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
6,622 events, each with its sourceDo pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
AB 112 GABRIEL Concurrence in Senate Amendments
AB 150 BUDGET Concurrence in Senate Amendments By GABRIEL
AB 152 BUDGET Concurrence in Senate Amendments By GABRIEL
AB 179 BUDGET Concurrence in Senate Amendments By GABRIEL
AB 181 ALVAREZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments
AB 182 PELLERIN Concurrence - Urgency Added
SB 97 Grayson Third Reading Urgency By Blanca Rubio
SB 111 Laird Senate Third Reading By GABRIEL
SB 135 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By GABRIEL
SB 180 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By GABRIEL
SB 163 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By GABRIEL
SB 164 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By GABRIEL Amend By PATTERSON Set #1 Motion to Lay on the Table By AGUIAR-CURRY
SB 164 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By GABRIEL
SB 165 B. & F. R. Third Reading Urgency By GABRIEL
SB 166 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By GABRIEL
SB 168 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By GABRIEL
SB 169 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By GABRIEL
SB 170 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By GABRIEL
SB 171 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By GABRIEL
SB 172 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By GABRIEL
SB 174 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By GABRIEL
SB 177 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By GABRIEL
SB 719 Cabaldon Third Reading Urgency By Bauer-Kahan
SB 830 Arreguín Third Reading Urgency By Wicks
SB 997 Caballero Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session
SB 1088 Blakespear Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session
SB 1175 Rubio Consent Calendar Second Day
SB 1344 Cabaldon Senate Third Reading By Haney
SB 1350 McNerney Third Reading Urgency By Carrillo
Be adopted. To third reading
Be adopted. To Consent Calendar
Be adopted. To third reading
Be adopted as amended. To Consent Calendar
Be adopted. To third reading
Be adopted. To Consent Calendar
Be adopted. To third reading
Be adopted. To third reading
Be adopted. To Consent Calendar
Be adopted. To Consent Calendar
Be adopted. To Consent Calendar
SB 417 Limón Third Reading Urgency By Wicks
SB 623 Umberg Senate Third Reading By Papan
ACR 125 Alanis Consent Calendar Second Day
ACA 20 GABRIEL Assembly Third Reading Amend By TANGIPA Set #1 Motion to Lay on the Table By AGUIAR-CURRY
ACA 20 GABRIEL Assembly Third Reading
ACA 21 RIVAS Assembly Third Reading By WICKS
ACA 22 WICKS Assembly Third Reading
Do pass. To Consent Calendar
Do pass. To Consent Calendar