Legislative Report Cards - Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association

2022 HJTA Legislative Report Card

HJTA’s Legislative Report Card is designed to help Californians gauge how their state representatives are performing on taxpayer-related issues, including, but not limited to, tax increases and direct attacks on Proposition 13.

This year, 12 Assembly Members and 8 Senators received grades of A. Senators Brian Dahle, Andreas Borgeas, Shannon Grove, Scott Wilk, Melissa Melendez, Patricia Bates, and Brian Jones scored A grades, and Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh earned an A-. In the other house, Assembly Members James Gallagher, Kevin Kiley, Thurston “Smitty” Smith, Vince Fong, Suzette Martinez Valladares, Kelly Seyarto, and Janet Nguyen earned grades of A, with Devon Mathis, Tom Lackey, Phillip Chen, Steven Choi and Marie Waldron scoring grades of A-.

Not sure who represents you, or how to contact them? You can look up the names and contact information of your representatives at findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov or in the government pages of your local White Pages directory. Let them know that you saw their voting record for taxpayers in the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association’s Legislative Report Card.

If you have questions about the Legislative Report Card, please contact Legislative Director Scott Kaufman at scott@hjta.org.

ASSEMBLY MEMBER	PARTY	DISTRICT	GRADE
Gallagher	R	3	A
Kiley	R	6	A
Smith	R	33	A
V. Fong	R	34	A
Valladares	R	38	A
Seyarto	R	67	A
Nguyen	R	72	A
Mathis	R	26	A-
Lackey	R	36	A-
Chen	R	55	A-
Choi	R	68	A-
Waldron	R	75	A-
M. Dahle	R	1	B
Patterson	R	23	B
Flora	R	12	B
Voepel	R	71	B-
Davies	R	73	B-
Cunningham	R	35	B-
Bigelow	R	5	B-
Gray	D	21	C+
Mayes	I	42	C+
Irwin	D	44	C
Salas	D	32	C
Petrie-Norris	D	74	C
Cooley	D	8	D+
Cooper	D	9	D
Wilson	D	11	D
Vallapudua	D	13	D
Ramos	D	40	D
Medina	D	61	D
Daly	D	69	D
O'Donnell	D	70	D
Alvarez	D	80	D
Aguiar-Curry	D	4	D-
McCarty	D	7	D-
Bauer-Kahan	D	16	D-
Haney	D	17	D-
Quirk	D	20	D-
Arambula	D	31	D-
M. Fong	D	49	D-
Rodriguez	D	52	D-
C. Garcia	D	58	D-
McKinnor	D	62	D-
Quirk-Silva	D	65	D-
Boerner Horvath	D	76	D-
Maienschein	D	77	D-
Wood	D	2	F
Grayson	D	14	F
Wicks	D	15	F
Bonta	D	18	F
Ting	D	19	F
Mullin	D	22	F
Berman	D	24	F
Lee	D	25	F
Kalra	D	27	F
Low	D	28	F
Stone	D	29	F
R. Rivas	D	30	F
Bennett	D	37	F
L. Rivas	D	39	F
Holden	D	41	F
Friedman	D	43	F
Gabriel	D	45	F
Nazarian	D	46	F
Reyes	D	47	F
Rubio	D	48	F
Bloom	D	50	F
Carrillo	D	51	F
Santiago	D	53	F
Bryan	D	54	F
E. Garcia	D	56	F
Calderon	D	57	F
Jones-Sawyer	D	59	F
Cervantes	D	60	F
Rendon	D	63	F
Gipson	D	64	F
Muratsuchi	D	66	F
Ward	D	78	F
A. Weber	D	79	F
Levine	D	10	F

SENATOR SUMMARY	PARTY	DISTRICT	GRADE
B. Dahle	R	1	A
Borgeas	R	8	A
Grove	R	16	A
Wilk	R	21	A
Melendez	R	28	A
Bates	R	36	A
Jones	R	38	A
Ochoa Bogh	R	23	A-
Nielsen	R	4	B+
Hurtado	D	14	C
Eggman	D	5	C
Dodd	D	3	D+
Glazer	D	7	D+
Caballero	D	12	D+
Umberg	D	34	D+
Min	D	37	D+
Becker	D	13	D
Cortese	D	15	D
Rubio	D	22	D
Roth	D	31	D
Archuleta	D	32	D
Bradford	D	35	D
Laird	D	17	D-
Newman	D	29	D-
Kamlager	D	30	D-
Hueso	D	40	D-
McGuire	D	2	F
Pan	D	6	F
Skinner	D	9	F
Wieckowski	D	10	F
Wiener	D	11	F
Hertzberg	D	18	F
Leyva	D	20	F
Durazo	D	24	F
Portantino	D	25	F
Allen	D	26	F
Stern	D	27	F
Atkins	D	39	F
Limon	D	19	F
Gonzalez	D	33	F

2021 HJTA Legislative Report Card

Our report card is designed to help Californians gauge how their state representatives are performing on taxpayer-related issues, including, but not limited to, tax increases and direct attacks on Proposition 13.

As with last year, we only considered floor votes. This allows all legislators to vote on a bill at the same time and removes the potential risk of grade inflation. We also gave bills that have made it through both chambers greater consideration in our scoring. It is those bills, like SB 323, a direct attack on Proposition 218 that seeks to destroy the rights hard-won for taxpayers in Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Assn. v. City of La Habra, that were most likely to hurt (or help) taxpayers.

Abstention votes on legislation count as half credit.

Senator Patricia Bates was the only legislator to score a perfect 100 this year. Eleven other legislators received A’s, including fellow Senators Andreas Borgeas, Shannon Grove, Melissa Melendez and Scott Wilk as well as Assembly Members Frank Bigelow, Steven Choi, Vince Fong, James Gallagher, Kevin Kiley, Kelly Seyarto and Randy Voepel.

Sixteen other legislatures were awarded B’s, and one legislator was awarded a C. Sixteen legislators received D’s and 74 flunked.

The 2021 scores stem from 14 bills. For more information about our methodology and scoring system you can e-mail Legislative Director Scott Kaufman at scott@hjta.org.

If you would like to contact your representatives about their grade on HJTA’s report card, or for any other reason, you can look up their names and contact information online at findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov or in the government pages of your local White Pages directory.

ASSEMBLY MEMBER	PARTY	DISTRICT	GRADE	PERCENT
Aguiar-Curry	D	4	F	35.71
Arambula	D	31	F	39.29
Bauer-Kahan	D	16	D	51.00
Bennett	D	37	F	35.71
Berman	D	24	F	32.14
Bigelow	R	5	A	95.71
Bloom	D	50	D	51.00
Boerner Horvath	D	76	D	62.14
Bryan	D	54	F	40.91
Burke	D	62	F	39.29
Calderon	D	57	F	35.71
Carrillo	D	51	F	35.71
Cervantes	D	60	F	32.14
Chau	D	49	F	39.29
Chen	R	55	B	85.00
Chiu	D	17	F	35.71
Choi	R	68	A	92.14
Cooley	D	8	F	46.43
Cooper	D	9	F	35.71
Cunningham	R	35	B	82.86
M. Dahle	R	1	B	85.00
Daly	D	69	D	62.14
Davies	R	73	B	85.00
Flora	R	12	B	82.86
Fong	R	34	A	91.43
Frazier	D	11	D	69.29
Friedman	D	43	F	46.43
Gabriel	D	45	F	46.43
Gallagher	R	3	A	92.14
C. Garcia	D	58	F	42.86
E. Garcia	D	56	F	39.29
Gipson	D	64	F	35.71
Gonzalez	D	80	F	32.14
Gray	D	21	F	42.86
Grayson	D	14	F	35.71
Holden	D	41	F	39.29
Irwin	D	44	F	42.86
Jones-Sawyer	D	59	F	39.29
Kalra	D	27	F	35.71
Kiley	R	6	A	95.00
Lackey	R	36	B	84.29
Lee	D	25	F	39.29
Levine	D	10	F	46.43
Low	D	28	F	35.71
Maienschein	R	77	F	39.29
Mathis	R	26	B	81.43
Mayes	I	42	D	62.14
McCarty	D	7	F	35.71
Medina	D	61	F	35.71
Mullin	D	22	F	35.71
Muratsuchi	D	66	D	51.00
Nazarian	D	46	D	58.57
Nguyen	R	72	B	80.71
O'Donnell	D	70	D	58.57
Patterson	R	23	B	88.57
Petrie-Norris	D	74	C	70.71
Quirk	D	20	F	39.29
Quirk-Silva	D	65	F	35.71
Ramos	D	40	D	55.00
Rendon	D	63	F	35.71
Reyes	D	47	F	42.86
L. Rivas	D	39	F	42.86
R. Rivas	D	30	F	35.71
Rodriguez	D	52	F	39.29
Rubio	D	48	F	39.29
Salas	D	32	D	60.00
Santiago	D	53	F	42.86
Seyarto	R	67	A	94.29
Smith	R	33	B	88.57
Stone	D	29	D	51.00
Ting	D	19	F	35.71
Valladares	R	38	B	80.71
Vallapudua	D	13	F	35.71
Voepel	R	71	A	90.71
Waldron	R	75	B	85.00
Ward	D	78	F	35.71
A. Weber	D	79	F	45.83
Wicks	D	15	F	35.71
Wood	D	2	F	35.71

SENATOR SUMMARY	PARTY	DISTRICT	GRADE	PERCENT
Allen	D	26	F	46.43
Archuleta	D	32	F	35.71
Atkins	D	39	F	35.71
Bates	R	36	A	100.00
Becker	D	13	F	39.29
Borgeas	R	8	A	95.71
Bradford	D	35	F	39.29
Caballero	D	12	F	39.29
Cortese	D	15	F	35.71
B. Dahle	R	1	B	85.00
Dodd	D	3	F	35.71
Durazo	D	24	F	35.71
Eggman	D	5	F	46.43
Glazer	D	7	D	58.57
Gonzalez	D	33	F	31.25
Grove	R	16	A	92.14
Hertzberg	D	18	F	42.86
Hueso	D	40	F	35.71
Hurtado	D	14	F	46.43
Jones	R	38	B	85.71
Kamlager	D	30	D	51.00
Laird	D	17	F	42.86
Leyva	D	20	F	42.86
Limon	D	19	D	51.00
McGuire	D	2	F	45.71
Melendez	R	28	A	97.86
Min	D	37	F	42.86
Newman	D	29	F	42.86
Nielsen	R	4	B	85.00
Ochoa Bogh	R	23	B	86.43
Pan	D	6	F	35.71
Portantino	D	25	F	42.86
Roth	D	31	F	35.71
Rubio	D	22	F	35.71
Skinner	D	9	F	35.71
Stern	D	27	D	51.00
Umberg	D	34	F	35.71
Wieckowski	D	10	F	45.71
Wiener	D	11	F	35.71
Wilk	R	21	A	90.71

2020 HJTA Legislative Report Card

Our report card is designed to help Californians gauge how their state representatives are actually performing on taxpayer-related issues, including, but not limited to, tax increases and direct attacks on Proposition 13.

