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2024 HJTA Legislative Report Card
HJTA’s Legislative Report Card is designed to help Californians gauge how their state representatives are performing on taxpayer-related issues, including, but not limited to, tax increases and direct attacks on Proposition 13.
This year, 10 Assembly Members and 8 Senators received grades of A. Senators Brian Dahle, Shannon Grove, and Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh scored A grades, Roger Niello, Kelly Seyarto, Janet Nguyen earned an A+ and Scott Wilk earned an A-. In the other house, Assembly Members James Gallagher, Bill Essayli, Kate Sanchez and Diane Dixon earned grades of A, with Josh Hoover, Jim Patterson, Tom Lackey, Tri Ta and Laurie Davies scoring grades of A-.
Not sure who represents you, or how to contact them? You can look up the names and contact information of your representatives online at findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov and let them know that you saw their voting record for taxpayers in the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association’s Legislative Report Card.
If you have questions about the Legislative Report Card, please contact Legislative Director Scott Kaufman at scott@hjta.org.
| SENATOR | PARTY | DISTRICT | GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Dahle | Republican | State Senate District 1 | A |
| Mike McGuire | Democrat | State Senate District 2 | D |
| Bill Dodd | Democrat | State Senate District 3 | D |
| Marie Alvarado-Gil | Republican | State Senate District 4 | B- |
| Susan Eggman | Democrat | State Senate District 5 | D |
| Roger Niello | Republican | State Senate District 6 | A+ |
| Steve Glazer | Democrat | State Senate District 7 | C |
| Angelique Ashby | Democrat | State Senate District 8 | D |
| Nancy Skinner | Democrat | State Senate District 9 | D |
| Aisha Wahab | Democrat | State Senate District 10 | D |
| Scott Wiener | Democrat | State Senate District 11 | D |
| Shannon Grove | Republican | State Senate District 12 | A |
| Josh Becker | Democrat | State Senate District 13 | D |
| Anna Caballero | Democrat | State Senate District 14 | D |
| Dave Cortese | Democrat | State Senate District 15 | D |
| Melissa Hurtado | Democrat | State Senate District 16 | C |
| John Laird | Democrat | State Senate District 17 | D |
| Steve Padilla | Democrat | State Senate District 18 | D |
| Monique Limon | Democrat | State Senate District 19 | D |
| Caroline Menjivar | Democrat | State Senate District 20 | D |
| Scott Wilk | Republican | State Senate District 21 | A- |
| Susan Rubio | Democrat | State Senate District 22 | D |
| Rosilicie OchoaBogh | Republican | State Senate District 23 | A |
| Ben Allen | Democrat | State Senate District 24 | C |
| Anthony Portantino | Democrat | State Senate District 25 | D |
| Maria Durazo | Democrat | State Senate District 26 | D |
| Henry Stern | Democrat | State Senate District 27 | D |
| Lola Smallwood-Cuevas | Democrat | State Senate District 28 | D |
| Josh Newman | Democrat | State Senate District 29 | D |
| Bob Archuleta | Democrat | State Senate District 30 | C |
| Richard Roth | Democrat | State Senate District 31 | D |
| Kelly Seyarto | Republican | State Senate District 32 | A+ |
| Lena Gonzalez | Democrat | State Senate District 33 | D |
| Tom Umberg | Democrat | State Senate District 34 | D |
| Steven Bradford | Democrat | State Senate District 35 | D |
| Janet Nguyen | Republican | State Senate District 36 | A+ |
| Dave Min | Democrat | State Senate District 37 | C |
| Catherine Blakespear | Democrat | State Senate District 38 | D |
| Toni Atkins | Democrat | State Senate District 39 | D |
| Brian Jones | Republican | State Senate District 40 | A+ |
| ASSEMBLY MEMBER | PARTY | DISTRICT | GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Megan Dahle | Republican | State Assembly District 1 | B |
| Jim Wood | Democrat | State Assembly District 2 | F |
| James Gallagher | Republican | State Assembly District 3 | A |
| Cecilia Aguiar-Curry | Democrat | State Assembly District 4 | F |
| Joe Patterson | Republican | State Assembly District 5 | A |
| Kevin McCarty | Democrat | State Assembly District 6 | F |
| Josh Hoover | Republican | State Assembly District 7 | A- |
| Jim Patterson | Republican | State Assembly District 8 | A- |
| Heath Flora | Republican | State Assembly District 9 | B |
| Stephanie Nguyen | Democrat | State Assembly District 10 | D |
| Lori Wilson | Democrat | State Assembly District 11 | F |
| Damon Connolly | Democrat | State Assembly District 12 | F |
| Carlos Villapudua | Democrat | State Assembly District 13 | D |
| Buffy Wicks | Democrat | State Assembly District 14 | F |
| Tim Grayson | Democrat | State Assembly District 15 | F |
| Rebecca Bauer-Kahan | Democrat | State Assembly District 16 | C |
| Matt Haney | Democrat | State Assembly District 17 | F |
| Mia Bonta | Democrat | State Assembly District 18 | F |
| Phil Ting | Democrat | State Assembly District 19 | F |
| Liz Ortega | Democrat | State Assembly District 20 | C |
| Diane Papan | Democrat | State Assembly District 21 | D |
| Juan Alanis | Republican | State Assembly District 22 | B |
| Marc Berman | Democrat | State Assembly District 23 | F |
| Alex Lee | Democrat | State Assembly District 24 | F |
| Ash Kalra | Democrat | State Assembly District 25 | D |
| Evan Low | Democrat | State Assembly District 26 | F |
| Esmeralda Soria | Democrat | State Assembly District 27 | C |
| Gail Pellerin | Democrat | State Assembly District 28 | F |
| Robert Rivas | Democrat | State Assembly District 29 | F |
| Dawn Addis | Democrat | State Assembly District 30 | D |
| Joaquin Arambula | Democrat | State Assembly District 31 | D |
| Vacant (formerly Vince Fong) | Vacant | State Assembly District 32 | Vacant |
| Devon Mathis | Republican | State Assembly District 33 | B |
| Tom Lackey | Republican | State Assembly District 34 | A- |
| Jasmeet Bains | Democrat | State Assembly District 35 | C |
| Eduardo Garcia | Democrat | State Assembly District 36 | F |
| Gregg Hart | Democrat | State Assembly District 37 | F |
| Steve Bennett | Democrat | State Assembly District 38 | F |
| Juan Carrillo | Democrat | State Assembly District 39 | F |
| Pilar Schiavo | Democrat | State Assembly District 40 | C |
| Chris Holden | Democrat | State Assembly District 41 | D |
| Jacqui Irwin | Democrat | State Assembly District 42 | D |
| Luz Rivas | Democrat | State Assembly District 43 | D |
| Laura Friedman | Democrat | State Assembly District 44 | F |
| James Ramos | Democrat | State Assembly District 45 | C |
| Jesse Gabriel | Democrat | State Assembly District 46 | D |
| Greg Wallis | Republican | State Assembly District 47 | B |
| Blanca Rubio | Democrat | State Assembly District 48 | D |
| Mike Fong | Democrat | State Assembly District 49 | F |
| Eloise Reyes | Democrat | State Assembly District 50 | F |
| Rick Zbur | Democrat | State Assembly District 51 | F |
| Wendy Carrillo | Democrat | State Assembly District 52 | D |
| Freddie Rodriguez | Democrat | State Assembly District 53 | F |
| Miguel Santiago | Democrat | State Assembly District 54 | F |
| Isaac Bryan | Democrat | State Assembly District 55 | F |
| Lisa Calderon | Democrat | State Assembly District 56 | D |
| Reggie Jones-Sawyer | Democrat | State Assembly District 57 | C |
| Sabrina Cervantes | Democrat | State Assembly District 58 | C |
| Phillip Chen | Republican | State Assembly District 59 | B+ |
| Corey Jackson | Democrat | State Assembly District 60 | D |
| Tina McKinnor | Democrat | State Assembly District 61 | F |
| Anthony Rendon | Democrat | State Assembly District 62 | F |
| Bill Essayli | Republican | State Assembly District 63 | A |
| Blanca Pacheco | Democrat | State Assembly District 64 | F |
| Mike Gipson | Democrat | State Assembly District 65 | C |
| Al Muratsuchi | Democrat | State Assembly District 66 | D |
| Sharon Quirk-Silva | Democrat | State Assembly District 67 | D |
| Avelino Valencia | Democrat | State Assembly District 68 | C |
| Josh Lowenthal | Democrat | State Assembly District 69 | F |
| Tri Ta | Republican | State Assembly District 70 | A- |
| Kate Sanchez | Republican | State Assembly District 71 | A |
| Diane Dixon | Republican | State Assembly District 72 | A |
| Cottie Petrie-Norris | Democrat | State Assembly District 73 | D |
| Laurie Davies | Republican | State Assembly District 74 | A- |
| Marie Waldron | Republican | State Assembly District 75 | B |
| Brian Maienschein | Democrat | State Assembly District 76 | C |
| Tasha Boerner | Democrat | State Assembly District 77 | D |
| Chris Ward | Democrat | State Assembly District 78 | F |
| Akilah Weber | Democrat | State Assembly District 79 | D |
| David Alvarez | Democrat | State Assembly District 80 | D |
2023 HJTA Legislative Report Card
HJTA’s Legislative Report Card is designed to help Californians gauge how their state representatives are performing on taxpayer-related issues, including, but not limited to, tax increases and direct attacks on Proposition 13.
Not sure who represents you, or how to contact them? You can look up the names and contact information of your representatives at findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov or in the government pages of your local White Pages directory. Let them know that you saw their voting record for taxpayers in the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association’s Legislative Report Card.
If you have questions about the Legislative Report Card, please contact Legislative Director Scott Kaufman at scott@hjta.org.
See our latest 2023 Legislative Report Card below or click here to print
HOW DID YOUR REPRESENTATIVES VOTE IN THE FIGHT TO PROTECT PROPOSITION 13?
GRADE A+: Voted to Protect Proposition 13
ACA 1: An attack on Proposition 13 that makes it easier to raise taxes
ACA 13: A devious trick to prevent taxpayers from restoring Prop. 13's 2/3 vote requirement for tax increases
| HOUSE | LEGISLATOR | PARTY | DISTRICT | ACA 1 | ACA 13 | GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Megan Dahle | R | 1 | VOTED NO | VOTED NO | A+ |
| Assembly | James Gallagher | R | 3 | VOTED NO | VOTED NO | A+ |
| Assembly | Joe Patterson | R | 5 | VOTED NO | VOTED NO | A+ |
| Assembly | Josh Hoover | R | 7 | VOTED NO | VOTED NO | A+ |
| Assembly | Jim Patterson | R | 8 | VOTED NO | VOTED NO | A+ |
| Assembly | Juan Alanis | R | 22 | VOTED NO | VOTED NO | A+ |
| Assembly | Vince Fong | R | 32 | VOTED NO | VOTED NO | A+ |
| Assembly | Devon Mathis | R | 33 | VOTED NO | VOTED NO | A+ |
| Assembly | Bill Essayli | R | 63 | VOTED NO | VOTED NO | A+ |
| Assembly | Tri Ta | R | 70 | VOTED NO | VOTED NO | A+ |
| Assembly | Kate Sanchez | R | 71 | VOTED NO | VOTED NO | A+ |
| Assembly | Diane Dixon | R | 72 | VOTED NO | VOTED NO | A+ |
| Senate | Brian Dahle | R | 1 | VOTED NO | VOTED NO | A+ |
| Senate | Marie Alvarado-Gil | D | 4 | VOTED NO | VOTED NO | A+ |
| Senate | Roger Niello | R | 6 | VOTED NO | VOTED NO | A+ |
| Senate | Shannon Grove | R | 12 | VOTED NO | VOTED NO | A+ |
| Senate | Scott Wilk | R | 21 | VOTED NO | VOTED NO | A+ |
| Senate | Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh | R | 23 | VOTED NO | VOTED NO | A+ |
| Senate | Kelly Seyarto | R | 32 | VOTED NO | VOTED NO | A+ |
| Senate | Janet Nguyen | R | 36 | VOTED NO | VOTED NO | A+ |
| Senate | Brian Jones | R | 40 | VOTED NO | VOTED NO | A+ |
VOTED MOSTLY TO PROTECT PROPOSITION 13 - GRADE B
| HOUSE | LEGISLATOR | PARTY | DISTRICT | ACA 1 | ACA 13 | GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Heath Flora | R | 9 | DID NOT VOTE | VOTED NO | B |
| Assembly | Tom Lackey | R | 34 | DID NOT VOTE | VOTED NO | B |
| Assembly | Greg Wallis | R | 47 | DID NOT VOTE | VOTED NO | B |
| Assembly | Phillip Chen | R | 59 | DID NOT VOTE | VOTED NO | B |
| Assembly | Laurie Davies | R | 74 | DID NOT VOTE | VOTED NO | B |
| Assembly | Marie Waldron | R | 75 | DID NOT VOTE | VOTED NO | B |
DID NOT VOTE ON MEASURES THAT ATTACKED PROPOSITION 13 - GRADE C
| HOUSE | LEGISLATOR | PARTY | DISTRICT | ACA 1 | ACA 13 | GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Esmeralda Soria | D | 27 | DID NOT VOTE | DID NOT VOTE | C |
| Assembly | Jasmeet Bains | D | 35 | DID NOT VOTE | DID NOT VOTE | C |
| Assembly | Pilar Schiavo | D | 40 | DID NOT VOTE | DID NOT VOTE | C |
| Senate | Josh Newman | D | 29 | DID NOT VOTE | DID NOT VOTE | C |
VOTED BOTH FOR AND AGAINST THE ATTACK ON PROPOSITION 13 - GRADE C
| HOUSE | LEGISLATOR | PARTY | DISTRICT | ACA 1 | ACA 13 | GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Sharon Quirk-Silva | D | 67 | VOTED YES | VOTED NO | C |
| Senate | Dave Min | D | 37 | VOTED NO | VOTED YES | C |
VOTED MOSTLY TO ATTACK PROPOSITION 13 - GRADE D
| HOUSE | LEGISLATOR | PARTY | DISTRICT | ACA 1 | ACA 13 | GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Carlos Villapudua | D | 13 | VOTED YES | DID NOT VOTE | D |
| Assembly | Tim Grayson | D | 15 | DID NOT VOTE | VOTED YES | D |
| Assembly | James Ramos | D | 45 | DID NOT VOTE | VOTED YES | D |
| Assembly | Sabrina Cervantes | D | 58 | VOTED YES | DID NOT VOTE | D |
| Assembly | Avelino Valencia | D | 68 | DID NOT VOTE | VOTED YES | D |
| Assembly | Cottie Petrie-Norris | D | 73 | DID NOT VOTE | VOTED YES | D |
| Assembly | Brian Maienschein | D | 76 | VOTED YES | DID NOT VOTE | D |
| Senate | Melissa Hurtado | D | 16 | VOTED YES | DID NOT VOTE | D |
| Senate | Bob Archuleta | D | 30 | VOTED YES | DID NOT VOTE | D |
VOTED AGAINST PROPOSITION 13 - GRADE F
| HOUSE | LEGISLATOR | PARTY | DISTRICT | ACA 1 | ACA 13 | GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Jim Wood | D | 2 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Assembly | Cecilia Aguiar-Curry | D | 4 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Assembly | Kevin McCarty | D | 6 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Assembly | Stephanie Nguyen | D | 10 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Assembly | Lori Wilson | D | 11 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Assembly | Damon Connolly | D | 12 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Assembly | Buffy Wicks | D | 14 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Assembly | Rebecca Bauer-Kahan | D | 16 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Assembly | Matt Haney | D | 17 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Assembly | Mia Bonta | D | 18 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Assembly | Phil Ting | D | 19 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Assembly | Liz Ortega | D | 20 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Assembly | Diane Papan | D | 21 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Assembly | Marc Berman | D | 23 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Assembly | Alex Lee | D | 24 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Assembly | Ash Kalra | D | 25 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Assembly | Evan Low | D | 26 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Assembly | Gail Pellerin | D | 28 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Assembly | Robert Rivas | D | 29 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Assembly | Dawn Addis | D | 30 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Assembly | Joaquin Arambula | D | 31 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Assembly | Eduardo Garcia | D | 36 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Assembly | Gregg Hart | D | 37 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Assembly | Steve Bennett | D | 38 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Assembly | Juan Carrillo | D | 39 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Assembly | Chris Holden | D | 41 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Assembly | Jacqui Irwin | D | 42 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Assembly | Luz Rivas | D | 43 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Assembly | Laura Friedman | D | 44 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Assembly | Jesse Gabriel | D | 46 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Assembly | Blanca Rubio | D | 48 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Assembly | Mike Fong | D | 49 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Assembly | Eloise Reyes | D | 50 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Assembly | Rick Zbur | D | 51 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Assembly | Wendy Carrillo | D | 52 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Assembly | Freddie Rodriguez | D | 53 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Assembly | Miguel Santiago | D | 54 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Assembly | Isaac Bryan | D | 55 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Assembly | Lisa Calderon | D | 56 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Assembly | Reggie Jones-Sawyer | D | 57 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Assembly | Corey Jackson | D | 60 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Assembly | Tina McKinnor | D | 61 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Assembly | Anthony Rendon | D | 62 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Assembly | Blanca Pacheco | D | 64 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Assembly | Mike Gipson | D | 65 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Assembly | Al Muratsuchi | D | 66 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Assembly | Josh Lowenthal | D | 69 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Assembly | Tasha Boerner | D | 77 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Assembly | Chris Ward | D | 78 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Assembly | Akilah Weber | D | 79 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Assembly | David Alvarez | D | 80 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Senate | Mike McGuire | D | 2 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Senate | Bill Dodd | D | 3 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Senate | Susan Eggman | D | 5 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Senate | Steve Glazer | D | 7 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Senate | Angelique Ashby | D | 8 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Senate | Nancy Skinner | D | 9 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Senate | Aisha Wahab | D | 10 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Senate | Scott Wiener | D | 11 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Senate | Josh Becker | D | 13 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Senate | Anna Caballero | D | 14 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Senate | Dave Cortese | D | 15 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Senate | John Laird | D | 17 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Senate | Steve Padilla | D | 18 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Senate | Monique Limón | D | 19 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Senate | Caroline Menjivar | D | 20 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Senate | Susan Rubio | D | 22 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Senate | Benjamin Allen | D | 24 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Senate | Anthony Portantino | D | 25 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Senate | María Elena Durazo | D | 26 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Senate | Henry Stern | D | 27 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Senate | Lola Smallwood-Cuevas | D | 28 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Senate | Richard Roth | D | 31 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Senate | Lena Gonzalez | D | 33 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Senate | Tom Umberg | D | 34 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Senate | Steven Bradford | D | 35 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Senate | Catherine Blakespear | D | 38 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
| Senate | Toni Atkins | D | 39 | VOTED YES | VOTED YES | F |
2022 HJTA Legislative Report Card
HJTA’s Legislative Report Card is designed to help Californians gauge how their state representatives are performing on taxpayer-related issues, including, but not limited to, tax increases and direct attacks on Proposition 13.
