2019LEGISLATIVESCORECARD

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2019 in reviewDear supporter,

In this past year, CALPIRG worked with the Legislature to pass laws that will protect consumers, preserve the environment, safeguard public health, assure a fair and sustainable economy, and foster a more responsive government. We made important progress on some issues, but fell short on others. My team and I have put this scorecard together so you can know how your legislators voted in the public interest.

One of the victories I am particularly proud of is the passage of AB 824, a law that will prohibit “pay-for-delay” deals between name-brand and generic drug companies, so more of us can get access to the generic version of the medicines we need faster.

We also helped pass SB 72, which makes it possible for Californians to register to vote on Election Day at every polling site in our state, and AB 539, to ban certain predatory lending practices.

But at times, our legislators fell short of some big priorities—including failing to pass the groundbreaking Circular Economy and Plastic Pollution Reduction Act, which would help us move our state beyond the single-use plastic items that we use for just a few minutes, but pollute our planet for decades.

I’m proud of what we have been able to accomplish in 2019, but our legislators can and should do more to address these pressing problems that impact our daily lives. CALPIRG staff do research, public education, organizing, and advocacy to deliver tangible results that benefit all Californians. With the help and support of our members, we’ll keep pushing for change in 2020.

Sincerely,

Emily RuschExecutive Director info@calpirg.org

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Legislation scoredBeyond PlasticSB 54 (Allen): Would require companies to reduce plastic waste from packaging and single-use food ware by 75 percent by 2030—Pending in the Assembly.

AB 1080 (Gonzalez): Would require companies to reduce plastic waste from packaging and single-use food ware by 75 percent by 2030—Pending in the Senate.

Transform TransportationSB 127 (Wiener): Would have required CalTrans to accommodate more bicyclists and pedestrians on certain streets—Vetoed by Gov. Newsom.

Zero Out ToxicsSB 574 (Leyva): Would give consumers the right to know about toxic chemicals in the fragrance and flavor of cosmetics and per-sonal care products—Pending in the As-sembly.

SB 647 (Mitchell): Reduces the allowable lev-els of toxic lead and cadmium in jewelry sold in California—Signed into law.

Democracy for the PeopleSB 72 (Umberg): Expands Election Day voter registration to every polling site in the state—Signed into law.

SB 47 (Allen): Requires initiative, referen-dum and recall signature-gatherers to show voters the top three funders for the initia-tive—Signed into law.

Consumer WatchdogAB 824 (Wood): Prohibits “pay-for-delay” deals between name-brand and generic prescription drug companies that reduces consumer access to cheaper generic medicines—Signed into law.

AB 1611 (Chiu): Would help protect patients from surprise, out-of-network hospital emergency room bills—Pending in the Assembly.

AB 539 (Limón): Prohibits certain predatory lending practices by capping interest rates on loans between $2,500 to $10,000—Signed into law.

AB 376 (Stone): The Student Borrower Bill of Rights would give borrowers more rights and tools to be treated fairly by student loan servicing companies—Pending in the Assembly.

AB 1130 (Levine): Strengthens California’s identity theft protections by requiring companies to notify consumers if biometric and/or government-issued ID numbers are part of a data breach—Signed into law.

Scorecard Key (+) Vote for consumers (-) Vote against consumers (ea) Excused Absence (Blank) Not given the opportunity to vote (nv) Present, not voting

(counts against their score)

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2019 CA STATE SENATE SCORECARDStateSenateMember Di

