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Lisa Calderon

Democrat, State Assembly

District 56, City of Industry

Time in office:

Assembly: 2020-present

Official Website

News coverage of Lisa Calderon

Bio

Lisa Calderon, 60, is a member of California’s influential Calderon family, which has included four members of the Assembly or Senate over the years. Her husband, Charles Calderon, is a former state senator and member of the Assembly. She was first elected to the Assembly in 2020, assuming the seat from her stepson, Ian. Prior to her election, she was a Latino community organizer, an aide for former Assembly Speaker Willie Brown and government affairs director for Edison International. She has a bachelor’s degree from Cal State Sacramento. She has two sons along with her stepson, Ian.

Ideology

Left

Moderate

Right

Bill Activity

Of 17 bills:

6 Passed

0 Failed

11 Pending

For this session year, this legislator initiated 17 bills: 6 passed, 0 failed, and 11 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

156.0% 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

$385.0

100.0% lower than the average legislators

Grand Total for Elections

$1.2M

115.0% 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
The Walt Disney Company	$438	Dec 4, 2021	tickets
Govern for California	$176.59	Sep 29, 2021	dinner
Women in California Leadership	$172.89	Jun 22, 2021	dinner
Women in California Leadership	$127.64	Dec 7, 2021	gift bag
Evan Low for Assembly 2022	$117.65	Jun 16, 2021	dinner
The California Armenian Legislative Caucus	$106.2	Aug 27, 2021	Fleece Jacket
The California Armenian Legislative Caucus	$100.36	Dec 10, 2021	Food and Beverage
Adam Gray for Assembly 2020	$91.5	Mar 16, 2021	Gift Basket
Rendon for Assembly 2022	$67.8	Aug 15, 2021	jacket
Rendon for Assembly 2022	$65.62	Nov 19, 2021	flowers

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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

#15/120

This legislator is ranked 15th highest for the amount of personal gifts received.

Policy

Bills Authored by Lisa Calderon

AB 1559

Residential property insurance images.

In Progress

Residential property insurance images.

AB 1554

Wildfire Fund.

In Progress

Wildfire Fund.

AB 798

State Emergency Food Bank Reserve Program: diapers and wipes.

Committee: Assembly Standing Committee on Human Services

Passed

State Emergency Food Bank Reserve Program: diapers and wipes.Committee: Assembly Standing Committee on Human Services

AB 1003

Public health: emergency plans and wildfire research.

Committee: Assembly Standing Committee on Health

Passed

Public health: emergency plans and wildfire research.Committee: Assembly Standing Committee on Health

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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