Year-end recap and voting record of Southwest California Legislators in accord with Council positions.

1. Southwest California Legislative Council
2016 Vote Record
This report for the second year of the
2015–2016 legislative session focuses
on California legislators’ floor votes on
Southwest California Legislative
Council priority bills.
This is the 11th vote record the SWCLC
has compiled. The SWCLC publishes
this report in response to numerous
requests by member firms and coalition
members that would like a gauge by
which to measure the performance of
their legislators.
Partial Picture
No vote record can tell the entire story
of a legislator’s attitude and actions on
issues of importance to business. Each
year, legislators cast thousands of
votes on thousands of proposed laws.
To fully evaluate your legislative
representative, consult the legislative
journals and examine your legislator’s
votes in committee and on floor issues.
You can view these via links at
http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/
The SWCLC adopted positions on 84
state bills this year, supporting 32 and
opposing 52. Twenty four bills made
their way through the legislative
process and were among the 1,059 that
landed on the Governor's desk. We
supported 14 of those and opposed 10.
There were more than 3,100 bills,
constitutional amendments and other
measures introduced this session.
Many bills, both JOB KILLERS and
JOB CREATORS were rejected by
legislators in policy or fiscal
committees, thus stopping proposals
before they reached the floor for a vote.
The vote record does not capture these
votes. Most bills in this report cover
major business bills that are of concern
to both small and large companies and
especially to companies doing business
in Southwest California and fit the
Strategic Initiatives of the SWCLC.
The SWCLC recognizes that there
are many bills supported or opposed
by business that may not be
included in this vote record and
analysis. A full list of bill positions
for SWCLC is available at
http://southwestca.biz/
Factors Considered
● The bills and votes reflect legislators’
attitudes toward private enterprise, fiscal
responsibility and the business climate.
● Each bill was a priority for the SWCLC, a
position had been adopted by the SWCLC
and that position had been communicated
one or more times to the author of the bill,
the appropriate committee and to our local
legislators.
● The bills were voted upon by the full
Senate and Assembly. This year 24 of 84
bills met that criteria. Last year 32 bills from
a total of 88 did.
● Unless otherwise noted, final floor votes
are shown. Concurrence votes and
conference report votes are considered final
votes.
Historical Record
Once again Southwest California legislators
scored well with most posting 90% or better
voting records.
As in past years, this is indicative of the fact
that Southwest County tends to elect more
business-friendly, fiscally conservative
legislators who reflect the needs of their
constituency.
The SWCLC focused on a broad spectrum
of issues in keeping with our Strategic
Initiatives of budget & tax reform, job
creation & retention, infrastructure & the
environment, and healthcare.
Within that framework, the SWCLC weighed
in on CEQA reform, ADA nuisance lawsuits,
reducing or eliminating tax and regulatory
burdens, onerous environmental legislation,
minimum wage and healthcare issues.
The Council worked to support issues of
local concern like returning Vehicle
License Fees to local cities (SB817 –
vetoed again), making it easier for small
businesses to accommodate ADA
requirements (SB269 - Chaptered), and
to defeat the Senate Pro-Tem’s attempt to
stack the local SCAQMD Board.
Vote Record
Senator Jeff Stone (R) SD28, achieved
a 91% voting record in the second year of
his term. The Senator scored a win with
SB1261 which will help address a
shortage of skilled doctor care for
underserved communities.
Senator Richard Roth (D) SD31, scored
70% this year, up from 58% last year.
Two of Senator Roth’s bills were highly
favored by the Council this year. Both
SB817, the perennial bill to returns VLF
funds to our newest cities, and SB269,
which would make ADA compliance
easier for businesses, passed the
legislature with bi-partisan support. The
Governor again vetoed VLF relief but
signed the ADA bill this year
Senator Mike Morrell (R), SD23, voted
with the Council 87% of the time.
Assemblymember Marie Waldron (R)
AD75 voted with the Council 97% of the
time, Melissa Melendez (R) AD67 84%
and Brian Jones (R) AD71 100%. Jose
Medina (D) AD61, earned just 65% in
support of business friendly bills.
Governor Jerry Brown, vetoed JOB
KILLERs like SB654 and AB1643 but also
killed SB817 and SB907. The Governor
did vote in accord 63%, up from just 47%
last year In 2014 he was with us 60% of
the time, 64% in 2013 and 62% in 2012.
On average, a 14% better record than
Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The Southwest California Legislative
Council considers it a privilege to
advocate on behalf of business interests
in Southwest Riverside County.
We would also like to thank our
dedicated Legislators and their local
staffs for their support and cooperation in
2016.
Thanks also to our sponsors,
supporters and Chamber coalition
partners.

