Jessica Caloza
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
- Assemblymember, District 52 (since December 2024); Assistant Majority Whip
- Occupation
- California State Assemblymember
- Lives in
- Eagle Rock (Los Angeles)
Background
- Graduate of UC San Diego. source: caloza.asmdc.org
- Worked on education policy in the Obama administration and held senior positions in the Los Angeles Mayor's Office. source: caloza.asmdc.org
- Appointed a Los Angeles Public Works Commissioner in 2019; served as Deputy Chief of Staff to the Attorney General at the California Department of Justice. source: caloza.asmdc.org
- Sworn into the Assembly in December 2024; serves as Assistant Majority Whip and chairs the Select Committee on Asia/California Trade and Investment. source: theballotbrief.com
In their own words
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- Lower the cost of living for families source: theballotbrief.com
- Support small businesses and nonprofits source: theballotbrief.com
- Affordable housing source: theballotbrief.com
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