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SB 5

4

AB 1

080

SB 1

27

AB 8

24

AB 5

39

AB 3

76

AB 11

30

SB 5

74

SB 6

47

SB 7

2

SB 4

7

Score

Brian Dahle 1 nv - nv + - - + - - 22%Mike McGuire 2 + + + + + + + + + 100%Bill Dodd 3 + + + + + + + + + 100%Jim Nielsen 4 - - - - - - + - - 11%Cathleen Galgiani 5 + + + nv - nv + + + 67%Richard Pan 6 nv + + + + + + + + 89%Steve Glazer 7 + + + + nv nv + + + 78%Andreas Borgeas 8 - - - nv ea - - + - + 22%Nancy Skinner 9 + + + + + + + + + + 100%Bob Wieckowski 10 + + + + + + + + + + + 100%Scott Wiener 11 + + + + + + + + + 100%Anna Caballero 12 + + + + ea nv nv + + + 78%Jerry Hill 13 + + + + + + + + + + 100%Melissa Hurtado 14 + + + + + nv + + + 89%Jim Beall 15 + + + + + + + + + 100%Shannon Grove 16 - - - - - - + - - 11%Bill Monning 17 + + + + + + + + + + 100%Bob Hertzberg 18 + + + + + + + + + 100%Hannah-Beth Jackson 19 + + + + + + + + + + 100%Connie Leyva 20 + + + + + + + + + 100%Scott Wilk 21 + - + + - - + - + 56%Susan Rubio 22 nv + + + + nv + + + 78%Mike Morrell 23 - - - nv - - + - - 11%Maria Elena Durazo 24 + + + + + + + + + + + 100%Anthony Portantino 25 + + + + + + + + + + + 100%Ben Allen 26 + + + + + + + + + + 100%Henry Stern 27 + + - + + + + + + + + 91%Jeff Stone 28 - - - - - - + - - 11%Ling Ling Chang 29 + - + + nv - - + + + 60%Holly Mitchell 30 + + + + + + + + + 100%Richard Roth 31 + + + + + + + + + 100%Bob Archuleta 32 + + + + + + + + + 100%Lena Gonzalez 33 + + + + + + + + 100%Tom Umberg 34 + + + + + + + + + + 100%Steven Bradford 35 + + + + + + + + + + + 100%Patricia Bates 36 - nv - - nv - - + - - 10%John Moorlach 37 - - - - - - + - - 11%Brian Jones 38 - - - - - - - - + - - 9%Toni Atkins 39 + + + + + + + + + 100%Ben Hueso 40 + + + nv + + + + + + 90%

StateAssemblyMember Di

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SB 5

4

AB 1

080

SB 1

27

AB 8

24

AB 1

611

AB 5

39

AB 3

76

AB 11

30

SB 5

74

SB 6

47

SB 7

2

SB 4

7

Score

VACANT 1 0%Jim Wood 2 + + + + + + + + + + + + 100%James Gallagher 3 - nv - + nv + - + + - - 36%Cecilia Aguiar-Curry 4 nv nv + + + + + + + + + + 83%Frank Bigelow 5 - - - nv nv - - - nv + - - 8%Kevin Kiley 6 - - - nv - - - - + - nv 9%Kevin McCarty 7 + + + + + + + + + + + + 100%Ken Cooley 8 + ea + + ea + ea ea + + + 100%Jim Cooper 9 nv nv nv nv + nv + nv + + + 45%Marc Levine 10 + + + + + + + + + + + 100%Jim Frazier 11 + - nv nv - nv + - + + + 45%Heath Flora 12 - - - nv nv nv - - nv + - nv 8%Susan Eggman 13 nv + + + + + + nv + + + 82%Timothy Grayson 14 nv nv + nv + + + nv + + + 64%Buffy Wicks 15 + + + + + + + + + + + 100%Rebecca Bauer-Kahan 16 + + + + + + + + + + + + 100%David Chiu 17 + + + + + + + + + + + 100%Rob Bonta 18 + + + + + + + + + + + + 100%Phil Ting 19 + + + + + + ea + + + + 100%Bill Quirk 20 + + + + + + + + + + + + 100%Adam Gray 21 - nv + - nv nv nv nv nv + + 27%Kevin Mullin 22 + + + nv + + + + + + + 91%Jim Patterson 23 - - - nv - nv nv - + - - 9%Marc Berman 24 + + + + + + + + + + + 100%Kansen Chu 25 + + + + + + + + + + + 100%Devon Mathis 26 - - - nv nv - - - + + - - 17%Ash Kalra 27 + + + + + + + + + + + 100%Evan Low 28 nv + + + + + + + + + + 91%Mark Stone 29 + + + + + + + + + + + 100%Robert Rivas 30 + + + + + + + + + + + 100%Joaquin Arambula 31 nv nv + + nv + + + + + + + 75%Rudy Salas 32 nv - + + - + + - + + + 64%Jay Obernolte 33 - - - + - - - - nv + - + 25%Vince Fong 34 - - - nv - nv nv - + - nv 9%Jordan Cunningham 35 - - - + nv + - - + - + 36%Tom Lackey 36 - - - + + - - - + - + 36%Monique Limón 37 ea + + + + + + + + + + + 100%Christy Smith 38 ea + + + + + + + + + + 100%Luz Rivas 39 + + + + + + + + + + + 100%James Ramos 40 nv - + + - + + nv + + + + 67%