2. Southwest California Legislative Council
2016 Vote Record
This year in addition to our own Report Card, we have included the Best Business Votes as compiled by the
California Chamber of Commerce as well as the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association Legislative Report
Card. While the SWCLC does not assign a grade to legislative vote records, the HJTA is not so shy.
This year the Southwest California Legislative Council based scores on our representatives vote records on 24
bills. CalChamber based their chart on 17 bills and HJTA selected 22 bills for their measurement. Most
compilations, including SWCLC, only consider the final floor vote when determining the result. We also try to
make allowances on bills that have been subject to the gut-and-amend process significantly altering the bill
prior to the final vote, sometimes making it unrecognizable from the original.
Many bills are amended as they make their way through the process, some as many as ten times. These
amendments are often in response to concerns of other legislators acting on the bill in committee but can
also be in response to pressure exerted on the author by various advocacy groups such as the SWCLC. Each
iteration of a bill must be reevaluated for similarity to the original bill and a new position letter submitted to
the author and subsequent committees for inclusion in the bill analysis record. Unlike gut-and-amend bills,
which typically involve a completely different subject and/or author, most amended bills simply insert minor
modifications to the original language. Sometimes the bill is made more palatable, sometimes the bill
becomes even more onerous.
The SWCLC circulates a preliminary version of the final list to each legislative office for commentary prior to
publication. They may confirm the record, offer a correction to the record, or provide an explanation of a
vote. It’s unrealistic to expect our legislators to vote in accord with the Council on every issue as they do
have other constituencies, but we do like to find out why they may have voted a different way on a bill.
It is also important to remember that sometimes a NO VOTE RECORDED (NVR) is just as good as a vote if it
helps defeat or pass a bill by a slim margin. Sometimes a legislator is unwilling to vote against a colleague or
party caucus, but will refrain from casting a vote in favor. As such, NO VOTE RECORDED is neither counted for
nor against a legislator by the SWCLC but it does affect the percentages.
The CalChamber does consider NVR if the legislator was not absent at the time of vote and if , in their
estimation, the NVR supported or opposed a position held by the CalChamber. In such cases, abstaining from
a vote may hinder passage of a bill, just as a “no” vote does.
The report card from the Howard Jarvis Tax Association is designed to help Californians gauge how their
state representatives are actually performing on taxpayer-related issues both positive and negative. Positive
proposals include bills that clarify the parcel tax exemption process for seniors and create additional
campaign finance transparency, negative bills include a car battery tax increase, which they chose to double-
weight in their scoring, and numerous bills which serve to undercut the ballot initiative process.
The Southwest California Legislative Council is an advocacy coalition of the Temecula Valley, Murrieta, Lake
Elsinore Valley, Wildomar, Menifee Valley, and Perris Valley Chambers of Commerce. The Council meets the
3rd Monday of each month at: 26529 Jefferson Avenue, Murrieta. Council meetings are open to all Chamber
members. If you have a legislative measure that will impact you or your industry segment, please submit a
summary of your concern to your Chamber for possible inclusion in a future agenda.

