(click here) Marie Alvarado-Gil - detailed voting record as State Senator for District 4

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Alvarado-Gil voted FOR the following laws signed by Gavin Newsome:

SB 233 - Allows Arizona physicians to perform abortions in CA on AZ residents

AB 449 - Mandates "Hate Crime" for bias against symbols like hijabs or turbans or anti-gender incidents

SB 599 - courts must use parent's support for trans dysphoria in custody determination

SB 1414 - penal update still classifies solicitation of 16-17 year-olds for sex as a misdemeanor

AB 5 - mandates Trans/Queer training for teachers; must support trans dysphoria

AB 230 - puts menstrual products in boys bathrooms for all schools with 3rd graders

SB 840 - collect $8B in carbon taxes  (Cap & Trade) to fund high speed rail; will cost a two-car family $700 every year in higher gas prices; also spike utility prices in additional fees 

AB 659 - mandates HPV shot prior to entering 8th grade

SB 42 - allows use of public funds (TAX DOLLARS) for campaigning

AB 435 - car seat mandated for all children under 4'9" AND children ages 8-16 and over 4'9" tall if their knees don't hang over edge of seat with their back is against the seat; plus other requirements

AB 36 - withholds competitive state grant preferences from rural counties that refuse to adopt Sacramento’s higher-density and affordability policies

AB 449 - updates "Hate Crime" policies to include guidance for bias against symbols like hijabs or turbans or anti-gender incidents

Alvarado-Gil DID NOT ENTER A VOTE the following laws signed by Gavin Newsome:

AB 268 - State Holiday (Diwali); govt endorsement to a non-Christian religious observance

AB 665 - 12 year-olds can run away to a state sponsored facility to get trans treatment without parental knowledge or consent

AB 1207 - Extend Cap and Trade (climate change carbon) taxes for another 15 years (thru 2045); raising $5-13B per year in taxes, estimating increase 26-42 cents per gal to consumers

SB 1174 - Making elections less secure by prohibiting requirement to present ID to vote

AB 262 - illegal aliens eligible for $1B disaster relief funds; prioritized by damage threshold

ACA 8 - allow congressional districting to be done by legislators (Prop 50) until 2031; not the Independent Redistricting Commission as determined for by 8.5M CA voters in 2008

AB 604 - sets new Congressional boundaries as determined by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

AB 1207 - Extend Cap and Trade (climate change carbon) taxes for another 15 years (thru 2045); raising $5-13B per year in taxes, estimating increase 26-42 cents per gal to consumers

AB 457 - lets developers bypass local zoning and force automatic approval for up to 150-unit low-income farmworker housing projects with CEQA waivers, while imposing 55-year affordability covenants that lock private land into restricted resale and use. It overrides community control, shifts unfunded infrastructure burdens onto cash-strapped Valley counties, and favors big developers at the expense of small farmers, landowners, and local sovereignty.

Alvarado-Gil voted AGAINST the following laws signed by Gavin Newsome:

AB 1084 - allows minors to change names to match trans identity w/o parental consent

AB 1078 - schools must teach roles and contributions of Trans, Queer, ++

AB 1955 - prohibits mandating disclosure to parents, their child's trans identity at school

AB 495 - allows any adult to take guardianship of a minor with just a form

AB 1127 - the Glock ban (infringing on the 2nd Amendment)

AB 930 - Ballots can be counted 7 days after Election Day (previously 3)

AB 102 - $57M for equal access social services regardless of immigration status; including $12B in free healthcare

SB 805 - Requires law enforcement to show ID; state cannot share immigration info with Fed

SB 59 - fines parents if they disclose a name change based on gender identity

SB 53 - mandates stricter firearm storage requirements AT HOME

SB 518 - Reparations for Slave Descendants, grants benefits solely based on ancestry & race

SB 771 - Mandate social media censorship; or face fines for each post

AB 260 - Abortions for incarcerated & committed "persons"; Medi-Cal cover abortion; expanded protections for abortion providers

SJR 7 - Request Congress hold Constitutional Convention to restrict 2nd Amendment

