2016 California Legislative Grades
This year, the Second Amendment has been under constant attack in California. The anti-gun bills that were passed were so horrendous that FPC coined a new term – “Gunpocalypse” – to describe them.
Our grades are based on votes that Assemblymembers and Senators took and the bills that they authored or coauthored. Members were given an A+ if they authored a pro-gun bill and had a perfect voting record. A+ Members earn the distinction of “FPC Defender of Liberty.”
On the flip side, Members were given the ranking of TYRANT if they showed a commitment to civilian disarmament and also authored or supported a “Gunpocalypse” bill, meaning a bill that literally strips guns away from law-abiding individuals.
There are no moderates in the battle for the Second Amendment, as the grades reveal. The majority of legislators either received an A, F, or TYRANT grade on our report card.
It has been an uphill battle so far, but despite the assault on our gun rights we have had success in convincing the Legislature and Governor to kill many of the anti-gun bills. As for the ones that were signed into law, FPC is committed to continue the fight against them.
The grades are provided side-by-side with legislators’ 2015 grades to provide a full picture of how members voted during the 2015-16 legislative session.
| HOUSE | DISTRICT | MEMBER | PARTY | 2016 GRADE | 2015 Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | 1 | Brian Dahle | Rep. | A | A |
| Assembly | 2 | Jim Wood | Dem. | F- | F |
| Assembly | 3 | James Gallagher | Rep. | A+ | A+ |
| Assembly | 4 | Bill Dodd | Dem. | F- | F |
| Assembly | 5 | Frank Bigelow | Rep. | A | A |
| Assembly | 6 | Beth Gaines | Rep. | A | A |
| Assembly | 7 | Kevin McCarty | Dem. | TYRANT | F |
| Assembly | 8 | Ken Cooley | Dem. | F | D- |
| Assembly | 9 | Jim Cooper | Dem. | TYRANT | F |
| Assembly | 10 | Marc Levine | Dem. | TYRANT | F |
| Assembly | 11 | Jim Frazier | Dem. | A | B |
| Assembly | 12 | Kristin Olsen | Rep. | A | A |
| Assembly | 13 | Susan Talamantes Eggman | Dem. | F- | F |
| Assembly | 14 | Susan Bonilla | Dem. | F- | F |
| Assembly | 15 | Tony Thurmond | Dem. | TYRANT | F |
| Assembly | 16 | Catharine Baker | Rep. | F- | C- |
| Assembly | 17 | David Chiu | Dem. | TYRANT | F |
| Assembly | 18 | Rob Bonta | Dem. | TYRANT | F |
| Assembly | 19 | Philip Y. Ting | Dem. | TYRANT | F |
| Assembly | 20 | Bill Quirk | Dem. | TYRANT | F |
| Assembly | 21 | Adam Gray | Dem. | A- | C+ |
| Assembly | 22 | Kevin Mullin | Dem. | TYRANT | F |
| Assembly | 23 | Jim Patterson | Rep. | A | A |
| Assembly | 24 | Richard S. Gordon | Dem. | F- | F |
| Assembly | 25 | Kansen Chu | Dem. | TYRANT | F |
| Assembly | 26 | Devon Mathis | Rep. | A+ | A |
| Assembly | 27 | Nora Campos | Dem. | TYRANT | F- |
| Assembly | 28 | Evan Low | Dem. | TYRANT | F- |
| Assembly | 29 | Mark Stone | Dem. | F- | F- |
| Assembly | 30 | Luis A. Alejo | Dem. | F- | F |
| Assembly | 31 | Joaquin Arambula | Dem. | D- | N/A |
| Assembly | 32 | Rudy Salas, Jr. | Dem. | A- | D- |
| Assembly | 33 | Jay Obernolte | Rep. | A+ | A |
| Assembly | 34 | Shannon L. Grove | Rep. | A+ | A |
| Assembly | 35 | Katcho Achadjian | Rep. | A | A |
| Assembly | 36 | Tom Lackey | Rep. | A | A |
| Assembly | 37 | Das Williams | Dem. | TYRANT | F |
| Assembly | 38 | Scott Wilk | Rep. | A | A |
| Assembly | 39 | Patty Lopez | Dem. | F- | F |
| Assembly | 40 | Marc Steinorth | Rep. | A | A |
| Assembly | 41 | Chris R. Holden | Dem. | TYRANT | F |
| Assembly | 42 | Chad Mayes | Rep. | A+ | A |
| Assembly | 43 | Mike Gatto | Dem. | F- | F |
| Assembly | 44 | Jacqui Irwin | Dem. | F- | F |
| Assembly | 45 | Matthew Dababneh | Dem. | TYRANT | F |
| Assembly | 46 | Adrin Nazarian | Dem. | TYRANT | F- |
