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David Alvarez

Democrat, State Assembly

District 80, Chula Vista

Time in office:

Assembly: 2022-present

Official Website

News coverage of David Alvarez

Bio

David Alvarez, 45, is a former legislative staffer, consultant and city council member. Prior to his election, he ran a consulting business and served for eight years as a San Diego city councilmember. He worked for nearly six years as a district representative for state Sen. Denise Moreno Ducheny. In 2014, he ran for mayor and lost to Kevin Faulconer. In the Assembly, he authored legislation that will allow students living in Mexico near the California border to be eligible for in-state tuition at community colleges and legislation that exempts certain affordable housing projects from environmental reviews. He’s married with a daughter and a son.

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Ideology

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Moderate

Right

Bill Activity

Of 23 bills:

7 Passed

4 Failed

12 Pending

For this session year, this legislator initiated 23 bills: 7 passed, 4 failed, and 12 are currently pending.

Alignment Meter

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Financials

This feature tracks three sources of money intended to help a candidate win election: 1-Money given directly to a candidate’s committee, 2-Money given to an Independent Expenditure Committee, 3-Money given to a political party. (NOTE: Senators are elected every four years. Twenty of the 40 Senators are on the ballot in even-numbered years, so Senators may do little or no fundraising in the first two-year session of their Senate term).

Election

This display shows money given directly to the incumbent’s campaign committee (NOTE: The industry categories for donors come from Open Secrets, a nonpartisan research organization for campaign finance. Some contributions are “uncoded,” meaning they have not been assigned to an industry sector. As a result, the total for each sector is also an estimate).

Agriculture

Communications & Electronics

Construction

Energy & Natural Resources

Finance, Insurance & Real Estate

General Business

Government Agencies/Education/Other

Health

Ideology/Single Issue

Labor

Lawyers & Lobbyists

Party

Transportation

Uncoded

Unitemized Contributions

Candidate Donations

Individuals, corporations, organizations and committees are limited to a maximum donation to candidates of $5,500 for the primary and for the general elections.

Total

$1.2M

148.0% higher than the average legislators

Independent Expenditures

Money from Independent Expenditure Committees (IEC) for advertising or grassroots activity targeting a candidates run for office is unlimited, but it cannot be spent in coordination with the candidate or the candidate's campaign.

Total

$315.0

100.0% lower than the average legislators

Grand Total for Elections

$1.2M

108.0% higher than the average legislators

This is a total of the money targeting this legislator's campaign(s) including direct donations to the candidate, money spent by Independent Expenditure Committees and money from political parties.

Influence

There are three categories of donations to legislators after they are elected that encourage a working relationship between the donor and the legislator. The three categories are: 1-Gifts, 2-Travel, 3-Behests.

Giver	Value	Date	Description
Rincon Tribe	$320.44	Aug 12, 2022	Meal
San Diego State University	$156.24	Sep 3, 2022	2 tickets to Football Game
California Issues Forum	$128	Aug 22, 2022	Dinner
Re-Elect Senator Atkins 2020	$97.82	Jun 16, 2022	Flowers
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation	$75.85	Aug 23, 2022	Commemorative Poster
California Democratic Party	$67.87	Aug 16, 2022	Lunch
California Chamber of Commerce	$63.88	Aug 17, 2022	Dinner
California Democratic Party	$61.78	Nov 9, 2022	Lunch
More Choice San Diego	$50	Dec 7, 2022	Dinner
California Issues Forum	$19.74	Aug 15, 2022	Lunch

Gifts

Legislators are not allowed to accept gifts of more than $10 per month from registered lobbyists. Gifts from any other single source are limited to $590 in a calendar year.

Gift Received Rating

#60/120

This legislator is ranked 60th highest for the amount of personal gifts received.

Policy

Bills Authored by David Alvarez

AB 2117

Superintendent of Public Instruction: Secretary of Education.

In Progress

Superintendent of Public Instruction: Secretary of Education.

AB 2056

Teachers: exchange programs: local educational agencies.

In Progress

Teachers: exchange programs: local educational agencies.

AB 1994

Defending Immigrant Victims Act.

In Progress

Defending Immigrant Victims Act.

AB 1771

State Housing Law: apartment houses.

In Progress

State Housing Law: apartment houses.

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Committees

Most of the policy work in the state Capitol is done in “Standing” committees. Legislators also work on budget subcommittees. There are also “Special” and “Select” committees with a more narrow topic focus. And there are “Joint” committees with members from the Senate and Assembly.

Standing