As with last year, we only considered floor votes. This allows all legislators to vote on a bill at the same time and removes the potential risk of grade inflation. We also gave bills that have made it through both chambers’ greater consideration in our scoring. It is those bills, like ACA 11, now Proposition 19, a massive tax increase on inherited properties, that were most likely to hurt taxpayers, or in the case of good bills, to help taxpayers.

Abstention votes on legislation count as half credit.

Senators Patricia Bates, Melissa Melendez and Mike Morrell received a perfect 100 percent. Ten other legislators received A’s, including fellow Senators Shannon Grove and John Moorlach as well as Assembly Members Bill Brough, Phillip Chen, Steven Choi, Vince Fong, Kevin Kiley, Marie Waldron, Jim Patterson and Melissa Melendez. You may have noticed we mentioned Melendez twice. She received an A in the Assembly before winning a special election to represent the 28th State Senate District.

Seventeen other legislators were awarded B’s, including Democrat Sharon Quirk-Silva, and three legislators were awarded C’s.

Eighty-four lawmakers flunked.

The 2020 scores stem from 16 bills. For more information about our methodology and scoring system, go to www.hjta.org, or e-mail Legislative Director Scott Kaufman at scott@hjta.org.

ASSEMBLY MEMBER	PARTY	% FINAL 2019-2020	GRADE
Aguiar-Curry	D	28.13	F
Arambula	D	31.25	F
Bauer-Kahan	D	43.75	F
Berman	D	31.25	F
Bigelow	R	87.50	B
Bloom	D	34.38	F
Boerner Horvath	D	59.38	D
Bonta	D	31.25	F
Brough	R	96.88	A
Burke	D	31.25	F
Calderon	D	34.38	F
Carrillo	D	31.25	F
Cervantes	D	71.88	C
Chau	D	31.25	F
Chen	R	90.63	A
Chiu	D	34.38	F
Choi	R	93.75	A
Chu	D	31.25	F
Cooley	D	50.00	F
Cooper	D	40.63	F
Cunningham	R	81.25	B
Brian Dahle	R	85.71	B
Megan Dahle	R	75.00	C
Daly	D	40.63	F
Diep	R	87.50	B
Eggman	D	34.38	F
Flora	R	81.25	B
Fong	R	93.75	A
Frazier	D	46.88	F
Friedman	D	31.25	F
Gabriel	D	34.38	F
Gallagher	R	84.38	B
Cristina Garcia	D	46.88	F
Eduardo Garcia	D	31.25	F
Gipson	D	31.25	F
Gloria	D	31.25	F
Gonzalez	D	37.50	F
Gray	D	40.63	F
Grayson	D	37.50	F
Holden	D	31.25	F
Irwin	D	73.13	C
Jones-Sawyer	D	31.25	F
Kalra	D	31.25	F
Kamlager	D	34.38	F
Kiley	R	96.88	A
Lackey	R	81.25	B
Levine	D	43.75	F
Limon	D	34.38	F
Low	D	31.25	F
Maienschein	R	43.75	F
Mathis	R	87.50	B
Mayes	I	68.75	D
McCarty	D	28.13	F
Medina	D	31.25	F
Melendez	R	95.83	A
Mullin	D	31.25	F
Muratsuchi	D	43.75	F
Nazarian	D	34.38	F
Obernolte	R	87.50	B
O'Donnell	D	31.25	F
Patterson	R	93.75	A
Petrie-Norris	D	65.63	D
Quirk	D	37.50	F
Quirk-Silva	D	81.88	B
Ramos	D	50.00	F
Rendon	D	31.25	F
Reyes	D	31.25	F
Luz Rivas	D	31.25	F
Robert Rivas	D	31.25	F
Rodriguez	D	34.38	F
Rubio	D	37.50	F
Salas	D	59.38	D
Santiago	D	31.25	F
Smith	D	43.75	F
Stone	D	31.25	F
Ting	D	37.50	F
Voepel	R	87.50	B
Waldron	R	90.63	A
Weber	D	31.25	F
Wicks	D	31.25	F
Wood	D	34.00	F

SENATOR	PARTY	% FINAL 2019/2020	GRADE
Allen	D	37.5	F
Archuleta	D	31.25	F
Atkins	D	34.38	F
Bates	R	100.00	A
Beall	D	31.25	F
Borgeas	R	87.50	B
Bradford	D	31.25	F
Caballero	D	34.38	F
Chang	R	87.50	B
Dahle	R	87.50	B
Dodd	D	31.25	F
Durazo	D	31.25	F
Galgiani	D	31.25	F
Glazer	D	34.38	F
Gonzalez	D	31.25	F
Grove	R	90.63	A
Hertzberg	D	34.38	F
Hill	D	37.50	F
Hueso	D	31.25	F
Hurtado	D	43.75	F
Jackson	D	34.38	F
Jones	R	84.38	B
Leyva	D	31.25	F
McGuire	D	31.25	F
Melendez	R	100.00	A
Mitchell	D	31.25	F
Monning	D	31.25	F
Moorlach	R	94.38	A
Morrell	R	100.00	A
Nielsen	R	84.38	B
Pan	D	37.50	F
Portantino	D	31.25	F
Roth	D	37.50	F
Rubio	D	31.25	F
Skinner	D	31.25	F
Stern	D	31.25	F
Umberg	D	37.50	F
Wieckowski	D	23.08	F
Wiener	D	31.25	F
Wilk	R	81.25	B

Brian Dahle:
AD 1 until June 2019
SD 1 after June 2019

Megan Dahle:
AD 1 after November 2019

Jeff Stone:
SD 28, resigned October 2019

Melissa Melendez:
AD 67 until May 2020
SD 28 after May 2020

2019 HJTA Legislative Report Card

Our report card is designed to help Californians gauge how their state representatives are actually performing on taxpayer-related issues, including but not limited to tax increases and direct attacks on Proposition 13.

This year, we slightly changed our scoring system to remove policy committee votes so that only floor votes are considered. This allows all legislators to vote on a bill at the same time and removes the potential risk of grade inflation. Abstention votes on legislation count as half credit.

For the first time a Democrat, Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris (Laguna Beach), received a perfect 100 percent. Fifteen other legislators also received perfect scores: Assembly Members Bill Brough, Vince Fong, Tom Lackey, Devon Mathis, Melissa Melendez, Jay Obernolte, and Randy Voepel, and State Senators Patricia Bates, LingLing Chang, Senate Republican Leader Shannon Grove, Brian Jones, Mike Morrell, Jeff Stone and Scott Wilk.

The 2019 scores stem from nine bills. For more information about our methodology and scoring system, go www.hjta.org or e-mail Legislative Director Scott Kaufman at scott@hjta.org.

District	Assembly Member	Party	Grade	%
4	Aguiar-Curry	D	F	0
31	Arambula	D	F	5
16	Bauer-Kahan	D	D	59.1
24	Berman	D	F	0
5	Bigelow	R	A	90.9
50	Bloom	D	F	0
76	Boerner Horvath	D	D	68.1
18	Bonta	D	F	0
73	Brough	R	A	100
62	Burke	D	F	0
57	Calderon	D	F	4.5
51	Carrillo	D	F	0
60	Cervantes	D	B	86.3
49	Chau	D	F	0
55	Chen	R	A	90.9
17	Chiu	D	F	0
68	Choi	R	A	95.4
25	Chu	D	F	0
8	Cooley	D	F	40.8
9	Cooper	D	F	4.5
35	Cunningham	R	B	81.8
69	Daly	D	F	22.7
72	Diep	R	B	86.3
13	Eggman	D	F	0
12	Flora	R	A	90.9
34	Fong	R	A	100
11	Frazier	D	F	27.1
43	Friedman	D	F	0
45	Gabriel	D	F	4.5
3	Gallagher	R	A	95.4
58	Garcia, C.	D	F	22.7
56	Garcia, E.	D	F	13.6
64	Gipson	D	F	0
78	Gloria	D	F	0
80	Gonzalez	D	F	18.2
21	Gray	D	F	13.6
14	Grayson	D	F	4.5
41	Holden	D	F	0
44	Irwin	D	D	68.1
59	Jones-Sawyer	D	F	0
27	Kalra	D	F	0
54	Kamlager-Dove	D	F	4.5
6	Kiley	R	A	90.9
36	Lackey	R	A	100
10	Levine	D	F	31.8
37	Limon	D	F	0
28	Low	D	F	0
77	Maienschein	D	F	31.8
26	Mathis	R	A	100
42	Mayes	R	D	63.6
7	McCarty	D	F	0
61	Medina	D	F	4.5
67	Melendez	R	A	100
22	Mullin	D	F	0
66	Muratsuchi	D	F	36.4
46	Nazarian	D	F	4.5
33	Obernolte	R	A	100
70	O'Donnell	D	F	4.5
23	Patterson	R	A	95.4
74	Petrie-Norris	D	A	100
20	Quirk	D	F	0
65	Quirk-Silva	D	A	90.9
40	Ramos	D	F	27.3
63	Rendon	D	F	0
47	Reyes	D	F	0
39	Rivas, Luz	D	F	0
30	Rivas, Robert	D	F	0
52	Rodriguez	D	F	4.5
48	Rubio	D	F	9.1
32	Salas	D	B	86.3
53	Santiago	D	F	0
38	Smith	D	D	54.6
29	Stone	D	F	0
19	Ting	D	F	0
71	Voepel	R	A	100
75	Waldron	R	A	90.9
79	Weber	D	F	0
15	Wicks	D	F	0
2	Wood	D	F	0

District	Senator	Party	Grade	%
26	Allen	D	F	0
32	Archuleta	D	F	6.3
39	Atkins	D	F	0
36	Bates	R	A	100
15	Beall	D	F	0
8	Borgeas	R	A	93.8
35	Bradford	D	F	0
12	Caballero	D	F	0
29	Chang	R	A	100
1	Dahle	R	B	80
3	Dodd	D	F	6.3
24	Durazo	D	F	0
5	Galgiani	D	A	12.5
7	Glazer	D	F	18.8
33	Gonzalez	D	F	0
16	Grove	R	A	100
18	Hertzberg	D	F	6.3
13	Hill	D	F	0
40	Hueso	D	F	0
14	Hurtado	D	F	18.8
19	Jackson	D	F	0
38	Jones	R	A	100
20	Leyva	D	F	0
2	McGuire	D	F	0
30	Mitchell	D	F	6.3
17	Monning	D	F	0
37	Moorlach	R	C	75
23	Morrell	R	A	100
4	Nielsen	R	B	87.5
6	Pan	D	F	0
25	Portantino	D	F	0
31	Roth	D	F	12.5
22	Rubio, Susan	D	F	0
9	Skinner	D	F	0
27	Stern	D	F	0
28	Stone	R	A	100
34	Umberg	D	F	31.3
10	Wieckowski	D	F	0
11	Wiener	D	F	0
21	Wilk	R	A	100

Brian Dahle resigned his Assembly seat in Assembly District 1 after winning a special election for the Senate District 1 seat. Any Assembly votes he took is included in his Senate score.