This year, 12 Assembly Members and 8 Senators received grades of A. Senators Brian Dahle, Andreas Borgeas, Shannon Grove, Scott Wilk, Melissa Melendez, Patricia Bates, and Brian Jones scored A grades, and Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh earned an A-. In the other house, Assembly Members James Gallagher, Kevin Kiley, Thurston “Smitty” Smith, Vince Fong, Suzette Martinez Valladares, Kelly Seyarto, and Janet Nguyen earned grades of A, with Devon Mathis, Tom Lackey, Phillip Chen, Steven Choi and Marie Waldron scoring grades of A-.
Not sure who represents you, or how to contact them? You can look up the names and contact information of your representatives at findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov or in the government pages of your local White Pages directory. Let them know that you saw their voting record for taxpayers in the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association’s Legislative Report Card.
If you have questions about the Legislative Report Card, please contact Legislative Director Scott Kaufman at scott@hjta.org.
| ASSEMBLY MEMBER | PARTY | DISTRICT | GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gallagher | R | 3 | A |
| Kiley | R | 6 | A |
| Smith | R | 33 | A |
| V. Fong | R | 34 | A |
| Valladares | R | 38 | A |
| Seyarto | R | 67 | A |
| Nguyen | R | 72 | A |
| Mathis | R | 26 | A- |
| Lackey | R | 36 | A- |
| Chen | R | 55 | A- |
| Choi | R | 68 | A- |
| Waldron | R | 75 | A- |
| M. Dahle | R | 1 | B |
| Patterson | R | 23 | B |
| Flora | R | 12 | B |
| Voepel | R | 71 | B- |
| Davies | R | 73 | B- |
| Cunningham | R | 35 | B- |
| Bigelow | R | 5 | B- |
| Gray | D | 21 | C+ |
| Mayes | I | 42 | C+ |
| Irwin | D | 44 | C |
| Salas | D | 32 | C |
| Petrie-Norris | D | 74 | C |
| Cooley | D | 8 | D+ |
| Cooper | D | 9 | D |
| Wilson | D | 11 | D |
| Vallapudua | D | 13 | D |
| Ramos | D | 40 | D |
| Medina | D | 61 | D |
| Daly | D | 69 | D |
| O'Donnell | D | 70 | D |
| Alvarez | D | 80 | D |
| Aguiar-Curry | D | 4 | D- |
| McCarty | D | 7 | D- |
| Bauer-Kahan | D | 16 | D- |
| Haney | D | 17 | D- |
| Quirk | D | 20 | D- |
| Arambula | D | 31 | D- |
| M. Fong | D | 49 | D- |
| Rodriguez | D | 52 | D- |
| C. Garcia | D | 58 | D- |
| McKinnor | D | 62 | D- |
| Quirk-Silva | D | 65 | D- |
| Boerner Horvath | D | 76 | D- |
| Maienschein | D | 77 | D- |
| Wood | D | 2 | F |
| Grayson | D | 14 | F |
| Wicks | D | 15 | F |
| Bonta | D | 18 | F |
| Ting | D | 19 | F |
| Mullin | D | 22 | F |
| Berman | D | 24 | F |
| Lee | D | 25 | F |
| Kalra | D | 27 | F |
| Low | D | 28 | F |
| Stone | D | 29 | F |
| R. Rivas | D | 30 | F |
| Bennett | D | 37 | F |
| L. Rivas | D | 39 | F |
| Holden | D | 41 | F |
| Friedman | D | 43 | F |
| Gabriel | D | 45 | F |
| Nazarian | D | 46 | F |
| Reyes | D | 47 | F |
| Rubio | D | 48 | F |
| Bloom | D | 50 | F |
| Carrillo | D | 51 | F |
| Santiago | D | 53 | F |
| Bryan | D | 54 | F |
| E. Garcia | D | 56 | F |
| Calderon | D | 57 | F |
| Jones-Sawyer | D | 59 | F |
| Cervantes | D | 60 | F |
| Rendon | D | 63 | F |
| Gipson | D | 64 | F |
| Muratsuchi | D | 66 | F |
| Ward | D | 78 | F |
| A. Weber | D | 79 | F |
| Levine | D | 10 | F |
| SENATOR SUMMARY | PARTY | DISTRICT | GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
| B. Dahle | R | 1 | A |
| Borgeas | R | 8 | A |
| Grove | R | 16 | A |
| Wilk | R | 21 | A |
| Melendez | R | 28 | A |
| Bates | R | 36 | A |
| Jones | R | 38 | A |
| Ochoa Bogh | R | 23 | A- |
| Nielsen | R | 4 | B+ |
| Hurtado | D | 14 | C |
| Eggman | D | 5 | C |
| Dodd | D | 3 | D+ |
| Glazer | D | 7 | D+ |
| Caballero | D | 12 | D+ |
| Umberg | D | 34 | D+ |
| Min | D | 37 | D+ |
| Becker | D | 13 | D |
| Cortese | D | 15 | D |
| Rubio | D | 22 | D |
| Roth | D | 31 | D |
| Archuleta | D | 32 | D |
| Bradford | D | 35 | D |
| Laird | D | 17 | D- |
| Newman | D | 29 | D- |
| Kamlager | D | 30 | D- |
| Hueso | D | 40 | D- |
| McGuire | D | 2 | F |
| Pan | D | 6 | F |
| Skinner | D | 9 | F |
| Wieckowski | D | 10 | F |
| Wiener | D | 11 | F |
| Hertzberg | D | 18 | F |
| Leyva | D | 20 | F |
| Durazo | D | 24 | F |
| Portantino | D | 25 | F |
| Allen | D | 26 | F |
| Stern | D | 27 | F |
| Atkins | D | 39 | F |
| Limon | D | 19 | F |
| Gonzalez | D | 33 | F |
2021 HJTA Legislative Report Card
Our report card is designed to help Californians gauge how their state representatives are performing on taxpayer-related issues, including, but not limited to, tax increases and direct attacks on Proposition 13.
As with last year, we only considered floor votes. This allows all legislators to vote on a bill at the same time and removes the potential risk of grade inflation. We also gave bills that have made it through both chambers greater consideration in our scoring. It is those bills, like SB 323, a direct attack on Proposition 218 that seeks to destroy the rights hard-won for taxpayers in Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Assn. v. City of La Habra, that were most likely to hurt (or help) taxpayers.
Abstention votes on legislation count as half credit.
Senator Patricia Bates was the only legislator to score a perfect 100 this year. Eleven other legislators received A’s, including fellow Senators Andreas Borgeas, Shannon Grove, Melissa Melendez and Scott Wilk as well as Assembly Members Frank Bigelow, Steven Choi, Vince Fong, James Gallagher, Kevin Kiley, Kelly Seyarto and Randy Voepel.
Sixteen other legislatures were awarded B’s, and one legislator was awarded a C. Sixteen legislators received D’s and 74 flunked.
The 2021 scores stem from 14 bills. For more information about our methodology and scoring system you can e-mail Legislative Director Scott Kaufman at scott@hjta.org.
If you would like to contact your representatives about their grade on HJTA’s report card, or for any other reason, you can look up their names and contact information online at findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov or in the government pages of your local White Pages directory.
| ASSEMBLY MEMBER | PARTY | DISTRICT | GRADE | PERCENT |
| Aguiar-Curry | D | 4 | F | 35.71 |
| Arambula | D | 31 | F | 39.29 |
| Bauer-Kahan | D | 16 | D | 51.00 |
| Bennett | D | 37 | F | 35.71 |
| Berman | D | 24 | F | 32.14 |
| Bigelow | R | 5 | A | 95.71 |
| Bloom | D | 50 | D | 51.00 |
| Boerner Horvath | D | 76 | D | 62.14 |
| Bryan | D | 54 | F | 40.91 |
| Burke | D | 62 | F | 39.29 |
| Calderon | D | 57 | F | 35.71 |
| Carrillo | D | 51 | F | 35.71 |
| Cervantes | D | 60 | F | 32.14 |
| Chau | D | 49 | F | 39.29 |
| Chen | R | 55 | B | 85.00 |
| Chiu | D | 17 | F | 35.71 |
| Choi | R | 68 | A | 92.14 |
| Cooley | D | 8 | F | 46.43 |
| Cooper | D | 9 | F | 35.71 |
| Cunningham | R | 35 | B | 82.86 |
| M. Dahle | R | 1 | B | 85.00 |
| Daly | D | 69 | D | 62.14 |
| Davies | R | 73 | B | 85.00 |
| Flora | R | 12 | B | 82.86 |
| Fong | R | 34 | A | 91.43 |
| Frazier | D | 11 | D | 69.29 |
| Friedman | D | 43 | F | 46.43 |
| Gabriel | D | 45 | F | 46.43 |
| Gallagher | R | 3 | A | 92.14 |
| C. Garcia | D | 58 | F | 42.86 |
| E. Garcia | D | 56 | F | 39.29 |
| Gipson | D | 64 | F | 35.71 |
| Gonzalez | D | 80 | F | 32.14 |
| Gray | D | 21 | F | 42.86 |
| Grayson | D | 14 | F | 35.71 |
| Holden | D | 41 | F | 39.29 |
| Irwin | D | 44 | F | 42.86 |
| Jones-Sawyer | D | 59 | F | 39.29 |
| Kalra | D | 27 | F | 35.71 |
| Kiley | R | 6 | A | 95.00 |
| Lackey | R | 36 | B | 84.29 |
| Lee | D | 25 | F | 39.29 |
| Levine | D | 10 | F | 46.43 |
| Low | D | 28 | F | 35.71 |
| Maienschein | R | 77 | F | 39.29 |
| Mathis | R | 26 | B | 81.43 |
| Mayes | I | 42 | D | 62.14 |
| McCarty | D | 7 | F | 35.71 |
| Medina | D | 61 | F | 35.71 |
| Mullin | D | 22 | F | 35.71 |
| Muratsuchi | D | 66 | D | 51.00 |
| Nazarian | D | 46 | D | 58.57 |
| Nguyen | R | 72 | B | 80.71 |
| O'Donnell | D | 70 | D | 58.57 |
| Patterson | R | 23 | B | 88.57 |
| Petrie-Norris | D | 74 | C | 70.71 |
| Quirk | D | 20 | F | 39.29 |
| Quirk-Silva | D | 65 | F | 35.71 |
| Ramos | D | 40 | D | 55.00 |
| Rendon | D | 63 | F | 35.71 |
| Reyes | D | 47 | F | 42.86 |
| L. Rivas | D | 39 | F | 42.86 |
| R. Rivas | D | 30 | F | 35.71 |
| Rodriguez | D | 52 | F | 39.29 |
| Rubio | D | 48 | F | 39.29 |
| Salas | D | 32 | D | 60.00 |
| Santiago | D | 53 | F | 42.86 |
| Seyarto | R | 67 | A | 94.29 |
| Smith | R | 33 | B | 88.57 |
| Stone | D | 29 | D | 51.00 |
| Ting | D | 19 | F | 35.71 |
| Valladares | R | 38 | B | 80.71 |
| Vallapudua | D | 13 | F | 35.71 |
| Voepel | R | 71 | A | 90.71 |
| Waldron | R | 75 | B | 85.00 |
| Ward | D | 78 | F | 35.71 |
| A. Weber | D | 79 | F | 45.83 |
| Wicks | D | 15 | F | 35.71 |
| Wood | D | 2 | F | 35.71 |
| ASSEMBLY MEMBER | PARTY | DISTRICT | GRADE | PERCENT |
| Aguiar-Curry | D | 4 | F | 35.71 |
| Arambula | D | 31 | F | 39.29 |
| Bauer-Kahan | D | 16 | D | 51.00 |
| Bennett | D | 37 | F | 35.71 |
| Berman | D | 24 | F | 32.14 |
| Bigelow | R | 5 | A | 95.71 |
| Bloom | D | 50 | D | 51.00 |
| Boerner Horvath | D | 76 | D | 62.14 |
| Bryan | D | 54 | F | 40.91 |
| Burke | D | 62 | F | 39.29 |
| Calderon | D | 57 | F | 35.71 |
| Carrillo | D | 51 | F | 35.71 |
| Cervantes | D | 60 | F | 32.14 |
| Chau | D | 49 | F | 39.29 |
| Chen | R | 55 | B | 85.00 |
| Chiu | D | 17 | F | 35.71 |
| Choi | R | 68 | A | 92.14 |
| Cooley | D | 8 | F | 46.43 |
| Cooper | D | 9 | F | 35.71 |
| Cunningham | R | 35 | B | 82.86 |
| M. Dahle | R | 1 | B | 85.00 |
| Daly | D | 69 | D | 62.14 |
| Davies | R | 73 | B | 85.00 |
| Flora | R | 12 | B | 82.86 |
| Fong | R | 34 | A | 91.43 |
| Frazier | D | 11 | D | 69.29 |
| Friedman | D | 43 | F | 46.43 |
| Gabriel | D | 45 | F | 46.43 |
| Gallagher | R | 3 | A | 92.14 |
| C. Garcia | D | 58 | F | 42.86 |
| E. Garcia | D | 56 | F | 39.29 |
| Gipson | D | 64 | F | 35.71 |
| Gonzalez | D | 80 | F | 32.14 |
| Gray | D | 21 | F | 42.86 |
| Grayson | D | 14 | F | 35.71 |
| Holden | D | 41 | F | 39.29 |
| Irwin | D | 44 | F | 42.86 |
| Jones-Sawyer | D | 59 | F | 39.29 |
| Kalra | D | 27 | F | 35.71 |
| Kiley | R | 6 | A | 95.00 |
| Lackey | R | 36 | B | 84.29 |
| Lee | D | 25 | F | 39.29 |
| Levine | D | 10 | F | 46.43 |
| Low | D | 28 | F | 35.71 |
| Maienschein | R | 77 | F | 39.29 |
| Mathis | R | 26 | B | 81.43 |
| Mayes | I | 42 | D | 62.14 |
| McCarty | D | 7 | F | 35.71 |
| Medina | D | 61 | F | 35.71 |
| Mullin | D | 22 | F | 35.71 |
| Muratsuchi | D | 66 | D | 51.00 |
| Nazarian | D | 46 | D | 58.57 |
| Nguyen | R | 72 | B | 80.71 |
| O'Donnell | D | 70 | D | 58.57 |
| Patterson | R | 23 | B | 88.57 |
| Petrie-Norris | D | 74 | C | 70.71 |
| Quirk | D | 20 | F | 39.29 |
| Quirk-Silva | D | 65 | F | 35.71 |
| Ramos | D | 40 | D | 55.00 |
| Rendon | D | 63 | F | 35.71 |
| Reyes | D | 47 | F | 42.86 |
| L. Rivas | D | 39 | F | 42.86 |
| R. Rivas | D | 30 | F | 35.71 |
| Rodriguez | D | 52 | F | 39.29 |
| Rubio | D | 48 | F | 39.29 |
| Salas | D | 32 | D | 60.00 |
| Santiago | D | 53 | F | 42.86 |
| Seyarto | R | 67 | A | 94.29 |
| Smith | R | 33 | B | 88.57 |
| Stone | D | 29 | D | 51.00 |
| Ting | D | 19 | F | 35.71 |
| Valladares | R | 38 | B | 80.71 |
| Vallapudua | D | 13 | F | 35.71 |
| Voepel | R | 71 | A | 90.71 |
| Waldron | R | 75 | B | 85.00 |
| Ward | D | 78 | F | 35.71 |
| A. Weber | D | 79 | F | 45.83 |
| Wicks | D | 15 | F | 35.71 |
| Wood | D | 2 | F | 35.71 |
2020 HJTA Legislative Report Card
Our report card is designed to help Californians gauge how their state representatives are actually performing on taxpayer-related issues, including, but not limited to, tax increases and direct attacks on Proposition 13.
