employment. Prior current law, until January 1, 2024, created a rebuttable presumption of injury for various employees, including an employee who works at a health facility, as deQned, that included an illness or death resulting from COVID-19, if speciQed circumstances applied. This bill would deQne “injury,” for a hospital employee who provides direct patient care in an acute care hospital, to include infectious diseases, cancer, musculoskeletal injuries, post-traumatic stress disorder, and respiratory diseases. The bill would include the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) from SARS-CoV-2 and its variants, among other conditions, in the deQnitions of infectious and respiratory diseases. The bill would create rebuttable presumptions that these injuries that develop or manifest in a hospital employee who provides direct patient care in an acute care hospital arose out of and in the course of the employment. The bill would extend these presumptions for speciQed time periods after the hospital employee’s termination of employment.
Position: Oppose
SB 682Allen D Environmental health: product safety: perkuoroalkyl and polykuoroalkyl substances. History
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Current Text: Introduced: 2/21/2025 html pdf
Introduced: 2/21/2025
Status: 3/11/2025-Set for hearing April 2.
L o c a t i o n : 3/5/2025-S E Q
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Current law requires the Department of Toxic Substances Control, on or before January 1, 2029, to adopt regulations to enforce speciQed covered perkuoroalkyl and polykuoroalkyl substances (PFAS) restrictions, which include prohibitions on the distribution, sale, or ofering for sale of certain products that contain speciQed levels of PFAS. Current law requires the department, on and after July 1, 2030, to enforce and ensure compliance with those provisions and regulations, as provided. Current law requires manufacturers of these products, on or before July 1, 2029, to register with the department, to pay a registration fee to the department, and to provide a statement of compliance certifying compliance with the applicable prohibitions on the use of PFAS to the department, as speciQed. Current law authorizes the department to test products and to rely on third-party testing to determine compliance with prohibitions on the use of PFAS, as speciQed. Current law requires the department to issue a notice of violation for a product in violation of the prohibitions on the use of PFAS, as provided. Current law authorizes the department to assess an administrative penalty for a violation of these prohibitions and authorizes the department to seek an injunction to restrain a person or entity from violating these prohibitions, as speciQed This bill would, beginning January 1, 2027, prohibit a person from distributing, selling, or ofering for sale a covered product that contain intentionally added PFAS, as deQned, except for previously used products and as otherwise preempted by federal law. The bill would deQne “covered product” to include cleaning products, cookware, dental koss, juvenile products, food packaging, and ski wax, as speciQed.
Position: Oppose
Menjivar D Polluters Pay Climate Superfund
Act of 2025. History
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Current Text: Amended: 3/26/2025 html pdf
Introduced: 2/21/2025
Last Amended: 3/26/2025
Status: 3/26/2025-From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.Q.
L o c a t i o n : 3/5/2025-S E Q
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Would enact the Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act of 2025 and would establish the Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Program to be administered by the California Environmental Protection Agency to require fossil fuel polluters to pay their fair share of the damage caused by greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere during the covered period, which the bill would deQne as the time period between the 1990 and 2024 calendar years, inclusive, resulting from the extraction, production, reQning, sale, or combustion of fossil fuels or petroleum products, to relieve a portion of the burden to address cost borne by current and future California taxpayers. The bill would require the agency, within 90 days of the efective date of the act, to determine and publish a list of responsible parties, which the bill would deQne as an entity with a majority ownership interest in a business engaged in extracting or reQning fossil fuels that, during the covered period, did business in the state or otherwise had suficient contact with the state, and is determined by the agency to be responsible for more than 1,000,000,000 metric tons of covered fossil fuel emissions, as deQned, in aggregate globally, during the covered period.
Position: Oppose
SB 781 ( )
Current Text: Amended: 3/26/2025 html pdf
Introduced: 2/21/2025
Last Amended: 3/26/2025
Status: 3/26/2025-From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
L o c a t i o n : 2/21/2025-S. RLS.