Due to Assembly District 1 being vacant, only 79 Assembly Members are scored.

For AB 116, AB 723 and SB 268 only floor votes taken in September are included in the scorecard due to the bill being gutted and amended.

For SB 96, only the final floor votes in both the Assembly and Senate are counted in the scorecard.

For SB 128, only votes taken before March 30, are counted due to the bill being gutted and amended.

2018 HJTA Legislative Report Card

Our report card is designed to help Californians gauge how their state representatives are actually performing on taxpayer-related issues, including tax increases and direct attacks on Proposition 13. Thirteen legislators received perfect scores in 2018: Assembly Members Catharine Baker, Frank Bigelow, Bill Brough, Phil Chen, Heath Flora, Kevin Kiley, Tom Lackey, Devon Mathis, Melissa Melendez, Jay Obernolte, Marc Steinorth and Randy Voepel, and State Senator Mike Morrell.

Please know that it is very important to HJTA that this process be as fair and nonpartisan as possible. To aid in this objective, we have given half credit for all vote abstentions. We believe those legislators with the courage to abstain as opposed to always pushing the green button should be rewarded in some fashion. To that end, we note that two Democrat legislators, Sabrina Cervantes and Sharon Quirk-Silva, received “B” grades, their best scores ever.

We encourage you to see how your legislators scored, then also to take the next — and most important — step and contact your legislator’s office to express your support or concern.

To find the names and contact information of your representatives, go online to findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov or check your local phone book for listings of government offices.

The 2018 scores stem from 11 bills. For more information about our methodology, e-mail Legislative Director Scott Kaufman at scott@hjta.org.

DISTRICT	ASSEMBLY MEMBER	PARTY	GRADE	%
38	Acosta	R	A	92.3
4	Aguiar-Curry	D	F	9.4
72	Allen	R	A	91.3
31	Arambula	D	F	25
16	Baker	R	A	100
24	Berman	D	F	8.3
5	Bigelow	R	A	100
50	Bloom	D	F	6.3
18	Bonta	D	F	7.7
73	Brough	R	A	100
62	Burke	D	F	3.4
30	Caballero	D	F	25.1
57	Calderon	D	F	8.3
51	Carrillo	D	F	7.7
60	Cervantes	D	B	84.6
49	Chau	D	F	7.7
76	Chavez	R	A	95.9
55	Chen	R	A	100
17	Chiu	D	F	8.3
68	Choi	R	A	91.6
25	Chu	D	F	3.4
8	Cooley	D	F	35.7
9	Cooper	D	F	20.8
35	Cunningham	R	A	95.9
1	Dahle	R	A	91.3
69	Daly	D	F	29.2
13	Eggman	D	F	11.5
12	Flora	R	A	100
34	Fong	R	A	91.3
11	Frazier	D	F	8.3
43	Friedman	D	F	8.3
45	Gabriel	D	F	9.1
3	Gallagher	R	A	91.3
58	Garcia, C.	D	F	16.6
56	Garcia, E	D	F	11.5
64	Gipson	D	F	8.3
78	Gloria	D	F	9.1
80	Gonzalez Fletcher	D	F	8.3
21	Gray	D	F	32.2
14	Grayson	D	F	9.4
74	Harper	R	A	96.1
41	Holden	D	F	7.7
44	Irwin	D	D	60.4
59	Jones-Sawyer	D	F	8.3
27	Kalra	D	F	8.3
54	Kamlager-Dove	D	F	15.4
6	Kiley	R	A	100
36	Lackey	R	A	100
10	Levine	D	F	16.7
37	Limon	D	F	7.7
28	Low	D	F	3.4
77	Maienschein	R	B	84.6
26	Mathis	R	A	100
42	Mayes	R	A	91.7
7	McCarty	D	F	7.7
61	Medina	D	F	12.5
67	Melendez	R	A	100
22	Mullin	D	F	6.7
66	Muratsuchi	D	F	30.7
46	Nazarian	D	F	8.3
70	O'Donnell	D	F	25
33	Obernolte	R	A	100
23	Patterson	R	A	96.5
20	Quirk	D	F	17.9
65	Quirk-Silva	D	B	88.4
63	Rendon	D	F	8.3
47	Reyes	D	F	8.3
39	Rivas	D	F	3.4
52	Rodriguez	D	F	11.5
48	Rubio	D	F	20.8
32	Salas	D	C	75
53	Santiago	D	F	7.7
40	Steinorth	R	A	100
29	Stone	D	F	7.7
15	Thurmond	D	F	8.3
19	Ting	D	F	7.7
71	Voepel	R	A	100
75	Waldron	R	A	90.6
79	Weber	D	F	7.7
2	Wood	D	F	8.3

DISTRICT	SENATOR	PARTY	GRADE	%
26	Allen	D	F	6.7
38	Anderson	R	A	96.1
39	Atkins	D	F	8.3
36	Bates	R	A	91.7
15	Beall	D	F	7.8
35	Bradford	D	F	8.3
12	Cannella	R	F	46.5
29	Chang	R	A	90.9
24	De Leon	D	F	12.5
3	Dodd	D	F	3.4
16	Fuller	R	B	87.5
1	Gaines	R	A	93.3
5	Galgiani	D	F	3.4
7	Glazer	D	F	20.9
22	Hertzberg	D	F	6.3
18	Hill	D	F	5.9
13	Hueso	D	F	7.7
40	Jackson	D	F	8.3
19	Lara	D	F	12.1
33	Leyva	D	F	5.6
20	McGuire	D	F	12.1
2	Mitchell	D	F	8.3
30	Monning	D	F	8.3
17	Moorlach	R	A	94.1
37	Morrell	R	A	100
23	Nguyen	R	A	94.1
34	Nielsen	R	A	91.6
4	Pan	D	F	8.3
6	Portantino	D	F	8.3
25	Roth	D	F	28.5
31	Skinner	D	F	6.7
9	Stern	D	F	14.2
27	Stone	R	A	96.1
28	Vidak	R	A	92.9
14	Wieckowski	D	F	20
10	Wiener	D	F	3.4
11	Wilk	R	B	87.5

Only policy committee and floor votes are included in the scorecard.

Senator Josh Newman did not receive a grade due to his being recalled from office.

Senator Tom Berryhill did not receive a grade due to insufficient votes.

The grades for Assembly Members Gabriel, Kamlager-Dove and Rivas and Senator Chang may have outliers in their scores due to their taking office later in the legislative year.

Neither Senator Tony Mendoza nor his replacement, Vanessa Delgado, received grades in this scorecard

Regarding AB 2376 and SB 998, only final floor votes in the Assembly and Senate are included.

Regarding AB 1184 and SB 152, only votes taken after August 28 are included due to its being a gut-and-amend proposal.

Regarding SB 1145, only votes taken after June 12 are included.

Abstention votes are given half credit in the scorecard.

2017 HJTA Legislative Report Card

Our report card is designed to help Californians gauge how their state representatives are actually performing on taxpayer-related issues including tax increases and direct attacks on Proposition 13. Ten legislators received perfect scores in 2017: Assembly Members Travis Allen, Brian Dahle, Vince Fong, Jay Obernolte and Jim Patterson, and State Senators Joel Anderson, Patricia Bates, Jean Fuller, Mike Morrell and Jeff Stone.

Please know that it is very important to HJTA that this process be as fair and non-partisan as possible. To aid in this objective, we have given half-credit for all vote abstentions. We believe those legislators with the courage to abstain as opposed to always pushing the green button should be rewarded in some fashion.

We encourage you to see how your legislators scored, noting especially that very few of them have received the HJTA standard of excellence—a grade of “A.” Then we’d also encourage you to take the next — and most important — step, and contact your legislator’s office to express your support or concern.

The 2017 scores stem from 22 bills. For more information about our methodology e-mail Legislative Director Scott Kaufman at scott@hjta.org

DISTRICT	ASSEMBLY MEMBER	PARTY	GRADE	%
38	Acosta	R	A	91.7
4	Aguiar-Curry	D	F	4.7
72	Allen	R	A	100
31	Arambula	D	F	14.6
16	Baker	R	C	76
24	Berman	D	F	3.8
5	Bigelow	R	A	93.7
50	Bloom	D	F	5
39	Bocanegra	D	C	3.4
18	Bonta	D	F	2
73	Brough	R	A	92.3
62	Burke	D	F	3.4
30	Caballero	D	F	28.3
57	Calderon	D	F	6
60	Cervantes	D	D	54
49	Chau	D	F	3.7
76	Chavez	R	B	89.4
55	Chen	R	A	96
17	Chiu	D	F	1.9
68	Choi	R	A	90.8
25	Chu	D	F	4
8	Cooley	D	F	10.4
9	Cooper	D	F	6
35	Cunningham	R	B	87.5
45	Dababneh	D	C	8
1	Dahle	R	A	100
69	Daly	D	F	12
13	Eggman	D	F	15.2
12	Flora	R	C	79.1
34	Fong	R	A	100
11	Frazier	D	F	16
43	Friedman	D	F	2
3	Gallagher	R	A	93.7
58	Garcia, C.	D	F	6.3
56	Garcia, E	D	F	6.3
64	Gipson	D	F	4
78	Gloria	D	F	4.2
80	Gonzalez Fletcher	D	F	1.7
21	Gray	D	F	19.6
14	Grayson	D	F	10
74	Harper	R	A	98
41	Holden	D	F	6.3
44	Irwin	D	F	43.8
59	Jones-Sawyer	D	F	4.2
27	Kalra	D	F	1.9
6	Kiley	R	A	97.9
36	Lackey	R	A	96.9
10	Levine	D	F	12.5
37	Limon	D	F	5.6
28	Low	D	F	4
77	Maienschein	R	B	83.3
26	Mathis	R	B	89
42	Mayes	R	B	82.6
7	McCarty	D	F	4.2
61	Medina	D	F	6
67	Melendez	R	A	91.6
22	Mullin	D	F	3.8
66	Muratsuchi	D	F	23.9
46	Nazarian	D	F	6
33	Obernolte	R	A	100
70	O'Donnell	D	F	7.6
23	Patterson	R	A	100
20	Quirk	D	F	4
65	Quirk-Silva	D	D	52
63	Rendon	D	F	2.1
47	Reyes	D	F	4.2
54	Ridley-Thomas	D	F	11.6
52	Rodriguez	D	F	4
48	Rubio	D	C	6.3
32	Salas	D	F	35.4
53	Santiago	D	F	4.2
40	Steinorth	R	B	84
29	Stone	D	F	8
15	Thurmond	D	F	4.2
19	Ting	D	F	2.1
71	Voepel	R	A	98.4
75	Waldron	R	A	95
79	Weber	D	F	4
2	Wood	D	F	4.2

