For voters in Assembly District 37, Gregg Hart’s public career follows a local sequence: the Santa Barbara City Council, the county Board of Supervisors and then the California State Assembly. He graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Before moving to state government, he served in the two Santa Barbara offices. At the county level, he represented the 2nd Supervisorial District. Hart won the Assembly seat in November 2022 and took office the following month. He now represents the 37th district as a member of the California Legislative Progressive Caucus.
HOME GROUND
Hart was born on August 24, 1959, and graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara. His record before the Assembly included service in Santa Barbara city and county government.
Hart served as a member of the Santa Barbara City Council. He later became a Santa Barbara County supervisor, representing the 2nd Supervisorial District. Those posts put city government and county government in his résumé before state office.
The available details are spare: they do not identify Hart’s course of study, work outside government or particular actions from his council and supervisor years. What is established is the route itself. Hart reached the Assembly after serving at two levels of local government, both in Santa Barbara.
THE JUMP
Hart was elected to the Assembly in November 2022. His opponent was Mike Stoker, a Republican and former Santa Barbara County supervisor. The contest therefore included two candidates with experience in the same county institution, although Hart’s path also included prior service on the Santa Barbara City Council.
Hart defeated Stoker and assumed office on December 5, 2022. The move gave him responsibility for the 37th Assembly District after representing the county’s 2nd Supervisorial District.
That chronology is the central fact of Hart’s political career: city council member, county supervisor and state assemblymember. It is a progression through three public offices, with Santa Barbara City Council service followed by county service before his election to the Legislature. His 2022 victory is the only election result specified here, and Stoker is the only opponent identified.
THE BOTTOM LINE
As a policymaker, Hart’s clearest stated alignment is his membership in the California Legislative Progressive Caucus. That affiliation identifies his place within an organized legislative group. No particular bill, vote, budget action or issue campaign is specified, so the record does not support assigning him a narrower policy signature.
The constituencies he has formally served are clearer. Hart has held office for Santa Barbara city residents, represented the county’s 2nd Supervisorial District and now serves the voters of Assembly District 37. The documented details identify the institutions and constituencies he has represented but no signature measure.
What voters can say without speculation is that Hart brought city and county experience to the Assembly and joined its Progressive Caucus. Specific commitments to labor, business, environmental, housing or other interests are not established by the facts given. The firmest account is the institutional one: Hart formerly held local office, moving from city government to county government and, in 2022, to state office.
- State Assembly · Assembly District 37 · 2022–present
For voters in Assembly District 37, Gregg Hart’s public career follows a local sequence: the Santa Barbara City Council, the county Board of Supervisors and then the California State Assembly. He graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Before moving to state government, he served in the two Santa Barbara offices. At the county level, he represented the 2nd Supervisorial District. Hart won the Assembly seat in November 2022 and took office the following month. He now represents the 37th district as a member of the California Legislative Progressive Caucus.
HOME GROUND
Hart was born on August 24, 1959, and graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara. His record before the Assembly included service in Santa Barbara city and county government.
Hart served as a member of the Santa Barbara City Council. He later became a Santa Barbara County supervisor, representing the 2nd Supervisorial District. Those posts put city government and county government in his résumé before state office.
The available details are spare: they do not identify Hart’s course of study, work outside government or particular actions from his council and supervisor years. What is established is the route itself. Hart reached the Assembly after serving at two levels of local government, both in Santa Barbara.
THE JUMP
Hart was elected to the Assembly in November 2022. His opponent was Mike Stoker, a Republican and former Santa Barbara County supervisor. The contest therefore included two candidates with experience in the same county institution, although Hart’s path also included prior service on the Santa Barbara City Council.
Hart defeated Stoker and assumed office on December 5, 2022. The move gave him responsibility for the 37th Assembly District after representing the county’s 2nd Supervisorial District.
That chronology is the central fact of Hart’s political career: city council member, county supervisor and state assemblymember. It is a progression through three public offices, with Santa Barbara City Council service followed by county service before his election to the Legislature. His 2022 victory is the only election result specified here, and Stoker is the only opponent identified.
THE BOTTOM LINE
As a policymaker, Hart’s clearest stated alignment is his membership in the California Legislative Progressive Caucus. That affiliation identifies his place within an organized legislative group. No particular bill, vote, budget action or issue campaign is specified, so the record does not support assigning him a narrower policy signature.
The constituencies he has formally served are clearer. Hart has held office for Santa Barbara city residents, represented the county’s 2nd Supervisorial District and now serves the voters of Assembly District 37. The documented details identify the institutions and constituencies he has represented but no signature measure.
What voters can say without speculation is that Hart brought city and county experience to the Assembly and joined its Progressive Caucus. Specific commitments to labor, business, environmental, housing or other interests are not established by the facts given. The firmest account is the institutional one: Hart formerly held local office, moving from city government to county government and, in 2022, to state office.
The record
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Be adopted as amended. To Consent Calendar
SB 61 Cortese Consent Calendar Second Day
SB 66 Umberg Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session
SB 229 Alvarado-Gil Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session
SB 846 McNerney Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session
SCR 3 Laird Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session
ACR 93 Dixon Consent Calendar Second Day
ACR 95 Kalra Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session
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Be adopted. To Consent Calendar
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