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Current law establishes the Ofice of Small Business Advocate within the Governor’s Ofice of Business and Economic Development, led by the Small Business Advocate, and sets forth its powers and duties relating to advocacy on behalf of small business and providing small businesses with the information they need to survive in the marketplace. Current law requires the advocate to, among other duties, collaborate with the Ofice of Small Business and Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Services in their activities under the Small Business
Reyes D Small business. History
Procurement and Contract Act, including promoting small business certiQcation. This bill would require the advocate to also collaborate with local agencies on the development and implementation of local strategies to increase small business participation in local procurement opportunities, as speciQed. In this connection, the bill would authorize a local agency, as deQned, to establish a Small Business Utilization Program (SBUP) to increase small businesses’ participation in local agency procurement opportunities.
Position: Support - CHCC Co-Sponsor
California Constitutional/Statewide Officers
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Gavin Newsom (D)
Eleni Kounalakis (D)
(D)
Attorney
Rob Bonta (D)
Vazquez (D) Secretary
Shirley Weber (D)
CaliforniaStateSenators
Ben Allen Los Angeles (916) 651-4024 (2026)
(D), SD 24 Part of
Josh Becker (D), SD 13 Part of San Mateo and Santa Clara (916) 651-4013 (2032)
Steven Choi of Orange (916) 651-4037 (2028) (R), SD 37 Part
Tim Grayson (D),
SD 9 Part of Alameda and Contra Costa (916) 651-4009 (2028)
Marie Alvarado-Gil (R), SD 4
Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, Stanislaus, Tuolumne, part of Madera, Merced, Nevada and Placer (916) 651-4004 (2034)
Catherine Blakespear (D),
SD 38 Part of Orange and San Diego (916) 651-4038 (2034)
Dave Cortese (D),
SD 15 Part of Santa Clara (916) 651-4015 (2032)
Shannon Grove (R),
SD 12 Part of Kern, Fresno and Tulare (916) 651-4012 (2026)
Bob J. Archuleta
(D), SD 30 Part of Los Angeles (916) 651-4030 (2030)
Christopher Cabaldon (D), SD 3 Napa, Solano, part of Contra Costa, Sacramento, Sonoma and Yolo (916) 651-4003 (2036)
Megan Dahle (R),
SD 1 Alpine, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, part of El Dorado, Placer and Sacramento (916) 651-4001 (2028)
Melissa Hurtado (D),
SD 16 Part of Fresno, Kern, Kings and Tulare (916) 6514016 (2030)
Jesse Arreguín (D), SD 7 Part of Alameda and Contra Costa. (916) 651-4007 (2036)
Anna Caballero (D),
SD 14 Part of Fresno, Madera, Merced and Tulare (916) 651-4014
Maria Elena Durazo (D),
SD 26 Part of Los Angeles (916) 651-4026 (2030)
Brian W. Jones (R),
SD 40 Part of San Diego (916) 651-4040 (2026)
Ashby (D),
SD 8 Part of Sacramento (916) 651-4008 (2034)
Sabrina Cervantes (D), SD 31 Part of Riverside (916) 651-4031 (2028)
Lena Gonzalez, (D)
SD 33 Part of Los Angeles (916) 651-4033 (2030)
John Laird (D),