| Assembly | 47 | Cheryl R. Brown | Dem. | F- | F |
| Assembly | 48 | Roger Hernandez | Dem. | TYRANT | F |
| Assembly | 49 | Ed Chau | Dem. | TYRANT | F |
| Assembly | 50 | Richard Bloom | Dem. | F- | F |
| Assembly | 51 | Jimmy Gomez | Dem. | TYRANT | F |
| Assembly | 52 | Freddie Rodriguez | Dem. | F- | F |
| Assembly | 53 | Miguel Santiago | Dem. | TYRANT | F- |
| Assembly | 54 | Sebastian Ridley-Thomas | Dem. | TYRANT | D- |
| Assembly | 55 | Ling Ling Chang | Rep. | D- | A |
| Assembly | 56 | Eduardo Garcia | Dem. | TYRANT | F |
| Assembly | 57 | Ian C. Calderon | Dem. | TYRANT | F |
| Assembly | 58 | Cristina Garcia | Dem. | TYRANT | F |
| Assembly | 59 | Reginald B. Jones-Sawyer, Sr. | Dem. | TYRANT | F |
| Assembly | 60 | Eric Linder | Rep. | A | C+ |
| Assembly | 61 | Jose Medina | Dem. | F- | F |
| Assembly | 62 | Autumn Burke | Dem. | TYRANT | F |
| Assembly | 63 | Anthony Rendon | Dem. | TYRANT | F |
| Assembly | 64 | Mike Gipson | Dem. | TYRANT | F |
| Assembly | 65 | Young Kim | Rep. | A | A |
| Assembly | 66 | David Hadley | Rep. | D+ | C+ |
| Assembly | 67 | Melissa A. Melendez | Rep. | A+ | A+ |
| Assembly | 68 | Donald P. Wagner | Rep. | A | A |
| Assembly | 69 | Tom Daly | Dem. | F- | F |
| Assembly | 70 | Patrick O'Donnell | Dem. | TYRANT | F |
| Assembly | 71 | Brian W. Jones | Rep. | A | A |
| Assembly | 72 | Travis Allen | Rep. | A+ | A |
| Assembly | 73 | William Brough | Rep. | A | A |
| Assembly | 74 | Matthew Harper | Rep. | A | A |
| Assembly | 75 | Marie Waldron | Rep. | A | A |
| Assembly | 76 | Rocky J. Chavez | Rep. | A+ | A |
| Assembly | 77 | Brian Maienschein | Rep. | A- | A |
| Assembly | 78 | Toni Atkins | Dem. | TYRANT | F |
| Assembly | 79 | Shirley N. Weber | Dem. | TYRANT | F |
| Assembly | 80 | Lorena Gonzalez | Dem. | TYRANT | F- |
| Senate | 1 | Ted Gaines | Rep. | A | A |
| Senate | 2 | Mike McGuire | Dem. | TYRANT | F- |
| Senate | 3 | Lois Wolk | Dem. | F- | F- |
| Senate | 4 | Jim Nielsen | Rep. | A | B- |
| Senate | 5 | Cathleen Galgiani | Dem. | D- | D |
| Senate | 6 | Richard Pan | Dem. | TYRANT | F- |
| Senate | 7 | Steven Glazer | Dem. | TYRANT | F- |
| Senate | 8 | Tom Berryhill | Rep. | A | A+ |
| Senate | 9 | Loni Hancock | Dem. | TYRANT | F- |
| Senate | 10 | Bob Wieckowski | Dem. | TYRANT | F- |
| Senate | 11 | Mark Leno | Dem. | TYRANT | F- |
| Senate | 12 | Anthony Cannella | Rep. | A | A |
| Senate | 13 | Jerry Hill | Dem. | TYRANT | F- |
| Senate | 14 | Andy Vidak | Rep. | A | A |
| Senate | 15 | Jim Beall | Dem. | TYRANT | F- |
| Senate | 16 | Jean Fuller | Rep. | A | A |
| Senate | 17 | Bill Monning | Dem. | TYRANT | F- |
| Senate | 18 | Robert Hertzberg | Dem. | TYRANT | F |
| Senate | 19 | Hannah-Beth Jackson | Dem. | TYRANT | F- |
| Senate | 20 | Connie Leyva | Dem. | F- | F- |
| Senate | 21 | Sharon Runner | Rep. | A | A |
| Senate | 22 | Ed Hernandez | Dem. | TYRANT | F- |
| Senate | 23 | Mike Morrell | Rep. | A | A |
| Senate | 24 | Kevin de Leon | Dem. | TYRANT | F- |
| Senate | 25 | Carol Liu | Dem. | TYRANT | F- |
| Senate | 26 | Benjamin Allen | Dem. | TYRANT | F- |
| Senate | 27 | Fran Pavley | Dem. | TYRANT | F- |
| Senate | 28 | Jeff Stone | Rep. | A | A |
| Senate | 29 | Bob Huff | Rep. | A | A |
| Senate | 30 | Holly J. Mitchell | Dem. | TYRANT | F- |
| Senate | 31 | Richard D. Roth | Dem. | A | A |
| Senate | 32 | Tony Mendoza | Dem. | TYRANT | F- |
| Senate | 33 | Ricardo Lara | Dem. | TYRANT | F- |
| Senate | 34 | Janet Nguyen | Rep. | A | A |
| Senate | 35 | Isadore Hall, III | Dem. | TYRANT | F- |
| Senate | 36 | Patricia C. Bates | Rep. | A | C+ |
| Senate | 37 | John M. W. Moorlach | Rep. | A | A |
| Senate | 38 | Joel Anderson | Rep. | A | A |
| Senate | 39 | Marty Block | Dem. | TYRANT | F- |
| Senate | 40 | Ben Hueso | Dem. | F- | F |