3. Gov Win/
Bill # Author Intent Position Status Stone Roth Morrell Melendez Waldron Jones Linder Medina Brown Loss
AB1142 Gray R Mining S CHPT Y Y NVR NVR Y Y Y Y Y W
AB1643 Gonzalez D Workers Comp O VETO N NVR N Y N N Y Y V W
AB2143 Irwin D Electronic recording S CHPT Y Y Y NVR Y Y Y Y Y W
AB2220 Cooper D 100,000+ cities S CHPT N Y N NVR Y NVR Y Y Y W
AB2693 Dababneh D PACE disclosures S CHPT Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y W
AB2664 Irwin D UC Innovation S CHPT Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y W
AB2748 Gatto D Environmental disasters O VETO N Y N N N N Y Y V W
SB269 Roth D ADA S CHPT Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y W
SB654 Jackson D Parental Leave O G & A N NVR N Y Y N Y Y V W
SB822 Roth D Citrus disease S CHPT Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y W
SB867 Roth D Maddy Fund ext S CHPT Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y W
SB936 Herzberg D Business loans S CHPT NVR Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y W
SB940 Vidak R Landowner S CHPT Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y W
SB1261 Stone R Physicians residence S CHPT Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y W
SBX2-2 Hernandez D MCO tax S CHPT N Y N N Y Y Y Y Y W
AB1066 Gonzalez D Ag Wrkrs overtime O CHPT N NVR N N N N Y Y Y L
AB2729 Williams D Oil wells O CHPT N Y Y N N N Y Y Y L
SB3 Leno D Min Wage O CHPT N Y N N N N NVR Y Y L
SB817 Roth D VLF S VETO Y Y Y NVR Y Y Y Y V L
SB907 Galgiani D Mtg Forgiveness S VETO Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y V L
SB1150 Leno D Successors interest O CHPT N NVR N NVR N N N NVR Y L
SB1167 Leyva D Indoor workers O CHPT N Y N N N N N Y Y L
SB1234 De Leon D Retirement Plans O CHPT N Y N N N N Y Y Y L
SB1383 Lara D Cow Farts O CHPT N Y N N N N N N Y L
Voting Record 91% 70% 87% 84% 96% 100% 74% 65% 63%
Supported Bills Opposed Bills
SWCLC
2016 Bill Tracker
Senate Assembly

4. The Southwest California Legislative Council
Wishes to thanks Our 2016 Partners:
Southwest Riverside Country Association of Realtors
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District
Commerce Bank of Temecula Valley
California Apartment Association
Southwest Healthcare Systems
CR&R Environmental Services
The Murrieta Temecula Group
EDC of Southwest California
Paradise Chevrolet Cadillac
Temecula Valley Hospital
The Gas Company
Abbott Vascular
Temecula Valley Chamber of Commerce - Founder
Murrieta Chamber of Commerce - Founder
Lake Elsinore Valley Chamber of Commerce - Founder
Wildomar Chamber of Commerce
Menifee Valley Chamber of Commerce
Perris Valley Chamber of Commerce
A coalition of the
Temecula Valley, Murrieta, Lake Elsinore Valley, Wildomar, Menifee Valley and Perris Valley
Chambers of Commerce

