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Isaac Bryan

Democrat, State Assembly
District 55, Culver City
Time in office:
  • Assembly: 2021-present

Bio

Isaac Bryan, 33, is the former Assembly majority leader whose career has been focused on addressing racial inequalities in the criminal justice system. Bryan championed a local ballot measure to address racial injustice in Los Angeles. He was director of public policy at the UCLA Ralph J. Bunche Center, the founding director of the UCLA Black Policy Project, a think tank, served as an advisor to Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and advocated for the Million Dollar Hoods project. He has bachelor’s degrees from University of Arizona and a master’s from UCLA.

Ideology

Left

Moderate

Right

Bill Activity

0

Of 6 bills:
 Passed
 Failed
6 Pending

For this session year, this legislator initiated 6 bills: None passed, None failed, and 6 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

$4.5K

Communications & Electronics

$28.9K

Construction

$10.0K

Energy & Natural Resources

$40.0K

Finance, Insurance & Real Estate

$52.7K

General Business

$64.5K

Government Agencies/Education/Other

$75.6K

Health

$35.1K

Ideology/Single Issue

$29.5K

Labor

$198.4K

Lawyers & Lobbyists

$11.5K

Party

$150.0

Transportation

$29.0K

Uncoded

$254.0K

Unitemized Contributions

$1.0K

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
$835.0K

11.0% higher than the average legislators

Party Committees

This is independent expenditure money spent by political parties for advertising, grassroots mobilization or other activities targeting this candidate. Separately, political parties can give an unlimited amount of money directly to a candidate's campaign committee. Digital Democracy tallies that money under "candidate donations".

Total
$2.6K

Independent Expenditures

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

Total
$315.0

Grand Total for Elections

$837.9K

11.0% higher than the average legislators

This is a total of the money to help this legislator win office including direct donations to the candidate, money from 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
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc.$282Nov 17, 2021movie tickets
National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies$95.32Dec 16, 2021Meal/Beverage
Re-Elect Senator Atkins 2020$81.56Jun 1, 2021flowers
Rendon for Assembly 2022$67.8Sep 15, 2021jacket
Rendon for Assembly 2022$35.86Nov 7, 2021Meal/Bevergae
Evan Low for Assembly 2022$12.15Jul 14, 2021t-shirt
Rendon for Assembly 2022$9.95Oct 8, 2021Meal/Bevergae
Rendon for Assembly 2022$7.09Jul 7, 2021meal
Rendon for Assembly 2022$6.65Nov 8, 2021Meal/Bevergae
Rendon for Assembly 2022$5.83Jun 2, 2021meal

Personal 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
#44/120

This legislator is ranked 44th highest for the amount of personal gifts received.

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.

Hearings

Featured Comments

Below are links to the video and transcript of recent, substantive comments by this legislator in committee hearings or floor sessions.

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Jan 17, 2025

ACR 7

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

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Aug 31, 2024

AB 2716

Oil and gas: low-production wells: Baldwin Hills Conservancy: Equitable Community Repair and Reinvestment Account.

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Aug 31, 2024

AB 544

Voting pilot program: county jails.

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Aug 30, 2024

AB 2484

Courts: juveniles: remote proceedings.

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Aug 29, 2024

AB 2664

Foster youth.

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Aug 29, 2024

AB 3145

Family preservation services: standards.

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Aug 29, 2024

AB 2906

Foster care payments.

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Aug 29, 2024

AB 274

CalWORKs: CalFresh: eligibility: income exclusions.

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Aug 29, 2024

AB 2531

Deaths while in law enforcement custody: reporting.

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Aug 28, 2024

AB 1986

State prisons: banned books.

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Aug 28, 2024

AB 3265

California Environmental Quality Act: environmental leadership media campus projects: judicial streamlining.

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Aug 28, 2024

AB 2684

Safety element: extreme heat.

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District

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District 55 is a Safe Democratic District
Democratic Party candidate has a very high likelihood of winning in an election

Previous Election:

Isaac G. Bryan
80.7%
WON
Keith G. Cascio
19.3%

Party Registration

Census Data

Median age0102030

Median age