Josh Hoover
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.
- Current office
- Member of the California State Assembly, District 7 (since December 2022)
- Occupation
- Member of the State Assembly, 7th District
- Lives in
- Folsom
Background
- Earned a bachelor's degree in political science and public policy from UCLA and an M.P.A. from USC. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Worked 11 years as a legislative aide, including as chief of staff to Assemblymember Kevin Kiley. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Served on the Folsom Cordova Unified School District board. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Vice chair of the Assembly Education Committee. source: capradio.org
In their own words
What the candidate says they will work on, from their campaign site or their answers to news-outlet questionnaires. We list it as stated and do not rate it.
- Restrict cellphone use in schools and return to basics in literacy and math source: capradio.org
- Give local school districts more control source: capradio.org
- Lower energy costs by shifting certain utility fees to the state budget source: capradio.org
- Suspend the gas tax and backfill the lost revenue source: capradio.org
- More accountability for homelessness spending; fund mental health and substance abuse programs source: capradio.org
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