5. OCTOBER 21, 2016 ●
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80% or more with CalChamber 60%-79% with CalChamber 40%-59% with CalChamber Less than 40% with CalChamber
CalChamber Best Business Votes 2016
Legislators are listed in descending order according to how often they voted in accord with the California Chamber of Commerce
position (first number) versus how often their votes were not in accord with the CalChamber position (second number) in 2016. Total
votes may not match the vote record because the tally for not voting or absent is not included in this list. Votes when a legislator was
absent are not included in calculating percentages.
Senate
Anderson, Joel (R) 17-0
Bates, Pat (R) 17-0
Fuller, Jean (R) 17-0
Huff, Bob (R) 17-0
Moorlach, John M.W. (R) 17-0
Nguyen, Janet (R) 17-0
Stone, Jeff (R) 17-0
Vidak, Andy (R) 17-0
Berryhill, Tom (R) 16-0
Gaines, Ted (R) 16-0
Morrell, Mike (R) 16-0
Nielsen, Jim (R) 16-0
Cannella, Anthony (R) 16-1
Galgiani, Cathleen (D) 11-6
Glazer, Steve (D) 11-6
Roth, Richard (D) 9-8
Pan, Richard (D) 8-9
McGuire, Mike (D) 6-11
Wieckowski, Bob (D) 6-11
Hueso, Ben (D) 5-10
Liu, Carol (D) 5-11
Allen, Ben (D) 5-12
Hernandez, Ed (D) 5-12
Lara, Ricardo (D) 5-12
Leyva, Connie (D) 5-12
Mendoza, Tony (D) 5-12
Wolk, Lois (D) 5-12
Hancock, Loni (D) 4-12
Beall, Jim (D) 4-13
Block, Marty (D) 4-13
de León, Kevin (D) 4-13
Hall, Isadore (D) 4-13
Hertzberg, Bob (D) 4-13
Hill, Jerry (D) 4-13
Jackson, Hannah-Beth (D) 4-13
Leno, Mark (D) 4-13
Mitchell, Holly J. (D) 4-13
Monning, Bill (D) 4-13
Pavley, Fran (D) 4-13
Senator Sharon Runner (R) absent due
to illness for votes on March 31, May 26,
June 2. Deceased July 14, 2016.
Assembly
Gaines, Beth (R) 16-0
Kim, Young (R) 16-0
Mathis, Devon (R) 16-0
Obernolte, Jay (R) 16-0
Patterson, Jim (R) 16-0
Bigelow, Frank (R) 15-0
Grove, Shannon (R) 15-0
Harper, Matthew (R) 15-0
Allen, Travis (R) 15-1
Brough, William P. (R) 15-1
Jones, Brian (R) 15-1
Mayes, Chad (R) 15-1
Wagner, Donald (R) 15-1
Chang, Ling Ling (R) 14-2
Chávez, Rocky (R) 14-2
Gallagher, James (R) 14-2
Melendez, Melissa (R) 13-2
Dahle, Brian (R) 13-3
Lackey, Tom (R) 13-3
Olsen, Kristin (R) 13-3
Steinorth, Marc (R) 13-3
Wilk, Scott (R) 13-3
Achadjian, Katcho (R) 12-4
Maienschein, Brian (R) 12-4
Waldron, Marie (R) 12-4
Daly, Tom (D) 11-5
Gray, Adam (D) 10-5
Baker, Catharine (R) 10-6
Frazier, Jim (D) 10-6
Hadley, David (R) 10-6
Cooper, Jim (D) 9-7
Linder, Eric (R) 9-7
Salas, Rudy (D) 9-7
Gipson, Mike (D) 8-8
O’Donnell, Patrick (D) 8-8
Brown, Cheryl (D) 7-9
Campos, Nora (D) 7-9
Irwin, Jacqui (D) 6-9
Cooley, Ken (D) 6-10
Eggman, Susan Talamantes (D) 6-10
Arambula, Joaquin (D) 5-10
Levine, Marc (D) 5-10
Bloom, Richard (D) 5-11
Dodd, Bill (D) 5-11
López, Patty (D) 5-11
Ridley-Thomas, Sebastian (D) 5-11
Wood, Jim (D) 5-11
Hernández, Roger (D) 4-11
Medina, Jose (D) 4-11
Nazarian, Adrin (D) 4-11
Alejo, Luis (D) 4-12
Atkins, Toni (D) 4-12
Bonilla, Susan (D) 4-12
Bonta, Rob (D) 4-12
Burke, Autumn (D) 4-12
Calderon, Ian (D) 4-12
Chau, Ed (D) 4-12
Chiu, David (D) 4-12
Chu, Kansen (D) 4-12
Dababneh, Matt (D) 4-12
Garcia, Cristina (D) 4-12
Garcia, Eduardo (D) 4-12
Gatto, Mike (D) 4-12
Gomez, Jimmy (D) 4-12
Gonzalez, Lorena (D) 4-12
Gordon, Rich (D) 4-12
Holden, Chris (D) 4-12
Jones-Sawyer, Reggie (D) 4-12
Low, Evan (D) 4-12
Mullin, Kevin (D) 4-12
Quirk, Bill (D) 4-12
Rendon, Anthony (D) 4-12
Rodriguez, Freddie (D) 4-12
Santiago, Miguel (D) 4-12
Stone, Mark (D) 4-12
Ting, Phil (D) 4-12
Weber, Shirley (D) 4-12
Williams, Das (D) 4-12
Thurmond, Tony (D) 3-12
McCarty, Kevin (D) 2-12