SD 17 San Luis Obispo, Santa Cruz, part of Monterey and Santa Clara (916) 6514017 (2028)
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CaliforniaStateSenators
Monique Limón (D),
SD 21 Part of San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura (916) 651-4021 (2028)
Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh (R),
SD 19 Part of Riverside and San Bernardino (916) 651-4019
(2032)
Susan Rubio (D),
SD 22 Part of Los Angeles and San Bernardino (916) 6514022
Suzette Valladares (R),
SD 23 Part of Los Angeles and San Bernardino (916) 651-4021 (2032)
Mike McGuire (D),
SD 2 Part of Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino Sonoma and Trinity (916)651-4002 (2026)
Steve Padilla (D),
SD 18 Im- perial, part of Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego (916) 651-4018 (2034)
Kelly Seyarto (R),
SD 32 Part of Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego (916) 6514032 (2032)
Aisha Wahab (D),
SD 10 Part of Alameda and Santa Clara (916) 651-4010 (2034)
Jerry McNerney (D), SD 5 San Joaquin, part of Sacramento and Stanislaus (916) 651-4005
Sasha Renée Pérez (D),
SD 25 Part of Los Angeles and San Bernardino (916) 651-4025 (2036)
Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D),
SD 28 Part of Los Angeles (916) 651-4028 (2034)
Akilah Weber (D),
SD 39 Part of San Diego (916) 651-4039 (2032)
Caroline Menjivar (D), SD 20 Part of Los Angeles (916) 651-4020 (2034)
Eloise Gómez Reyes (D), SD 29 Part of Los Angeles, Orange and San Bernardino (916) 651-4029 (2028)
Henry Stern (D), SD 27 Part of Los Angeles and Ventura (916) 651-4027 (2028)
Scott Wiener (D), SD 11 San Francisco, part of San Mateo (916) 651-4011 (2028)
Roger Niello (R), SD 6 Part of Sacramento and Placer (916) 651-4006 (2030)
Laura Richardson (D), SD 35 Part of Los Angeles (916) 651-4035 (2032)
Tom Umberg (D), SD 34 Part of Los Angeles and Orange (916) 651-4034 (2026)
Vacant, SD 36 Part of Los Angeles and Orange (916) 651-4036
® CaliforniaStateSenators
Dawn Addis (D),
AD 30 Part of Monterey, San Luis Obispo and Santa Cruz (916) 319-2030 (2034)
Joaquin Arambula (D),
AD 31 Part of Fresno (916) 319-2031 (2026)
Marc Berman (D),
AD 23 Part of San Mateo and Santa Clara (916) 3192023 (2028)
Jessica Caloza (D),
AD 52 Part of Los Angeles (916) 319-2052 (2036)
Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D), AD 4 Colusa, Lake, Napa, part of Sonoma and Yolo (916) 319-2004 (2028)
Anamarie Avila Farias (D), AD 15 Part of Contra Costa (916) 319-2015. (2036)
Tasha Boerner (D), AD 77 Part of San Diego (916) 319-2077 (2030)
Juan Carrillo (D,
AD 39 Part of Los Angeles and San Bernardino (916) 319-2039
Patrick Ahrens (D), AD 26 Part of Santa Clara (916) 319-2026 (2036)
Juan Alanis (R), AD 22 Part of Merced and Stanislaus (916) 319-2022 (2034)
(D), AD 35
Jasmeet Bains Part of Kern (916) 319-2035 (2034)
Mia Bonta Part of Alameda (916) 319-2018 (2032)
Leticia Castillo (R),
(2034) (2036)
AD 58 Part of Riverside and San Bernardino (916) 319-2058
Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D), AD 16 Part of Alameda and Contra Costa (916) 319-2016
