HJTA has carefully evaluated the 2003 voting records of all California legislators and assigned grades based on their votes on 65 bills that would increase the burden on taxpayers. The results are alarming, if not surprising, with many more senators and assembly representatives receiving F than A.
California already ranks first, or near first in the nation in taxes, according to some analysts, yet many lawmakers, those receiving Fs, have shown total contempt for taxpayers. Those receiving Ds and Cs have demonstrated a disregard for taxpayers that makes them untrustworthy. Those receiving Bs need to improve, but they have shown some respect for the concerns of taxpayers. Finally, the minority of lawmakers who received a mark of A have proved that they can be counted on to respect and protect the tax-paying public.
| ASSEMBLY MEMBER |
TOTAL % |
GRADE |
| Agharzarian, Greg |
96.74 |
A |
| Bates, Patricia |
95.45 |
A |
| Benoit, John |
94.90 |
A |
| Berg, Patty |
5.55 |
F |
| Bermudez, Rudy |
6.25 |
F |
| Bogh, Russ |
100.00 |
A+ |
| Calderon, Ronald |
13.27 |
D |
| Campbell, John |
94.32 |
A |
| Canciamilla, Joe |
34.09 |
C |
| Chan, Wilma |
2.14 |
F |
| Chavez, Ed |
16.07 |
D |
| Chu, Judy |
2.73 |
F |
| Cogdill, David |
96.43 |
A |
| Cohn, Rebecca |
13.54 |
D |
| Corbett, Ellen |
9.42 |
F |
| Correa, Lou |
57.86 |
C |
| Cox, Dave |
93.9 |
A |
| Daucher, Lynn |
89.10 |
B |
| Diaz, Manny |
7.33 |
F |
| Dutra, John |
14.29 |
D |
| Dutton, Robert |
94.44 |
A |
| Dymally, Mervyn |
2.33 |
F |
| Firebaugh, Marco |
19.67 |
D |
| Frommer, Dario |
7.84 |
F |
| Garcia, Bonnie |
93.40 |
A |
| Goldberg, Jackie |
5.84 |
F |
| Hancock, Loni |
4.00 |
F |
| Harman, Tom |
91.07 |
A |
| Haynes, Ray |
93.92 |
A |
| Horton, Jerome |
12.50 |
D |
| Horton, Shirley |
86.67 |
B |
| Houston, Guy |
95.65 |
A |
| Jackson, Hannah-Beth |
4.26 |
F |
| Keene, Rick |
97.78 |
A |
| Kehoe, Christine |
1.49 |
F |
| Koretz, Paul |
10.00 |
F |
| La Malfa, Doug |
100.00 |
A+ |
| La Suer, Jay |
96.67 |
A |
| Laird, John |
5.06 |
F |
| Leno, Mark |
6.59 |
F |
| Leslie, Tim |
90.00 |
A |
| Levine, Lloyd |
3.23 |
F |
| Lieber, Sally |
2.38 |
F |
| Liu, Carol |
13.00 |
D |
| Longville, John |
3.33 |
F |
| Lowenthal, Alan |
3.26 |
F |
| Maddox, Ken |
86.05 |
B |
| Maldonado, Abel |
92.65 |
A |
| Matthews, Barbara |
36.90 |
C |
| Maze, Bill |
94.12 |
A |
| McCarthy, Kevin |
96.74 |
A |
| Montanez, Cindy |
5.00 |
F |
| Mountjoy, Dennis |
94.68 |
A |
| Mullin, Gene |
4.17 |
F |
| Nakanishi, Alan |
98.86 |
A |
| Nakano, George |
9.43 |
F |
| Nation, Joe |
7.35 |
F |
| Negrete, Gloria |
17.31 |
D |
| Nunez, Fabian |
4.88 |
F |
| Oropeza, Jenny |
6.38 |
F |
| Pacheco, Robert |
92.33 |
A |
| Parra, Nicole |
14.89 |
D |
| Pavley, Fran |
6.08 |
F |
| Plescia, George |
94.44 |
A |
| Reyes, Sarah |
92.22 |
A |
| Richman, Keith |
83.70 |
B |
| Ridley-Thomas, Mark |
4.93 |
F |
| Runner, Sharon |
99.25 |
A |
| Salinas, Simon |
4.62 |
F |
| Samuelian, Steven |
99.34 |
A |
| Simitian, Joe |
6.10 |
F |
| Spitzer, Todd |
92.22 |
A |
| Steinberg, Darrell |
3.21 |
F |
| Strickland, Tony |
97.06 |
A |
| Vargas, Juan |
8.70 |
F |
| Wesson, Herb, Jr. |
3.66 |
F |
| Wiggins, Patricia |
6.41 |
F |
| Wolk, Lois |
7.84 |
F |
| Wyland, Mark |
98.25 |
A |
| Yee, Leland |
4.86 |
F |
| SENATE MEMBER |
TOTAL % |
GRADE |
| Aanestad, Sam |
88.24 |
B |
| Ackerman, Dick |
100.00 |
A+ |
| Alarcon, Richard |
5.00 |
F |
| Alpert, Dede |
8.77 |
F |
| Ashburn, Roy |
98.33 |
A |
| Battin, Jim |
97.17 |
A |
| Bowen, Debra |
15.62 |
D |
| Brulte, James |
97.30 |
A |
| Burton, John |
6.73 |
F |
| Cedillo, Gilbert |
9.30 |
F |
| Chesbro, Wesley |
6.25 |
F |
| Denham, Jeff |
100.00 |
A+ |
| Duchney, Denise |
8.06 |
F |
| Dunn, Joseph |
14.71 |
D |
| Escutia, Martha |
5.36 |
F |
| Figueroa, Liz |
3.92 |
F |
| Florez, Dean |
14.1 |
D |
| Holingsworth, D. |
100.00 |
A+ |
| Johnson, Ross |
86.67 |
B |
| Karnette, Betty |
5.88 |
F |
| Knight, Wm. Pete |
96.25 |
A |
| Kuehl, Sheila |
4.65 |
F |
| Machado, Mike |
8.16 |
F |
| Margett, Bob |
92.11 |
A |
| McClintock, Tom |
94.74 |
A |
| McPherson, Bruce |
85.71 |
B |
| Morrow, Bill |
97.14 |
A |
| Murray, Kevin |
13.46 |
D |
| Oller, Thomas "Rico" |
95.83 |
A |
| Ortiz, Deborah |
10.26 |
D |
| Perata, Don |
5.21 |
F |
| Poochigian, Charles |
100.00 |
A+ |
| Romero, Gloria |
6.82 |
F |
| Scott, Jack |
8.11 |
F |
| Sher, Byron |
7.89 |
F |
| Soto, Nell |
4.44 |
F |
| Speier, Jackie |
15.96 |
D |
| Torlakson, Tom |
6.25 |
F |
| Vasconcellos, John |
13.89 |
D |
| Vincent, Edward |
8.82 |
F |
Outlined below is the number of legislators earning each grade:
| SCALE |
GRADE |
TOTAL |
| 90 - 100 % |
A |
41 |
| 70 - 89 % |
B |
7 |
| 30 - 69 % |
C |
3 |
| 10 - 29 % |
D |
16 |
| 0 - 9 % |
F |
53 |
| TOTAL |
120 |
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