DISTRICT	SENATOR	PARTY	GRADE	%
26	Allen	D	F	6.3
38	Anderson	R	A	100
39	Atkins	D	F	6.5
36	Bates	R	A	100
15	Beall	D	F	8.5
8	Berryhill	R	B	80.5
35	Bradford	D	F	8.7
12	Cannella	R	F	48.4
24	De Leon	D	F	10.9
3	Dodd	D	F	8.6
16	Fuller	R	A	100
1	Gaines	R	A	90.7
5	Galgiani	D	F	15.2
7	Glazer	D	F	23.9
22	Hernandez	D	F	10.6
18	Hertzberg	D	F	12.5
13	Hill	D	F	7.1
40	Hueso	D	F	19.5
19	Jackson	D	F	8.7
33	Lara	D	F	9.7
20	Leyva	D	F	12
2	McGuire	D	F	8.5
32	Mendoza	D	F	8.1
30	Mitchell	D	F	6.5
17	Monning	D	F	6.5
37	Moorlach	R	B	89.4
23	Morrell	R	A	100
29	Newman	D	F	15.2
34	Nguyen	R	A	90.8
4	Nielsen	R	A	95.6
6	Pan	D	F	10.9
25	Portantino	D	F	10.9
31	Roth	D	F	21
9	Skinner	D	F	4.4
27	Stern	D	F	7.4
28	Stone	R	A	100
14	Vidak	R	A	94.2
10	Wieckowski	D	F	10.6
11	Wiener	D	F	3.2
21	Wilk	R	B	82.6

Assembly Member Jimmy Gomez did not receive a grade due to his being elected to Congress.

Assembly Member Dababneh automatically receives a “C” grade for his carrying of Assembly Bill 1194.
Assembly Member Rubio automatically receives a “C” grade for her carrying of Assembly Bill 1625.
Assembly Member Bocanegra automatically receives a “C” grade for his carrying of Assembly Bill 1322.

Regarding SB 231, only votes taken after August 28th are included due to its being a gut-and-amend proposal,

Regarding SB 797, only votes taken after June 26th are included due to its being a gut-and-amend proposal.
Regarding AB 102, AB 398, AB 1194, AB 1367, SB 5, SB 117 and SB 595, only final floor votes in the Assembly and Senate are included.

2016 HJTA Legislative Report Card

Our report card is designed to help Californians gauge how their state representatives are actually performing on taxpayer-related issues both positive and negative. Positive proposals include bills that clarify the parcel tax exemption process for seniors and create additional campaign finance transparency, negative bills include a car battery tax increase, which we chose to double-weight in our scoring, and numerous bills which serve to undercut the ballot initiative process.

Seven legislators received perfect scores in 2016: Assembly Republican Leader Chad Mayes, Shannon Grove, Jay Obernolte, Matt Harper and Don Wagner. They were joined on the Senate side by Ted Gaines and Jim Nielsen. Assembly Member Matt Dababneh was the highest scoring Democrat, thanks to his authoring of Assembly Bill 1891, an HJTA-sponsored proposal.

The 2016 scores stem from 22 bills. For more information about our methodology and scoring system e-mail Legislative Director Scott Kaufman at scott@hjta.org

DISTRICT	ASSEMBLY MEMBER	PARTY	GRADE	%
35	Achadjian	R	C	72.3
30	Alejo	D	F	26.7
72	Allen	R	A	98.5
31	Arambula	D	F	23.1
78	Atkins	D	F	24.1
16	Baker	R	C	75
5	Bigelow	R	A	98.2
50	Bloom	D	F	25.9
14	Bonilla	D	F	21.2
18	Bonta	D	F	24.1
73	Brough	R	A	98.4
47	Brown	D	F	27.6
62	Burke	D	F	27.5
57	Calderon	D	F	27.8
27	Campos	D	F	25.9
55	Chang	R	B	80.4
49	Chau	D	F	24.1
76	Chavez	R	A	92.6
17	Chiu	D	F	26.5
25	Chu	D	F	25
8	Cooley	D	F	21.2
9	Cooper	D	F	14.8
45	Dababneh	D	C	36.2
1	Dahle	R	A	98.2
69	Daly	D	F	31
4	Dodd	D	F	30.4
13	Eggman	D	F	28.8
11	Frazier	D	F	25.8
6	Gaines	R	A	93.9
3	Gallagher	R	A	90.8
58	Cristina Garcia	D	F	29.6
56	Eduardo Garcia	D	F	28.6
43	Gatto	D	D	53.6
64	Gipson	D	F	27.6
51	Gomez	D	F	26.7
80	Gonzalez	D	F	25.9
24	Gordon	D	F	23
21	Gray	D	F	37
34	Grove	R	A	100
66	Hadley	R	B	80
74	Harper	R	A	100
48	Hernandez	D	F	28.5
41	Holden	D	F	25
44	Irwin	D	F	25.9
71	Jones	R	A	96.6
59	Jones-Sawyer	D	F	26.9
65	Kim	R	A	91.7
36	Lackey	R	B	84.6
10	Levine	D	F	19.2
60	Linder	R	C	75.7
39	Lopez	D	F	22.4
28	Low	D	F	25.8
77	Maienschein	R	B	87
26	Mathis	R	A	94.9
42	Mayes	R	A	100
7	McCarty	D	F	23.2
61	Medina	D	F	27.6
67	Melendez	R	A	96.5
22	Mullin	D	F	18.9
46	Nazarian	D	F	24.9
33	Obernolte	R	A	100
70	O'Donnell	D	F	27.3
12	Olsen	R	C	71.3
23	Patterson	R	A	98.4
20	Quirk	D	F	21.7
63	Rendon	D	F	25.9
54	Ridley-Thomas	D	F	30
52	Rodriguez	D	F	25
32	Salas	D	F	33.3
53	Santiago	D	F	25
40	Steinorth	R	A	91.1
29	Stone	D	F	25.9
15	Thurmond	D	F	24.1
19	Ting	D	F	25.9
68	Wagner	R	A	100
75	Waldron	R	B	86.3
79	Weber	D	F	27.2
38	Wilk	R	B	85.2
37	Williams	D	F	20.4
2	Wood	D	F	25

DISTRICT	SENATOR	PARTY	GRADE	%
26	Allen	D	F	19.1
38	Anderson	R	A	93.3
36	Bates	R	A	96.5
15	Beall	D	F	25.7
8	Berryhill	R	B	84.8
39	Block	D	F	26.1
12	Cannella	R	D	55.6
24	De Leon	D	F	26.1
16	Fuller	R	A	97.9
1	Gaines	R	A	100
5	Galgiani	D	F	33.3
7	Glazer	D	F	21.7
35	Hall	D	F	18.8
9	Hancock	D	F	17.2
22	Hernandez	D	F	26.7
18	Hertzberg	D	F	22.3
13	Hill	D	F	24
40	Hueso	D	F	31.2
29	Huff	R	D	60.8
19	Jackson	D	F	23.1
33	Lara	D	F	26.7
11	Leno	D	F	24
20	Leyva	D	F	25.9
25	Liu	D	F	25
2	McGuire	D	F	20.7
32	Mendoza	D	F	22.2
30	Mitchell	D	F	23.9
17	Monning	D	F	27.1
37	Moorlach	R	B	85.5
23	Morrell	R	A	91.7
34	Nguyen	R	A	93.4
4	Nielsen	R	A	100
6	Pan	D	F	22.9
27	Pavley	D	F	26.6
31	Roth	D	F	31.5
21	Runner	R	N/A	0
28	Stone	R	A	95.8
14	Vidak	R	A	99.4
10	Wieckowski	D	F	24.1
3	Wolk	D	F	20.8

Only policy committee and floor votes are included in the scorecard.

Senator Runner did not receive a grade in the 2016 scorecard.

Assembly Member Dababneh automatically receives a “C” grade for his carrying of Assembly Bill 1891.

Regarding AB 1889, only votes taken after August 1st are included due to it being a gut-and-amend proposal.

Regarding AB 2153, only final floor votes in the Assembly and Senate are included.

AB 2153 votes are double-weighted due to it being a car battery tax.

Abstention votes are given half credit in the scorecard.

2015 HJTA Legislative Report Card

Our report card is designed to help Californians measure how their state representatives are actually voting on, not just talking about, taxpayer-related issues including tax increases and direct attacks on Proposition 13. Eight legislators received perfect scores in 2015: Assemblymembers Frank Bigelow, Beth Gaines, Brian Jones, Tom Lackey, incoming Assembly Republican Leader Chad Mayes, Jay Obernolte, Jim Patterson, and State Senator Mike Morrell. Lackey, Mayes, and Obernolte are freshmen legislators completing their first year in the Capitol.

