# Robert Garcia

Robert Garcia is a Democratic member of the California House for district 50.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: California House, district 50
- Serving since: 2024-12-02
- Current term: CA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/8b2f37bc-65b7-40ed-af14-5d93cb765a5d

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8b2f37bc-65b7-40ed-af14-5d93cb765a5d (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

Garcia sits at −1.26 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 97% of State House Democrats.

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

359 classified statements: 359 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 | Garcia | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 7.5% | 2.5% | 80 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 6.1% | 10.4% | 440 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 27.9% | 39.2% | 549 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.8% | 2.9% | 537 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 5.3% | 14.4% | 554 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 1.7% | 1.0% | 139 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 42% (State House Democrats 15%); Health 12% (State House Democrats 15%); Immigration 12% (State House Democrats 4.3%); Economics and Public Finance 11% (State House Democrats 11%); Law 8.1% (State House Democrats 2.1%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −1.26 (standard error 0.01), from 2,542 donors and 2,099 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 2.6% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (CA 2025–26 session)

4,001 roll calls. Attendance 93.4% (California House 92.3%). Party unity 99.8% (97.7%). 13 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 34 bills: 28 reached committee, 17 passed one chamber, 12 passed both, 10 became law. Cosponsored 372. 73.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (California House 80.8%; rank 62 of 79).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 118: Relative to the FIFA World Cup. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-11) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/HR118/
- ACR 221: Relative to sudden cardiac arrest awareness. (became law, 2026-08-27) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/ACR221/
- ACR 202: Relative to 529 College Savings Day. (became law, 2026-06-26) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/ACR202/
- ACR 155: Relative to Native Sons of the Golden West and Native Daughters of the Golden West. (introduced, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/ACR155/
- AB 2267: State bridges and overpasses: suicide prevention. (in committee, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2267/
- AB 2175: Renewable electrical generation facilities: multiple meters: aggregation: logistics businesses and manufacturing businesses. (became law, 2026-07-16) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2175/
- AB 2265: Emergency services: law enforcement and intelligence: state threat assessment center. (introduced, 2026-02-20) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2265/
- AB 2271: Immigrant benefits: loss of income: federal DHS enforcement. (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2271/
- AB 2144: The California Youth Cardiac Screening Pilot Program. (in committee, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2144/
- AB 2159: Pupil discipline: cyberbullying: parent accountability. (introduced, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2159/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $493.3K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 97% 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.

- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/robertgarcia/status/2114458589251449278
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/robertgarcia/status/2113995058626417095
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/robertgarcia/status/2114022067352051908
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/robertgarcia/status/2114039193131495671
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/robertgarcia/status/2113436781618270296
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/robertgarcia/status/2113648572302536860
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/robertgarcia/status/2113715273874468948
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/robertgarcia/status/2113077043856601340
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/robertgarcia/status/2113276978212262034
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/robertgarcia/status/2112934302082310275

## Links

- Official site: https://a50.asmdc.org/
- Campaign site: https://robertgarcia4ca.com/
- X: https://x.com/robertgarcia
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/%40reprobertgarcia/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asmrobertgarcia/
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@robertgarcia

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8b2f37bc-65b7-40ed-af14-5d93cb765a5d