(D), AD 55 Part
Isaac Bryan of Los Angeles (916) 319-2055 (2032)
Phillip Chen (R),
AD 59 Part of Orange and San Bernardino (916) 3192059 (2028)
Steve Bennett
(D), AD 56 Part of Los Angeles (916) 319-2056 (2032)
(D), AD 18
Lisa Calderon
David Alvarez (D), AD 80 Part of San Diego (916) 3192080 (2032) (2032)
(D), AD 38 Part of Ventura (916) 319-2038
Damon Connolly (D), AD 12 Marin, part of Sonoma (916) 319-2012 (2034)
CaliforniaStateSenators
Laurie Davies (R),
AD 74 Part of Orange and San Diego (916) 319-2074 (2032)
Heath Flora (R),
AD 9 Part of Amador, Calaveras, San Joaquin and Stanislaus (916) 3192009 (2028)
Mike Gipson (D),
AD 65 Part of Los Angeles (916) 319-2065 (2026)
John Harabedian (D),
AD 41 Part of Los Angeles and San Bernardino (916) 3192041 (2036)
Carl DeMaio (R),
AD 75 Part of San Diego (916) 319-2075 (2036)
Mike Fong of Los Angeles (916) 319-2049 (2032)
Jeff Gonzalez (R),
AD 36 Imperial, part of Riverside and San Bernardino (916) 319-2036
(2036)
Gregg Hart (D),
AD 37 Santa Barbara, part of San Luis Obispo (916) 3192037 (2034) (D), AD 49 Part
Diane Dixon Part of Orange (916) 319-2072 (2034)
Jesse Gabriel (D),
AD 46 Part of Los Angeles and Ventura (916) 319-2046 (2028)
Mark González (D),
AD 54 Part of Los Angeles (916) 319-2054 (2026) (R), AD 72
Josh Hoover of Sacramento (916) 319-2007 (2034)
(R), AD 7 Part
Sade Elhawary (D),
AD 57 Part of Los Angeles (916) 319-2057 (2036)
James Gallagher (R),
AD 3 Butte, Glenn, Sutter, Tehama, Yuba, part of Placer (916) 319-2003 (2026)
Heather Hadwick (R),
AD 1 Alpine, Amador, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, part of El Dorado and Placer (916) 319-2001 (2036)
Jacqui Irwin (D),
AD 42 Part of Los Angeles and Ventura (916) 319-2042 (2026)
Bill Essayli (2034)
Robert Garcia (D), AD 50 Part of San Bernardino (916) 319-2050 (2036)
Matt Haney (D),
AD 17 Part of San Francisco (916) 319-2017 (2032)
Corey Jackson (D),
AD 60 Part of Riverside (916) 319-2060 (2034) (R), AD 63 Part of Riverside (916) 319-2063
CaliforniaStateSenators
(D), AD 25 Part of
Ash Kalra Santa Clara (916) 319-2025 (2028)
Maggy Krell of Sacramento (916) 319-2006 (2036)
(D), AD 6 Part
Alexandra Macedo (R),
AD 33 Kings, part of Fresno and Tulare (916) 319-2033
(2036)
Blanca Pacheco (D),
AD 64 Part of Los Angeles and Orange (916) 319-2064 (2034)
Cottie Petrie-Norris (D),
AD 73 Part of Orange (916) 319-2073 (2030)
Tom Lackey (R), AD 34 Part of Kern, Los Angeles and San Bernardino (916) 319-2034
Tina McKinnor (D),
Alex Lee (D),
AD 24 Part of Alameda and Santa Clara (916) 3192024 (2032)
Al Muratsuchi (D),
AD 61 Part of Los Angeles (916) 319-2061 (2032) (D), AD 21 Part
Diane Papan of San Mateo (916) 319-2021 (2034) (2026)
Sharon Quirk-Silva (D),
AD 67 Part of Orange (916) 319-2067 (2026)
AD 66 Part of Los Angeles (916) 319-2066 (2026)
Darshana Patel (D),
AD 76 Part of San Diego (916) 319-2076 (2036)
James C. Ramos (D),
AD 45 Part of San Bernardino (916) 319-2045 (2030)
AD 10 Part of Sacramento (916) 319-2010 (2034)
AD 5 Part of El Dorado and Placer (916) 319-2005 (2034)