6. Making It Harder for Politicians to Fib to Their Constituents
Jon Coupal Oct 16, 2016
It was Will Rogers who said, “If you ever injected truth into politics you have no politics.” If the renowned satirist
were with us today, he would not be shocked by the dishonesty of the Sacramento political class, even if the rest
of us find it offensive.
Many of our current class of politicians attempt to present themselves as standing for the interests of average
folks. They pay lip service to low and moderate income Californians, while California continues to have the
highest sales and gas taxes in the nation. They claim to be supporters of property ownership, then attack
Proposition 13 and then proceed to make it easier for government to take private property through eminent
domain.
For those trying to sort out who is actually representing average taxpayers and who, instead, is doing the bidding
of powerful special interests, the just released Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association Legislative Report Card will
help. The Report Card holds lawmakers accountable by documenting how lawmakers have voted on issues
important to taxpayers.
Of the 120 members of the Legislature, 76 received a grade of “F” while only 27 earned an “A” grade.
In the legislative session that ended last month, Governor Brown signed over 800 bills. These bills create
thousands of pages of new laws, spanning dozens of code sections. The HJTA Legislative Report Card also draws
attention to the best and worst of these bills. For example, Assembly Bill 2153 (Cristina Garcia) that imposes a
new tax on car batteries. It may seem like a small matter to some, but it represents another step by Sacramento
to make personal transportation more expensive for average folks.
The Report Card also spotlights lawmakers who support legislation that helps taxpayers. Los Angeles
Assemblyman Matt Dababneh received a higher grade due to his carrying an HJTA-sponsored bill, AB 1891. This
new law allows seniors and those with disabilities to permanently opt out of paying education parcel taxes if
they fill out a required form one time, which is sent to their residence.
Votes on 22 bills were used to score lawmakers. These reflect a range of policy issues including new tax and
regulatory burdens, and attacks on the initiative process that would make it more difficult for taxpayers to
exercise their right to place measures, like Proposition 13, on the ballot.
The Report Card also documents a troubling trend. Some lawmakers, who at one time were supportive of
taxpayers’ interests, seem to have shifted their allegiance and now routinely vote for taxes, bonds, and other
measures that increase the burden on average Californians. A record number of these legislators received “C”
and “D” grades this year. Taxpayers can only hope that this was due to election year politics and not the
beginning of a trend.
Seven lawmakers deserve credit and thanks for a perfect score. Members of the Assembly receiving 100% are:
Assembly Republican Leader Chad Mayes, Shannon Grove, Jay Obernolte, Matt Harper and Don Wagner. They
were joined on the Senate side by Ted Gaines and Jim Nielsen.
To view the 2016 Legislative Report Card, and find which representatives are proud of their grades, and which
would rather they stay hidden, please go to www.hjta.org where it can be found under “Hot Topics.”
Jon Coupal is president of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association — California’s largest grass-roots taxpayer
organization dedicated to the protection of Proposition 13 and the advancement of taxpayers’ rights.

