Ash Kalra
What this job does: Your district's vote in the 80-member California State Assembly. Members write and vote on state laws and the state budget, and with the Senate can place measures such as Props. 1, 2, 4, 5 and 43 on the ballot. A term is two years.
- Holds this seat now
- Yes
- Office
- California State Assemblymember, District 25 (since 2022; represented District 27 from 2016 to 2022)
- Occupation
- Assemblymember; attorney
- Lives in
- San Jose
Background
- Earned a B.A. in communication from UC Santa Barbara (1993) and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center (1996). source: ballotpedia.org
- Worked as a Santa Clara County deputy public defender and taught at Lincoln Law School of San Jose. source: ballotpedia.org
- Served on the San Jose City Council, District 2 (2009-2016). source: ballotpedia.org
- Represented Assembly District 27 from 2016 to 2022 and District 25 since 2022. source: ballotpedia.org
In their own words
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- Housing and homelessness, including renter and homeowner protections source: theballotbrief.com
- Single-payer health care source: theballotbrief.com
- Workplace protections and fair wages source: theballotbrief.com
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