Assembly Member Lori Saldaña
Assemblymember Lori Saldaña is now serving her first term in the California Legislature, representing the state's 76th Assembly District. Her district consists of the central and northern portion of San Diego, including the communities of Clairemont, Bay Park, Pacific Beach, Ocean Beach, Point Loma, Tierra Santa, Serra Mesa, Hillcrest, University Heights, North Park, South Park, Linda Vista, Mission Valley, City Heights, Old Town, Normal Heights, Mission Hills and Downtown San Diego.
Since elected to the California State Legislature in November of 2004, Assemblymember Saldaña was appointed to Leadership as the Assistant Majority Whip and has been assigned to the Appropriations, Natural Resources, Veteran’s Affairs and Water, Parks and Wildlife Committees. These committee assignments reflect her life long passions for protecting the environment and improving water quality in California.
Articles by Assembly Member Lori Saldaña
With this year´s unprecedented drop in state revenues, policymakers were forced to confront the problem of preserving programs and services that the public values – like affordable higher education and state parks – using the extremely limited resources at our disposal.
We recognize the ne...
Establish priorities and explore streamlining before making drastic cuts.
Access to a quality preschool education has a considerable and lasting impact on any child’s academic career.
According to a 2005 study by the Rand Corporation, children provided with one year of high-quality voluntary preschool are projected to reduce the annual number of children statewid...