(click here) Esmeralda Soria - detailed voting record as State Assembly Rep for District 27

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SORIA voted FOR the following laws signed by Gavin Newsome:

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

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

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 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 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 659 - mandates HPV shot prior to entering 8th grade

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 1441 - mandate Independent Redistricting Commission for Merced County Supervisor districts (same type of commission she voted to suspend via ACA 8, Prop 50)

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

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 

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 

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

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 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.

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

SB 79 mandates a MINIMUM height of 65 feet (about 6 stories) for 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

SORIA voted FOR the following bills (*not signed into law):

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

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

AB 695* - Deported illegals to get in-state tuition for on-line classes and be classified as 'resident fee eligible' upon return to the US

AB 2498* - Extends rental subsidies to illegal aliens

AB 2586* - Allow illegal aliens to fill UC (state-funded) jobs

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 954* - mandates free condoms at schools and sales in retail regardless of age

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

Soria FAILED TO VOTE on the following:

SJR 7 - Request Congress hold Constitutional Convention to restrict 2nd Amendment (should have voted NO to align with the US Constitution)

AB 41 - Soria failed to support the motion to suspend the gas tax automatic rate increase; allowing the CARB tax rate of up to 65 cents per gallon to go into effect with no data

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

AB 1028* - ends mandatory report of abused women unless a gun was involved

SORIA voted AGAINST the following laws signed by Gavin Newsome:

SB 53 - mandates stricter firearm storage requirements AT HOME (a good vote!)

SORIA voted AGAINST the following bills (*not signed into law):

AB 2079* - impose stricter permitting for large-diameter, high-capacity groundwater wells & mandatory 30-day interagency reviews (a good vote!)

SB 94* - if sentenced to life without parole for “special-circumstance” murders before June 5, 1990, and served at least 25 years, allows petition for resentencing — giving “great weight” to trauma and other mitigating factors such as childhood abuse, mental illness, youth, or racial bias.

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

Other Source Material:

• Soria is endorsed by some progressive organizations like the Central Valley Progressive PAC, which described her as a strong ally

• Soria has proclaimed to be "unapologetically progressive," source – Progressive Voters Guide, 2020

• In 2020, Soria was appointed by Gavin Newsome to be the Central Valley's only representative on his Homelessness Task Force per her interview (at the 5 min mark). Her team received a $1B budget to tackle the homelessness problem. Have you seen a decrease in homelessness since 2020?

• In her 2020 run for Congress, Soria received over $432,000 in donations, mostly from ACT Blue (the money "funneling" platform for the Democrats) and many donations from Massachusetts and Maryland.