7. DISTRICT ASSEMBLY MEMBER PARTY GRADE %
72 Allen R A 98.5
5 Bigelow R A 98.2
73 Brough R A 98.4
76 Chavez R A 92.6
1 Dahle R A 98.2
6 Gaines R A 93.9
3 Gallagher R A 90.8
34 Grove R A 100
74 Harper R A 100
71 Jones R A 96.6
65 Kim R A 91.7
26 Mathis R A 94.9
42 Mayes R A 100
67 Melendez R A 96.5
33 Obernolte R A 100
23 Patterson R A 98.4
40 Steinorth R A 91.1
68 Wagner R A 100
55 Chang R B 80.4
66 Hadley R B 80
36 Lackey R B 84.6
77 Maienschein R B 87
75 Waldron R B 86.3
38 Wilk R B 85.2
35 Achadjian R C 72.3
16 Baker R C 75

8. DISTRICT ASSEMBLY MEMBER PARTY GRADE %
60 Linder R C 75.7
12 Olsen R C 71.3
45 Dababneh D C 36.2
43 Gatto D D 53.6
30 Alejo D F 26.7
31 Arambula D F 23.1
78 Atkins D F 24.1
50 Bloom D F 25.9
14 Bonilla D F 21.2
18 Bonta D F 24.1
47 Brown D F 27.6
62 Burke D F 27.5
57 Calderon D F 27.8
27 Campos D F 25.9
49 Chau D F 24.1
17 Chiu D F 26.5
25 Chu D F 25
8 Cooley D F 21.2
9 Cooper D F 14.8
69 Daly D F 31
4 Dodd D F 30.4
13 Eggman D F 28.8
11 Frazier D F 25.8
58 Cristina Garcia D F 29.6
56 Eduardo Garcia D F 28.6
64 Gipson D F 27.6

9. DISTRICT ASSEMBLY MEMBER PARTY GRADE %
51 Gomez D F 26.7
80 Gonzalez D F 25.9
24 Gordon D F 23
21 Gray D F 37
48 Hernandez D F 28.5
41 Holden D F 25
44 Irwin D F 25.9
59 Jones-Sawyer D F 26.9
10 Levine D F 19.2
39 Lopez D F 22.4
28 Low D F 25.8
7 McCarty D F 23.2
61 Medina D F 27.6
22 Mullin D F 18.9
46 Nazarian D F 24.9
70 O'Donnell D F 27.3
20 Quirk D F 21.7
63 Rendon D F 25.9
54 Ridley-Thomas D F 30
52 Rodriguez D F 25
32 Salas D F 33.3
53 Santiago D F 25
29 Stone D F 25.9
15 Thurmond D F 24.1
19 Ting D F 25.9
79 Weber D F 27.2

10. DISTRICT ASSEMBLY MEMBER PARTY GRADE %
37 Williams D F 20.4
2 Wood D F 25
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38 Anderson R A 93.3
36 Bates R A 96.5
16 Fuller R A 97.9
1 Gaines R A 100
23 Morrell R A 91.7
34 Nguyen R A 93.4
4 Nielsen R A 100
28 Stone R A 95.8
14 Vidak R A 99.4
8 Berryhill R B 84.8
37 Moorlach R B 85.5
12 Cannella R D 55.6
29 Huff R D 60.8
26 Allen D F 19.1
15 Beall D F 25.7
39 Block D F 26.1
24 De Leon D F 26.1
5 Galgiani D F 33.3
7 Glazer D F 21.7
35 Hall D F 18.8
9 Hancock D F 17.2

11. DISTRICT SENATOR PARTY GRADE %
22 Hernandez D F 26.7
18 Hertzberg D F 22.3
13 Hill D F 24
40 Hueso D F 31.2
19 Jackson D F 23.1
33 Lara D F 26.7
11 Leno D F 24
20 Leyva D F 25.9
25 Liu D F 25
2 McGuire D F 20.7
32 Mendoza D F 22.2
30 Mitchell D F 23.9
17 Monning D F 27.1
6 Pan D F 22.9
27 Pavley D F 26.6
31 Roth D F 31.5
10 Wieckowski D F 24.1
3 Wolk D F 20.8
21 Runner R N/A 0