As with last year, we only considered floor votes. This allows all legislators to vote on a bill at the same time and removes the potential risk of grade inflation. We also gave bills that have made it through both chambers’ greater consideration in our scoring. It is those bills, like ACA 11, now Proposition 19, a massive tax increase on inherited properties, that were most likely to hurt taxpayers, or in the case of good bills, to help taxpayers.
Abstention votes on legislation count as half credit.
Senators Patricia Bates, Melissa Melendez and Mike Morrell received a perfect 100 percent. Ten other legislators received A’s, including fellow Senators Shannon Grove and John Moorlach as well as Assembly Members Bill Brough, Phillip Chen, Steven Choi, Vince Fong, Kevin Kiley, Marie Waldron, Jim Patterson and Melissa Melendez. You may have noticed we mentioned Melendez twice. She received an A in the Assembly before winning a special election to represent the 28th State Senate District.
Seventeen other legislators were awarded B’s, including Democrat Sharon Quirk-Silva, and three legislators were awarded C’s.
Eighty-four lawmakers flunked.
The 2020 scores stem from 16 bills. For more information about our methodology and scoring system, go to www.hjta.org, or e-mail Legislative Director Scott Kaufman at scott@hjta.org.
| ASSEMBLY MEMBER | PARTY | % FINAL 2019-2020 | GRADE |
| Aguiar-Curry | D | 28.13 | F |
| Arambula | D | 31.25 | F |
| Bauer-Kahan | D | 43.75 | F |
| Berman | D | 31.25 | F |
| Bigelow | R | 87.50 | B |
| Bloom | D | 34.38 | F |
| Boerner Horvath | D | 59.38 | D |
| Bonta | D | 31.25 | F |
| Brough | R | 96.88 | A |
| Burke | D | 31.25 | F |
| Calderon | D | 34.38 | F |
| Carrillo | D | 31.25 | F |
| Cervantes | D | 71.88 | C |
| Chau | D | 31.25 | F |
| Chen | R | 90.63 | A |
| Chiu | D | 34.38 | F |
| Choi | R | 93.75 | A |
| Chu | D | 31.25 | F |
| Cooley | D | 50.00 | F |
| Cooper | D | 40.63 | F |
| Cunningham | R | 81.25 | B |
| Brian Dahle | R | 85.71 | B |
| Megan Dahle | R | 75.00 | C |
| Daly | D | 40.63 | F |
| Diep | R | 87.50 | B |
| Eggman | D | 34.38 | F |
| Flora | R | 81.25 | B |
| Fong | R | 93.75 | A |
| Frazier | D | 46.88 | F |
| Friedman | D | 31.25 | F |
| Gabriel | D | 34.38 | F |
| Gallagher | R | 84.38 | B |
| Cristina Garcia | D | 46.88 | F |
| Eduardo Garcia | D | 31.25 | F |
| Gipson | D | 31.25 | F |
| Gloria | D | 31.25 | F |
| Gonzalez | D | 37.50 | F |
| Gray | D | 40.63 | F |
| Grayson | D | 37.50 | F |
| Holden | D | 31.25 | F |
| Irwin | D | 73.13 | C |
| Jones-Sawyer | D | 31.25 | F |
| Kalra | D | 31.25 | F |
| Kamlager | D | 34.38 | F |
| Kiley | R | 96.88 | A |
| Lackey | R | 81.25 | B |
| Levine | D | 43.75 | F |
| Limon | D | 34.38 | F |
| Low | D | 31.25 | F |
| Maienschein | R | 43.75 | F |
| Mathis | R | 87.50 | B |
| Mayes | I | 68.75 | D |
| McCarty | D | 28.13 | F |
| Medina | D | 31.25 | F |
| Melendez | R | 95.83 | A |
| Mullin | D | 31.25 | F |
| Muratsuchi | D | 43.75 | F |
| Nazarian | D | 34.38 | F |
| Obernolte | R | 87.50 | B |
| O'Donnell | D | 31.25 | F |
| Patterson | R | 93.75 | A |
| Petrie-Norris | D | 65.63 | D |
| Quirk | D | 37.50 | F |
| Quirk-Silva | D | 81.88 | B |
| Ramos | D | 50.00 | F |
| Rendon | D | 31.25 | F |
| Reyes | D | 31.25 | F |
| Luz Rivas | D | 31.25 | F |
| Robert Rivas | D | 31.25 | F |
| Rodriguez | D | 34.38 | F |
| Rubio | D | 37.50 | F |
| Salas | D | 59.38 | D |
| Santiago | D | 31.25 | F |
| Smith | D | 43.75 | F |
| Stone | D | 31.25 | F |
| Ting | D | 37.50 | F |
| Voepel | R | 87.50 | B |
| Waldron | R | 90.63 | A |
| Weber | D | 31.25 | F |
| Wicks | D | 31.25 | F |
| Wood | D | 34.00 | F |
| SENATOR | PARTY | % FINAL 2019/2020 | GRADE |
| Allen | D | 37.5 | F |
| Archuleta | D | 31.25 | F |
| Atkins | D | 34.38 | F |
| Bates | R | 100.00 | A |
| Beall | D | 31.25 | F |
| Borgeas | R | 87.50 | B |
| Bradford | D | 31.25 | F |
| Caballero | D | 34.38 | F |
| Chang | R | 87.50 | B |
| Dahle | R | 87.50 | B |
| Dodd | D | 31.25 | F |
| Durazo | D | 31.25 | F |
| Galgiani | D | 31.25 | F |
| Glazer | D | 34.38 | F |
| Gonzalez | D | 31.25 | F |
| Grove | R | 90.63 | A |
| Hertzberg | D | 34.38 | F |
| Hill | D | 37.50 | F |
| Hueso | D | 31.25 | F |
| Hurtado | D | 43.75 | F |
| Jackson | D | 34.38 | F |
| Jones | R | 84.38 | B |
| Leyva | D | 31.25 | F |
| McGuire | D | 31.25 | F |
| Melendez | R | 100.00 | A |
| Mitchell | D | 31.25 | F |
| Monning | D | 31.25 | F |
| Moorlach | R | 94.38 | A |
| Morrell | R | 100.00 | A |
| Nielsen | R | 84.38 | B |
| Pan | D | 37.50 | F |
| Portantino | D | 31.25 | F |
| Roth | D | 37.50 | F |
| Rubio | D | 31.25 | F |
| Skinner | D | 31.25 | F |
| Stern | D | 31.25 | F |
| Umberg | D | 37.50 | F |
| Wieckowski | D | 23.08 | F |
| Wiener | D | 31.25 | F |
| Wilk | R | 81.25 | B |
Brian Dahle:
AD 1 until June 2019
SD 1 after June 2019
Megan Dahle: AD 1 after November 2019
Jeff Stone: SD 28, resigned October 2019
Melissa Melendez: AD 67 until May 2020 SD 28 after May 2020
2019 HJTA Legislative Report Card
Our report card is designed to help Californians gauge how their state representatives are actually performing on taxpayer-related issues, including but not limited to tax increases and direct attacks on Proposition 13.
This year, we slightly changed our scoring system to remove policy committee votes so that only floor votes are considered. This allows all legislators to vote on a bill at the same time and removes the potential risk of grade inflation. Abstention votes on legislation count as half credit.
For the first time a Democrat, Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris (Laguna Beach), received a perfect 100 percent. Fifteen other legislators also received perfect scores: Assembly Members Bill Brough, Vince Fong, Tom Lackey, Devon Mathis, Melissa Melendez, Jay Obernolte, and Randy Voepel, and State Senators Patricia Bates, LingLing Chang, Senate Republican Leader Shannon Grove, Brian Jones, Mike Morrell, Jeff Stone and Scott Wilk.
The 2019 scores stem from nine bills. For more information about our methodology and scoring system, go www.hjta.org or e-mail Legislative Director Scott Kaufman at scott@hjta.org.
| District | Assembly Member | Party | Grade | % |
| 4 | Aguiar-Curry | D | F | 0 |
| 31 | Arambula | D | F | 5 |
| 16 | Bauer-Kahan | D | D | 59.1 |
| 24 | Berman | D | F | 0 |
| 5 | Bigelow | R | A | 90.9 |
| 50 | Bloom | D | F | 0 |
| 76 | Boerner Horvath | D | D | 68.1 |
| 18 | Bonta | D | F | 0 |
| 73 | Brough | R | A | 100 |
| 62 | Burke | D | F | 0 |
| 57 | Calderon | D | F | 4.5 |
| 51 | Carrillo | D | F | 0 |
| 60 | Cervantes | D | B | 86.3 |
| 49 | Chau | D | F | 0 |
| 55 | Chen | R | A | 90.9 |
| 17 | Chiu | D | F | 0 |
| 68 | Choi | R | A | 95.4 |
| 25 | Chu | D | F | 0 |
| 8 | Cooley | D | F | 40.8 |
| 9 | Cooper | D | F | 4.5 |
| 35 | Cunningham | R | B | 81.8 |
| 69 | Daly | D | F | 22.7 |
| 72 | Diep | R | B | 86.3 |
| 13 | Eggman | D | F | 0 |
| 12 | Flora | R | A | 90.9 |
| 34 | Fong | R | A | 100 |
| 11 | Frazier | D | F | 27.1 |
| 43 | Friedman | D | F | 0 |
| 45 | Gabriel | D | F | 4.5 |
| 3 | Gallagher | R | A | 95.4 |
| 58 | Garcia, C. | D | F | 22.7 |
| 56 | Garcia, E. | D | F | 13.6 |
| 64 | Gipson | D | F | 0 |
| 78 | Gloria | D | F | 0 |
| 80 | Gonzalez | D | F | 18.2 |
| 21 | Gray | D | F | 13.6 |
| 14 | Grayson | D | F | 4.5 |
| 41 | Holden | D | F | 0 |
| 44 | Irwin | D | D | 68.1 |
| 59 | Jones-Sawyer | D | F | 0 |
| 27 | Kalra | D | F | 0 |
| 54 | Kamlager-Dove | D | F | 4.5 |
| 6 | Kiley | R | A | 90.9 |
| 36 | Lackey | R | A | 100 |
| 10 | Levine | D | F | 31.8 |
| 37 | Limon | D | F | 0 |
| 28 | Low | D | F | 0 |
| 77 | Maienschein | D | F | 31.8 |
| 26 | Mathis | R | A | 100 |
| 42 | Mayes | R | D | 63.6 |
| 7 | McCarty | D | F | 0 |
| 61 | Medina | D | F | 4.5 |
| 67 | Melendez | R | A | 100 |
| 22 | Mullin | D | F | 0 |
| 66 | Muratsuchi | D | F | 36.4 |
| 46 | Nazarian | D | F | 4.5 |
| 33 | Obernolte | R | A | 100 |
| 70 | O'Donnell | D | F | 4.5 |
| 23 | Patterson | R | A | 95.4 |
| 74 | Petrie-Norris | D | A | 100 |
| 20 | Quirk | D | F | 0 |
| 65 | Quirk-Silva | D | A | 90.9 |
| 40 | Ramos | D | F | 27.3 |
| 63 | Rendon | D | F | 0 |
| 47 | Reyes | D | F | 0 |
| 39 | Rivas, Luz | D | F | 0 |
| 30 | Rivas, Robert | D | F | 0 |
| 52 | Rodriguez | D | F | 4.5 |
| 48 | Rubio | D | F | 9.1 |
| 32 | Salas | D | B | 86.3 |
| 53 | Santiago | D | F | 0 |
| 38 | Smith | D | D | 54.6 |
| 29 | Stone | D | F | 0 |
| 19 | Ting | D | F | 0 |
| 71 | Voepel | R | A | 100 |
| 75 | Waldron | R | A | 90.9 |
| 79 | Weber | D | F | 0 |
| 15 | Wicks | D | F | 0 |
| 2 | Wood | D | F | 0 |
| District | Senator | Party | Grade | % |
| 26 | Allen | D | F | 0 |
| 32 | Archuleta | D | F | 6.3 |
| 39 | Atkins | D | F | 0 |
| 36 | Bates | R | A | 100 |
| 15 | Beall | D | F | 0 |
| 8 | Borgeas | R | A | 93.8 |
| 35 | Bradford | D | F | 0 |
| 12 | Caballero | D | F | 0 |
| 29 | Chang | R | A | 100 |
| 1 | Dahle | R | B | 80 |
| 3 | Dodd | D | F | 6.3 |
| 24 | Durazo | D | F | 0 |
| 5 | Galgiani | D | A | 12.5 |
| 7 | Glazer | D | F | 18.8 |
| 33 | Gonzalez | D | F | 0 |
| 16 | Grove | R | A | 100 |
| 18 | Hertzberg | D | F | 6.3 |
| 13 | Hill | D | F | 0 |
| 40 | Hueso | D | F | 0 |
| 14 | Hurtado | D | F | 18.8 |
| 19 | Jackson | D | F | 0 |
| 38 | Jones | R | A | 100 |
| 20 | Leyva | D | F | 0 |
| 2 | McGuire | D | F | 0 |
| 30 | Mitchell | D | F | 6.3 |
| 17 | Monning | D | F | 0 |
| 37 | Moorlach | R | C | 75 |
| 23 | Morrell | R | A | 100 |
| 4 | Nielsen | R | B | 87.5 |
| 6 | Pan | D | F | 0 |
| 25 | Portantino | D | F | 0 |
| 31 | Roth | D | F | 12.5 |
| 22 | Rubio, Susan | D | F | 0 |
| 9 | Skinner | D | F | 0 |
| 27 | Stern | D | F | 0 |
| 28 | Stone | R | A | 100 |
| 34 | Umberg | D | F | 31.3 |
| 10 | Wieckowski | D | F | 0 |
| 11 | Wiener | D | F | 0 |
| 21 | Wilk | R | A | 100 |
Brian Dahle resigned his Assembly seat in Assembly District 1 after winning a special election for the Senate District 1 seat. Any Assembly votes he took is included in his Senate score.
Due to Assembly District 1 being vacant, only 79 Assembly Members are scored.
For AB 116, AB 723 and SB 268 only floor votes taken in September are included in the scorecard due to the bill being gutted and amended.
For SB 96, only the final floor votes in both the Assembly and Senate are counted in the scorecard.
For SB 128, only votes taken before March 30, are counted due to the bill being gutted and amended.
2018 HJTA Legislative Report Card
Our report card is designed to help Californians gauge how their state representatives are actually performing on taxpayer-related issues, including tax increases and direct attacks on Proposition 13. Thirteen legislators received perfect scores in 2018: Assembly Members Catharine Baker, Frank Bigelow, Bill Brough, Phil Chen, Heath Flora, Kevin Kiley, Tom Lackey, Devon Mathis, Melissa Melendez, Jay Obernolte, Marc Steinorth and Randy Voepel, and State Senator Mike Morrell.
Please know that it is very important to HJTA that this process be as fair and nonpartisan as possible. To aid in this objective, we have given half credit for all vote abstentions. We believe those legislators with the courage to abstain as opposed to always pushing the green button should be rewarded in some fashion. To that end, we note that two Democrat legislators, Sabrina Cervantes and Sharon Quirk-Silva, received “B” grades, their best scores ever.
We encourage you to see how your legislators scored, then also to take the next — and most important — step and contact your legislator’s office to express your support or concern.
To find the names and contact information of your representatives, go online to findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov or check your local phone book for listings of government offices.