The 2015 scores are derived from 16 bills. For more information about our methodology and scoring system go to hjta.org or e-mail Legislative Director Scott Kaufman at scott@hjta.org

DISTRICT	ASSEMBLY MEMBER	PARTY	GRADE	%
35	Achadjian	R	B	88
30	Alejo	D	F	24.1
72	Allen	R	A	97.7
78	Atkins	D	F	21.1
16	Baker	R	B	80.9
5	Bigelow	R	A	100
50	Bloom	D	F	23.8
14	Bonilla	D	F	21
18	Bonta	D	F	18.4
73	Brough	R	A	97.6
47	Brown	D	F	23.6
62	Burke	D	F	18.4
57	Calderon	D	F	21
27	Campos	D	F	17.5
55	Chang	R	A	94.7
49	Chau	D	F	26.3
76	Chavez	R	A	94.7
17	Chiu	D	F	14.8
25	Chu	D	F	21.7
8	Cooley	D	F	19.2
9	Cooper	D	F	15.8
45	Dababneh	D	F	27.2
1	Dahle	R	A	97.3
69	Daly	D	F	21.4
4	Dodd	D	F	19
13	Eggman	D	F	21
11	Frazier	D	F	14.3
6	Gaines	R	A	100
3	Gallagher	R	A	95
58	Cristina Garcia	D	F	25
56	Eduardo Garcia	D	F	19
43	Gatto	D	F	44
64	Gipson	D	F	20.5
51	Gomez	D	F	19
80	Gonzalez	D	F	17.3
24	Gordon	D	F	16.7
21	Gray	D	F	39.4
34	Grove	R	A	97.7
66	Hadley	R	A	90
74	Harper	R	A	95
48	Hernandez	D	F	22.7
41	Holden	D	C	75
44	Irwin	D	C	78.9
71	Jones	R	A	100
59	Jones-Sawyer	D	F	21
65	Kim	R	A	90.4
36	Lackey	R	A	100
10	Levine	D	F	26
60	Linder	R	A	94.6
39	Lopez	D	F	21
28	Low	D	F	22.5
77	Maienschein	R	A	94.4
26	Mathis	R	B	84.1
42	Mayes	R	A	100
7	McCarty	D	F	20
61	Medina	D	F	14.3
67	Melendez	R	A-	92.8
22	Mullin	D	F	32.1
46	Nazarian	D	F	19
33	Obernolte	R	A	100
70	O'Donnell	D	F	22.7
12	Olsen	R	A-	92
23	Patterson	R	A	100
31	Perea	D	F	28.3
20	Quirk	D	F	22.7
63	Rendon	D	F	18.4
54	Ridley-Thomas	D	F	15.2
52	Rodriguez	D	F	18.4
32	Salas	D	D	57.9
53	Santiago	D	F	17.5
40	Steinorth	R	A	97.3
29	Stone	D	F	20
15	Thurmond	D	F	20
19	Ting	D	F	18.2
68	Wagner	R	A	97.7
75	Waldron	R	A	96
79	Weber	D	F	18.4
38	Wilk	R	A	90
37	Williams	D	F	26.3
2	Wood	D	F	21

DISTRICT	SENATOR	PARTY	GRADE	%
26	Allen	D	F	23.5
38	Anderson	R	A-	91.6
36	Bates	R	A	93.3
15	Beall	D	F	18.2
8	Berryhill	R	A	96.4
39	Block	D	F	21.4
12	Cannella	R	D	60
24	De Leon	D	F	21.4
16	Fuller	R	A-	92.8
1	Gaines	R	A-	90
5	Galgiani	D	F	43.3
7	Glazer	D	D	57.6
35	Hall	D	F	20
9	Hancock	D	F	29.4
22	Hernandez	D	F	19
18	Hertzberg	D	F	36.8
13	Hill	D	F	21.4
40	Hueso	D	F	28.5
29	Huff	R	B-	82.1
19	Jackson	D	F	25
33	Lara	D	F	22.5
11	Leno	D	F	23.5
20	Leyva	D	F	20
25	Liu	D	F	25
2	McGuire	D	F	18.8
32	Mendoza	D	F	18.8
30	Mitchell	D	F	18.8
17	Monning	D	F	28.1
37	Moorlach	R	A-	92.8
23	Morrell	R	A	100
34	Nguyen	R	A	92
4	Nielsen	R	A	96.5
6	Pan	D	F	20
27	Pavley	D	F	20
31	Roth	D	D	63.3
21	Runner	R	B	85.6
28	Stone	R	A	93.2
14	Vidak	R	A	96.4
10	Wieckowski	D	F	25
3	Wolk	D	F	20

NOTE:
Only policy committee and floor votes are included in the scorecard.

The grades for Senators Glazer, Moorlach and Runner may not fully reflect their positions due to their assuming office in 2015 special elections.

Assemblyman Holden automatically receives a “C” grade for his carrying of Assembly Bill 1378.

Regarding SB 705, only votes taken after September 3 are included due to its being a gut-and-amend proposal.

Regarding SB 350, only final floor votes in the Assembly and Senate are included.

2014 HJTA Legislative Report Card

Our report card is designed to help Californians gauge how their state representatives are actually performing on taxpayer-related issues both positive and negative. Positive proposals include bills strengthening transparency provisions for the reporting of local property parcel taxes, negative bills include tax increases and direct attacks on Proposition 13.

This year, we slightly changed our scoring system to include a two year scoring average. This is more in line with the two-year cycles that historically have been adopted by the California Legislature. Five legislators have received a perfect 100 percent average over the last two years: Assemblymembers Brian Dahle, Tim Donnelly, Beth Gaines and State Senators Joel Anderson and Mark Wyland.

The 2013 scores stem from 15 bills. For more information about our methodology and scoring system go hjta.org or e-mail Legislative Director Scott Kaufman at scott@hjta.org

DISTRICT	ASSEMBLY MEMBER	PARTY	GRADE	Two Year Average
35	Achadjian	R	C	75
30	Alejo	D	F	31.5
72	Allen	R	A	95.2
17	Ammiano	D	F	27.5
78	Atkins	D	F	16.7
5	Bigelow	R	B+	87.8
50	Bloom	D	F	16.6
39	Bocanegra	D	F	18.2
14	Bonilla	D	F	28.9
18	Bonta	D	F	19.6
62	Bradford	D	F	26.9
47	Brown	D	F	36.9
16	Buchanan	D	F	24.6
57	Calderon	D	F	18.6
27	Campos	D	F	16.9
49	Chau	D	F	31.6
76	Chavez	R	A	95.1
2	Chesbro	D	F	15.6
26	Conway	R	A-	92.4
8	Cooley	D	F	47.9
45	Dababneh	D	D	57.9
1	Dahle	R	A	100
69	Daly	D	F	30.9
7	Dickinson	D	F	31.6
33	Donnelly	R	A	100
13	Eggman	D	F	27.6
28	Fong	D	F	21.5
36	Fox	D	D	57.3
11	Frazier	D	F	21
6	Gaines	R	A	100
58	Garcia	D	F	22.9
43	Gatto	D	F	33.2
51	Gomez	D	F	21.1
80	Gonzalez	D	F	23.4
24	Gordon	D	F	30
44	Gorell	R	A-	90.8
21	Gray	D	F	36.9
34	Grove	R	A	95.3
55	Hagman	R	A-	91.3
64	Hall	D	F	21.3
73	Harkey	R	A-	91.2
48	Hernandez	D	F	36.1
41	Holden	D	F	18.1
71	Jones	R	A	97.4
59	Jones-Sawyer	D	F	31.6
10	Levine	D	F	25
60	Linder	R	A-	91.9
3	Logue	R	A	95.9
70	Lowenthal	D	F	33.3
77	Maienschein	R	A	97.8
74	Mansoor	R	A	92.9
61	Medina	D	F	31.3
67	Melendez	R	A	92.6
22	Mullin	D	F	35.8
66	Muratsuchi	D	F	47.5
46	Nazarian	D	F	18.1
42	Nestande	R	A-	90.9
12	Olsen	R	B	85
9	Pan	D	F	32.6
23	Patterson	R	B	88.9
31	Perea	D	F	30.7
53	Perez	D	F	18.1
56	V. Manuel Perez	D	F	22
20	Quirk	D	F	16
65	Quirk-Silva	D	D	59
63	Rendon	D	F	25.9
54	Ridley-Thomas	D	F	31.6
52	Rodriguez	D	F	32.5
32	Salas	D	D	64.8
15	Skinner	D	F	30
29	Stone	D	F	30
19	Ting	D	F	17
68	Wagner	R	A	95
75	Waldron	R	A	96
79	Weber	D	F	22
25	Wieckowski	D	F	15.6
38	Wilk	R	A	94.9
37	Williams	D	F	25
4	Yamada	D	F	31.6

DISTRICT	SENATOR	PARTY	GRADE	Two Year Average
36	Anderson	R	A	100
15	Beall	D	F	14.3
14	Berryhill	R	A	91.5
39	Block	D	F	18.7
12	Cannella	R	C	78.7
10	Corbett	D	F	19.5
34	Correa	D	D	51.5
22	De Leon	D	F	23.6
7	DeSaulnier	D	F	29.6
2	Evans	D	F	19.2
18	Fuller	R	A	90
1	Gaines	R	A	97.4
5	Galgiani	D	F	29.6
9	Hancock	D	F	22.5
24	Hernandez	D	F	31.5
13	Hill	D	F	17.9
40	Hueso	D	F	19.6
29	Huff	R	B	84.7
19	Jackson	D	F	24
21	Knight	R	A	97.1
33	Lara	D	F	33.4
11	Leno	D	F	21.2
28	Lieu	D	F	23.4
25	Liu	D	F	16.3
26	Mitchell	D	F	31.3
17	Monning	D	F	22.7
23	Morrell	R	A	98
4	Nielsen	R	A	98.5
20	Padilla	D	F	21.5
27	Pavley	D	F	35
31	Roth	D	F	30.4
6	Steinberg	D	F	16.4
32	Torres	D	F	37.9
16	Vidak	R	A	100**
37	Walters	R	B	87.1
3	Wolk	D	F	28.9
38	Wyland	R	A	100

NOTE:
Only policy committee and Floor votes are included in the scorecard.

The votes for State Senators Calderon, Wright, & Yee will not be included due to their suspension or resignation from that office.

Senator Vidak’s grade only includes votes during the 2014 year, due to his assuming office in a special election late in 2013.

2013 Legislative Report Card

Our report card is designed to help Californians gauge how their state representatives are actually performing on taxpayer-related issues including tax increases and direct attacks on Proposition 13.

Nine legislators received perfect scores in 2013: Assembly Members Brian Dahle, Tim Donnelly, Beth Gaines and Brian Jones, and State Senators Joel Anderson, Ted Gaines, Steve Knight, Jim Nielsen, and Mark Wyland.

