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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 | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chesbro | D | F | 22.9 |
| 2 | Nielsen | R | A | 91.7 |
| 3 | Logue | R | A | 94.6 |
| 4 | Gaines | R | A | 92 |
| 5 | Pan | D | F | 21.7 |
| 6 | Huffman | D | F | 12.5 |
| 7 | Allen | D | F | 12.5 |
| 8 | Yamada | D | F | 13 |
| 9 | Dickinson | D | F | 12.5 |
| 10 | Huber | D | D | 45.9 |
| 11 | Bonilla | D | F | 14.3 |
| 12 | Ma | D | F | 16 |
| 13 | Ammiano | D | F | 16 |
| 14 | Skinner | D | F | 12.5 |
| 15 | Buchanan | D | D | 26 |
| 16 | Swanson | D | F | 11.5 |
| 17 | Galgiani | D | D | 28 |
| 18 | Hayashi | D | F | 14.6 |
| 19 | Hill | D | F | 17.4 |
| 20 | Wieckowski | D | F | 12 |
| 21 | Gordon | D | F | 17.6 |
| 22 | Fong | D | F | 11.5 |
| 23 | Campos | D | F | 13.3 |
| 24 | Beall | D | F | 12 |
| 25 | Olsen | R | B | 86.9 |
| 26 | Berryhill, Bill | R | B | 89.1 |
| 27 | Monning | D | F | 16 |
| 28 | Alejo | D | F | 12.9 |
| 29 | Halderman | R | A | 100 |
| 30 | Valadao | R | B | 88.4 |
| 31 | Perea | D | F | 20.4 |
| 32 | Grove | R | A | 100 |
| 33 | Achadjian | R | B | 87.5 |
| 34 | Conway | R | A | 100 |
| 35 | Williams | D | F | 16 |
| 36 | Knight | R | A | 95 |
| 37 | Gorell | R | N/A* | 0 |
| 38 | Smyth | R | C | 79 |
| 39 | Fuentes | D | F | 14.6 |
| 40 | Blumenfield | D | F | 14 |
| 41 | Brownley | D | F | 16.7 |
| 42 | Feuer | D | F | 12.5 |
| 43 | Gatto | D | F | 24 |
| 44 | Portantino | D | F | 15.2 |
| 45 | Cedillo | D | F | 11.5 |
| 46 | Perez, John | D | F | 13 |
| 47 | Mitchell | D | F | 20.8 |
| 48 | Davis | D | F | 15.4 |
| 49 | Eng | D | F | 15.3 |
| 50 | Lara | D | F | 13 |
| 51 | Bradford | D | F | 13.3 |
| 52 | Hall | D | D | 26.8 |
| 53 | Butler | D | F | 16.7 |
| 53 | Lowenthal | D | F | 12 |
| 55 | Furutani | D | F | 14 |
| 56 | Mendoza | D | F | 11.5 |
| 57 | Hernandez | D | F | 14.6 |
| 58 | Calderon | D | F | 11.5 |
| 59 | Donnelly | R | A | 100 |
| 60 | Hagman | R | A | 93.4 |
| 61 | Torres | D | F | 22.9 |
| 62 | Carter | D | F | 16.7 |
| 63 | Morrell | R | A | 100 |
| 64 | Nestande | R | B | 85.2 |
| 65 | Cook | R | A | 93.7 |
| 66 | Jeffries | R | A | 92 |
| 67 | Silva | R | A | 98 |
| 68 | Mansoor | R | A | 96 |
| 69 | Solorio | D | F | 16.7 |
| 70 | Wagner | R | A | 90 |
| 71 | Miller | R | A | 93.7 |
| 72 | Norby | R | A | 93.7 |
| 73 | Harkey | R | A | 96.3 |
| 74 | Garrick | R | A | 90 |
| 75 | Fletcher | R | B | 82.6 |
| 76 | Atkins | D | F | 15.4 |
| 77 | Jones | R | A | 93.8 |
| 78 | Block | D | F | 15.9 |
| 79 | Hueso | D | F | 15 |
| 80 | Perez, Manuel | D | D | 26 |
| District | Senator | Party | Grade | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gaines | R | A | 96.8 |
| 2 | Evans | D | F | 17.3 |
| 3 | Leno | D | F | 17.9 |
| 4 | LaMalfa | R | A | 91.5 |
| 5 | Wolk | D | F | 21.3 |
| 6 | Steinberg | D | F | 14.8 |
| 7 | DeSaulnier | D | F | 14.9 |
| 8 | Yee | D | F | 16 |
| 9 | Hancock | D | F | 17.1 |
| 10 | Corbett | D | F | 17.9 |
| 11 | Simitian | D | F | 20 |
| 12 | Cannella | R | B | 80 |
| 13 | Alquist | D | F | 19.7 |
| 14 | Berryhill, Tom | R | B | 82.7 |
| 15 | Blakeslee | R | B | 85 |
| 16 | Rubio | D | F | 19 |
| 17 | Runner | R | B | 87.5 |
| 18 | Fuller | R | B | 89.3 |
| 19 | Strickland | R | B | 80.3 |
| 20 | Padilla | D | F | 14.3 |
| 21 | Liu | D | F | 17.6 |
| 22 | De Leon | D | F | 18.4 |
| 23 | Pavley | D | F | 16.6 |
| 24 | Hernandez | D | F | 15.1 |
| 25 | Wright | D | D | 28.8 |
| 26 | Price | D | F | 17.9 |
| 27 | Lowenthal | D | F | 20.6 |
| 28 | Lieu | D | F | 16.7 |
| 29 | Huff | R | A | 91.4 |
| 30 | Calderon, Ron | D | D | 28.9 |
| 31 | Dutton | R | A | 90 |
| 32 | Negrete McLeod | D | D | 32.8 |
| 33 | Walters | R | A | 94.2 |
| 34 | Correa | D | C | 64.6 |
| 35 | Harman | R | B | 88 |
| 36 | Anderson | R | A | 96.3 |
| 37 | Emmerson | R | B | 85.9 |
| 38 | Wyland | R | B | 86.6 |
| 39 | Kehoe | D | F | 13.9 |
| 40 | Vargas | D | F | 18.5 |
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