The 2018 scores stem from 11 bills. For more information about our methodology, e-mail Legislative Director Scott Kaufman at scott@hjta.org.
| DISTRICT | ASSEMBLY MEMBER | PARTY | GRADE | % |
| 38 | Acosta | R | A | 92.3 |
| 4 | Aguiar-Curry | D | F | 9.4 |
| 72 | Allen | R | A | 91.3 |
| 31 | Arambula | D | F | 25 |
| 16 | Baker | R | A | 100 |
| 24 | Berman | D | F | 8.3 |
| 5 | Bigelow | R | A | 100 |
| 50 | Bloom | D | F | 6.3 |
| 18 | Bonta | D | F | 7.7 |
| 73 | Brough | R | A | 100 |
| 62 | Burke | D | F | 3.4 |
| 30 | Caballero | D | F | 25.1 |
| 57 | Calderon | D | F | 8.3 |
| 51 | Carrillo | D | F | 7.7 |
| 60 | Cervantes | D | B | 84.6 |
| 49 | Chau | D | F | 7.7 |
| 76 | Chavez | R | A | 95.9 |
| 55 | Chen | R | A | 100 |
| 17 | Chiu | D | F | 8.3 |
| 68 | Choi | R | A | 91.6 |
| 25 | Chu | D | F | 3.4 |
| 8 | Cooley | D | F | 35.7 |
| 9 | Cooper | D | F | 20.8 |
| 35 | Cunningham | R | A | 95.9 |
| 1 | Dahle | R | A | 91.3 |
| 69 | Daly | D | F | 29.2 |
| 13 | Eggman | D | F | 11.5 |
| 12 | Flora | R | A | 100 |
| 34 | Fong | R | A | 91.3 |
| 11 | Frazier | D | F | 8.3 |
| 43 | Friedman | D | F | 8.3 |
| 45 | Gabriel | D | F | 9.1 |
| 3 | Gallagher | R | A | 91.3 |
| 58 | Garcia, C. | D | F | 16.6 |
| 56 | Garcia, E | D | F | 11.5 |
| 64 | Gipson | D | F | 8.3 |
| 78 | Gloria | D | F | 9.1 |
| 80 | Gonzalez Fletcher | D | F | 8.3 |
| 21 | Gray | D | F | 32.2 |
| 14 | Grayson | D | F | 9.4 |
| 74 | Harper | R | A | 96.1 |
| 41 | Holden | D | F | 7.7 |
| 44 | Irwin | D | D | 60.4 |
| 59 | Jones-Sawyer | D | F | 8.3 |
| 27 | Kalra | D | F | 8.3 |
| 54 | Kamlager-Dove | D | F | 15.4 |
| 6 | Kiley | R | A | 100 |
| 36 | Lackey | R | A | 100 |
| 10 | Levine | D | F | 16.7 |
| 37 | Limon | D | F | 7.7 |
| 28 | Low | D | F | 3.4 |
| 77 | Maienschein | R | B | 84.6 |
| 26 | Mathis | R | A | 100 |
| 42 | Mayes | R | A | 91.7 |
| 7 | McCarty | D | F | 7.7 |
| 61 | Medina | D | F | 12.5 |
| 67 | Melendez | R | A | 100 |
| 22 | Mullin | D | F | 6.7 |
| 66 | Muratsuchi | D | F | 30.7 |
| 46 | Nazarian | D | F | 8.3 |
| 70 | O'Donnell | D | F | 25 |
| 33 | Obernolte | R | A | 100 |
| 23 | Patterson | R | A | 96.5 |
| 20 | Quirk | D | F | 17.9 |
| 65 | Quirk-Silva | D | B | 88.4 |
| 63 | Rendon | D | F | 8.3 |
| 47 | Reyes | D | F | 8.3 |
| 39 | Rivas | D | F | 3.4 |
| 52 | Rodriguez | D | F | 11.5 |
| 48 | Rubio | D | F | 20.8 |
| 32 | Salas | D | C | 75 |
| 53 | Santiago | D | F | 7.7 |
| 40 | Steinorth | R | A | 100 |
| 29 | Stone | D | F | 7.7 |
| 15 | Thurmond | D | F | 8.3 |
| 19 | Ting | D | F | 7.7 |
| 71 | Voepel | R | A | 100 |
| 75 | Waldron | R | A | 90.6 |
| 79 | Weber | D | F | 7.7 |
| 2 | Wood | D | F | 8.3 |
| DISTRICT | SENATOR | PARTY | GRADE | % |
| 26 | Allen | D | F | 6.7 |
| 38 | Anderson | R | A | 96.1 |
| 39 | Atkins | D | F | 8.3 |
| 36 | Bates | R | A | 91.7 |
| 15 | Beall | D | F | 7.8 |
| 35 | Bradford | D | F | 8.3 |
| 12 | Cannella | R | F | 46.5 |
| 29 | Chang | R | A | 90.9 |
| 24 | De Leon | D | F | 12.5 |
| 3 | Dodd | D | F | 3.4 |
| 16 | Fuller | R | B | 87.5 |
| 1 | Gaines | R | A | 93.3 |
| 5 | Galgiani | D | F | 3.4 |
| 7 | Glazer | D | F | 20.9 |
| 22 | Hertzberg | D | F | 6.3 |
| 18 | Hill | D | F | 5.9 |
| 13 | Hueso | D | F | 7.7 |
| 40 | Jackson | D | F | 8.3 |
| 19 | Lara | D | F | 12.1 |
| 33 | Leyva | D | F | 5.6 |
| 20 | McGuire | D | F | 12.1 |
| 2 | Mitchell | D | F | 8.3 |
| 30 | Monning | D | F | 8.3 |
| 17 | Moorlach | R | A | 94.1 |
| 37 | Morrell | R | A | 100 |
| 23 | Nguyen | R | A | 94.1 |
| 34 | Nielsen | R | A | 91.6 |
| 4 | Pan | D | F | 8.3 |
| 6 | Portantino | D | F | 8.3 |
| 25 | Roth | D | F | 28.5 |
| 31 | Skinner | D | F | 6.7 |
| 9 | Stern | D | F | 14.2 |
| 27 | Stone | R | A | 96.1 |
| 28 | Vidak | R | A | 92.9 |
| 14 | Wieckowski | D | F | 20 |
| 10 | Wiener | D | F | 3.4 |
| 11 | Wilk | R | B | 87.5 |
Only policy committee and floor votes are included in the scorecard.
Senator Josh Newman did not receive a grade due to his being recalled from office.
Senator Tom Berryhill did not receive a grade due to insufficient votes.
The grades for Assembly Members Gabriel, Kamlager-Dove and Rivas and Senator Chang may have outliers in their scores due to their taking office later in the legislative year.
Neither Senator Tony Mendoza nor his replacement, Vanessa Delgado, received grades in this scorecard
Regarding AB 2376 and SB 998, only final floor votes in the Assembly and Senate are included.
Regarding AB 1184 and SB 152, only votes taken after August 28 are included due to its being a gut-and-amend proposal.
Regarding SB 1145, only votes taken after June 12 are included.
Abstention votes are given half credit in the scorecard.
2017 HJTA Legislative Report Card
Our report card is designed to help Californians gauge how their state representatives are actually performing on taxpayer-related issues including tax increases and direct attacks on Proposition 13. Ten legislators received perfect scores in 2017: Assembly Members Travis Allen, Brian Dahle, Vince Fong, Jay Obernolte and Jim Patterson, and State Senators Joel Anderson, Patricia Bates, Jean Fuller, Mike Morrell and Jeff Stone.
Please know that it is very important to HJTA that this process be as fair and non-partisan as possible. To aid in this objective, we have given half-credit for all vote abstentions. We believe those legislators with the courage to abstain as opposed to always pushing the green button should be rewarded in some fashion.
We encourage you to see how your legislators scored, noting especially that very few of them have received the HJTA standard of excellence—a grade of "A." Then we'd also encourage you to take the next — and most important — step, and contact your legislator's office to express your support or concern.
The 2017 scores stem from 22 bills. For more information about our methodology e-mail Legislative Director Scott Kaufman at scott@hjta.org
| DISTRICT | ASSEMBLY MEMBER | PARTY | GRADE | % |
| 38 | Acosta | R | A | 91.7 |
| 4 | Aguiar-Curry | D | F | 4.7 |
| 72 | Allen | R | A | 100 |
| 31 | Arambula | D | F | 14.6 |
| 16 | Baker | R | C | 76 |
| 24 | Berman | D | F | 3.8 |
| 5 | Bigelow | R | A | 93.7 |
| 50 | Bloom | D | F | 5 |
| 39 | Bocanegra | D | C | 3.4 |
| 18 | Bonta | D | F | 2 |
| 73 | Brough | R | A | 92.3 |
| 62 | Burke | D | F | 3.4 |
| 30 | Caballero | D | F | 28.3 |
| 57 | Calderon | D | F | 6 |
| 60 | Cervantes | D | D | 54 |
| 49 | Chau | D | F | 3.7 |
| 76 | Chavez | R | B | 89.4 |
| 55 | Chen | R | A | 96 |
| 17 | Chiu | D | F | 1.9 |
| 68 | Choi | R | A | 90.8 |
| 25 | Chu | D | F | 4 |
| 8 | Cooley | D | F | 10.4 |
| 9 | Cooper | D | F | 6 |
| 35 | Cunningham | R | B | 87.5 |
| 45 | Dababneh | D | C | 8 |
| 1 | Dahle | R | A | 100 |
| 69 | Daly | D | F | 12 |
| 13 | Eggman | D | F | 15.2 |
| 12 | Flora | R | C | 79.1 |
| 34 | Fong | R | A | 100 |
| 11 | Frazier | D | F | 16 |
| 43 | Friedman | D | F | 2 |
| 3 | Gallagher | R | A | 93.7 |
| 58 | Garcia, C. | D | F | 6.3 |
| 56 | Garcia, E | D | F | 6.3 |
| 64 | Gipson | D | F | 4 |
| 78 | Gloria | D | F | 4.2 |
| 80 | Gonzalez Fletcher | D | F | 1.7 |
| 21 | Gray | D | F | 19.6 |
| 14 | Grayson | D | F | 10 |
| 74 | Harper | R | A | 98 |
| 41 | Holden | D | F | 6.3 |
| 44 | Irwin | D | F | 43.8 |
| 59 | Jones-Sawyer | D | F | 4.2 |
| 27 | Kalra | D | F | 1.9 |
| 6 | Kiley | R | A | 97.9 |
| 36 | Lackey | R | A | 96.9 |
| 10 | Levine | D | F | 12.5 |
| 37 | Limon | D | F | 5.6 |
| 28 | Low | D | F | 4 |
| 77 | Maienschein | R | B | 83.3 |
| 26 | Mathis | R | B | 89 |
| 42 | Mayes | R | B | 82.6 |
| 7 | McCarty | D | F | 4.2 |
| 61 | Medina | D | F | 6 |
| 67 | Melendez | R | A | 91.6 |
| 22 | Mullin | D | F | 3.8 |
| 66 | Muratsuchi | D | F | 23.9 |
| 46 | Nazarian | D | F | 6 |
| 33 | Obernolte | R | A | 100 |
| 70 | O'Donnell | D | F | 7.6 |
| 23 | Patterson | R | A | 100 |
| 20 | Quirk | D | F | 4 |
| 65 | Quirk-Silva | D | D | 52 |
| 63 | Rendon | D | F | 2.1 |
| 47 | Reyes | D | F | 4.2 |
| 54 | Ridley-Thomas | D | F | 11.6 |
| 52 | Rodriguez | D | F | 4 |
| 48 | Rubio | D | C | 6.3 |
| 32 | Salas | D | F | 35.4 |
| 53 | Santiago | D | F | 4.2 |
| 40 | Steinorth | R | B | 84 |
| 29 | Stone | D | F | 8 |
| 15 | Thurmond | D | F | 4.2 |
| 19 | Ting | D | F | 2.1 |
| 71 | Voepel | R | A | 98.4 |
| 75 | Waldron | R | A | 95 |
| 79 | Weber | D | F | 4 |
| 2 | Wood | D | F | 4.2 |
| DISTRICT | SENATOR | PARTY | GRADE | % |
| 26 | Allen | D | F | 6.3 |
| 38 | Anderson | R | A | 100 |
| 39 | Atkins | D | F | 6.5 |
| 36 | Bates | R | A | 100 |
| 15 | Beall | D | F | 8.5 |
| 8 | Berryhill | R | B | 80.5 |
| 35 | Bradford | D | F | 8.7 |
| 12 | Cannella | R | F | 48.4 |
| 24 | De Leon | D | F | 10.9 |
| 3 | Dodd | D | F | 8.6 |
| 16 | Fuller | R | A | 100 |
| 1 | Gaines | R | A | 90.7 |
| 5 | Galgiani | D | F | 15.2 |
| 7 | Glazer | D | F | 23.9 |
| 22 | Hernandez | D | F | 10.6 |
| 18 | Hertzberg | D | F | 12.5 |
| 13 | Hill | D | F | 7.1 |
| 40 | Hueso | D | F | 19.5 |
| 19 | Jackson | D | F | 8.7 |
| 33 | Lara | D | F | 9.7 |
| 20 | Leyva | D | F | 12 |
| 2 | McGuire | D | F | 8.5 |
| 32 | Mendoza | D | F | 8.1 |
| 30 | Mitchell | D | F | 6.5 |
| 17 | Monning | D | F | 6.5 |
| 37 | Moorlach | R | B | 89.4 |
| 23 | Morrell | R | A | 100 |
| 29 | Newman | D | F | 15.2 |
| 34 | Nguyen | R | A | 90.8 |
| 4 | Nielsen | R | A | 95.6 |
| 6 | Pan | D | F | 10.9 |
| 25 | Portantino | D | F | 10.9 |
| 31 | Roth | D | F | 21 |
| 9 | Skinner | D | F | 4.4 |
| 27 | Stern | D | F | 7.4 |
| 28 | Stone | R | A | 100 |
| 14 | Vidak | R | A | 94.2 |
| 10 | Wieckowski | D | F | 10.6 |
| 11 | Wiener | D | F | 3.2 |
| 21 | Wilk | R | B | 82.6 |
Assembly Member Jimmy Gomez did not receive a grade due to his being elected to Congress.
Assembly Member Dababneh automatically receives a "C" grade for his carrying of Assembly Bill 1194. Assembly Member Rubio automatically receives a "C" grade for her carrying of Assembly Bill 1625. Assembly Member Bocanegra automatically receives a "C" grade for his carrying of Assembly Bill 1322.
Regarding SB 231, only votes taken after August 28th are included due to its being a gut-and-amend proposal,
Regarding SB 797, only votes taken after June 26th are included due to its being a gut-and-amend proposal. Regarding AB 102, AB 398, AB 1194, AB 1367, SB 5, SB 117 and SB 595, only final floor votes in the Assembly and Senate are included.
2016 HJTA Legislative Report Card
Our report card is designed to help Californians gauge how their state representatives are actually performing on taxpayer-related issues both positive and negative. Positive proposals include bills that clarify the parcel tax exemption process for seniors and create additional campaign finance transparency, negative bills include a car battery tax increase, which we chose to double-weight in our scoring, and numerous bills which serve to undercut the ballot initiative process.
Seven legislators received perfect scores in 2016: Assembly Republican Leader Chad Mayes, Shannon Grove, Jay Obernolte, Matt Harper and Don Wagner. They were joined on the Senate side by Ted Gaines and Jim Nielsen. Assembly Member Matt Dababneh was the highest scoring Democrat, thanks to his authoring of Assembly Bill 1891, an HJTA-sponsored proposal.