The 2013 scores stem from 20 bills.

For more information about our methodology and scoring system please e-mail Legislative Director Scott Kaufman at scott@hjta.org

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District	Assembly Member	Party	Grade	%
1	Dahle	R	A	100
2	Chesbro	D	F	1.1
3	Logue	R	A	94
4	Yamada	D	F	0
5	Bigelow	R	C	78.1
6	Gaines	R	A	100
7	Dickinson	D	F	0
8	Cooley	D	F	38.3
9	Pan	D	F	1.1
10	Levine	D	F	0
11	Frazier	D	F	1.1
12	Olsen	R	C	75
13	Eggman	D	F	0
14	Bonilla	D	F	0
15	Skinner	D	F	0
16	Buchanan	D	F	13.4
17	Ammiano	D	F	27.5
18	Bonta	D	F	2.7
19	Ting	D	F	1.1
20	Quirk	D	F	0.5
21	Gray	D	F	13.3
22	Mullin	D	F	0
23	Patterson	R	A	92
24	Gordon	D	F	0
25	Wieckowski	D	F	2.2
26	Conway	R	A	90
27	Campos	D	F	2.2
28	Fong	D	F	5
29	Stone	D	F	0
30	Alejo	D	F	0
31	Perea	D	F	6.4
32	Salas	D	F	49.5
33	Donnelly	R	A	100
34	Grove	R	A	90.5
35	Achadjian	R	D	67.1
36	Fox	D	F	35.6
37	Williams	D	F	10
38	Wilk	R	A	95
39	Bocanegra	D	F	3.8
40	Morrell	R	A	96
41	Holden	D	F	6.2
42	Nestande	R	A	92.9
43	Gatto	D	F	6.3
44	Gorell	R	B	84.1
46	Nazarian	D	F	6.2
47	Brown	D	F	0
48	Hernandez	D	F	0
49	Chau	D	F	0
50	Bloom	D	F	2.2
51	Gomez	D	F	0
53	Perez	D	F	1.9
54	Mitchell	D	F	5
55	Hagman	R	A	95
56	Perez, V. Manuel	D	F	2.1
58	Garcia	D	F	13.3
59	Jones-Sawyer	D	F	0
60	Linder	R	A	91.3
61	Medina	D	F	5
62	Bradford	D	F	0
63	Rendon	D	F	0
64	Hall	D	F	5
65	Quirk-Silva	D	F	32.2
66	Muratsuchi	D	F	30
67	*Melendez	R	B	87.1
68	Wagner	R	A	95
69	Daly	D	F	14.2
70	Lowenthal	D	F	0
71	Jones	R	A	100
72	Allen	R	A	90.5
73	Harkey	R	A	95.3
74	Mansoor	R	A	97.5
75	Waldron	R	A	91.9
76	Chavez	R	A	95.4
77	Maienschein	R	A	95.7
78	Atkins	D	F	1.7
79	Weber	D	F	13.3
80	Gonzalez	D	F	13.3

District	Senator	Party	Grade	%
1	Gaines	R	A	100
2	Evans	D	F	8.9
3	Wolk	D	F	0
4	Nielsen	R	A	100
5	Galgiani	D	F	17
6	Steinberg	D	F	6.3
7	DeSaulnier	D	F	0
8	Yee	D	F	0
9	Hancock	D	F	6
10	Corbett	D	F	3.7
11	Leno	D	F	10
12	Cannella	R	D	62.6
13	Hill	D	F	6.3
14	Berryhill	R	B	85.7
15	Beall	D	F	2.6
17	Monning	D	F	11
18	Fuller	R	B	80
19	Jackson	D	F	8.6
20	Padilla	D	F	6.2
21	Knight	R	A	100
22	De Leon	D	F	9
23	Emmerson	R	C	70.8
24	Hernandez	D	F	6.8
25	Liu	D	F	5.7
27	Pavley	D	F	0
28	Lieu	D	F	5
29	Huff	R	C	75.2
30	Calderon	D	F	14.2
31	Roth	D	F	13.8
32	Torres	D	F	16.9
33	Lara	D	F	0.8
34	Correa	D	F	41.9
35	Wright	D	F	30.9
36	Anderson	R	A	100
37	Walters	R	B	82.5
38	Wyland	R	A	100
39	Block	D	F	11
40	Hueso	D	F	6.9

NOTE:
Only policy committee and floor votes are included in the scorecard.

The votes of Assembly Members Blumenfield, Hueso and Torres aren’t included due to their election during the year to another office.

The grade for Andy Vidak wasn’t included due to his not making enough votes. He assumed office in the State Senate following a July Special Election.

Former State Senator Curren Price did not receive a grade due to his resignation from the Senate to pursue another office.

The grades for Senators Hueso and Torres, and Assembly Member Gonzalez, may be skewed due to their assuming office later in the year.

Any floor vote for the two car tax proposals, Assembly Bill 8 and Senate Bill 11 resulted in an automatic ten-point reduction.

Only the final floor votes for SB 142 and SB 254 are included, as HJTA had not taken a position on prior versions of these bills.

Only the final floor votes are included for AB 1112, due to it being a gut-and-amend proposal.

*Due to personal absence this grade may not accurately reflect Assembly Member Melendez’s positive record on behalf of taxpayers.

2012 Legislative Report Card

Our report card is designed to help Californians gauge how their state representatives are actually performing on taxpayer-related issues.

The 2012 scores stem from 20 bills.

For more information about our methodology and scoring system please e-mail Legislative Director Scott Kaufman at scott@hjta.org

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District	Assembly Member	Party	Grade	%
1	Chesbro	D	F	0
2	Nielsen	R	A	90.5
3	Logue	R	A	98.1
4	Gaines	R	A	100
5	Pan	D	F	0
6	Huffman	D	F	0
7	Allen	D	F	0
8	Yamada	D	F	0
9	Dickinson	D	F	0
10	Huber	D	F	0
11	Bonilla	D	F	0
12	Ma	D	F	0
13	Ammiano	D	F	0
14	Skinner	D	F	0
15	Buchanan	D	F	0
16	Swanson	D	F	0
17	Galgiani	D	F	0
18	Hayashi	D	F	0
19	Hill	D	F	0
20	Wieckowski	D	F	0
21	Gordon	D	F	0
22	Fong	D	F	0
23	Campos	D	F	0
24	Beall	D	F	0
25	Olsen	R	C	77.5
26	Berryhill, Bill	R	A	90.5
27	Monning	D	F	0
28	Alejo	D	F	0
29	Halderman	R	A	93.2
30	Valadao	R	B	83.4
31	Perea	D	F	0
32	Grove	R	A	100
33	Achadjian	R	D	60
34	Conway	R	A	95.3
35	Williams	D	F	0
36	Knight	R	A	100
37	Gorell	R	B	81.8
38	Smyth	R	F	40
39	Fuentes	D	F	0
40	Blumenfield	D	F	0
40	Portantino	D	F	0
41	Brownley	D	F	0
42	Feuer	D	F	0
43	Gatto	D	F	0
45	Cedillo	D	F	0
46	Perez, John	D	F	0
47	Mitchell	D	F	0
48	Davis	D	F	0
49	Eng	D	F	0
50	Lara	D	F	0
51	Bradford	D	F	0
52	Hall	D	F	0
53	Butler	D	F	0
54	Lowenthal	D	F	0
55	Furutani	D	F	0
56	Mendoza	D	F	0
57	Hernandez	D	F	0
58	Calderon	D	F	0
59	Donnelly	R	A	100
60	Hagman	R	B	83.4
61	Torres	D	F	0
62	Carter	D	F	0
63	Morrell	R	A	100
64	Nestande	R	C	71.4
65	Cook	R	B	85.7
66	Jeffries	R	A	97.9
67	Silva	R	A	100
68	Mansoor	R	A	95
69	Solorio	D	F	0
70	Wagner	R	A	95.7
71	Miller	R	B	87
72	Norby	R	B	86.6
73	Harkey	R	A	97.9
74	Garrick	R	A	100
75	Fletcher	I	F	0
76	Atkins	D	F	0
77	Jones	R	A	97.8

District	Senator	Party	Grade	%
1	Gaines	R	A	100
2	Evans	D	F	0
3	Leno	D	F	0
4	LaMalfa	R	A	96.5
5	Wolk	D	F	0
6	Steinberg	D	F	0
7	DeSaulnier	D	F	0
8	Yee	D	F	0
9	Hancock	D	F	0
10	Corbett	D	F	0
11	Simitian	D	F	0
12	Cannella	R	C	77.5
13	Alquist	D	F	0
14	Berryhill, Tom	R	B	87.5
15	Blakeslee	R	C	78.6
16	Rubio	D	F	0
17	Runner	R	N/A*	0
18	Fuller	R	B	81.3
19	Strickland	R	A	90
20	Padilla	D	F	0
21	Liu	D	F	0
22	De Leon	D	F	0
23	Pavley	D	F	0
24	Hernandez	D	F	0
25	Wright	D	F	16.6
26	Price	D	F	-45
27	Lowenthal	D	F	0
28	Lieu	D	F	0
29	Huff	R	A	95.2
30	Calderon, Ron	D	F	0
31	Dutton	R	A	92.9
32	Negrete McLeod	D	F	0
33	Walters	R	A	100
34	Correa	D	F	40
35	Harman	R	D	63.3
36	Anderson	R	A	100
37	Emmerson	R	D	53.4
38	Wyland	R	A	90
39	Kehoe	D	F	0
40	Vargas	D	F	0

NOTE:
Only policy committee and Floor votes are included in the scorecard.

AB 1492, AB 1500, and SB 1455 were three major tax increases in the 2012 legislative year. A vote for any of these resulted in an automatic 15 point reduction.

Only the final Floor votes for AB 2451 have been included, as HJTA had not taken a position on prior versions of the bill.

Only the final floor votes are included with SB 1455, due to it being a gut-and-amend proposal.

*State Senator Sharon Runner did not receive a grade due to personal health reasons.

2011 Legislative Report Card

Our report card is designed to help Californians gauge how their state representatives are actually performing on taxpayer-related issues.

The 2011 scores stem from 22 bills. This year we double-weighted two bills: ABX1 40 and Assembly Constitutional Amendment 6, as they represented a tax increase and a threat to Proposition 13 and the initiative process, respectively. Also for the first time, we did not give a score to a legislator. Since March, State Assemblyman Jeff Gorell (R-Ventura) has been serving our country overseas in Afghanistan and was unable to vote on many legislative bills.

