CDCAN Advocacy Without Borders :: One Community

A policy maker for over 20 years, Senator Elaine Kontominas Alquist (D-Santa Clara) is completing her first Senate term representing almost a million people living in the cities of San Jose, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, Mountain View, and Gilroy.

Roy Ashburn represents the 18th Senate District, the largest in California, encompassing Kern, Tulare, Inyo, and San Bernardino Counties.

Throughout his tenure in the California State Legislature, Senator Gilbert Cedillo has championed the issues of the working class and immigrant community in the district he represents and across California. In 1998, Gilbert Cedillo won a seat representing the 46th California State Assembly District, which encompasses downtown Los Angeles, Boyle Heights, and Huntington Park, in a special election. Cedillo quickly emerged as a leader in state government where he became Chair of the Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Health and Human Services and served as Assistant Majority Leader.

State Senator Lou Correa was elected to the 34th Senate District in 2006, representing Anaheim, Buena Park, Fullerton, Garden Grove, Santa Ana, Stanton and Westminster.

The 7th District includes a predominantly suburban portion of the East Bay. It is located entirely in and covers most of Contra Costa County. This includes all of the central and eastern portions of the county (everything east of Alameda County), and the western portion of the county on San Pablo Bay.

Senator Bob Dutton proudly represents California’s 31st State Senate District which includes portions of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties.

Senator Dean Florez was born and raised in the Central Valley and has proudly represented the region in the State Legislature for nearly a decade. He was first elected to the State Assembly in 1998, serving two terms before being elected to the State Senate in 2002. Senator Florez was elevated to the position of Senate Majority Leader in November 2008, the Senate’s second most powerful position. As Senate Majority Leader Senator Florez is responsible for setting the Democratic agenda and the Senate’s Floor operations.

Dennis Hollingsworth is the Senator for the 36th District of California, which includes portions of San Diego and Riverside Counties. He was elected to the post of Senate Republican Leader in February 2009.

The 3rd District spans the Golden Gate Bridge, connecting high income areas of the North Bay with the eastern portions of the City and County of San Francisco.

Carol Liu is the State Senator from the 21st District which includes Pasadena, Glendale, Burbank, a portion of the city of Los Angeles, and other surrounding cities and communities

On December 4th, 2006 Alex Padilla was sworn in as a member of the California State Senate representing the 20th District. For his first two years, Padilla served on the powerful Senate Rules Committee which confirms gubernatorial appointments and refers all bills in the Senate. In December 2008, Senator Padilla was named Chair of the Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee. The committee hears all bills relating to utilities, energy companies, alternative energy development and conservation, and communications development and technology.

Senator Fran Pavley represents the 23rd Senate District, which includes the cities of Agoura Hills, Beverly Hills, Calabasas, Hidden Hills, Malibu, Oxnard, Port Hueneme, Santa Monica, West Hollywood and Westlake Village, as well as several communities in the City of Los Angeles, including Bel Air, Beverly-Fairfax, Beverly Glen Canyon, Brentwood, Canoga Park, Century City, Chatsworth, Encino, Hollywood, Mt. Olympus, Pacific Palisades, Sherman Oaks, Studio City, Tarzana, Topanga, West Los Angeles, West Hills, Westwood and Woodland Hills.

Curren Price was first elected to the California State Assembly in 2006 to represent the 51st District, and was re-elected by an overwhelming margin to a second term in 2008. After serving one full term in the California State Assembly, Mr. Price was elected in May 2009 to represent the 26th District in the State Senate, which includes a portion of Los Angeles, Culver City, Beverlywood, Hollywood, Koreatown, Ladera Heights, Larchmont, Leimert Park, View Park, and Vermont Hills.

Yolo County is entirely in the district, along with the delta area of Sacramento County (including Isleton, part of Laguna, and Walnut Grove) and most of Solano County (including the cities of Dixon, Elmira, Fairfield, Suisun City, and Vacaville).