2019 CA STATE ASSEMBLY SCORECARD

2019 CA STATE ASSEMBLY SCORECARDStateAssemblyMember Di

stric

t

SB 5

4

AB 1

080

SB 1

27

AB 8

24

AB 1

611

AB 5

39

AB 3

76

AB 11

30

SB 5

74

SB 6

47

SB 7

2

SB 4

7

Score

Chris Holden 41 + + + + + + + + + + + + 100%Chad Mayes 42 - nv - + - + - nv nv + - nv 25%Laura Friedman 43 + + + + + + + + + + + 100%Jacqui Irwin 44 nv + + + nv + + + + + + 82%Jesse Gabriel 45 + + + + + + + + + + + 100%Adrin Nazarian 46 + + + + + + + + + + + + 100%Eloise Reyes 47 + + + + + + + + + + + 100%Blanca Rubio 48 nv nv + + nv + + nv + + + 64%Ed Chau 49 + + + + + + + + + + + 100%Richard Bloom 50 ea + + + nv + + + + + + 90%Wendy Carrillo 51 + + + + + + + + + + + + 100%Freddie Rodriguez 52 nv nv + + + + + nv + + + + 75%Miguel Santiago 53 + + + + + + + + + + + + 100%Sydney Kamlager-Dove 54 + + + + nv nv + + + + + 82%Phillip Chen 55 - - - nv nv - - - + - - 9%Eduardo Garcia 56 + + + + nv + ea ea + + + 89%Ian Calderon 57 ea + + + + + + + + + + 100%Cristina Garcia 58 + + + + + + + + + + + + 100%Reginald Jones-Sawyer 59 + + + + + + + + + + + 100%Sabrina Cervantes 60 ea + + + + + + + + + + 100%Jose Medina 61 + - + + + + + nv + + + 82%Autumn Burke 62 nv nv + + + nv + + + + + + 75%Anthony Rendon 63 + + + + + + + + + + + 100%Mike Gipson 64 nv nv + + nv + + + + + + 73%Sharon Quirk-Silva 65 nv - + + + + + nv + + + 73%Al Muratsuchi 66 + + nv + + + + + + + + + 92%Melissa Melendez 67 nv - - + nv - - - + + - - 25%Steven Choi 68 - nv nv nv nv nv - - + - - 9%Tom Daly 69 nv nv + + nv + + nv + + + 64%Patrick O'Donnell 70 + + + + + nv + nv + + + 82%Randy Voepel 71 - - - + nv - - - + - - 18%Tyler Diep 72 nv nv - + nv + + - + + - 45%William Brough 73 - ea - nv ea + - - + - - 22%Cottie Petrie-Norris 74 nv + + + + + + + + + + 91%Marie Waldron 75 ea - - nv - + + - nv + - - 27%Tasha Boerner Horvath 76 + + + + nv + + nv + + + 82%Brian Maienschein 77 nv nv + + + + + + + + + 82%Todd Gloria 78 + + + + + + + + + + + 100%Shirley Weber 79 + + + + + + + + + + + 100%Lorena Gonzalez 80 + + + + + + + + + + + 100%