AD 13 Part of San Joaquin (916) 319-2013 (2036)
Liz Ortega (2034)
AD 28 Part of Santa Clara and Santa Cruz (916) 319-2028 (2034)
AD
Joe Patterson (R),
Stephanie Nguyen (D),
Rhodesia Ransom (D),
Gail Pellerin (D),
Robert Rivas (D),
29 San Benito, part of Monterey, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz (916) 3192029 (2030) (D), AD 20 Part of Alameda (916) 319-2020
Josh Lowenthal (D),
AD 69 Part of Los Angeles (916) 319-2069 (2034)
CaliforniaStateSenators
Celeste Rodriguez (D), AD 43 Part of Los Angeles (916) 319-2043 (2036)
Pilar Schiavo (D),
AD 40 Part of Los Angeles (916) 319-2040 (2034)
Catherine Stefani (D), AD 19 Part of San Francisco and San Mateo (916) 319-2019
(2036)
(D), AD 78 Part
Chris Ward of San Diego (916) 319-2078 (2032)
Michelle Rodriguez (D), AD 53 Part of Los Angeles and San Bernardino (916) 319-2053 (2036)
(D), AD 44 Part
Tri Ta (R),
AD 70 Part of Orange (916) 319-2070
Buffy Wicks (D),
Chris Rogers (D), AD 2 Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, Trinity and part of Sonoma (916) 319-2002 (2036)
Blanca Rubio (D), AD 48 Part of Los Angeles (916) 319-2048 (2028)
Sanchez (R), AD 71 Part of Orange and Riverside (916) 3192071 (2034)
Nick Schultz of Los Angeles (916) 319-2044 (2036) (2034) (2032)
LaShae Sharp-Collins (D),
AD 79 Part of San Diego (916) 319-2079 (2036)
David Tangipa (R), AD 8 Part of Calaveras, Fresno, Inyo, Madera, Mariposa, Mono and Tuolumne (916) 319-2008 (2036)
AD 14 Part of Alameda and Contra Costa (916) 319-2014 (2030)
Lori D. Wilson (D), AD 11 Solano, part of Contra Costa and Sacramento (916) 319-2011
Jose Luis Solache (D),
AD 62 Part of Los Angeles (916) 319-2062 (2036)
Avelino Valencia Part of Orange (916) 319-2068 (2034)
AD 27 Part of Fresno,
and
AD 47 Part of Riverside and San Bernardino (916) 319-2047 (2034)
Rick Chavez Zbur (D),
AD 51 Part of Los Angeles (916) 319-2051 (2034) (D), AD 68
AD 32 Part of Kern and Tulare (916) 319-2032
Vacant,
Kate
Esmeralda Soria (D),
Madera
Merced (916) 3192027 (2034)
Greg Wallis (R),
Senate, Assembly Index
State Senate Index
1 Megan Dahle (R-Bieber)
2. Mike McGuire (D-Healdsburg)
3. Christopher Cabaldon (D-Yolo)
4 Marie Alvarado-Gil (R-Jackson)
5 Jerry McNerney (D-Pleasanton)
6. Roger Niello (R-Fair Oaks)
7. Jesse Arreguín (D-Berkeley)
8 Angelique Ashby (D-Sacramento)
9 Tim Grayson (D-Concord)
10. Aisha Wahab (D-Hayward)
11. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco)
12 Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield)
13 Josh Becker (D-Menlo Park)
14. Anna Caballero (D-Merced)
State Assembly Index
1 Heather Hadwick (R-Alturas)
2 Chris Rogers (D-Santa Rosa)
3. James Gallagher (R-Nicolaus)
4. Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters)
5 Joe Patterson (R-Rocklin)
6 Maggy Krell (D-Sacramento)
7. Josh Hoover (R-Folsom)
8 David Tangipa (R-Fresno)
9 Heath Flora (R-Ripon)
10 Stephanie Nguyen (D-Elk Grove)
11. Lori D. Wilson (D-Suisun City)
12 Damon Connolly (D-San Rafael)
13 Rhodesia Ransom (D-Stockton)
14 Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland)
