# Buffy Wicks

Buffy Wicks is a Democratic member of the California House for district 14.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: California House, district 14
- Serving since: 2022-12-05
- Current term: CA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/8230907e-9ae3-4ae9-b52a-c8464a157f64

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8230907e-9ae3-4ae9-b52a-c8464a157f64 (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

75% of Wicks’s statements discuss policy, 1.9 times the State House Democrat average of 39%.

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

330 classified statements: 330 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Wicks | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 16.7% | 10.4% | 178 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 75.1% | 39.2% | 22 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 3.6% | 2.9% | 212 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 29.4% | 14.4% | 93 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.3% | 1.0% | 294 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Housing and Community Development 66% (State House Democrats 6.2%); Science, Technology, Communications 10% (State House Democrats 2.5%); Transportation and Public Works 8.1% (State House Democrats 5.3%); Economics and Public Finance 7.7% (State House Democrats 11%); Commerce 7.3% (State House Democrats 3.1%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.92 (standard error 0.03), from 441 donors and 1,156 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 14% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (CA 2025–26 session)

4,001 roll calls. Attendance 93.5% (California House 92.3%). Party unity 99.6% (97.7%). 4 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 31 bills: 31 reached committee, 29 passed one chamber, 23 passed both, 22 became law. Cosponsored 353. 96.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (California House 80.8%; rank 11 of 79).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 140: Relative to Children's Get Offline and Get Outdoors Month. (passed one chamber, 2026-08-24) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/HR140/
- ACA 22: A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California an amendment to the Constitution of the State, by adding Section 4.5 to Article XIII A… (became law, 2026-06-25) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/ACA22/
- AB 2713: California AI Transparency Act: system provenance data. (became law, 2026-09-30) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2713/
- AB 2464: Energy: firm zero-carbon resources. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-10) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2464/
- AB 2597: Claims against the state: appropriation. (became law, 2026-09-27) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2597/
- AB 2649: Youth service organizations: parent volunteers. (in committee, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2649/
- AB 2246: Online service, product, or feature: access by children. (became law, 2026-09-10) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2246/
- AB 2168: Active Transportation Program: guidelines. (became law, 2026-09-14) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2168/
- AB 2051: Public resources: coastal resources: Coastal Resilience Permitting Working Group. (became law, 2026-09-27) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2051/
- AB 2023: Companion chatbots: children's safety. (passed one chamber, 2026-08-30) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2023/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $810.7K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 78% 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.

- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/AsmBuffyWicks, https://twitter.com/BuffyWicks/status/2113704109702615433
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/AsmBuffyWicks, https://twitter.com/BuffyWicks/status/2113075132625547506
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/AsmBuffyWicks, https://twitter.com/BuffyWicks/status/2113075135213424778
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/AsmBuffyWicks, https://twitter.com/BuffyWicks/status/2113097608864624934
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/AsmBuffyWicks, https://twitter.com/BuffyWicks/status/2113400484841361748
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/AsmBuffyWicks, https://twitter.com/BuffyWicks/status/2113419564797378575
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/AsmBuffyWicks, https://twitter.com/BuffyWicks/status/2112663296600055823
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/AsmBuffyWicks, https://twitter.com/BuffyWicks/status/2112308717060505979
- 2026-10-18 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/AsmBuffyWicks, https://twitter.com/BuffyWicks/status/2111842325756584043
- 2026-10-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/AsmBuffyWicks, https://twitter.com/BuffyWicks/status/2111936461436334112

## Links

- Official site: https://a14.asmdc.org/
- Campaign site: https://buffywicks.com/
- X: https://x.com/AsmBuffyWicks
- X: https://x.com/BuffyWicks
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BuffyWicksForAssembly
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/buffy.wicks
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asmbuffywicks/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/buffy-wicks-036890bb/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8230907e-9ae3-4ae9-b52a-c8464a157f64