The 2016 scores stem from 22 bills. For more information about our methodology and scoring system e-mail Legislative Director Scott Kaufman at scott@hjta.org
| DISTRICT | ASSEMBLY MEMBER | PARTY | GRADE | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | Achadjian | R | C | 72.3 |
| 30 | Alejo | D | F | 26.7 |
| 72 | Allen | R | A | 98.5 |
| 31 | Arambula | D | F | 23.1 |
| 78 | Atkins | D | F | 24.1 |
| 16 | Baker | R | C | 75 |
| 5 | Bigelow | R | A | 98.2 |
| 50 | Bloom | D | F | 25.9 |
| 14 | Bonilla | D | F | 21.2 |
| 18 | Bonta | D | F | 24.1 |
| 73 | Brough | R | A | 98.4 |
| 47 | Brown | D | F | 27.6 |
| 62 | Burke | D | F | 27.5 |
| 57 | Calderon | D | F | 27.8 |
| 27 | Campos | D | F | 25.9 |
| 55 | Chang | R | B | 80.4 |
| 49 | Chau | D | F | 24.1 |
| 76 | Chavez | R | A | 92.6 |
| 17 | Chiu | D | F | 26.5 |
| 25 | Chu | D | F | 25 |
| 8 | Cooley | D | F | 21.2 |
| 9 | Cooper | D | F | 14.8 |
| 45 | Dababneh | D | C | 36.2 |
| 1 | Dahle | R | A | 98.2 |
| 69 | Daly | D | F | 31 |
| 4 | Dodd | D | F | 30.4 |
| 13 | Eggman | D | F | 28.8 |
| 11 | Frazier | D | F | 25.8 |
| 6 | Gaines | R | A | 93.9 |
| 3 | Gallagher | R | A | 90.8 |
| 58 | Cristina Garcia | D | F | 29.6 |
| 56 | Eduardo Garcia | D | F | 28.6 |
| 43 | Gatto | D | D | 53.6 |
| 64 | Gipson | D | F | 27.6 |
| 51 | Gomez | D | F | 26.7 |
| 80 | Gonzalez | D | F | 25.9 |
| 24 | Gordon | D | F | 23 |
| 21 | Gray | D | F | 37 |
| 34 | Grove | R | A | 100 |
| 66 | Hadley | R | B | 80 |
| 74 | Harper | R | A | 100 |
| 48 | Hernandez | D | F | 28.5 |
| 41 | Holden | D | F | 25 |
| 44 | Irwin | D | F | 25.9 |
| 71 | Jones | R | A | 96.6 |
| 59 | Jones-Sawyer | D | F | 26.9 |
| 65 | Kim | R | A | 91.7 |
| 36 | Lackey | R | B | 84.6 |
| 10 | Levine | D | F | 19.2 |
| 60 | Linder | R | C | 75.7 |
| 39 | Lopez | D | F | 22.4 |
| 28 | Low | D | F | 25.8 |
| 77 | Maienschein | R | B | 87 |
| 26 | Mathis | R | A | 94.9 |
| 42 | Mayes | R | A | 100 |
| 7 | McCarty | D | F | 23.2 |
| 61 | Medina | D | F | 27.6 |
| 67 | Melendez | R | A | 96.5 |
| 22 | Mullin | D | F | 18.9 |
| 46 | Nazarian | D | F | 24.9 |
| 33 | Obernolte | R | A | 100 |
| 70 | O'Donnell | D | F | 27.3 |
| 12 | Olsen | R | C | 71.3 |
| 23 | Patterson | R | A | 98.4 |
| 20 | Quirk | D | F | 21.7 |
| 63 | Rendon | D | F | 25.9 |
| 54 | Ridley-Thomas | D | F | 30 |
| 52 | Rodriguez | D | F | 25 |
| 32 | Salas | D | F | 33.3 |
| 53 | Santiago | D | F | 25 |
| 40 | Steinorth | R | A | 91.1 |
| 29 | Stone | D | F | 25.9 |
| 15 | Thurmond | D | F | 24.1 |
| 19 | Ting | D | F | 25.9 |
| 68 | Wagner | R | A | 100 |
| 75 | Waldron | R | B | 86.3 |
| 79 | Weber | D | F | 27.2 |
| 38 | Wilk | R | B | 85.2 |
| 37 | Williams | D | F | 20.4 |
| 2 | Wood | D | F | 25 |
| DISTRICT | SENATOR | PARTY | GRADE | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Allen | D | F | 19.1 |
| 38 | Anderson | R | A | 93.3 |
| 36 | Bates | R | A | 96.5 |
| 15 | Beall | D | F | 25.7 |
| 8 | Berryhill | R | B | 84.8 |
| 39 | Block | D | F | 26.1 |
| 12 | Cannella | R | D | 55.6 |
| 24 | De Leon | D | F | 26.1 |
| 16 | Fuller | R | A | 97.9 |
| 1 | Gaines | R | A | 100 |
| 5 | Galgiani | D | F | 33.3 |
| 7 | Glazer | D | F | 21.7 |
| 35 | Hall | D | F | 18.8 |
| 9 | Hancock | D | F | 17.2 |
| 22 | Hernandez | D | F | 26.7 |
| 18 | Hertzberg | D | F | 22.3 |
| 13 | Hill | D | F | 24 |
| 40 | Hueso | D | F | 31.2 |
| 29 | Huff | R | D | 60.8 |
| 19 | Jackson | D | F | 23.1 |
| 33 | Lara | D | F | 26.7 |
| 11 | Leno | D | F | 24 |
| 20 | Leyva | D | F | 25.9 |
| 25 | Liu | D | F | 25 |
| 2 | McGuire | D | F | 20.7 |
| 32 | Mendoza | D | F | 22.2 |
| 30 | Mitchell | D | F | 23.9 |
| 17 | Monning | D | F | 27.1 |
| 37 | Moorlach | R | B | 85.5 |
| 23 | Morrell | R | A | 91.7 |
| 34 | Nguyen | R | A | 93.4 |
| 4 | Nielsen | R | A | 100 |
| 6 | Pan | D | F | 22.9 |
| 27 | Pavley | D | F | 26.6 |
| 31 | Roth | D | F | 31.5 |
| 21 | Runner | R | N/A | 0 |
| 28 | Stone | R | A | 95.8 |
| 14 | Vidak | R | A | 99.4 |
| 10 | Wieckowski | D | F | 24.1 |
| 3 | Wolk | D | F | 20.8 |
Only policy committee and floor votes are included in the scorecard.
Senator Runner did not receive a grade in the 2016 scorecard.
Assembly Member Dababneh automatically receives a "C" grade for his carrying of Assembly Bill 1891.
Regarding AB 1889, only votes taken after August 1st are included due to it being a gut-and-amend proposal.
Regarding AB 2153, only final floor votes in the Assembly and Senate are included.
AB 2153 votes are double-weighted due to it being a car battery tax.
Abstention votes are given half credit in the scorecard.
2015 HJTA Legislative Report Card
Our report card is designed to help Californians measure how their state representatives are actually voting on, not just talking about, taxpayer-related issues including tax increases and direct attacks on Proposition 13. Eight legislators received perfect scores in 2015: Assemblymembers Frank Bigelow, Beth Gaines, Brian Jones, Tom Lackey, incoming Assembly Republican Leader Chad Mayes, Jay Obernolte, Jim Patterson, and State Senator Mike Morrell. Lackey, Mayes, and Obernolte are freshmen legislators completing their first year in the Capitol.
The 2015 scores are derived from 16 bills. For more information about our methodology and scoring system go to hjta.org or e-mail Legislative Director Scott Kaufman at scott@hjta.org
| DISTRICT | ASSEMBLY MEMBER | PARTY | GRADE | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | Achadjian | R | B | 88 |
| 30 | Alejo | D | F | 24.1 |
| 72 | Allen | R | A | 97.7 |
| 78 | Atkins | D | F | 21.1 |
| 16 | Baker | R | B | 80.9 |
| 5 | Bigelow | R | A | 100 |
| 50 | Bloom | D | F | 23.8 |
| 14 | Bonilla | D | F | 21 |
| 18 | Bonta | D | F | 18.4 |
| 73 | Brough | R | A | 97.6 |
| 47 | Brown | D | F | 23.6 |
| 62 | Burke | D | F | 18.4 |
| 57 | Calderon | D | F | 21 |
| 27 | Campos | D | F | 17.5 |
| 55 | Chang | R | A | 94.7 |
| 49 | Chau | D | F | 26.3 |
| 76 | Chavez | R | A | 94.7 |
| 17 | Chiu | D | F | 14.8 |
| 25 | Chu | D | F | 21.7 |
| 8 | Cooley | D | F | 19.2 |
| 9 | Cooper | D | F | 15.8 |
| 45 | Dababneh | D | F | 27.2 |
| 1 | Dahle | R | A | 97.3 |
| 69 | Daly | D | F | 21.4 |
| 4 | Dodd | D | F | 19 |
| 13 | Eggman | D | F | 21 |
| 11 | Frazier | D | F | 14.3 |
| 6 | Gaines | R | A | 100 |
| 3 | Gallagher | R | A | 95 |
| 58 | Cristina Garcia | D | F | 25 |
| 56 | Eduardo Garcia | D | F | 19 |
| 43 | Gatto | D | F | 44 |
| 64 | Gipson | D | F | 20.5 |
| 51 | Gomez | D | F | 19 |
| 80 | Gonzalez | D | F | 17.3 |
| 24 | Gordon | D | F | 16.7 |
| 21 | Gray | D | F | 39.4 |
| 34 | Grove | R | A | 97.7 |
| 66 | Hadley | R | A | 90 |
| 74 | Harper | R | A | 95 |
| 48 | Hernandez | D | F | 22.7 |
| 41 | Holden | D | C | 75 |
| 44 | Irwin | D | C | 78.9 |
| 71 | Jones | R | A | 100 |
| 59 | Jones-Sawyer | D | F | 21 |
| 65 | Kim | R | A | 90.4 |
| 36 | Lackey | R | A | 100 |
| 10 | Levine | D | F | 26 |
| 60 | Linder | R | A | 94.6 |
| 39 | Lopez | D | F | 21 |
| 28 | Low | D | F | 22.5 |
| 77 | Maienschein | R | A | 94.4 |
| 26 | Mathis | R | B | 84.1 |
| 42 | Mayes | R | A | 100 |
| 7 | McCarty | D | F | 20 |
| 61 | Medina | D | F | 14.3 |
| 67 | Melendez | R | A- | 92.8 |
| 22 | Mullin | D | F | 32.1 |
| 46 | Nazarian | D | F | 19 |
| 33 | Obernolte | R | A | 100 |
| 70 | O'Donnell | D | F | 22.7 |
| 12 | Olsen | R | A- | 92 |
| 23 | Patterson | R | A | 100 |
| 31 | Perea | D | F | 28.3 |
| 20 | Quirk | D | F | 22.7 |
| 63 | Rendon | D | F | 18.4 |
| 54 | Ridley-Thomas | D | F | 15.2 |
| 52 | Rodriguez | D | F | 18.4 |
| 32 | Salas | D | D | 57.9 |
| 53 | Santiago | D | F | 17.5 |
| 40 | Steinorth | R | A | 97.3 |
| 29 | Stone | D | F | 20 |
| 15 | Thurmond | D | F | 20 |
| 19 | Ting | D | F | 18.2 |
| 68 | Wagner | R | A | 97.7 |
| 75 | Waldron | R | A | 96 |
| 79 | Weber | D | F | 18.4 |
| 38 | Wilk | R | A | 90 |
| 37 | Williams | D | F | 26.3 |
| 2 | Wood | D | F | 21 |
| DISTRICT | SENATOR | PARTY | GRADE | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Allen | D | F | 23.5 |
| 38 | Anderson | R | A- | 91.6 |
| 36 | Bates | R | A | 93.3 |
| 15 | Beall | D | F | 18.2 |
| 8 | Berryhill | R | A | 96.4 |
| 39 | Block | D | F | 21.4 |
| 12 | Cannella | R | D | 60 |
| 24 | De Leon | D | F | 21.4 |
| 16 | Fuller | R | A- | 92.8 |
| 1 | Gaines | R | A- | 90 |
| 5 | Galgiani | D | F | 43.3 |
| 7 | Glazer | D | D | 57.6 |
| 35 | Hall | D | F | 20 |
| 9 | Hancock | D | F | 29.4 |
| 22 | Hernandez | D | F | 19 |
| 18 | Hertzberg | D | F | 36.8 |
| 13 | Hill | D | F | 21.4 |
| 40 | Hueso | D | F | 28.5 |
| 29 | Huff | R | B- | 82.1 |
| 19 | Jackson | D | F | 25 |
| 33 | Lara | D | F | 22.5 |
| 11 | Leno | D | F | 23.5 |
| 20 | Leyva | D | F | 20 |
| 25 | Liu | D | F | 25 |
| 2 | McGuire | D | F | 18.8 |
| 32 | Mendoza | D | F | 18.8 |
| 30 | Mitchell | D | F | 18.8 |
| 17 | Monning | D | F | 28.1 |
| 37 | Moorlach | R | A- | 92.8 |
| 23 | Morrell | R | A | 100 |
| 34 | Nguyen | R | A | 92 |
| 4 | Nielsen | R | A | 96.5 |
| 6 | Pan | D | F | 20 |
| 27 | Pavley | D | F | 20 |
| 31 | Roth | D | D | 63.3 |
| 21 | Runner | R | B | 85.6 |
| 28 | Stone | R | A | 93.2 |
| 14 | Vidak | R | A | 96.4 |
| 10 | Wieckowski | D | F | 25 |
| 3 | Wolk | D | F | 20 |
NOTE: Only policy committee and floor votes are included in the scorecard.
The grades for Senators Glazer, Moorlach and Runner may not fully reflect their positions due to their assuming office in 2015 special elections.
Assemblyman Holden automatically receives a "C" grade for his carrying of Assembly Bill 1378.
Regarding SB 705, only votes taken after September 3 are included due to its being a gut-and-amend proposal.
Regarding SB 350, only final floor votes in the Assembly and Senate are included.
2014 HJTA Legislative Report Card
Our report card is designed to help Californians gauge how their state representatives are actually performing on taxpayer-related issues both positive and negative. Positive proposals include bills strengthening transparency provisions for the reporting of local property parcel taxes, negative bills include tax increases and direct attacks on Proposition 13.
This year, we slightly changed our scoring system to include a two year scoring average. This is more in line with the two-year cycles that historically have been adopted by the California Legislature. Five legislators have received a perfect 100 percent average over the last two years: Assembly members Brian Dahle, Tim Donnelly, Beth Gaines and State Senators Joel Anderson and Mark Wyland.
The 2013 scores stem from 15 bills. For more information about our methodology and scoring system go hjta.org or e-mail Legislative Director Scott Kaufman at scott@hjta.org
| DISTRICT | ASSEMBLY MEMBER | PARTY | GRADE | Two Year Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | Achadjian | R | C | 75 |
| 30 | Alejo | D | F | 31.5 |
| 72 | Allen | R | A | 95.2 |
| 17 | Ammiano | D | F | 27.5 |
| 78 | Atkins | D | F | 16.7 |
| 5 | Bigelow | R | B+ | 87.8 |
| 50 | Bloom | D | F | 16.6 |
| 39 | Bocanegra | D | F | 18.2 |
| 14 | Bonilla | D | F | 28.9 |
| 18 | Bonta | D | F | 19.6 |
| 62 | Bradford | D | F | 26.9 |
| 47 | Brown | D | F | 36.9 |
| 16 | Buchanan | D | F | 24.6 |
| 57 | Calderon | D | F | 18.6 |
| 27 | Campos | D | F | 16.9 |
| 49 | Chau | D | F | 31.6 |
| 76 | Chavez | R | A | 95.1 |
| 2 | Chesbro | D | F | 15.6 |
| 26 | Conway | R | A- | 92.4 |
| 8 | Cooley | D | F | 47.9 |
| 45 | Dababneh | D | D | 57.9 |
| 1 | Dahle | R | A | 100 |
| 69 | Daly | D | F | 30.9 |
| 7 | Dickinson | D | F | 31.6 |
| 33 | Donnelly | R | A | 100 |
| 13 | Eggman | D | F | 27.6 |
| 28 | Fong | D | F | 21.5 |
| 36 | Fox | D | D | 57.3 |
| 11 | Frazier | D | F | 21 |
| 6 | Gaines | R | A | 100 |
| 58 | Garcia | D | F | 22.9 |
| 43 | Gatto | D | F | 33.2 |
| 51 | Gomez | D | F | 21.1 |
| 80 | Gonzalez | D | F | 23.4 |
| 24 | Gordon | D | F | 30 |
| 44 | Gorell | R | A- | 90.8 |
| 21 | Gray | D | F | 36.9 |
| 34 | Grove | R | A | 95.3 |
| 55 | Hagman | R | A- | 91.3 |
| 64 | Hall | D | F | 21.3 |
| 73 | Harkey | R | A- | 91.2 |
| 48 | Hernandez | D | F | 36.1 |
| 41 | Holden | D | F | 18.1 |
| 71 | Jones | R | A | 97.4 |
| 59 | Jones-Sawyer | D | F | 31.6 |
| 10 | Levine | D | F | 25 |
| 60 | Linder | R | A- | 91.9 |
| 3 | Logue | R | A | 95.9 |
| 70 | Lowenthal | D | F | 33.3 |
| 77 | Maienschein | R | A | 97.8 |
| 74 | Mansoor | R | A | 92.9 |
| 61 | Medina | D | F | 31.3 |
| 67 | Melendez | R | A | 92.6 |
| 22 | Mullin | D | F | 35.8 |
| 66 | Muratsuchi | D | F | 47.5 |
| 46 | Nazarian | D | F | 18.1 |
| 42 | Nestande | R | A- | 90.9 |
| 12 | Olsen | R | B | 85 |
| 9 | Pan | D | F | 32.6 |
| 23 | Patterson | R | B | 88.9 |
| 31 | Perea | D | F | 30.7 |
| 53 | Perez | D | F | 18.1 |
| 56 | V. Manuel Perez | D | F | 22 |
| 20 | Quirk | D | F | 16 |
| 65 | Quirk-Silva | D | D | 59 |
| 63 | Rendon | D | F | 25.9 |
| 54 | Ridley-Thomas | D | F | 31.6 |
| 52 | Rodriguez | D | F | 32.5 |
| 32 | Salas | D | D | 64.8 |
| 15 | Skinner | D | F | 30 |
| 29 | Stone | D | F | 30 |
| 19 | Ting | D | F | 17 |
| 68 | Wagner | R | A | 95 |
| 75 | Waldron | R | A | 96 |
| 79 | Weber | D | F | 22 |
| 25 | Wieckowski | D | F | 15.6 |
| 38 | Wilk | R | A | 94.9 |
| 37 | Williams | D | F | 25 |
| 4 | Yamada | D | F | 31.6 |
| DISTRICT | SENATOR | PARTY | GRADE | Two Year Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | Anderson | R | A | 100 |
| 15 | Beall | D | F | 14.3 |
| 14 | Berryhill | R | A | 91.5 |
| 39 | Block | D | F | 18.7 |
| 12 | Cannella | R | C | 78.7 |
| 10 | Corbett | D | F | 19.5 |
| 34 | Correa | D | D | 51.5 |
| 22 | De Leon | D | F | 23.6 |
| 7 | DeSaulnier | D | F | 29.6 |
| 2 | Evans | D | F | 19.2 |
| 18 | Fuller | R | A | 90 |
| 1 | Gaines | R | A | 97.4 |
| 5 | Galgiani | D | F | 29.6 |
| 9 | Hancock | D | F | 22.5 |
| 24 | Hernandez | D | F | 31.5 |
| 13 | Hill | D | F | 17.9 |
| 40 | Hueso | D | F | 19.6 |
| 29 | Huff | R | B | 84.7 |
| 19 | Jackson | D | F | 24 |
| 21 | Knight | R | A | 97.1 |
| 33 | Lara | D | F | 33.4 |
| 11 | Leno | D | F | 21.2 |
| 28 | Lieu | D | F | 23.4 |
| 25 | Liu | D | F | 16.3 |
| 26 | Mitchell | D | F | 31.3 |
| 17 | Monning | D | F | 22.7 |
| 23 | Morrell | R | A | 98 |
| 4 | Nielsen | R | A | 98.5 |
| 20 | Padilla | D | F | 21.5 |
| 27 | Pavley | D | F | 35 |
| 31 | Roth | D | F | 30.4 |
| 6 | Steinberg | D | F | 16.4 |
| 32 | Torres | D | F | 37.9 |
| 16 | Vidak | R | A | 100** |
| 37 | Walters | R | B | 87.1 |
| 3 | Wolk | D | F | 28.9 |
| 38 | Wyland | R | A | 100 |
NOTE: Only policy committee and Floor votes are included in the scorecard.
