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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

416 events, each with its source
Cosponsored
Cosponsored ACR 9

National Human Trafficking Awareness Month.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored AB 74

Vehicles: financial responsibility.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored ACR 8

Desert ecosystems.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored ACR 7

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored ACR 6

Black April Memorial Month.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored SB 47

February 2025 bar exam: audit.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored AB 64

Vital records.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored AB 30

State Air Resources Board: gasoline specifications: ethanol blends.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored ACR 5

Áo Dài Day.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored ACR 1

K-Ginseng Day.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored AB 32

Tribal judges.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored ACR 2

United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored AB 61

Electricity and natural gas: legislation imposing mandated programs and requirements: third-party review.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored AB 46

Diversion.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored AR 6

Relative to school governance.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored AR 1

Relative to the Standing Rules of the Assembly for the 2025–26 Regular Session.