15. Anamarie Avila Farias (D-Martinez)
16 Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D-Orinda)
17 Matt Haney (D-San Francisco)
18 Mia Bonta (D-Alameda)
19. Catherine Stefani (D-San Francisco)
20 Liz Ortega (D-San Leandro)
21 Diane Papan (D-San Mateo)
22 Juan Alanis (R-Modesto)
23. Marc Berman (D-Palo Alto)
24 Alex Lee (D-San Jose)
25 Ash Kalra (D-San Jose)
26. Patrick Ahrens (D-Sunnyvale)
27. Esmeralda Soria (D-Fresno)
28 Gail Pellerin (D-Santa Cruz)
15 Dave Cortese (D-San Jose)
16 Melissa Hurtado (D-Bakersfield)
17. John Laird (D-Santa Cruz)
18 Steve Padilla (D-Chula Vista)
19 Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh (R-Yucaipa)
20 Caroline Menjivar (D-San Fernando Valley)
21 Monique Limón (D-Santa Barbara)
22. Susan Rubio (D-Baldwin Park)
23 Suzette Valladares (R-Santa Clarita)
24 Ben Allen (D-Santa Monica)
25 Sasha Renée Pérez (D-Pasadena)
26. Maria Elena Durazo (D-Los Angeles)
27 Henry Stern (D-Los Angeles)
29. Robert Rivas (D-Salinas)
30 Dawn Addis (D-Morro Bay)
31 Joaquin Arambula (D-Fresno)
32 Vacant
33. Alexandra Macedo (R-Tulare)
34 Tom Lackey (R-Palmdale)
35 Jasmeet Bains (D-Delano)
36. Jeff Gonzalez (R-Indio)
37. Gregg Hart (D-Santa Barbara)
38 Steve Bennett (D-Ventura)
39 Juan Carrillo (D-Palmdale)
40. Pilar Schiavo (D-Chatsworth)
41. John Harabedian (D-Pasadena)
42 Jacqui Irwin (D-Thousand Oaks)
43 Celeste Rodriguez (D-San Fernando)
44. Nick Schultz (D-Glendale)
45. James C. Ramos (D-Highland)
46 Jesse Gabriel (D-Woodland Hills)
47 Greg Wallis (R-Bermuda Dunes)
48. Blanca Rubio (D-Baldwin Park)
49. Mike Fong (D-Alhambra)
50 Robert Garcia (D-Rancho Cucamonga)
51 Rick Chavez Zbur (D-Hollywood)
52. Jessica Caloza (D-Los Angeles)
53 Michelle Rodriguez (D-Pomona)
54 Mark González (D-Los Angeles)
55 Isaac Bryan (D-Los Angeles)
56. Lisa Calderon (D-Whittier)
28 Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-Los Angeles)
29 Eloise Gómez Reyes (D-San Bernardino)
30. Bob J. Archuleta (D-Pico Rivera)
31 Sabrina Cervantes (D-Riverside)
32 Kelly Seyarto (R-Murrieta)
33 Lena Gonzalez (D-Long Beach)
34. Tom Umberg (D-Santa Ana)
35 Laura Richardson (D-San Pedro)
36 Vacant
37 Steven Choi (R-Irvine)
38. Catherine Blakespear (D-Encinitas)
39 Akilah Weber (D-San Diego)
40 Brian W Jones (R-San Diego)
57. Sade Elhawary (D-Los Angeles)
58 Leticia Castillo (R-Corona)
59 Phillip Chen (R-Yorba Linda)
60 Corey Jackson (D-Moreno Valley)
61. Tina McKinnor (D-Inglewood)
62 Jose Luis Solache (D-Lakewood)
63 Bill Essayli (R-Corona)
64. Blanca Pacheco (D-Downey)
65. Mike Gipson (D-Carson)
66 Al Muratsuchi (D-Torrance)
67 Sharon Quirk-Silva (D-Fullerton)
68. Avelino Valencia (D-Anaheim)
69. Josh Lowenthal (D-Long Beach)
70 Tri Ta (R-Westminster)
71 Kate Sanchez (R-Rancho Santa Margarita)
72 Diane Dixon (R-Newport Beach)
73. Cottie Petrie-Norris (D-Irvine)
74. Laurie Davies (R-Laguna Niguel)
75 Carl DeMaio (R-San Diego)
76 Darshana Patel (D-San Diego)
77. Tasha Boerner (D-Encinitas)
78. Chris Ward (D-San Diego)
79 LaShae Sharp-Collins (D-San Diego)
80 David Alvarez (D-San Diego)