The votes for State Senators Calderon, Wright, & Yee will not be included due to their suspension or resignation from that office.
Senator Vidak's grade only includes votes during the 2014 year, due to his assuming office in a special election late in 2013.
2013 Legislative Report Card
Our report card is designed to help Californians gauge how their state representatives are actually performing on taxpayer-related issues including tax increases and direct attacks on Proposition 13.
Nine legislators received perfect scores in 2013: Assembly Members Brian Dahle, Tim Donnelly, Beth Gaines and Brian Jones, and State Senators Joel Anderson, Ted Gaines, Steve Knight, Jim Nielsen, and Mark Wyland.
The 2013 scores stem from 20 bills.
For more information about our methodology and scoring system please e-mail Legislative Director Scott Kaufman at scott@hjta.org
Click the button above to search for your Assembly and Senate Representatives by entering your address, then return to this page to see how they have performed for you.
| District | Assembly Member | Party | Grade | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dahle | R | A | 100 |
| 2 | Chesbro | D | F | 1.1 |
| 3 | Logue | R | A | 94 |
| 4 | Yamada | D | F | 0 |
| 5 | Bigelow | R | C | 78.1 |
| 6 | Gaines | R | A | 100 |
| 7 | Dickinson | D | F | 0 |
| 8 | Cooley | D | F | 38.3 |
| 9 | Pan | D | F | 1.1 |
| 10 | Levine | D | F | 0 |
| 11 | Frazier | D | F | 1.1 |
| 12 | Olsen | R | C | 75 |
| 13 | Eggman | D | F | 0 |
| 14 | Bonilla | D | F | 0 |
| 15 | Skinner | D | F | 0 |
| 16 | Buchanan | D | F | 13.4 |
| 17 | Ammiano | D | F | 27.5 |
| 18 | Bonta | D | F | 2.7 |
| 19 | Ting | D | F | 1.1 |
| 20 | Quirk | D | F | 0.5 |
| 21 | Gray | D | F | 13.3 |
| 22 | Mullin | D | F | 0 |
| 23 | Patterson | R | A | 92 |
| 24 | Gordon | D | F | 0 |
| 25 | Wieckowski | D | F | 2.2 |
| 26 | Conway | R | A | 90 |
| 27 | Campos | D | F | 2.2 |
| 28 | Fong | D | F | 5 |
| 29 | Stone | D | F | 0 |
| 30 | Alejo | D | F | 0 |
| 31 | Perea | D | F | 6.4 |
| 32 | Salas | D | F | 49.5 |
| 33 | Donnelly | R | A | 100 |
| 34 | Grove | R | A | 90.5 |
| 35 | Achadjian | R | D | 67.1 |
| 36 | Fox | D | F | 35.6 |
| 37 | Williams | D | F | 10 |
| 38 | Wilk | R | A | 95 |
| 39 | Bocanegra | D | F | 3.8 |
| 40 | Morrell | R | A | 96 |
| 41 | Holden | D | F | 6.2 |
| 42 | Nestande | R | A | 92.9 |
| 43 | Gatto | D | F | 6.3 |
| 44 | Gorell | R | B | 84.1 |
| 46 | Nazarian | D | F | 6.2 |
| 47 | Brown | D | F | 0 |
| 48 | Hernandez | D | F | 0 |
| 49 | Chau | D | F | 0 |
| 50 | Bloom | D | F | 2.2 |
| 51 | Gomez | D | F | 0 |
| 53 | Perez | D | F | 1.9 |
| 54 | Mitchell | D | F | 5 |
| 55 | Hagman | R | A | 95 |
| 56 | Perez, V. Manuel | D | F | 2.1 |
| 58 | Garcia | D | F | 13.3 |
| 59 | Jones-Sawyer | D | F | 0 |
| 60 | Linder | R | A | 91.3 |
| 61 | Medina | D | F | 5 |
| 62 | Bradford | D | F | 0 |
| 63 | Rendon | D | F | 0 |
| 64 | Hall | D | F | 5 |
| 65 | Quirk-Silva | D | F | 32.2 |
| 66 | Muratsuchi | D | F | 30 |
| 67 | *Melendez | R | B | 87.1 |
| 68 | Wagner | R | A | 95 |
| 69 | Daly | D | F | 14.2 |
| 70 | Lowenthal | D | F | 0 |
| 71 | Jones | R | A | 100 |
| 72 | Allen | R | A | 90.5 |
| 73 | Harkey | R | A | 95.3 |
| 74 | Mansoor | R | A | 97.5 |
| 75 | Waldron | R | A | 91.9 |
| 76 | Chavez | R | A | 95.4 |
| 77 | Maienschein | R | A | 95.7 |
| 78 | Atkins | D | F | 1.7 |
| 79 | Weber | D | F | 13.3 |
| 80 | Gonzalez | D | F | 13.3 |
| District | Senator | Party | Grade | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gaines | R | A | 100 |
| 2 | Evans | D | F | 8.9 |
| 3 | Wolk | D | F | 0 |
| 4 | Nielsen | R | A | 100 |
| 5 | Galgiani | D | F | 17 |
| 6 | Steinberg | D | F | 6.3 |
| 7 | DeSaulnier | D | F | 0 |
| 8 | Yee | D | F | 0 |
| 9 | Hancock | D | F | 6 |
| 10 | Corbett | D | F | 3.7 |
| 11 | Leno | D | F | 10 |
| 12 | Cannella | R | D | 62.6 |
| 13 | Hill | D | F | 6.3 |
| 14 | Berryhill | R | B | 85.7 |
| 15 | Beall | D | F | 2.6 |
| 17 | Monning | D | F | 11 |
| 18 | Fuller | R | B | 80 |
| 19 | Jackson | D | F | 8.6 |
| 20 | Padilla | D | F | 6.2 |
| 21 | Knight | R | A | 100 |
| 22 | De Leon | D | F | 9 |
| 23 | Emmerson | R | C | 70.8 |
| 24 | Hernandez | D | F | 6.8 |
| 25 | Liu | D | F | 5.7 |
| 27 | Pavley | D | F | 0 |
| 28 | Lieu | D | F | 5 |
| 29 | Huff | R | C | 75.2 |
| 30 | Calderon | D | F | 14.2 |
| 31 | Roth | D | F | 13.8 |
| 32 | Torres | D | F | 16.9 |
| 33 | Lara | D | F | 0.8 |
| 34 | Correa | D | F | 41.9 |
| 35 | Wright | D | F | 30.9 |
| 36 | Anderson | R | A | 100 |
| 37 | Walters | R | B | 82.5 |
| 38 | Wyland | R | A | 100 |
| 39 | Block | D | F | 11 |
| 40 | Hueso | D | F | 6.9 |
NOTE: Only policy committee and floor votes are included in the scorecard.
The votes of Assembly Members Blumenfield, Hueso and Torres aren't included due to their election during the year to another office.
The grade for Andy Vidak wasn't included due to his not making enough votes. He assumed office in the State Senate following a July Special Election.
Former State Senator Curren Price did not receive a grade due to his resignation from the Senate to pursue another office.
The grades for Senators Hueso and Torres, and Assembly Member Gonzalez, may be skewed due to their assuming office later in the year.
Any floor vote for the two car tax proposals, Assembly Bill 8 and Senate Bill 11 resulted in an automatic ten-point reduction.
Only the final floor votes for SB 142 and SB 254 are included, as HJTA had not taken a position on prior versions of these bills.
Only the final floor votes are included for AB 1112, due to it being a gut-and-amend proposal.
*Due to personal absence this grade may not accurately reflect Assembly Member Melendez's positive record on behalf of taxpayers.
2012 Legislative Report Card
Our report card is designed to help Californians gauge how their state representatives are actually performing on taxpayer-related issues.
The 2012 scores stem from 20 bills.
For more information about our methodology and scoring system please e-mail Legislative Director Scott Kaufman at scott@hjta.org
Click the link above to search for your Assembly and Senate Representatives by entering your address, then return to this page to see how they have performed for you.
| District | Assembly Member | Party | Grade | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chesbro | D | F | 0 |
| 2 | Nielsen | R | A | 90.5 |
| 3 | Logue | R | A | 98.1 |
| 4 | Gaines | R | A | 100 |
| 5 | Pan | D | F | 0 |
| 6 | Huffman | D | F | 0 |
| 7 | Allen | D | F | 0 |
| 8 | Yamada | D | F | 0 |
| 9 | Dickinson | D | F | 0 |
| 10 | Huber | D | F | 0 |
| 11 | Bonilla | D | F | 0 |
| 12 | Ma | D | F | 0 |
| 13 | Ammiano | D | F | 0 |
| 14 | Skinner | D | F | 0 |
| 15 | Buchanan | D | F | 0 |
| 16 | Swanson | D | F | 0 |
| 17 | Galgiani | D | F | 0 |
| 18 | Hayashi | D | F | 0 |
| 19 | Hill | D | F | 0 |
| 20 | Wieckowski | D | F | 0 |
| 21 | Gordon | D | F | 0 |
| 22 | Fong | D | F | 0 |
| 23 | Campos | D | F | 0 |
| 24 | Beall | D | F | 0 |
| 25 | Olsen | R | C | 77.5 |
| 26 | Berryhill, Bill | R | A | 90.5 |
| 27 | Monning | D | F | 0 |
| 28 | Alejo | D | F | 0 |
| 29 | Halderman | R | A | 93.2 |
| 30 | Valadao | R | B | 83.4 |
| 31 | Perea | D | F | 0 |
| 32 | Grove | R | A | 100 |
| 33 | Achadjian | R | D | 60 |
| 34 | Conway | R | A | 95.3 |
| 35 | Williams | D | F | 0 |
| 36 | Knight | R | A | 100 |
| 37 | Gorell | R | B | 81.8 |
| 38 | Smyth | R | F | 40 |
| 39 | Fuentes | D | F | 0 |
| 40 | Blumenfield | D | F | 0 |
| 40 | Portantino | D | F | 0 |
| 41 | Brownley | D | F | 0 |
| 42 | Feuer | D | F | 0 |
| 43 | Gatto | D | F | 0 |
| 45 | Cedillo | D | F | 0 |
| 46 | Perez, John | D | F | 0 |
| 47 | Mitchell | D | F | 0 |
| 48 | Davis | D | F | 0 |
| 49 | Eng | D | F | 0 |
| 50 | Lara | D | F | 0 |
| 51 | Bradford | D | F | 0 |
| 52 | Hall | D | F | 0 |
| 53 | Butler | D | F | 0 |
| 54 | Lowenthal | D | F | 0 |
| 55 | Furutani | D | F | 0 |
| 56 | Mendoza | D | F | 0 |
| 57 | Hernandez | D | F | 0 |
| 58 | Calderon | D | F | 0 |
| 59 | Donnelly | R | A | 100 |
| 60 | Hagman | R | B | 83.4 |
| 61 | Torres | D | F | 0 |
| 62 | Carter | D | F | 0 |
| 63 | Morrell | R | A | 100 |
| 64 | Nestande | R | C | 71.4 |
| 65 | Cook | R | B | 85.7 |
| 66 | Jeffries | R | A | 97.9 |
| 67 | Silva | R | A | 100 |
| 68 | Mansoor | R | A | 95 |
| 69 | Solorio | D | F | 0 |
| 70 | Wagner | R | A | 95.7 |
| 71 | Miller | R | B | 87 |
| 72 | Norby | R | B | 86.6 |
| 73 | Harkey | R | A | 97.9 |
| 74 | Garrick | R | A | 100 |
| 75 | Fletcher | I | F | 0 |
| 76 | Atkins | D | F | 0 |
| 77 | Jones | R | A | 97.8 |
| District | Senator | Party | Grade | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gaines | R | A | 100 |
| 2 | Evans | D | F | 0 |
| 3 | Leno | D | F | 0 |
| 4 | LaMalfa | R | A | 96.5 |
| 5 | Wolk | D | F | 0 |
| 6 | Steinberg | D | F | 0 |
| 7 | DeSaulnier | D | F | 0 |
| 8 | Yee | D | F | 0 |
| 9 | Hancock | D | F | 0 |
| 10 | Corbett | D | F | 0 |
| 11 | Simitian | D | F | 0 |
| 12 | Cannella | R | C | 77.5 |
| 13 | Alquist | D | F | 0 |
| 14 | Berryhill, Tom | R | B | 87.5 |
| 15 | Blakeslee | R | C | 78.6 |
| 16 | Rubio | D | F | 0 |
| 17 | Runner | R | N/A* | 0 |
| 18 | Fuller | R | B | 81.3 |
| 19 | Strickland | R | A | 90 |
| 20 | Padilla | D | F | 0 |
| 21 | Liu | D | F | 0 |
| 22 | De Leon | D | F | 0 |
| 23 | Pavley | D | F | 0 |
| 24 | Hernandez | D | F | 0 |
| 25 | Wright | D | F | 16.6 |
| 26 | Price | D | F | -45 |
| 27 | Lowenthal | D | F | 0 |
| 28 | Lieu | D | F | 0 |
| 29 | Huff | R | A | 95.2 |
| 30 | Calderon, Ron | D | F | 0 |
| 31 | Dutton | R | A | 92.9 |
| 32 | Negrete McLeod | D | F | 0 |
| 33 | Walters | R | A | 100 |
| 34 | Correa | D | F | 40 |
| 35 | Harman | R | D | 63.3 |
| 36 | Anderson | R | A | 100 |
| 37 | Emmerson | R | D | 53.4 |
| 38 | Wyland | R | A | 90 |
| 39 | Kehoe | D | F | 0 |
| 40 | Vargas | D | F | 0 |
NOTE: Only policy committee and Floor votes are included in the scorecard.
AB 1492, AB 1500, and SB 1455 were three major tax increases in the 2012 legislative year. A vote for any of these resulted in an automatic 15 point reduction.
Only the final Floor votes for AB 2451 have been included, as HJTA had not taken a position on prior versions of the bill.
Only the final floor votes are included with SB 1455, due to it being a gut-and-amend proposal.
*State Senator Sharon Runner did not receive a grade due to personal health reasons.
2011 Legislative Report Card
Our report card is designed to help Californians gauge how their state representatives are actually performing on taxpayer-related issues.
The 2011 scores stem from 22 bills. This year we double-weighted two bills: ABX1 40 and Assembly Constitutional Amendment 6, as they represented a tax increase and a threat to Proposition 13 and the initiative process, respectively. Also for the first time, we did not give a score to a legislator. Since March, State Assemblyman Jeff Gorell (R-Ventura) has been serving our country overseas in Afghanistan and was unable to vote on many legislative bills.
For this evaluation to be as fair and non-partisan as possible, we have taken a number of steps to ensure that the scorecard is balanced. We adjusted our grade levels downward to ensure a legislator gets a "C" grade if they agree with the taxpayers' positions more than half the time. Despite this, 76 legislators still received grades of "D" or "F." And, as has been our practice, we have given half-credit for all vote abstentions on bills. As legislators are constantly buffeted by special interests and their own leadership, we want to ensure that those who don't vote for bills that increase government spending are rewarded accordingly.
