Akilah Faizah Weber Pierson’s career has included work at Rady Children’s Hospital, service on the La Mesa City Council and membership in both houses of the California Legislature. A physician and Democrat, she was elected to the City Council before serving in the Assembly from 2021 to 2024. Since 2024, she has represented Senate District 39, which includes parts of central San Diego and all of La Mesa, El Cajon and Lemon Grove. She entered the Assembly after winning the special election to fill the vacancy left by her mother, Shirley Weber. Her political record traces a path from local government to the Assembly and then the Senate.
THE JOB BEFORE THE JOB
Weber Pierson was born on July 2, 1978, and was born and raised in Oak Park, San Diego. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in biology from Xavier University of Louisiana, then a Doctor of Medicine from the University of Rochester Medical Center.
Her medical training continued with a residency at the John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County. She later completed a fellowship in pediatric and adolescent gynecology at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. She is an OBGYN at Rady Children’s Hospital.
Her professional record includes studies in biology, medical school, a residency and fellowship work in pediatric and adolescent gynecology. Her listed political career begins with her election to the La Mesa City Council in 2018.
THE PATH TO SACRAMENTO
Weber Pierson was elected to the La Mesa City Council in 2018. Three years later, her mother, Shirley Weber, resigned from the California State Assembly to become California secretary of state. Weber Pierson won the April 6, 2021, special election to fill the vacancy and was sworn in on April 19.
She served in the Assembly from 2021 through 2024 as a representative of the 79th district. In 2024, she began serving in the California State Senate.
Her present constituency extends beyond La Mesa, where she first won elected office. Senate District 39 includes parts of central San Diego and all of La Mesa, El Cajon and Lemon Grove. The district includes part of San Diego, where she was raised, as well as La Mesa, where she served on the City Council.
WHAT TO KNOW
Weber Pierson’s professional record is in medicine, including pediatric and adolescent gynecology. Her political record begins with her 2018 election to municipal office, continues through a 2021 Assembly special election held after her mother’s resignation and reaches the Senate in 2024.
She previously represented the 79th district in the Assembly and now represents the 39th district in the Senate. Her current district includes parts of central San Diego as well as all of La Mesa, El Cajon and Lemon Grove.
- State Senate · Senate District 39 · 2024–present
- State Assembly · Assembly District 79 · 2021–
Akilah Faizah Weber Pierson’s career has included work at Rady Children’s Hospital, service on the La Mesa City Council and membership in both houses of the California Legislature. A physician and Democrat, she was elected to the City Council before serving in the Assembly from 2021 to 2024. Since 2024, she has represented Senate District 39, which includes parts of central San Diego and all of La Mesa, El Cajon and Lemon Grove. She entered the Assembly after winning the special election to fill the vacancy left by her mother, Shirley Weber. Her political record traces a path from local government to the Assembly and then the Senate.
THE JOB BEFORE THE JOB
Weber Pierson was born on July 2, 1978, and was born and raised in Oak Park, San Diego. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in biology from Xavier University of Louisiana, then a Doctor of Medicine from the University of Rochester Medical Center.
Her medical training continued with a residency at the John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County. She later completed a fellowship in pediatric and adolescent gynecology at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. She is an OBGYN at Rady Children’s Hospital.
Her professional record includes studies in biology, medical school, a residency and fellowship work in pediatric and adolescent gynecology. Her listed political career begins with her election to the La Mesa City Council in 2018.
THE PATH TO SACRAMENTO
Weber Pierson was elected to the La Mesa City Council in 2018. Three years later, her mother, Shirley Weber, resigned from the California State Assembly to become California secretary of state. Weber Pierson won the April 6, 2021, special election to fill the vacancy and was sworn in on April 19.
She served in the Assembly from 2021 through 2024 as a representative of the 79th district. In 2024, she began serving in the California State Senate.
Her present constituency extends beyond La Mesa, where she first won elected office. Senate District 39 includes parts of central San Diego and all of La Mesa, El Cajon and Lemon Grove. The district includes part of San Diego, where she was raised, as well as La Mesa, where she served on the City Council.
WHAT TO KNOW
Weber Pierson’s professional record is in medicine, including pediatric and adolescent gynecology. Her political record begins with her 2018 election to municipal office, continues through a 2021 Assembly special election held after her mother’s resignation and reaches the Senate in 2024.
She previously represented the 79th district in the Assembly and now represents the 39th district in the Senate. Her current district includes parts of central San Diego as well as all of La Mesa, El Cajon and Lemon Grove.
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196 events, each with its sourceRelative to Affordable Housing Month.
Alzheimer’s Disease and Brain Awareness Month and The Longest Day.
Behavioral Health Awareness Month.
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
GM1 Gangliosidosis Awareness Day.
Public social services: Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
Relative to Problem Gambling Awareness Month.
Physicians and surgeons: sexual misconduct and offenses: reinstatement of surrendered certificate.
Pupil nutrition: restricted school foods and ultraprocessed foods of concern: prohibition.
Pupil literacy: credential program standards and professional development: instructional materials.
Chain restaurants: children’s meals.
Civil rights: deprivation of federal constitutional rights, privileges, and immunities.
Access to connected vehicle service.
Health care facilities: physicians and surgeons: terminations and revocation of staff privileges: data reporting by race and gender.
The Youth Rehabilitation and Opportunity Act.
Relative to California Human Milk Donation Month.
Pupil instruction: career technical education, career education, and apprenticeships.
California Institute for Scientific Research: CalRx Initiative: vaccines.
Pupil discipline: expulsions: procedures.
Early literacy: professional development: instructional materials.
Health care: maintenance and expansion.
Age verification signals: software applications and online services.
Vehicles: public safety: Blue Envelope Program.
California Education Interagency Council: California Career Technical Education Incentive Grant Program.
Nonminor dependents: tax guidance.
Corrections and rehabilitation: state policy.
Medi-Cal: time and distance standards.
Health care services: artificial intelligence.
Roster of public officials: local government.
State agencies: complaints: demographic data.
Pupil instruction: treatment of African Americans.
Descendants of enslaved persons: reparations.
School employees: cultural competency training.
Relative to Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month.
Prisons: facilities for female offenders.
Department of Consumer Affairs: licensing: applicants who are descendants of slaves.
California State University: claim eligibility: genealogy and descendancy.
California Health Benefit Review Program: extension.
Child welfare services: prevention legal services.
State agencies and departments: strategic plans: diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Community Violence Interdiction Grant Program.