Downey is a recurring place in Blanca Pacheco’s public life: she graduated from Downey High School and later served on the City Council and as mayor. Her route to Sacramento also included Cerritos College, UCLA and Loyola Law School, followed by legal and real estate work in Pico Rivera and El Monte. Voters elected her to the California State Assembly in November 2022, and she took office for the 64th district on December 5 of that year. In the Assembly, she chairs the Rules Committee and serves on the Judiciary, Governmental Organization and Local Government committees. In April 2024, she reintroduced a bill concerning the use of accents, umlauts, tildes and other diacritical marks on official records.
BACKGROUND AND FORMATION
Pacheco was born on April 17, 1974. After graduating from Downey High School, she attended Cerritos College and later transferred to the University of California, Los Angeles, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science. She then received a Juris Doctor from Loyola Law School.
Her professional record combines law with real estate. From 2006 to 2014, she worked as an attorney and real estate broker at Realty Executives in Pico Rivera. From 2006 to 2018, she operated an independent legal practice specializing in probate, estates and evictions.
In 2020, Pacheco joined Olivarez Madruga Lemieux O’Neill, LLP, in El Monte. Before her election to the Legislature, her career had included an independent legal practice, real estate brokerage and joining a law firm.
FROM CITY HALL TO THE ASSEMBLY
Pacheco served as a member of the Downey City Council and as mayor of Downey.
She was elected to the Assembly in November 2022 and assumed office on December 5, 2022. She represents the 64th district.
Pacheco chairs the Assembly Rules Committee. She also serves on the Judiciary, Governmental Organization and Local Government committees.
THE POLICY SIGNATURE
In April 2024, Pacheco reintroduced a bill that would permit California residents to use accents, umlauts, tildes and other diacritical marks on official records.
Her Assembly work also includes chairing the Rules Committee and serving on the Judiciary, Governmental Organization and Local Government committees.
- State Assembly · Assembly District 64 · 2022–present
Downey is a recurring place in Blanca Pacheco’s public life: she graduated from Downey High School and later served on the City Council and as mayor. Her route to Sacramento also included Cerritos College, UCLA and Loyola Law School, followed by legal and real estate work in Pico Rivera and El Monte. Voters elected her to the California State Assembly in November 2022, and she took office for the 64th district on December 5 of that year. In the Assembly, she chairs the Rules Committee and serves on the Judiciary, Governmental Organization and Local Government committees. In April 2024, she reintroduced a bill concerning the use of accents, umlauts, tildes and other diacritical marks on official records.
BACKGROUND AND FORMATION
Pacheco was born on April 17, 1974. After graduating from Downey High School, she attended Cerritos College and later transferred to the University of California, Los Angeles, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science. She then received a Juris Doctor from Loyola Law School.
Her professional record combines law with real estate. From 2006 to 2014, she worked as an attorney and real estate broker at Realty Executives in Pico Rivera. From 2006 to 2018, she operated an independent legal practice specializing in probate, estates and evictions.
In 2020, Pacheco joined Olivarez Madruga Lemieux O’Neill, LLP, in El Monte. Before her election to the Legislature, her career had included an independent legal practice, real estate brokerage and joining a law firm.
FROM CITY HALL TO THE ASSEMBLY
Pacheco served as a member of the Downey City Council and as mayor of Downey.
She was elected to the Assembly in November 2022 and assumed office on December 5, 2022. She represents the 64th district.
Pacheco chairs the Assembly Rules Committee. She also serves on the Judiciary, Governmental Organization and Local Government committees.
THE POLICY SIGNATURE
In April 2024, Pacheco reintroduced a bill that would permit California residents to use accents, umlauts, tildes and other diacritical marks on official records.
Her Assembly work also includes chairing the Rules Committee and serving on the Judiciary, Governmental Organization and Local Government committees.
The record
7,038 events, each with its sourceSJR 14 Cabaldon Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session
SJR 17 Choi Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session
Relative to Transgender History Month.
Relative to Sarcoma Awareness Month.
Relative to Aromatic L-Amino Acid Decarboxylase Deficiency Awareness Day.
Relative to racial discrimination.
AB 35 Alvarez Concurrence in Senate Amendments
AB 126 BUDGET Concurrence in Senate Amendments By GABRIEL
AB 2796 Public Safety Consent Calendar Second Day
SB 33 Cortese Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session
SB 722 Wahab Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session
SB 762 Arreguín Third Reading Urgency By Hart
SB 799 Allen Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session
SB 918 Seyarto Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session
SB 927 Choi Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session
SB 935 Choi Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session
SB 963 Laird Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session
SB 1126 Choi Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session
SB 1204 Ochoa Bogh Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session
SB 1236 Governmental Organization Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session
SB 1273 Cabaldon Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session
SB 1434 Governmental Organization Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session
Be adopted. To Consent Calendar
HR 114 Jackson Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session
HR 123 Michelle Rodriguez Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session
Be adopted. To third reading
ACR 192 Ta Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session
ACR 207 Kalra Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session
ACR 218 Ramos Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session
ACR 226 Wilson Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session
ACR 227 Sharp-Collins Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session
Be adopted. To third reading
SCR 108 Archuleta Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session
Be adopted. To Consent Calendar
SCR 117 Dahle Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session
SCR 119 Dahle Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session
SCR 121 Dahle Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session
SCR 124 Wiener Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session
SCR 155 Jones Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session
Be adopted. To Consent Calendar
SCR 183 Weber Pierson Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session
Be adopted. To Consent Calendar
Be adopted. To Consent Calendar
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Do pass. To Consent Calendar
Do pass as amended
Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]