For more information about our methodology and scoring system please e-mail Legislative Director Scott Kaufman at scott@hjta.org
Click the link above to search for your Assembly and Senate Representatives by entering your address, then return to this page to see how they have performed for you.
| District | Assembly Member | Party | Grade | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chesbro | D | F | 22.9 |
| 2 | Nielsen | R | A | 91.7 |
| 3 | Logue | R | A | 94.6 |
| 4 | Gaines | R | A | 92 |
| 5 | Pan | D | F | 21.7 |
| 6 | Huffman | D | F | 12.5 |
| 7 | Allen | D | F | 12.5 |
| 8 | Yamada | D | F | 13 |
| 9 | Dickinson | D | F | 12.5 |
| 10 | Huber | D | D | 45.9 |
| 11 | Bonilla | D | F | 14.3 |
| 12 | Ma | D | F | 16 |
| 13 | Ammiano | D | F | 16 |
| 14 | Skinner | D | F | 12.5 |
| 15 | Buchanan | D | D | 26 |
| 16 | Swanson | D | F | 11.5 |
| 17 | Galgiani | D | D | 28 |
| 18 | Hayashi | D | F | 14.6 |
| 19 | Hill | D | F | 17.4 |
| 20 | Wieckowski | D | F | 12 |
| 21 | Gordon | D | F | 17.6 |
| 22 | Fong | D | F | 11.5 |
| 23 | Campos | D | F | 13.3 |
| 24 | Beall | D | F | 12 |
| 25 | Olsen | R | B | 86.9 |
| 26 | Berryhill, Bill | R | B | 89.1 |
| 27 | Monning | D | F | 16 |
| 28 | Alejo | D | F | 12.9 |
| 29 | Halderman | R | A | 100 |
| 30 | Valadao | R | B | 88.4 |
| 31 | Perea | D | F | 20.4 |
| 32 | Grove | R | A | 100 |
| 33 | Achadjian | R | B | 87.5 |
| 34 | Conway | R | A | 100 |
| 35 | Williams | D | F | 16 |
| 36 | Knight | R | A | 95 |
| 37 | Gorell | R | N/A* | 0 |
| 38 | Smyth | R | C | 79 |
| 39 | Fuentes | D | F | 14.6 |
| 40 | Blumenfield | D | F | 14 |
| 41 | Brownley | D | F | 16.7 |
| 42 | Feuer | D | F | 12.5 |
| 43 | Gatto | D | F | 24 |
| 44 | Portantino | D | F | 15.2 |
| 45 | Cedillo | D | F | 11.5 |
| 46 | Perez, John | D | F | 13 |
| 47 | Mitchell | D | F | 20.8 |
| 48 | Davis | D | F | 15.4 |
| 49 | Eng | D | F | 15.3 |
| 50 | Lara | D | F | 13 |
| 51 | Bradford | D | F | 13.3 |
| 52 | Hall | D | D | 26.8 |
| 53 | Butler | D | F | 16.7 |
| 53 | Lowenthal | D | F | 12 |
| 55 | Furutani | D | F | 14 |
| 56 | Mendoza | D | F | 11.5 |
| 57 | Hernandez | D | F | 14.6 |
| 58 | Calderon | D | F | 11.5 |
| 59 | Donnelly | R | A | 100 |
| 60 | Hagman | R | A | 93.4 |
| 61 | Torres | D | F | 22.9 |
| 62 | Carter | D | F | 16.7 |
| 63 | Morrell | R | A | 100 |
| 64 | Nestande | R | B | 85.2 |
| 65 | Cook | R | A | 93.7 |
| 66 | Jeffries | R | A | 92 |
| 67 | Silva | R | A | 98 |
| 68 | Mansoor | R | A | 96 |
| 69 | Solorio | D | F | 16.7 |
| 70 | Wagner | R | A | 90 |
| 71 | Miller | R | A | 93.7 |
| 72 | Norby | R | A | 93.7 |
| 73 | Harkey | R | A | 96.3 |
| 74 | Garrick | R | A | 90 |
| 75 | Fletcher | R | B | 82.6 |
| 76 | Atkins | D | F | 15.4 |
| 77 | Jones | R | A | 93.8 |
| District | Senator | Party | Grade | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gaines | R | A | 96.8 |
| 2 | Evans | D | F | 17.3 |
| 3 | Leno | D | F | 17.9 |
| 4 | LaMalfa | R | A | 91.5 |
| 5 | Wolk | D | F | 21.3 |
| 6 | Steinberg | D | F | 14.8 |
| 7 | DeSaulnier | D | F | 14.9 |
| 8 | Yee | D | F | 16 |
| 9 | Hancock | D | F | 17.1 |
| 10 | Corbett | D | F | 17.9 |
| 11 | Simitian | D | F | 20 |
| 12 | Cannella | R | B | 80 |
| 13 | Alquist | D | F | 19.7 |
| 14 | Berryhill, Tom | R | B | 82.7 |
| 15 | Blakeslee | R | B | 85 |
| 16 | Rubio | D | F | 19 |
| 17 | Runner | R | B | 87.5 |
| 18 | Fuller | R | B | 89.3 |
| 19 | Strickland | R | B | 80.3 |
| 20 | Padilla | D | F | 14.3 |
| 21 | Liu | D | F | 17.6 |
| 22 | De Leon | D | F | 18.4 |
| 23 | Pavley | D | F | 16.6 |
| 24 | Hernandez | D | F | 15.1 |
| 25 | Wright | D | D | 28.8 |
| 26 | Price | D | F | 17.9 |
| 27 | Lowenthal | D | F | 20.6 |
| 28 | Lieu | D | F | 16.7 |
| 29 | Huff | R | A | 91.4 |
| 30 | Calderon, Ron | D | D | 28.9 |
| 31 | Dutton | R | A | 90 |
| 32 | Negrete McLeod | D | D | 32.8 |
| 33 | Walters | R | A | 94.2 |
| 34 | Correa | D | C | 64.6 |
| 35 | Harman | R | B | 88 |
| 36 | Anderson | R | A | 96.3 |
| 37 | Emmerson | R | B | 85.9 |
| 38 | Wyland | R | B | 86.6 |
| 39 | Kehoe | D | F | 13.9 |
| 40 | Vargas | D | F | 18.5 |
NOTE: The final Floor votes for SB 116 are included as that was the Senate Floor version of ABX1 40 (tax reform).
Floor votes for Assembly Constitutional Amendment 6 & AB X1 40/SB 116 were double-weighted.
All votes for SB 202 are included since HJTA opposed both versions of this bill.
Only the final votes for SB 922, AB 101 & AB 1019 are included as these were gut-and-amend proposals.
*Assembly Member Jeff Gorell did not receive a grade due to his faithfully serving our country overseas.
2010 Legislative Report Card
Our report card is designed to help Californians gauge how their state representatives are actually performing on taxpayer-related issues. For the 2010 legislative season, 18 bills were used to evaluate and grade voting records. A good number of these bills deal with tax increases - often masquerading as fees -- or direct assaults on Proposition 13 and Proposition 218, the Right to Vote on Taxes Act. Others deal with measures that would inhibit the voters' ability to engage in the initiative process that is so important to taxpayers.
For this evaluation to be as fair and non-partisan as possible, we have given half-credit for all vote abstentions on bills that would increase the burden on taxpayers. We understand that it can be difficult for lawmakers to resist pressure from legislative leadership and special interest lobbyists, and have chosen to acknowledge this by giving partial credit.
The 2010 scores reflect what a difficult and partisan legislative year it was. A majority of legislators in both houses received a score of D or F. At the top end of the scale, only 19 legislators received 'A' grades. Of these there were five members who received perfect score of 100% for 2010. Assemblyman Ted Gaines deserves special mention. He has now received a perfect score twice, continuing his strong reputation as a solid defender of taxpayers.
For more information about our methodology and scoring system please e-mail Legislative Director Scott Kaufman at scott@hjta.org
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| District | Assembly Member | Party | Grade | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chesbro | D | F | 15 |
| 2 | Nielsen | R | B | 88.8 |
| 3 | Logue | R | A | 90.4 |
| 4 | Gaines | R | A | 100 |
| 5 | Niello | R | A | 100 |
| 6 | Huffman | D | F | 13 |
| 7 | Evans | D | F | 13 |
| 8 | Yamada | D | F | 18.4 |
| 9 | Jones | D | F | 11.9 |
| 10 | Huber | D | C | 61.1 |
| 11 | Torlakson | D | F | 20.3 |
| 12 | Ma | D | F | 18.4 |
| 13 | Ammiano | D | F | 20 |
| 14 | Skinner | D | F | 15 |
| 15 | Buchanan | D | F | 18.4 |
| 16 | Swanson | D | F | 14.3 |
| 17 | Galgiani | D | F | 21.1 |
| 18 | Hayashi | D | F | 15.8 |
| 19 | Hill | D | F | 15 |
| 20 | Torrico | D | F | 23.7 |
| 21 | Ruskin | D | F | 15 |
| 22 | Fong | D | F | 13 |
| 23 | Coto | D | F | 16.7 |
| 24 | Beall | D | F | 20 |
| 25 | Berryhill, Tom | R | B | 89.5 |
| 26 | Berryhill, Bill | R | B | 85 |
| 27 | Monning | D | F | 13 |
| 28 | Caballero | D | F | 20 |
| 29 | Villines | R | B | 86.1 |
| 30 | Gilmore | R | B | 81.6 |
| 31 | Arambula | I | F | 14.8 |
| 32 | Fuller | R | B | 88.9 |
| 33 | Blakeslee | R | B | 80 |
| 34 | Conway | R | B | 89.5 |
| 35 | Nava | D | F | 13 |
| 36 | Knight | R | B | 88.3 |
| 37 | Strickland | R | B | 86.1 |
| 38 | Smyth | R | C | 76 |
| 39 | Fuentes | D | F | 25 |
| 40 | Blumenfield | D | F | 15.8 |
| 41 | Brownley | D | F | 16 |
| 42 | Feuer | D | F | 12.5 |
| 43 | Gatto | D | F | 27.3 |
| 44 | Portantino | D | F | 20 |
| 45 | De Leon | D | F | 15 |
| 46 | Perez, John | D | F | 13.9 |
| 47 | Bass | D | F | 21 |
| 48 | Davis | D | F | 14 |
| 49 | Eng | D | F | 20 |
| 50 | De La Torre | D | F | 15 |
| 51 | Bradford | D | F | 13.4 |
| 52 | Hall | D | F | 22.3 |
| 53 | Lieu | D | F | 16.7 |
| 54 | Lowenthal | D | F | 15.8 |
| 55 | Furutani | D | F | 21 |
| 56 | Mendoza | D | F | 21.4 |
| 57 | Hernandez | D | F | 18.4 |
| 57 | Calderon | D | F | 2.2 |
| 58 | Calderon | D | D | 35.7 |
| 59 | Adams | R | C | 77.5 |
| 60 | Hagman | R | B | 84.8 |
| 61 | Torres | D | F | 20 |
| 62 | Carter | D | F | 19 |
| 63 | Emmerson | R | A | 90.5 |
| 64 | Nestande | R | A | 90 |
| 65 | Cook | R | B | 86.1 |
| 66 | Jeffries | R | B | 86 |
| 67 | Silva | R | B | 86 |
| 68 | Tran | R | A | 95.4 |
| 69 | Solorio | D | F | 13 |
| 70 | DeVore | R | A | 100 |
| 71 | Miller | R | B | 89.5 |
| 72 | Norby | R | A | 90 |
| 73 | Harkey | R | A | 94.7 |
| 74 | Garrick | R | A | 91.1 |
| 75 | Fletcher | R | A | 91.6 |
| 76 | Saldana | D | F | 18.1 |
| 77 | Anderson | R | B | 89.5 |
| 78 | Block | D | F | 26.3 |
| 79 | Salas | D | F | 15 |
| 80 | Perez, Manuel | D | F | 26.2 |
| District | Senator | Party | Grade | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Leno | D | F | 25 |
| 4 | Aanestad | R | A | 95 |
| 5 | Wolk | D | D | 37.5 |
| 6 | Steinberg | D | F | 23.3 |
| 7 | DeSaulnier | D | F | 15.2 |
| 8 | Yee | D | F | 29.4 |
| 9 | Hancock | D | F | 26.1 |
| 10 | Corbett | D | F | 22.2 |
| 11 | Simitian | D | F | 29.4 |
| 12 | Denham | R | B | 86.1 |
| 13 | Alquist | D | D | 32.3 |
| 14 | Cogdill | R | B | 86.6 |
| 16 | Florez | D | D | 31.3 |
| 17 | Runner | R | A | 100 |
| 18 | Ashburn | R | A | 90.6 |
| 19 | Strickland | R | A | 90.6 |
| 20 | Padilla | D | D | 35.3 |
| 21 | Liu | D | F | 27.8 |
| 22 | Cedillo | D | F | 26.7 |
| 23 | Pavley | D | F | 25 |
| 24 | Romero | D | D | 43.8 |
| 25 | Wright | D | D | 37.5 |
| 26 | Price | D | D | 31.8 |
| 27 | Lowenthal | D | F | 25 |
| 29 | Huff | R | A | 96.9 |
| 30 | Calderon | D | C | 60 |
| 31 | Dutton | R | A | 100 |
| 32 | Negrete McLeod | D | C | 71.9 |
| 33 | Walters | R | C | 79 |
| 34 | Correa | D | B | 82.3 |
| 35 | Harman | R | B | 80 |
| 36 | Hollingsworth | R | A | 96.9 |
| 38 | Wyland | R | A | 90 |
| 39 | Kehoe | D | F | 20 |
| 40 | Ducheny | D | D | 34.4 |
NOTE: Senators Benoit, Cox, Oropeza, Maldonado and Wiggins did not receive votes due to death in office, ongoing health issues or appointment to an office outside the Legislature.
Assemblymembers Blakeslee and Emmerson were elected to fill Senate seats during 2010. Any Senate votes they took have been included in their Assembly scores.
Assembly Member Mike Gatto was elected in a Special Election to finish the term of Paul Krekorian. Due to the timing of this election, Mr. Gatto's vote totals may be fewer then his peers.
Assemblywoman Audra Strickland and Senator Mimi Walters missed numerous votes due to health and personal issues. Their grades are not an accurate reflection of their sterling records on behalf of taxpayers.
Due to a change in our position, only the final legislative Floor votes on AB 1718 (Blumenfield) are included.
2009 Legislative Report Card
The 2009 Legislative Report Card rates lawmakers based on their votes on 35 bills. As HJTA has done in previous years, 14 bills were double-weighted, including all six constitutional amendments that attacked Proposition 13 or 218. Also, all legislators voting for February's $12.6 billion in new income, sales and car taxes received an automatic 20 point deduction.
Regarding individual legislators, HJTA is pleased to report that for the second consecutive year, Assembly Member Joel Anderson has received a perfect score from HJTA. He is joined in this fine accomplishment by Assembly Member Diane Harkey. These two legislators are now in rare company; over the last three years only five legislators have aced the scorecard.
