The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association Annual Legislative Report Card is designed to help Californians gauge how their state representatives are performing on taxpayer-related issues. For the 2008 legislative season,
29 bills were used to evaluate and grade voting records. Reflecting the gravity of these bills, one-third (10) are double-weighted. Most of these are bills that deal with tax increases — often masquerading as fees — or direct assaults on Proposition 13 and Proposition 218, the Right to Vote on Taxes Act.
District | Assembly Member | Party | Grade | % | Tax Hike |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chesbro | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 2 | Nielsen | R | A | 95.9 | |
| 3 | Logue | R | A | 93.9 | |
| 4 | Gaines | R | A | 95.6 | |
| 5 | Niello | R | C | 77.2 | Yes |
| 6 | Huffman | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 7 | Evans | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 8 | Yamada | D | F | 1.9 | Yes |
| 9 | Jones | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 10 | Huber | D | F | 28.5 | Yes |
| 11 | Torlakson | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 12 | Ma | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 13 | Ammiano | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 14 | Skinner | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 15 | Buchanan | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 16 | Swanson | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 17 | Galgiani | D | F | 24.7 | Yes |
| 18 | Hayashi | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 19 | Hill | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 20 | Torrico | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 21 | Ruskin | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 22 | Fong | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 23 | Coto | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 24 | Beall | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 25 | Berryhill, Tom | R | B | 84.4 | |
| 26 | Berryhill, Bill | R | B | 84.9 | |
| 27 | Monning | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 28 | Caballero | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 29 | Villines | R | C | 71.9 | Yes |
| 30 | Gilmore | R | B | 82.4 | |
| 31 | Arambula | I | F | 12.2 | |
| 32 | Fuller | R | A | 96.9 | |
| 33 | Blakeslee | R | A | 95.1 | |
| 34 | Conway | R | A | 96 | |
| 35 | Nava | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 36 | Knight | R | A | 99 | |
| 37 | Strickland | R | A | 97 | |
| 38 | Smyth | R | A | 90.6 | |
| 39 | Fuentes | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 40 | Blumenfield | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 41 | Brownley | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 42 | Feuer | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 43 | Krekorian | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 44 | Portantino | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 45 | De Leon | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 46 | Perez, John | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 47 | Bass | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 48 | Davis | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 49 | Eng | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 50 | De La Torre | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 51 | Price | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 52 | Hall | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 53 | Lieu | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 54 | Lowenthal | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 55 | Furutani | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 56 | Mendoza | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 57 | Hernandez | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 58 | Calderon | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 59 | Adams | R | C | 74.5 | Yes |
| 60 | Hagman | R | A | 91.9 | |
| 61 | Torres | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 62 | Carter | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 63 | Emmerson | R | B | 89.7 | |
| 64 | Nestande | R | A | 92.7 | |
| 65 | Cook | R | A | 94 | |
| 66 | Jeffries | R | A | 97.2 | |
| 67 | Silva | R | A | 98.5 | |
| 68 | Tran | R | A | 95.6 | |
| 69 | Solorio | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 70 | DeVore | R | A | 97.3 | |
| 71 | Miller | R | A | 98.2 | |
| 72 | Duvall | R | A | 94.4 | |
| 73 | Harkey | R | A | 100 | |
| 74 | Garrick | R | A | 94.7 | |
| 75 | Fletcher | R | A | 91.5 | |
| 76 | Saldana | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 77 | Anderson | R | A | 100 | |
| 78 | Block | D | F | 2.2 | Yes |
| 79 | Salas | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 80 | Perez, Manuel | D | F | 6.5 | Yes |
| District | Senator | Party | Grade | % | Tax Hike |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cox | R | B | 84.6 | |
| 2 | Wiggins | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 3 | Leno | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 4 | Aanestad | R | A | 92.9 | |
| 5 | Wolk | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 6 | Steinberg | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 7 | DeSaulnier | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 8 | Yee | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 9 | Hancock | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 10 | Corbett | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 11 | Simitian | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 12 | Denham | R | A | 93.9 | |
| 13 | Alquist | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 14 | Cogdill | R | C | 67.5 | Yes |
| 15 | Maldonado | R | D | 57.1 | Yes |
| 16 | Florez | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 17 | Runner | R | A | 93.7 | |
| 18 | Ashburn | R | C | 66.3 | Yes |
| 19 | Strickland | R | A | 97.6 | |
| 20 | Padilla | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 21 | Liu | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 22 | Cedillo | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 23 | Pavley | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 24 | Romero | D | F | 0 | |
| 25 | Wright | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 27 | Lowenthal | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 28 | Oropeza | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 29 | Huff | R | A | 95.4 | |
| 30 | Calderon | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 31 | Dutton | R | B | 89 | |
| 32 | Negrete McLeod | D | D | 38.8 | Yes |
| 33 | Walters | R | A | 93.9 | |
| 34 | Correa | D | C | 64.9 | Yes |
| 35 | Harman | R | C | 79.2 | |
| 36 | Hollingsworth | R | A | 97.3 | |
| 37 | Benoit | R | B | 87.9 | |
| 38 | Wyland | R | B | 88.7 | |
| 39 | Kehoe | D | F | 0 | Yes |
| 40 | Ducheny | D | F | 8.8 | Yes |
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