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Michelle Rodriguez

Democrat, State Assembly
District 53, Chino
Time in office:
  • Assembly: 2024-present

News coverage of Michelle Rodriguez

Bio

Michelle Rodriguez, 58, was a member of State’s Commission on Peace Officers Standards and Training (POST). She entered the Assembly as her husband, Freddie Rodriguez, departed due to term limits. Rodriguez previously worked as an administrator for healthcare organizations, as a security officer for local school districts and as athletic director for a Junior All-American Football League Team. She and the former Assemblymember raised their four children in the district.

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Bill Activity

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Of 28 bills:
6 Passed
7 Failed
15 Pending

For this session year, this legislator initiated 28 bills: 6 passed, 7 failed, and 15 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

$11.5K

Candidate Contributions

$3.0K

Communications & Electronics

$8.3K

Construction

$13.0K

Energy & Natural Resources

$59.0K

Finance, Insurance & Real Estate

$50.1K

General Business

$62.6K

Government Agencies/Education/Other

$37.5K

Health

$74.5K

Ideology/Single Issue

$46.3K

Labor

$137.1K

Transportation

$5.5K

Uncoded

$155.1K

Unitemized Contributions

$145.6K

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
$809.0K

71.0% 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
$262.0K

190.0% higher than the average legislators

Grand Total for Elections

$1.1M

90.0% 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
California Border Issues Project$541.65Dec 4, 2024lapel pin,tickets, souvenirs

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
#93/120

This legislator is ranked 93rd highest for the amount of personal gifts received.

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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Sep 12, 2025

AB 943

Insurance agents: prelicensing education.

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Sep 3, 2025

AB 391

Mobilehome parks: notices to homeowners and residents.

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Aug 18, 2025

AB 463

Emergency medical services: dogs and cats.

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Jul 3, 2025

AB 369

Emergency services: liability.

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Jun 25, 2025

AB 943

Insurance agents: prelicensing education.

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Jun 2, 2025

AB 1328

Medi-Cal reimbursements: nonemergency ambulance and other transportation.

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Jun 2, 2025

AB 743

California Financing Law: lawsuit financiers.

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May 12, 2025

AB 943

Insurance agents: prelicensing education.

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Apr 29, 2025

AB 63

Loitering with intent to commit prostitution.

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Apr 28, 2025

AB 1106

State Air Resources Board: regional air quality incident response program.

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Apr 28, 2025

AB 743

California Financing Law: lawsuit financiers.

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Apr 22, 2025

AB 1328

Medi-Cal reimbursements: nonemergency ambulance and other transportation.

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District

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District 53 is a Safe Democratic District
Democratic Party candidate has a very high likelihood of winning in an election

Previous Election (2024):

Michelle Rodriguez
57.6%
WON
Nick Wilson
42.4%

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Census Data

Median age0102030

Median age