For more information about our methodology and scoring system please e-mail Legislative Director Scott Kaufman at scott@hjta.org
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| District | Assembly Member | Party | Grade | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chesbro | D | F | 0 |
| 2 | Nielsen | R | A | 95.9 |
| 3 | Logue | R | A | 93.9 |
| 4 | Gaines | R | A | 95.6 |
| 5 | Niello | R | C | 77.2 |
| 6 | Huffman | D | F | 0 |
| 7 | Evans | D | F | 0 |
| 8 | Yamada | D | F | 1.9 |
| 9 | Jones | D | F | 0 |
| 10 | Huber | D | F | 28.5 |
| 11 | Torlakson | D | F | 0 |
| 12 | Ma | D | F | 0 |
| 13 | Ammiano | D | F | 0 |
| 14 | Skinner | D | F | 0 |
| 15 | Buchanan | D | F | 0 |
| 16 | Swanson | D | F | 0 |
| 17 | Galgiani | D | F | 24.7 |
| 18 | Hayashi | D | F | 0 |
| 19 | Hill | D | F | 0 |
| 20 | Torrico | D | F | 0 |
| 21 | Ruskin | D | F | 0 |
| 22 | Fong | D | F | 0 |
| 23 | Coto | D | F | 0 |
| 24 | Beall | D | F | 0 |
| 25 | Berryhill, Tom | R | B | 84.4 |
| 26 | Berryhill, Bill | R | B | 84.9 |
| 27 | Monning | D | F | 0 |
| 28 | Caballero | D | F | 0 |
| 29 | Villines | R | C | 71.9 |
| 30 | Gilmore | R | B | 82.4 |
| 31 | Arambula | I | F | 12.2 |
| 32 | Fuller | R | A | 96.9 |
| 33 | Blakeslee | R | A | 95.1 |
| 34 | Conway | R | A | 96 |
| 35 | Nava | D | F | 0 |
| 36 | Knight | R | A | 99 |
| 37 | Strickland | R | A | 97 |
| 38 | Smyth | R | A | 90.6 |
| 39 | Fuentes | D | F | 0 |
| 40 | Blumenfield | D | F | 0 |
| 41 | Brownley | D | F | 0 |
| 42 | Feuer | D | F | 0 |
| 43 | Krekorian | D | F | 0 |
| 44 | Portantino | D | F | 0 |
| 45 | De Leon | D | F | 0 |
| 46 | Perez, John | D | F | 0 |
| 47 | Bass | D | F | 0 |
| 48 | Davis | D | F | 0 |
| 49 | Eng | D | F | 0 |
| 50 | De La Torre | D | F | 0 |
| 51 | Price | D | F | 0 |
| 52 | Hall | D | F | 0 |
| 53 | Lieu | D | F | 0 |
| 54 | Lowenthal | D | F | 0 |
| 55 | Furutani | D | F | 0 |
| 56 | Mendoza | D | F | 0 |
| 57 | Hernandez | D | F | 0 |
| 58 | Calderon | D | F | 0 |
| 59 | Adams | R | C | 74.5 |
| 60 | Hagman | R | A | 91.9 |
| 61 | Torres | D | F | 0 |
| 62 | Carter | D | F | 0 |
| 63 | Emmerson | R | B | 89.7 |
| 64 | Nestande | R | A | 92.7 |
| 65 | Cook | R | A | 94 |
| 66 | Jeffries | R | A | 97.2 |
| 67 | Silva | R | A | 98.5 |
| 68 | Tran | R | A | 95.6 |
| 69 | Solorio | D | F | 0 |
| 70 | DeVore | R | A | 97.3 |
| 71 | Miller | R | A | 98.2 |
| 72 | Duvall | R | A | 94.4 |
| 73 | Harkey | R | A | 100 |
| 74 | Garrick | R | A | 94.7 |
| 75 | Fletcher | R | A | 91.5 |
| 76 | Saldana | D | F | 0 |
| 77 | Anderson | R | A | 100 |
| 78 | Block | D | F | 2.2 |
| 79 | Salas | D | F | 0 |
| 80 | Perez, Manuel | D | F | 6.5 |
| District | Senator | Party | Grade | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cox | R | B | 84.6 |
| 2 | Wiggins | D | F | 0 |
| 3 | Leno | D | F | 0 |
| 4 | Aanestad | R | A | 92.9 |
| 5 | Wolk | D | F | 0 |
| 6 | Steinberg | D | F | 0 |
| 7 | DeSaulnier | D | F | 0 |
| 8 | Yee | D | F | 0 |
| 9 | Hancock | D | F | 0 |
| 10 | Corbett | D | F | 0 |
| 11 | Simitian | D | F | 0 |
| 12 | Denham | R | A | 93.9 |
| 13 | Alquist | D | F | 0 |
| 14 | Cogdill | R | C | 67.5 |
| 15 | Maldonado | R | D | 57.1 |
| 16 | Florez | D | F | 0 |
| 17 | Runner | R | A | 93.7 |
| 18 | Ashburn | R | C | 66.3 |
| 19 | Strickland | R | A | 97.6 |
| 20 | Padilla | D | F | 0 |
| 21 | Liu | D | F | 0 |
| 22 | Cedillo | D | F | 0 |
| 23 | Pavley | D | F | 0 |
| 24 | Romero | D | F | 0 |
| 25 | Wright | D | F | 0 |
| 27 | Lowenthal | D | F | 0 |
| 28 | Oropeza | D | F | 0 |
| 29 | Huff | R | A | 95.4 |
| 30 | Calderon | D | F | 0 |
| 31 | Dutton | R | B | 89 |
| 32 | Negrete McLeod | D | D | 38.8 |
| 33 | Walters | R | A | 93.9 |
| 34 | Correa | D | C | 64.9 |
| 35 | Harman | R | C | 79.2 |
| 36 | Hollingsworth | R | A | 97.3 |
| 37 | Benoit | R | B | 87.9 |
| 38 | Wyland | R | B | 88.7 |
| 39 | Kehoe | D | F | 0 |
| 40 | Ducheny | D | F | 8.8 |
2008 Legislative Report Card
The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association Annual Legislative Report Card is designed to help Californians gauge how their state representatives are performing on taxpayer-related issues. For the 2008 legislative season, 29 bills were used to evaluate and grade voting records. Reflecting the gravity of these bills, one-third (10) are double-weighted. Most of these are bills that deal with tax increases — often masquerading as fees — or direct assaults on Proposition 13 and Proposition 218, the Right to Vote on Taxes Act.
Only 28 legislators (23 percent) received an "A" this year, a record low in the report card's six-year history.
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| District | Assembly Member | Party | Grade | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Berg | F | 7.9 | |
| 2 | La Malfa | A | 97.9 | |
| 3 | Keene | A | 96 | |
| 4 | Gaines | A | 100 | |
| 5 | Niello | A | 90 | |
| 6 | Huffman | F | 10.6 | |
| 7 | Evans | F | 11.5 | |
| 8 | Wolk | F | 11.8 | |
| 9 | Jones | F | 11.5 | |
| 10 | Nakanishi | A | 96.8 | |
| 11 | DeSaulnier | F | 12.3 | |
| 12 | Ma | F | 14.7 | |
| 13 | Leno | F | 13.5 | |
| 14 | Hancock | F | 7.9 | |
| 15 | Houston | C | 74 | |
| 16 | Swanson | F | 8.8 | |
| 17 | Galgiani | D | 37.5 | |
| 18 | Hayashi | F | 8.1 | |
| 19 | Mullin | F | 8.6 | |
| 20 | Torrico | F | 9.4 | |
| 21 | Ruskin | F | 6.7 | |
| 22 | Lieber | F | 12.5 | |
| 23 | Coto | F | 9.1 | |
| 24 | Beall | F | 8.6 | |
| 25 | Berryhill | B | 82.8 | |
| 26 | Aghazarian | C | 71.7 | |
| 27 | Laird | F | 9 | |
| 28 | Caballero | F | 15.8 | |
| 29 | Villines | A | 90.6 | |
| 30 | Parra | F | 23.5 | |
| 31 | Arambula | F | 7.9 | |
| 32 | Fuller | A | 93.3 | |
| 33 | Blakeslee | A | 91.2 | |
| 34 | Maze | A | 94.1 | |
| 35 | Nava | F | 9.6 | |
| 36 | Runner* | 0 | ||
| 37 | Strickland | A | 100 | |
| 38 | Smyth | A | 93.8 | |
| 39 | Fuentes | F | 9.7 | |
| 40 | Levine | F | 12.8 | |
| 41 | Brownley | F | 7.7 | |
| 42 | Feuer | F | 10.5 | |
| 43 | Krekorian | F | 9 | |
| 44 | Portantino | F | 7 | |
| 45 | De Leon | F | 9.4 | |
| 46 | Nunez | F | 14.1 | |
| 47 | Bass | F | 9.7 | |
| 48 | Davis | F | 15.5 | |
| 49 | Eng | F | 7.1 | |
| 50 | De La Torre | F | 10.5 | |
| 51 | Price | F | 11.4 | |
| 52 | Dymally | F | 14.1 | |
| 53 | Lieu | F | 21.2 | |
| 54 | Karnette | F | 11.8 | |
| 55 | Furutani | F | 9.8 | |
| 56 | Mendoza | F | 16.2 | |
| 57 | Hernandez | F | 11.7 | |
| 58 | Calderon | F | 22.9 | |
| 59 | Adams | B | 82.5 | |
| 60 | Huff | B | 88.1 | |
| 61 | Soto* | 0 | ||
| 62 | Carter | F | 8.3 | |
| 63 | Emmerson | A | 92.8 | |
| 64 | Benoit | A | 91.4 | |
| 65 | Cook | B | 81.4 | |
| 66 | Jeffries | A | 98.5 | |
| 67 | Silva | A | 97 | |
| 68 | Tran | B | 86.4 | |
| 69 | Solorio | F | 13.8 | |
| 70 | DeVore | A | 98.7 | |
| 71 | Spitzer | A | 90.9 | |
| 72 | Duvall | A | 96.6 | |
| 73 | Walters | A | 100 | |
| 74 | Garrick | A | 94.3 | |
| 75 | Plescia | C | 77.9 | |
| 76 | Saldana | F | 14.2 | |
| 77 | Anderson | A | 100 | |
| 78 | Horton | B | 80.2 | |
| 79 | Salas | F | 9.4 | |
| 80 | Garcia | B | 86 |
| District | Senator | Party | Grade | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cox | B | 82.8 | |
| 2 | Wiggins | F | 8.3 | |
| 3 | Migden | F | 4.8 | |
| 4 | Aanestad | A | 97 | |
| 5 | Machado | D | 57.6 | |
| 6 | Steinberg | F | 5.6 | |
| 7 | Torlakson | F | 8.6 | |
| 8 | Yee | F | 8.9 | |
| 9 | Perata | F | 4.8 | |
| 10 | Corbett | F | 6.6 | |
| 11 | Simitian | F | 4.7 | |
| 12 | Denham | B | 87.5 | |
| 13 | Alquist | F | 7.4 | |
| 14 | Cogdill | A | 92 | |
| 15 | Maldonado | C | 77.6 | |
| 16 | Florez | F | 6.1 | |
| 17 | Runner* | B | 81.1 | |
| 18 | Ashburn | B | 82.1 | |
| 19 | McClintock | A | 90.3 | |
| 20 | Padilla | F | 4.2 | |
| 21 | Scott | F | 7.4 | |
| 22 | Cedillo | F | 6.4 | |
| 23 | Kuehl | F | 5.6 | |
| 24 | Romero | F | 6.3 | |
| 25 | Vincent* | 0 | ||
| 26 | Ridley-Thomas | F | 16.7 | |
| 27 | Lowenthal | F | 3 | |
| 28 | Oropeza | F | 8.3 | |
| 29 | Margett | B | 81 | |
| 30 | Calderon | F | 12.5 | |
| 31 | Dutton | B | 87.8 | |
| 32 | Negrete McLeod | D | 31.8 | |
| 33 | Ackerman | A | 90 | |
| 34 | Correa | C | 60 | |
| 35 | Harman | B | 83.4 | |
| 36 | Hollingsworth | A | 98.2 | |
| 37 | Battin | A | 93.8 | |
| 38 | Wyland | A | 92.4 | |
| 39 | Kehoe | F | 6.5 | |
| 40 | Ducheny | F | 16 |
NOTE: * Assembly Members Runner and Soto, and Senators Runner and Vincent, missed an extensive number of votes for illness or personal reasons. Missed votes can have an impact on the final grade and make the results a less reliable measure of a lawmaker's true attitude regarding taxpayer issues.
Those legislators who carried HJTA-sponsored pro-taxpayer legislation (Assembly Members Benoit, DeVore, Duvall and Gaines) received one extra '+' mark.
2007 Legislative Report Card
The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association Annual Legislative Report Card is designed to help Californians gauge how their state representatives are performing on taxpayer-related issues. For the 2007 legislative session, 49 bills were used to evaluate and grade voting records. Practically all of these bills deal with tax increases — often masquerading as fees — or direct assaults on Proposition 13 and Proposition 218, the Right to Vote on Taxes Act.
In a change from previous years, we have double-weighted those bills with the most serious consequences for taxpayers, which we have dubbed "Taxpayer Traps."
Finally, we triple-weighted Assembly Constitutional Amendment 8, our number one target this legislative session. While portraying itself as an eminent domain reform measure, ACA 8 actually would have inserted more loopholes into the takings process, making it easier for local governments to seize property, including homes, for the benefit of other private interests.
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| District | Assembly Member | Party | Grade | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Berg | F | 4.6 | |
| 2 | La Malfa | A | 99 | |
| 3 | Keene | A | 98.7 | |
| 4 | Gaines | A | 97.9 | |
| 5 | Niello | A | 98.4 | |
| 6 | Huffman | F | 3.7 | |
| 7 | Evans | F | 4.5 | |
| 8 | Wolk | F | 5.7 | |
| 9 | Jones | F | 5.1 | |
| 10 | Nakanishi | A | 96.8 | |
| 11 | DeSaulnier | F | 3.4 | |
| 12 | Ma | F | 4.1 | |
| 13 | Leno | F | 4.7 | |
| 14 | Hancock | F | 3.6 | |
| 15 | Houston | A | 94.2 | |
| 16 | Swanson | F | 7.5 | |
| 17 | Galgiani | C | 55.4 | |
| 18 | Hayashi | F | 6.1 | |
| 19 | Mullin | F | 7.5 | |
| 20 | Torrico | F | 8.7 | |
| 21 | Ruskin | F | 1.8 | |
| 22 | Lieber | F | 3.3 | |
| 23 | Coto | F | 4.5 | |
| 24 | Beall | F | 4.8 | |
| 25 | Berryhill | A | 96.8 | |
| 26 | Aghazarian | A | 92.7 | |
| 27 | Laird | F | 3.5 | |
| 28 | Caballero | F | 4.4 | |
| 29 | Villines | A | 99.1 | |
| 30 | Parra | D | 24.6 | |
| 31 | Arambula | F | 7.4 | |
| 32 | Fuller | A | 98.5 | |
| 33 | Blakeslee | A | 93.8 | |
| 34 | Maze | A | 95.9 | |
| 35 | Nava | F | 5.1 | |
| 36 | Runner | A | 93.5 | |
| 37 | Strickland* | B | 77.8 | |
| 38 | Smyth | A | 95.2 | |
| 39 | Fuentes | F | 7.5 | |
| 40 | Levine | F | 6.1 | |
| 41 | Brownly | F | 4.5 | |
| 42 | Feuer | F | 4.3 | |
| 43 | Krekorian | F | 4.6 | |
| 44 | Portantino | F | 4.9 | |
| 45 | De Leon | F | 3.5 | |
| 46 | Nunez | F | 4.1 | |
| 48 | Davis | F | 4.9 | |
| 49 | Eng | F | 7.6 | |
| 50 | De La Torre | F | 6.3 | |
| 51 | Price | F | 6 | |
| 52 | Dymally | F | 7.7 | |
| 53 | Lieu | D | 11.9 | |
| 54 | Karnette | F | 4.2 | |
| 55 | Richardson* | D | 31.2 | |
| 56 | Mendoza | F | 7.5 | |
| 57 | Hernandez | F | 8.2 | |
| 58 | Calderon | F | 10.7 | |
| 59 | Adams | A | 95.7 | |
| 60 | Huff | A | 97.8 | |
| 61 | Soto* | D | 23.6 | |
| 62 | Carter | F | 7.4 | |
| 63 | Emmerson | A | 94.5 | |
| 64 | Benoit | A | 96.7 | |
| 65 | Cook | A | 92 | |
| 66 | Jeffries | A | 96.8 | |
| 67 | Silva | A | 94.8 | |
| 68 | Tran | A | 93.5 | |
| 69 | Solorio | F | 5.7 | |
| 70 | DeVore | A | 96.8 | |
| 71 | Spitzer | A | 95.9 | |
| 72 | Duvall | A | 97.4 | |
| 73 | Walters | A | 100 | |
| 74 | Garrick | A | 97.5 | |
| 75 | Plescia | A | 96.1 | |
| 76 | Saldana | F | 3.5 | |
| 77 | Anderson | A | 98.5 | |
| 78 | Horton | B | 89.1 | |
| 79 | Salas | F | 7.5 | |
| 80 | Garcia | A | 93.4 |
| District | Senator | Party | Grade | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cox | A | 95.8 | |
| 2 | Wiggins | D | 14.3 | |
| 3 | Migden | D | 10.3 | |
| 4 | Aanestad | A | 90.2 | |
| 5 | Machado | D | 21.9 | |
| 6 | Steinberg | F | 3 | |
| 7 | Torlakson | F | 4.5 | |
| 8 | Yee | F | 6 | |
| 9 | Perata | F | 10 | |
| 10 | Corbett | F | 4.1 | |
| 11 | Simitian | F | 9.1 | |
| 12 | Denham | A | 98.1 | |
| 13 | Alquist | F | 6 | |
| 14 | Cogdill | A | 96.3 | |
| 15 | Maldonado | B | 85.4 | |
| 16 | Florez | D | 11.1 | |
| 17 | Runner | A | 93.7 | |
| 18 | Ashburn | A | 97.4 | |
| 19 | McClintock | A | 97.1 | |
| 20 | Padilla | F | 7 | |
| 21 | Scott | D | 12 | |
| 22 | Cedillo | F | 4.5 | |
| 23 | Kuehl | F | 6.3 | |
| 24 | Romero | F | 8.7 | |
| 25 | Vincent* | D | 21.6 | |
| 26 | Ridley-Thomas | F | 5.5 | |
| 27 | Lowenthal | F | 8.6 | |
| 28 | Oropeza | F | 9.7 | |
| 29 | Margett | B | 88.5 | |
| 30 | Calderon | D | 13.6 | |
| 31 | Dutton | A | 93.4 | |
| 32 | Negrete McLeod | D | 19.9 | |
| 33 | Ackerman | A | 100 | |
| 34 | Correa | C | 59.4 | |
| 35 | Harman | A | 97.9 | |
| 36 | Hollingsworth | A | 99 | |
| 37 | Battin* | B | 75.8 | |
| 38 | Wyland | A | 98.9 | |
| 39 | Kehoe | F | 6.8 | |
| 40 | Ducheny | D | 23 |
NOTE: * Senators Battin and Vincent, and Assembly Members Soto and Strickland, missed a number of votes for illness or important personal reasons. Assembly Member Richardson missed votes due to being elected to Congress. Missed votes can have an impact on the final grade and make the results a less reliable measure of a lawmaker's true attitude regarding taxpayer issues.
Some bills included opposition from the "Stop the Hidden Taxes Coalition," of which HJTA is a member. This was sometimes used in place of a direct letter from the organization.
HJTA's "Taxpayer Traps," or the bills that would have the most impact on taxpayers, were weighted double.
Assembly Constitutional Amendment 8, HJTA's #1 target, was triple-weighted.
SB 1, SB 93 and SB 976 were "gut and amend" bills included on the scorecard. Only those votes beginning with the major amendments were included.