For this evaluation to be as fair and non-partisan as possible, we have taken a number of steps to ensure that the scorecard is balanced. We adjusted our grade levels downward to ensure a legislator gets a “C” grade if they agree with the taxpayers’ positions more than half the time. Despite this, 76 legislators still received grades of “D” or “F.” And, as has been our practice, we have given half-credit for all vote abstentions on bills. As legislators are constantly buffeted by special interests and their own leadership, we want to ensure that those who don’t vote for bills that increase government spending are rewarded accordingly.

For more information about our methodology and scoring system please e-mail Legislative Director Scott Kaufman at scott@hjta.org

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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

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

NOTE:
The final Floor votes for SB 116 are included as that was the Senate Floor version of ABX1 40 (tax reform).

Floor votes for Assembly Constitutional Amendment 6 & AB X1 40/SB 116 were double-weighted.

All votes for SB 202 are included since HJTA opposed both versions of this bill.

Only the final votes for SB 922, AB 101 & AB 1019 are included as these were gut-and-amend proposals.

*Assembly Member Jeff Gorell did not receive a grade due to his faithfully serving our country overseas.

2010 Legislative Report Card

Our report card is designed to help Californians gauge how their state representatives are actually performing on taxpayer-related issues. For the 2010 legislative season, 18 bills were used to evaluate and grade voting records. A good number of these bills deal with tax increases – often masquerading as fees — or direct assaults on Proposition 13 and Proposition 218, the Right to Vote on Taxes Act. Others deal with measures that would inhibit the voters’ ability to engage in the initiative process that is so important to taxpayers.

For this evaluation to be as fair and non-partisan as possible, we have given half-credit for all vote abstentions on bills that would increase the burden on taxpayers. We understand that it can be difficult for lawmakers to resist pressure from legislative leadership and special interest lobbyists, and have chosen to acknowledge this by giving partial credit.

The 2010 scores reflect what a difficult and partisan legislative year it was. A majority of legislators in both houses received a score of D or F. At the top end of the scale, only 19 legislators received ‘A’ grades. Of these there were five members who received perfect score of 100% for 2010. Assemblyman Ted Gaines deserves special mention. He has now received a perfect score twice, continuing his strong reputation as a solid defender of taxpayers.

For more information about our methodology and scoring system please e-mail Legislative Director Scott Kaufman at scott@hjta.org

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District	Assembly Member	Party	Grade	%
1	Chesbro	D	F	15
2	Nielsen	R	B	88.8
3	Logue	R	A	90.4
4	Gaines	R	A	100
5	Niello	R	A	100
6	Huffman	D	F	13
7	Evans	D	F	13
8	Yamada	D	F	18.4
9	Jones	D	F	11.9
10	Huber	D	C	61.1
11	Torlakson	D	F	20.3
12	Ma	D	F	18.4
13	Ammiano	D	F	20
14	Skinner	D	F	15
15	Buchanan	D	F	18.4
16	Swanson	D	F	14.3
17	Galgiani	D	F	21.1
18	Hayashi	D	F	15.8
19	Hill	D	F	15
20	Torrico	D	F	23.7
21	Ruskin	D	F	15
22	Fong	D	F	13
23	Coto	D	F	16.7
24	Beall	D	F	20
25	Berryhill, Tom	R	B	89.5
26	Berryhill, Bill	R	B	85
27	Monning	D	F	13
28	Caballero	D	F	20
29	Villines	R	B	86.1
30	Gilmore	R	B	81.6
31	Arambula	I	F	14.8
32	Fuller	R	B	88.9
33	Blakeslee	R	B	80
34	Conway	R	B	89.5
35	Nava	D	F	13
36	Knight	R	B	88.3
37	Strickland	R	B	86.1
38	Smyth	R	C	76
39	Fuentes	D	F	25
40	Blumenfield	D	F	15.8
41	Brownley	D	F	16
42	Feuer	D	F	12.5
43	Gatto	D	F	27.3
44	Portantino	D	F	20
45	De Leon	D	F	15
46	Perez, John	D	F	13.9
47	Bass	D	F	21
48	Davis	D	F	14
49	Eng	D	F	20
50	De La Torre	D	F	15
51	Bradford	D	F	13.4
52	Hall	D	F	22.3
53	Lieu	D	F	16.7
54	Lowenthal	D	F	15.8
55	Furutani	D	F	21
56	Mendoza	D	F	21.4
57	Hernandez	D	F	18.4
57	Calderon	D	F	2.2
58	Calderon	D	D	35.7
59	Adams	R	C	77.5
60	Hagman	R	B	84.8
61	Torres	D	F	20
62	Carter	D	F	19
63	Emmerson	R	A	90.5
64	Nestande	R	A	90
65	Cook	R	B	86.1
66	Jeffries	R	B	86
67	Silva	R	B	86
68	Tran	R	A	95.4
69	Solorio	D	F	13
70	DeVore	R	A	100
71	Miller	R	B	89.5
72	Norby	R	A	90
73	Harkey	R	A	94.7
74	Garrick	R	A	91.1
75	Fletcher	R	A	91.6
76	Saldana	D	F	18.1
77	Anderson	R	B	89.5
78	Block	D	F	26.3
79	Salas	D	F	15
80	Perez, Manuel	D	F	26.2

District	Senator	Party	Grade	%
3	Leno	D	F	25
4	Aanestad	R	A	95
5	Wolk	D	D	37.5
6	Steinberg	D	F	23.3
7	DeSaulnier	D	F	15.2
8	Yee	D	F	29.4
9	Hancock	D	F	26.1
10	Corbett	D	F	22.2
11	Simitian	D	F	29.4
12	Denham	R	B	86.1
13	Alquist	D	D	32.3
14	Cogdill	R	B	86.6
16	Florez	D	D	31.3
17	Runner	R	A	100
18	Ashburn	R	A	90.6
19	Strickland	R	A	90.6
20	Padilla	D	D	35.3
21	Liu	D	F	27.8
22	Cedillo	D	F	26.7
23	Pavley	D	F	25
24	Romero	D	D	43.8
25	Wright	D	D	37.5
26	Price	D	D	31.8
27	Lowenthal	D	F	25
29	Huff	R	A	96.9
30	Calderon	D	C	60
31	Dutton	R	A	100
32	Negrete McLeod	D	C	71.9
33	Walters	R	C	79
34	Correa	D	B	82.3
35	Harman	R	B	80
36	Hollingsworth	R	A	96.9
38	Wyland	R	A	90
39	Kehoe	D	F	20
40	Ducheny	D	D	34.4

NOTE:
Senators Benoit, Cox, Oropeza, Maldonado and Wiggins did not receive votes due to death in office, ongoing health issues or appointment to an office outside the Legislature.

Assemblymembers Blakeslee and Emmerson were elected to fill Senate seats during 2010. Any Senate votes they took have been included in their Assembly scores.

Assembly Member Mike Gatto was elected in a Special Election to finish the term of Paul Krekorian. Due to the timing of this election, Mr. Gatto’s vote totals may be fewer then his peers.

Assemblywoman Audra Strickland and Senator Mimi Walters missed numerous votes due to health and personal issues. Their grades are not an accurate reflection of their sterling records on behalf of taxpayers.

Due to a change in our position, only the final legislative Floor votes on AB 1718 (Blumenfield) are included.

2009 Legislative Report Card

The 2009 Legislative Report Card rates lawmakers based on their votes on 35 bills. As HJTA has done in previous years, 14 bills were double-weighted, including all six constitutional amendments that attacked Proposition 13 or 218. Also, all legislators voting for February’s $12.6 billion in new income, sales and car taxes received an automatic 20 point deduction.

Regarding individual legislators, HJTA is pleased to report that for the second consecutive year, Assembly Member Joel Anderson has received a perfect score from HJTA. He is joined in this fine accomplishment by Assembly Member Diane Harkey. These two legislators are now in rare company; over the last three years only five legislators have aced the scorecard.

For more information about our methodology and scoring system please e-mail Legislative Director Scott Kaufman at scott@hjta.org

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District	Assembly Member	Party	Grade	%
1	Chesbro	D	F	0
2	Nielsen	R	A	95.9
3	Logue	R	A	93.9
4	Gaines	R	A	95.6
5	Niello	R	C	77.2
6	Huffman	D	F	0
7	Evans	D	F	0
8	Yamada	D	F	1.9
9	Jones	D	F	0
10	Huber	D	F	28.5
11	Torlakson	D	F	0
12	Ma	D	F	0
13	Ammiano	D	F	0
14	Skinner	D	F	0
15	Buchanan	D	F	0
16	Swanson	D	F	0
17	Galgiani	D	F	24.7
18	Hayashi	D	F	0
19	Hill	D	F	0
20	Torrico	D	F	0
21	Ruskin	D	F	0
22	Fong	D	F	0
23	Coto	D	F	0
24	Beall	D	F	0
25	Berryhill, Tom	R	B	84.4
26	Berryhill, Bill	R	B	84.9
27	Monning	D	F	0
28	Caballero	D	F	0
29	Villines	R	C	71.9
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
36	Knight	R	A	99
37	Strickland	R	A	97
38	Smyth	R	A	90.6
39	Fuentes	D	F	0
40	Blumenfield	D	F	0
41	Brownley	D	F	0
42	Feuer	D	F	0
43	Krekorian	D	F	0
44	Portantino	D	F	0
45	De Leon	D	F	0
46	Perez, John	D	F	0
47	Bass	D	F	0
48	Davis	D	F	0
49	Eng	D	F	0
50	De La Torre	D	F	0
51	Price	D	F	0
52	Hall	D	F	0
53	Lieu	D	F	0
54	Lowenthal	D	F	0
55	Furutani	D	F	0
56	Mendoza	D	F	0
57	Hernandez	D	F	0
58	Calderon	D	F	0
59	Adams	R	C	74.5
60	Hagman	R	A	91.9
61	Torres	D	F	0
62	Carter	D	F	0
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
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
77	Anderson	R	A	100
78	Block	D	F	2.2
79	Salas	D	F	0
80	Perez, Manuel	D	F	6.5

District	Senator	Party	Grade	%
1	Cox	R	B	84.6
2	Wiggins	D	F	0
3	Leno	D	F	0
4	Aanestad	R	A	92.9
5	Wolk	D	F	0
6	Steinberg	D	F	0
7	DeSaulnier	D	F	0
8	Yee	D	F	0
9	Hancock	D	F	0
10	Corbett	D	F	0
11	Simitian	D	F	0
12	Denham	R	A	93.9
13	Alquist	D	F	0
14	Cogdill	R	C	67.5
15	Maldonado	R	D	57.1
16	Florez	D	F	0
17	Runner	R	A	93.7
18	Ashburn	R	C	66.3
19	Strickland	R	A	97.6
20	Padilla	D	F	0
21	Liu	D	F	0
22	Cedillo	D	F	0
23	Pavley	D	F	0
24	Romero	D	F	0
25	Wright	D	F	0
27	Lowenthal	D	F	0
28	Oropeza	D	F	0
29	Huff	R	A	95.4
30	Calderon	D	F	0
31	Dutton	R	B	89
32	Negrete McLeod	D	D	38.8
33	Walters	R	A	93.9
34	Correa	D	C	64.9
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
40	Ducheny	D	F	8.8

2008 Legislative Report Card

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.