AB 930 - Ballots can be counted 7 days after Election Day (previously 3)

AB 1441 - mandate Independent Redistricting Commission for Merced County Supervisor districts (same type of commission she failed to vote against in ACA 8, Prop 50)

AB 41 - Gas tax automatic rate increase; allowing the CARB tax rate of up to 65 cents per gallon to go into effect with no data

SB 105 - allocates $11B for mental health services and ZERO dollars for increased law enforcement to implement Prop 36 despite overwhelming demand by CA voters

SB 79 mandates a MINIMUM height of 65 feet (about 6 stories) for qualifying housing projects in residential zones—including single-family areas—if located within ¼ mile of major transit like heavy rail or bus rapid transit, or within ½ mile of high-frequency bus corridors, granting them automatic approval and effectively legalizing six-story apartments in many suburban neighborhoods near transit stops.

AB 1487 - extends trans/non-binary program eligibility to "Two-Spirit" people so they can be eligible for approved grants (funded at $13M in 2023)

SB 497 - protects doctors who perform trans surgeries/treatment from out of state legal actions; and blocks tracking of # of females put on testosterone

AB 82 - expands address confidentiality to gender affirming doctors/staff; publishing their info with intent to threaten is now punishable by up to $50,000 fine and 1 year in jail

SB 418 - mandate insurance and Medi-Cal cover trans patients, provide 1-year supply of hormones upon request, and take trans-inclusive care training

Alvarado-Gil voted FOR the following bills (*not signed into law):

AB 2441* - to remove school reporting mandates for drug possession/disruptive behavior as an effort to cut juvenile justice referrals

Alvarado-Gil FAILED TO VOTE in the following bills:

AB 2442* - Expedited licensing for applicants intending to provide "trans" care

Alvarado-Gil voted AGAINST the following bills (not signed into law):

AB 1992* - carbon projects about "sequestration" to align with UN Agenda 2030

AB 1840* - illegal aliens eligible for zero interest home loans; and any other programs available to low income citizens

AB 1136* - Employers must grant up to 5 unpaid days for immigration appts; hold jobs for 1 year if alien is detained; prohibits firing of illegals.

SB 545* - $700K in taxpayer dollars to find out how best to divert local tax dollars to backfill funding gaps in the state’s high-speed rail project 

Visit the California Legislative page to read the full text and voting record: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/home.xhtml

NOTE: Alvarado-Gil changed political parties from Democrat to Republican in 2023.

REMARKS AND OTHER AREAS OF CONSIDERATION:

In 2024, after Kamala Harris took Joe Biden's spot as the Democrat nominee for President, she made a post on Instagram about Kamala saying "With the endorsement of VP Harris, the Democratic Party will need to organize a fierce strategy to win in November. It's time for bare knuckles to the mat. Time is a luxury the country does not have. The American people need leadership now. The world is watching." She was asked about that post (and why it was deleted) in an interview with KCRA that she took shortly after becoming a Republican, and she claimed "I don't support President Trump" and stated that she did not know for whom she would vote: https://x.com/ZavalaA/status/1822144403613393384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1822144403613393384%7Ctwgr%5Edd51835f57def51eddf949f0137fe92be0594b67%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kcra.com%2Farticle%2Fcalifornia-state-senator-marie-alvarado-gil-party-change-interview%2F61841618

Additionally, she was asked about a Senate Resolution that she co-authored, titled "Relative to President Joe Biden". It was a 3-page long Resolution praising Joe Biden for his "swift action to get Americans vaccinated" against COVID-19, his Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill that "jump started America’s economic recovery", and his "his charm, candor, unabashed optimism, and deep and abiding patriotism." When she was asked about some of the statements and whether or not she still agreed with them after becoming a Republican, she said she agreed with "most of them": https://x.com/ZavalaA/status/1822145858193764465

Further along in the interview, she refused to say whether or not she was going to vote for President Trump, and ended up walking out of the interview while being asked about the more liberal positions she took as a State Senator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKrMYREXhpE