For the third time in six years, CalMatters has compiled the demographics and self-identifications of the state’s legislators and constitutional officers. They still don’t much resemble the state they represent — although they’re getting closer:
Even with radical upheaval, this much has remained constant: California’s elected representatives still aren’t all that representative.
That roughly one in ten California legislators was born abroad shouldn’t be surprising: the state is home toIt also stands out as a relative bastion of immigrant political representation. Alast year by New American Leaders, a national organization aimed at boosting the ranks of “new Americans” holding elected office, found about quarter of the California Legislature are either first- or second-generation immigrants.
“My sense is that the political culture in California has more open doors than in other states,” she said. “That’s what makes us scratch our head — places like New Jersey or even Texas,” she said. “What are the best practices in the state of California that could be used as a road map for these other states?”In a Legislature with 120 seats, there is still a single female Asian American lawmaker. Assemblymember Nguyen, an Orange County Republican, was born in Saigon and served in the state Senate from 2014 to 2018. After losing re-election in 2018, she’s back in the other chamber.
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