California ALEC Politicians

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About ALEC
ALEC is a corporate bill mill. It is not just a lobby or a front group; it is much more powerful than that. Through ALEC, corporations hand state legislators their wishlists to benefit their bottom line. Corporations fund almost all of ALEC's operations. They pay for a seat on ALEC task forces where corporate lobbyists and special interest reps vote with elected officials to approve “model” bills. Learn more at the Center for Media and Democracy's ALECexposed.org, and check out breaking news on our ExposedbyCMD.org site.

For a list of politicians with known ALEC ties, please see ALEC Politicians.

This is a partial list of California politicians that are known to be involved in, or previously involved in, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). It is a partial list. (If you have additional names, please add them with a citation. The names in this original list were verified as of posting.)

Legislators who have cut ties with ALEC publicly are also listed here.

California Legislators with ALEC Ties

Assembly

Senate

Former Representatives

  • Former Rep. Matthew Harper (R-74)[3]
  • Former Rep./Sen. Ray Haynes (R-66) (Senate Minority Whip), former ALEC Chairman in 2000[4][5]
  • Former Rep. Ross Johnson, chaired CA Fair Political Practices Commission, 2007-2010 [6]
  • Former Rep. Howard Kaloogian (R-74), former ALEC State Chair[4]
  • Rep. Dan Logue (R-3)[7]
  • Former Rep. Rod Pacheco (R-64) (Assembly Minority Leader), listed in "1999 ALEC Leaders in the States" by ALEC[4]
  • Former Speaker and Anaheim Mayor Curt Pringle. [6]

Former Senators

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 David Armiak and Arn Pearson, ALEC Has Half the Legislative Members it Claims, Exposed by CMD, December 1, 2022.
  2. Twitter, Great to see East County’s ⁦@SenBrianJones⁩ at the #ALECinCA gathering of conservative policy makers, Twitter, December 1, 2021.
  3. ALEC, ALEC-FreedomWorks Legislator of the Week, ALEC, May 19, 2017.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 American Legislative Exchange Council, ’99 ALEC Leaders in the States, organizational document, archived by the Wayback Machine December 8, 2000, accessed November 2012
  5. American Legislative Exchange Council, 1999 Form 990, form filed with the IRS and available via Guidestar.org, June 31, 2000
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 American Legislative Exchange Council, Sourcebook, annual organizational publication, 1995
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 American Legislative Exchange Council, Letter to Robert C. Byrd and Nancy Pelosi RE: Federal health reform efforts, June 24, 2009
  8. 8.0 8.1 American Legislative Exchange Council, Letter to Senate Majority Leader Reid, RE: the EPA’s plan to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act, March 10, 2010
  9. American Legislative Exchange Council, "ALEC State Chairmen, organization website, accessed April 2012
  10. American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Communications and Technology Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  11. American Legislative Exchange Council, "Solutions for the States," 38th Annual Meeting agenda, on file with CMD, August 3-6, 2011
  12. American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Membership Directory, December 2010, obtained and released by Common Cause
  13. Office of Senator Steve Knight, Subject: From the Office of Senator Steve Knight, email to consitituent, July 10, 2013.