Only 28 legislators (23 percent) received an “A” this year, a record low in the report card’s six-year history.

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District	Assembly Member	Grade	%
1	Berg	F	7.9
2	La Malfa	A	97.9
3	Keene	A	96
4	Gaines	A	100
5	Niello	A	90
6	Huffman	F	10.6
7	Evans	F	11.5
8	Wolk	F	11.8
9	Jones	F	11.5
10	Nakanishi	A	96.8
11	DeSaulnier	F	12.3
12	Ma	F	14.7
13	Leno	F	13.5
14	Hancock	F	7.9
15	Houston	C	74
16	Swanson	F	8.8
17	Galgiani	D	37.5
18	Hayashi	F	8.1
19	Mullin	F	8.6
20	Torrico	F	9.4
21	Ruskin	F	6.7
22	Lieber	F	12.5
23	Coto	F	9.1
24	Beall	F	8.6
25	Berryhill	B	82.8
26	Aghazarian	C	71.7
27	Laird	F	9
28	Caballero	F	15.8
29	Villines	A	90.6
30	Parra	F	23.5
31	Arambula	F	7.9
32	Fuller	A	93.3
33	Blakeslee	A	91.2
34	Maze	A	94.1
35	Nava	F	9.6
36	Runner*		0
37	Strickland	A	100
38	Smyth	A	93.8
39	Fuentes	F	9.7
40	Levine	F	12.8
41	Brownley	F	7.7
42	Feuer	F	10.5
43	Krekorian	F	9
44	Portantino	F	7
45	De Leon	F	9.4
46	Nunez	F	14.1
47	Bass	F	9.7
48	Davis	F	15.5
49	Eng	F	7.1
50	De La Torre	F	10.5
51	Price	F	11.4
52	Dymally	F	14.1
53	Lieu	F	21.2
54	Karnette	F	11.8
55	Furutani	F	9.8
56	Mendoza	F	16.2
57	Hernandez	F	11.7
58	Calderon	F	22.9
59	Adams	B	82.5
60	Huff	B	88.1
61	Soto*		0
62	Carter	F	8.3
63	Emmerson	A	92.8
64	Benoit	A	91.4
65	Cook	B	81.4
66	Jeffries	A	98.5
67	Silva	A	97
68	Tran	B	86.4
69	Solorio	F	13.8
70	DeVore	A	98.7
71	Spitzer	A	90.9
72	Duvall	A	96.6
73	Walters	A	100
74	Garrick	A	94.3
75	Plescia	C	77.9
76	Saldana	F	14.2
77	Anderson	A	100
78	Horton	B	80.2
79	Salas	F	9.4
80	Garcia	B	86

District	Senator	Grade	%
1	Cox	B	82.8
2	Wiggins	F	8.3
3	Migden	F	4.8
4	Aanestad	A	97
5	Machado	D	57.6
6	Steinberg	F	5.6
7	Torlakson	F	8.6
8	Yee	F	8.9
9	Perata	F	4.8
10	Corbett	F	6.6
11	Simitian	F	4.7
12	Denham	B	87.5
13	Alquist	F	7.4
14	Cogdill	A	92
15	Maldonado	C	77.6
16	Florez	F	6.1
17	Runner*	B	81.1
18	Ashburn	B	82.1
19	McClintock	A	90.3
20	Padilla	F	4.2
21	Scott	F	7.4
22	Cedillo	F	6.4
23	Kuehl	F	5.6
24	Romero	F	6.3
25	Vincent*		0
26	Ridley-Thomas	F	16.7
27	Lowenthal	F	3
28	Oropeza	F	8.3
29	Margett	B	81
30	Calderon	F	12.5
31	Dutton	B	87.8
32	Negrete McLeod	D	31.8
33	Ackerman	A	90
34	Correa	C	60
35	Harman	B	83.4
36	Hollingsworth	A	98.2
37	Battin	A	93.8
38	Wyland	A	92.4
39	Kehoe	F	6.5
40	Ducheny	F	16

NOTE:
* Assembly Members Runner and Soto, and Senators Runner and Vincent, missed an extensive number of votes for illness or personal reasons. Missed votes can have an impact on the final grade and make the results a less reliable measure of a lawmaker’s true attitude regarding taxpayer issues.

Those legislators who carried HJTA-sponsored pro-taxpayer legislation (Assembly Members Benoit, DeVore, Duvall and Gaines) received one extra ‘+’ mark.

2007 Legislative Report Card

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 2007 legislative session, 49 bills were used to evaluate and grade voting records. Practically all of these bills deal with tax increases — often masquerading as fees — or direct assaults on Proposition 13 and Proposition 218, the Right to Vote on Taxes Act.

In a change from previous years, we have double-weighted those bills with the most serious consequences for taxpayers, which we have dubbed “Taxpayer Traps.”

Finally, we triple-weighted Assembly Constitutional Amendment 8, our number one target this legislative session. While portraying itself as an eminent domain reform measure, ACA 8 actually would have inserted more loopholes into the takings process, making it easier for local governments to seize property, including homes, for the benefit of other private interests.

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District	Assembly Member	Grade	%
1	Berg	F	4.6
2	La Malfa	A	99
3	Keene	A	98.7
4	Gaines	A	97.9
5	Niello	A	98.4
6	Huffman	F	3.7
7	Evans	F	4.5
8	Wolk	F	5.7
9	Jones	F	5.1
10	Nakanishi	A	96.8
11	DeSaulnier	F	3.4
12	Ma	F	4.1
13	Leno	F	4.7
14	Hancock	F	3.6
15	Houston	A	94.2
16	Swanson	F	7.5
17	Galgiani	C	55.4
18	Hayashi	F	6.1
19	Mullin	F	7.5
20	Torrico	F	8.7
21	Ruskin	F	1.8
22	Lieber	F	3.3
23	Coto	F	4.5
24	Beall	F	4.8
25	Berryhill	A	96.8
26	Aghazarian	A	92.7
27	Laird	F	3.5
28	Caballero	F	4.4
29	Villines	A	99.1
30	Parra	D	24.6
31	Arambula	F	7.4
32	Fuller	A	98.5
33	Blakeslee	A	93.8
34	Maze	A	95.9
35	Nava	F	5.1
36	Runner	A	93.5
37	Strickland*	B	77.8
38	Smyth	A	95.2
39	Fuentes	F	7.5
40	Levine	F	6.1
41	Brownly	F	4.5
42	Feuer	F	4.3
43	Krekorian	F	4.6
44	Portantino	F	4.9
45	De Leon	F	3.5
46	Nunez	F	4.1
48	Davis	F	4.9
49	Eng	F	7.6
50	De La Torre	F	6.3
51	Price	F	6
52	Dymally	F	7.7
53	Lieu	D	11.9
54	Karnette	F	4.2
55	Richardson*	D	31.2
56	Mendoza	F	7.5
57	Hernandez	F	8.2
58	Calderon	F	10.7
59	Adams	A	95.7
60	Huff	A	97.8
61	Soto*	D	23.6
62	Carter	F	7.4
63	Emmerson	A	94.5
64	Benoit	A	96.7
65	Cook	A	92
66	Jeffries	A	96.8
67	Silva	A	94.8
68	Tran	A	93.5
69	Solorio	F	5.7
70	DeVore	A	96.8
71	Spitzer	A	95.9
72	Duvall	A	97.4
73	Walters	A	100
74	Garrick	A	97.5
75	Plescia	A	96.1
76	Saldana	F	3.5
77	Anderson	A	98.5
78	Horton	B	89.1
79	Salas	F	7.5
80	Garcia	A	93.4

District	Senator	Grade	%
1	Cox	A	95.8
2	Wiggins	D	14.3
3	Migden	D	10.3
4	Aanestad	A	90.2
5	Machado	D	21.9
6	Steinberg	F	3
7	Torlakson	F	4.5
8	Yee	F	6
9	Perata	F	10
10	Corbett	F	4.1
11	Simitian	F	9.1
12	Denham	A	98.1
13	Alquist	F	6
14	Cogdill	A	96.3
15	Maldonado	B	85.4
16	Florez	D	11.1
17	Runner	A	93.7
18	Ashburn	A	97.4
19	McClintock	A	97.1
20	Padilla	F	7
21	Scott	D	12
22	Cedillo	F	4.5
23	Kuehl	F	6.3
24	Romero	F	8.7
25	Vincent*	D	21.6
26	Ridley-Thomas	F	5.5
27	Lowenthal	F	8.6
28	Oropeza	F	9.7
29	Margett	B	88.5
30	Calderon	D	13.6
31	Dutton	A	93.4
32	Negrete McLeod	D	19.9
33	Ackerman	A	100
34	Correa	C	59.4
35	Harman	A	97.9
36	Hollingsworth	A	99
37	Battin*	B	75.8
38	Wyland	A	98.9
39	Kehoe	F	6.8
40	Ducheny	D	23

NOTE:
* Senators Battin and Vincent, and Assembly Members Soto and Strickland, missed a number of votes for illness or important personal reasons. Assembly Member Richardson missed votes due to being elected to Congress. Missed votes can have an impact on the final grade and make the results a less reliable measure of a lawmaker’s true attitude regarding taxpayer issues.

Some bills included opposition from the “Stop the Hidden Taxes Coalition,” of which HJTA is a member. This was sometimes used in place of a direct letter from the organization.

HJTA’s “Taxpayer Traps,” or the bills that would have the most impact on taxpayers, were weighted double.

Assembly Constitutional Amendment 8, HJTA’s #1 target, was triple-weighted.

SB 1, SB 93 and SB 976 were “gut and amend” bills included on the scorecard. Only those votes beginning with the major amendments were included.