# Leticia Castillo

Leticia Castillo is a Republican member of the California House for district 58.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: California House, district 58
- Serving since: 2024-12-02
- Current term: CA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/06d4d543-2374-436f-978d-b924c7ec7d53

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/06d4d543-2374-436f-978d-b924c7ec7d53 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

28% of the 25 bills Castillo sponsored got out of committee, the lowest of 79 in the California House.

## What Castillo says (CA 2025–26 session)

306 classified statements: 306 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Castillo | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 4.6% | 2.9% | 173 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 8.2% | 9.3% | 331 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 26.1% | 31.9% | 469 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 2.9% | 1.8% | 177 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 13.7% | 12.7% | 315 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.7% | 1.4% | 352 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 19% (State House Republicans 18%); Education 14% (State House Republicans 15%); Crime and Law Enforcement 13% (State House Republicans 11%); Health 13% (State House Republicans 10%); Taxation 10% (State House Republicans 8.1%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.35 (standard error 0.03), from 142 donors and 183 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 49% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (CA 2025–26 session)

4,001 roll calls. Attendance 83% (California House 92.3%). Party unity 97.4% (97.7%). 25 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-09-01 · voted yea · SB 195 Budget and Fiscal Review Senate Third Reading By GABRIEL · SB 195 Income taxes: exclusions: wildfire loss mitigation payments. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB195/
- 2026-09-01 · voted nay · SB 1098 Pérez Senate Third Reading By Petrie-Norris · SB 1098 Public Utilities Commission: memorandum and balancing accounts. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1098/
- 2026-09-01 · voted yea · SB 1370 Stern Senate Third Reading By Petrie-Norris · SB 1370 Covered wildfire mitigation projects: consolidated and expedited review. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1370/
- 2026-09-01 · voted yea · SB 1119 Padilla Senate Third Reading By Wicks · SB 1119 Companion chatbots: children's safety. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1119/
- 2026-09-01 · voted yea · SB 931 Grove Third Reading Urgency By Krell · SB 931 Dolly Parton Day. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB931/
- 2026-09-01 · voted yea · SB 1079 Stern Senate Third Reading By Connolly · SB 1079 Department of Forestry and Fire Protection: Fire Innovation Unit. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1079/
- 2026-09-01 · voted nay · SB 1203 Smallwood-Cuevas Senate Third Reading By Haney · SB 1203 Security services. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1203/
- 2026-09-01 · voted nay · SB 193 Budget and Fiscal Review Senate Third Reading By GABRIEL · SB 193 Public resources: Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: programs. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB193/
- 2026-09-01 · voted yea · SB 16 Blakespear Senate Third Reading By Krell · SB 16 Mental health: involuntary commitment. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB16/
- 2026-09-01 · voted yea · SB 186 Budget and Fiscal Review Senate Third Reading By GABRIEL · SB 186 Income taxes: film tax credits. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB186/

## Legislation (CA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 25 bills: 19 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 317. 28.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (California House 80.8%; rank 79 of 79).

Recent sponsored bills:

- AB 2670: Medi-Cal: fraud assessment task force. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2670/
- AB 1998: Discrimination: sex and gender: intimate spaces. (introduced, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB1998/
- AB 1717: Medi-Cal dental reimbursement: house/extended care facility call. (in committee, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB1717/
- AB 1597: Notary public: service fees. (became law, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB1597/
- HR 45: Relative to Animal Rights Awareness Week. (passed one chamber, 2025-06-16) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/HR45/
- ACR 79: Relative to Equestrian Heritage Day. (in committee, 2025-05-12) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/ACR79/
- AB 1382: Ethics Over Aesthetics Act. (passed one chamber, 2026-08-13) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB1382/
- AB 1270: Foster care: placement. (introduced, 2026-02-02) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB1270/
- AB 1443: Personal income taxes: unemployment insurance: tips. (in committee, 2025-06-05) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB1443/
- AB 1321: Department of Justice: online missing person registry. (in committee, 2026-02-02) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB1321/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $695.4K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/Letici_Castillo, Castillo_AD58, AsmCastillo/status/2110088028874264879
- 2026-10-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/Letici_Castillo, Castillo_AD58, AsmCastillo/status/2108281680884822505
- 2026-10-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/Letici_Castillo, Castillo_AD58, AsmCastillo/status/2108281850833895487
- 2026-10-05 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Letici_Castillo, Castillo_AD58, AsmCastillo/status/2107257083406295068
- 2026-10-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/Letici_Castillo, Castillo_AD58, AsmCastillo/status/2105936808467153397
- 2026-10-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/Letici_Castillo, Castillo_AD58, AsmCastillo/status/2105677126683017445
- 2026-09-30 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/Letici_Castillo, Castillo_AD58, AsmCastillo/status/2105086792039080088
- 2026-09-30 · Post on X · https://x.com/Letici_Castillo, Castillo_AD58, AsmCastillo/status/2105097421768319421
- 2026-09-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/Letici_Castillo, Castillo_AD58, AsmCastillo/status/2102070860479934955
- 2026-09-18 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Letici_Castillo, Castillo_AD58, AsmCastillo/status/2100737738970673655

## Links

- Official site: https://ad58.asmrc.org/
- Campaign site: https://www.leticiacastilloforassembly.com/
- X: https://x.com/Letici_Castillo
- X: https://x.com/Castillo_AD58
- X: https://x.com/AsmCastillo
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LeticiaCastilloForAssembly
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/CastilloForAssembly/#
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@castilloforassembly?_t=8muJSKmvvbP_r=1

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/06d4d543-2374-436f-978d-b924c7ec7d53