Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law

Poverty Scorecard 2011

Senate bills

House bills

Below is a list of every California Senator and Representative who voted on poverty-related legislation this year and received a grade. Click on any name to learn more.

Governor:
Edmund G. Brown, Jr.
Capital:
Sacramento
Population:
37,253,956
Poverty rate:
15.8%
Anti-poverty organizations:

California Budget Project
Western Center on Law and Poverty
California Partnership


= vote to fight poverty = vote against fighting poverty

Senate1234567891011 
Barbara BoxerOOOOxOOOOOO90A
Dianne FeinsteinOOOOxOOOOOO91A
House123456789101112131415161718 
Mike Thompson1stOOOO--OxOOOxOOOOOOO88A
Wally Herger2ndxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxOxx6F-
Dan Lungren3rdxxxxxxxxxxxOOOxOxx22D
Tom McClintock4thxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxOxO11F
Doris Matsui5thOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO100A+
Lynn Woolsey6thOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOxOO94A
George Miller7thOOOOOOxOOOOOOOOOOO94A
Nancy Pelosi8thOOOOOOOOOOOOOO--OOO100A+
Barbara Lee9thOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOxOO94A
John Garamendi (Tauscher)10thOOOOOOOOOOxOOOOOOO94A
Jerry McNerney11thOOOOOOOOOOxOOOOOOO94A
Jackie Speier12thOOOOOO--OOOOOOO--OOO100A+
Pete Stark13thOOO--OOOOOOOOOOOxOO94A
Anna Eshoo14thOOOOOOxOOOO------OOOO93A
Mike Honda15thOOOOOOO--OOOOOOOOOO100A+
Zoe Lofgren16thOOOOOOxOOO--OOOOxOO88A
Sam Farr17thOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO100A+
Dennis Cardoza18thOOxOxOxOOOxOOOOOxx67B
Jeff Denham19thxxxxxxxxxxxOOxxOxx17F
Jim Costa20thOOxOxOxOOOxOOO--OxO71B
Devin Nunes21stxxxxxxxxxxxOxOxO--x18F
Kevin McCarthy22ndxxxxxxxxxxxOxxxOxx11F
Lois Capps23rdOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO100A+
Elton Gallegly24thxxxxxxxxxxxOOOxOxx22D
Howard McKeon25thxxxxxxxxxxxOOOxOxx22D
David Dreier26thxxxxxxxxxxxOOOxOOx28D
Brad Sherman27thOOOOOOOOOOxOOOOOOO94A
Howard Berman28thOOOOOOOOOOxOOOOOOO94A
Adam Schiff29thOOOOOOOOOOxOOOOOOO94A
Henry Waxman30thOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO100A+
Xavier Becerra31stOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO100A+
Judy Chu (Solis)32ndOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO100A+
Karen Bass33rdOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO--O100A+
Lucille Roybal-Allard34thOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO100A+
Maxine Waters35thOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOxOO94A
Janice Hahn36thNot ranked
Laura Richardson37thOOOOOOOOOOxOOOOOOO94A
Grace Napolitano38thOOOOOOO--OOOOOOOO--O100A+
Linda Sanchez39thOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO100A+
Ed Royce40thxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxOxx6F-
Jerry Lewis41stxxxxxxxxxxxOOOxOxx22D
Gary Miller42ndxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx--xx0F-
Joe Baca43rdOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO100A+
Ken Calvert44thxxxxxxxxxxxOOOxOxx22D
Mary Bono Mack45thxxxxxxxxxxxOxxxOxx11F
Dana Rohrabacher46thxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxOxx6F-
Loretta Sanchez47thOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO100A+
John Campbell48thxxxOxx--xxxxxxxxOxO18F
Darrell Issa49thxxxxxxxxxxxOxOxOxx17F
Brian Bilbray50thxxxx--xxxx--xOxxxOxx13F
Bob Filner51stOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO----100A+
Duncan Hunter52ndxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxOxx6F-
Susan Davis53rdOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO100A+