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Portrait of Blanca Pacheco

Blanca Pacheco

Democratic

State Assembly · Assembly District 64

In office
2022–present
BiographyReporting (Tier 3) · reviewed

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.

Record of service
  • State Assembly · Assembly District 64 · 2022–present
BiographyReporting (Tier 3) · reviewed before publication

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

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Voted Yea on AR 116

Be adopted. To third reading

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Be adopted. To Consent Calendar

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Be adopted. To Consent Calendar

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Voted Yea on ACR 219

Be adopted. To Consent Calendar

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Voted Yea on ACR 220

Be adopted. To Consent Calendar

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Voted Yea on ACR 222

Be adopted. To third reading

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Voted Yea on ACR 223

Be adopted. To Consent Calendar

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Voted Yea on ACR 224

Be adopted. To third reading

Cosponsored
Cosponsored AR 122

Relative to Probation Services Week.

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Voted Yea on AR 113

HR 113 Jeff Gonzalez Consent Calendar Second Day

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Cosponsored AR 120

Relative to veterans.

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Cosponsored AR 119

Relative to International Referees’ Day.

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Cosponsored AR 118

Relative to the FIFA World Cup.

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Cosponsored AR 121

Relative to California Wildflower Week.

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Cosponsored ACR 224

Social Media Harms Victim Remembrance Day.

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Voted Yea on SB 33

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

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Voted Yea on SB 920

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

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Voted Yea on SB 1205

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

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Voted Yea on SB 1235

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

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Voted Yea on SB 1236

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

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Voted Yea on SB 1273

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

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Voted Yea on SB 1434

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

Cosponsored
Cosponsored AR 117

Relative to Section 230 of the federal Communications Decency Act of 1996.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored AR 116

Relative to California Craft Beer Week.

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Voted Yea on SB 99

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety]

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Voted Yea on SB 747

Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

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Voted Yea on SB 927

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

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Voted Yea on SB 932

Do pass

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Voted Yea on SB 934

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

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Voted Yea on SB 988

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

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Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

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Voted Yea on SB 1100

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

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Voted Yea on SB 1189

Do pass. To Consent Calendar

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Voted Yea on SB 1204

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

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Voted Yea on SB 1237

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

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Voted Yea on SB 1264

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

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Voted Absent on SB 1296

Do pass

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Voted Yea on SB 1344

Do pass

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Voted Yea on SB 1374

Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Higher Education] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

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Voted Yea on SB 1387

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection]

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Voted Yea on SB 1433

Do pass. To Consent Calendar

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Voted Yea on AB 1795

AB 1795 Gipson Third Reading Urgency

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Voted Yea on ACR 212

Be adopted. To third reading

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Voted Yea on ACR 214

Be adopted. To third reading

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Voted Yea on ACR 215

Be adopted. To Consent Calendar

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Be adopted. To third reading

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Voted Yea on SCR 179

Be adopted. To Consent Calendar

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Voted Yea on SJR 11

SJR 11 Cervantes Consent Calendar Second Day

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Cosponsored ACR 222

Alzheimer’s Disease and Brain Awareness Month.

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Voted Yea on AR 113

Be adopted. To Consent Calendar