2009 HJTA 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 any additional questions about our methodology and scoring system, please email Legislative Director David Wolfe at: david@hjta.org
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District | Assembly Member | Party | Grade | % | Tax Hike |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chesbro | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 2 | Nielsen | R | A | 95.9 | |
| 3 | Logue | R | A | 93.9 | |
| 4 | Gaines | R | A | 95.6 | |
| 5 | Niello | R | C | 77.2 | Yes |
| 6 | Huffman | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 7 | Evans | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 8 | Yamada | D | F | 1.9 | Yes |
| 9 | Jones | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 10 | Huber | D | F | 28.5 | Yes |
| 11 | Torlakson | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 12 | Ma | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 13 | Ammiano | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 14 | Skinner | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 15 | Buchanan | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 16 | Swanson | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 17 | Galgiani | D | F | 24.7 | Yes |
| 18 | Hayashi | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 19 | Hill | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 20 | Torrico | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 21 | Ruskin | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 22 | Fong | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 23 | Coto | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 24 | Beall | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 25 | Berryhill, Tom | R | B | 84.4 | |
| 26 | Berryhill, Bill | R | B | 84.9 | |
| 27 | Monning | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 28 | Caballero | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 29 | Villines | R | C | 71.9 | Yes |
| 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 | Yes |
| 36 | Knight | R | A | 99 | |
| 37 | Strickland | R | A | 97 | |
| 38 | Smyth | R | A | 90.6 | |
| 39 | Fuentes | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 40 | Blumenfield | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 41 | Brownley | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 42 | Feuer | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 43 | Krekorian | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 44 | Portantino | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 45 | De Leon | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 46 | Perez, John | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 47 | Bass | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 48 | Davis | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 49 | Eng | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 50 | De La Torre | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 51 | Price | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 52 | Hall | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 53 | Lieu | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 54 | Lowenthal | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 55 | Furutani | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 56 | Mendoza | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 57 | Hernandez | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 58 | Calderon | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 59 | Adams | R | C | 74.5 | Yes |
| 60 | Hagman | R | A | 91.9 | |
| 61 | Torres | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 62 | Carter | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 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 | Yes |
| 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 | Yes |
| 77 | Anderson | R | A | 100 | |
| 78 | Block | D | F | 2.2 | Yes |
| 79 | Salas | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 80 | Perez, Manuel | D | F | 6.5 | Yes |
| District | Senator | Party | Grade | % | Tax Hike |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Aanestad | R | A | 92.9 | |
| 13 | Alquist | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 18 | Ashburn | R | C | 66.3 | Yes |
| 37 | Benoit | R | B | 87.9 | |
| 30 | Calderon | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 22 | Cedillo | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 14 | Cogdill | R | C | 67.5 | Yes |
| 10 | Corbett | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 34 | Correa | D | C | 64.9 | Yes |
| 1 | Cox | R | B | 84.6 | |
| 12 | Denham | R | A | 93.9 | |
| 7 | DeSaulnier | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 40 | Ducheny | D | F | 8.8 | Yes |
| 31 | Dutton | R | B | 89 | |
| 16 | Florez | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 9 | Hancock | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 35 | Harman | R | C | 79.2 | |
| 36 | Hollingsworth | R | A | 97.3 | |
| 29 | Huff | R | A | 95.4 | |
| 39 | Kehoe | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 3 | Leno | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 21 | Liu | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 27 | Lowenthal | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 15 | Maldonado | R | D | 57.1 | Yes |
| 32 | Negrete McLeod | D | D | 38.8 | Yes |
| 28 | Oropeza | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 20 | Padilla | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 23 | Pavley | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 24 | Romero | D | F | 0 | |
| 17 | Runner | R | A | 93.7 | |
| 11 | Simitian | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 6 | Steinberg | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 19 | Strickland | R | A | 97.6 | |
| 33 | Walters | R | A | 93.9 | |
| 2 | Wiggins | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 5 | Wolk | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 25 | Wright | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 38 | Wyland | R | B | 88.7 | |
| 8 | Yee | D | F | 0 | Yes |
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