Kate Sanchez, born in 1988, has represented Assembly District 71 since 2022, when she succeeded Randy G. Voepel. A politician and businesswoman, Sanchez says she is a Hispanic working mother. Shortly after taking office, she introduced two bills: one focused on crime and public safety, and the other on education. She was also barred from joining the California Latino Legislative Caucus. In her second term, she introduced a bill prohibiting transgender women from participating in California Interscholastic Federation team sports.
THE PATH TO OFFICE
Sanchez began serving in the Assembly in 2022 after succeeding Voepel in the 71st District. Shortly after taking office, she introduced two bills. The first focused on crime and public safety, while the second focused on education.
Sanchez was barred from joining the California Latino Legislative Caucus, which is made up only of Democrats. She says she is a Hispanic working mother.
Her documented Assembly record thus includes her succession of Voepel, the introduction of bills concerning crime and public safety and education, and her exclusion from the caucus.
THE RECORD
Sanchez’s first crime and public-safety proposal addressed the handling of human trafficking cases. It would prevent human trafficking cases from being handled by multiple prosecutors.
Her second bill introduced shortly after she took office focused on education. Its specific provisions are not described in the available account.
In her second term, Sanchez introduced a bill prohibiting transgender women from participating in California Interscholastic Federation team sports. The proposal would restrict participation by transgender women in those team sports.
THE POLICY SIGNATURE
The proposals documented in Sanchez’s Assembly record concern crime and public safety, education, and participation in California Interscholastic Federation team sports. The human-trafficking bill would prevent multiple prosecutors from handling a case. Her other early bill focused on education, while her second-term sports bill would prohibit transgender women from participating in the specified team sports.
Sanchez says she is a Hispanic working mother, and she was barred from joining the California Latino Legislative Caucus. Her documented legislative proposals include one measure governing the prosecutorial handling of human trafficking cases, one education bill and one restriction on participation in California Interscholastic Federation team sports.
- State Assembly · Assembly District 71 · 2022–present
Kate Sanchez, born in 1988, has represented Assembly District 71 since 2022, when she succeeded Randy G. Voepel. A politician and businesswoman, Sanchez says she is a Hispanic working mother. Shortly after taking office, she introduced two bills: one focused on crime and public safety, and the other on education. She was also barred from joining the California Latino Legislative Caucus. In her second term, she introduced a bill prohibiting transgender women from participating in California Interscholastic Federation team sports.
THE PATH TO OFFICE
Sanchez began serving in the Assembly in 2022 after succeeding Voepel in the 71st District. Shortly after taking office, she introduced two bills. The first focused on crime and public safety, while the second focused on education.
Sanchez was barred from joining the California Latino Legislative Caucus, which is made up only of Democrats. She says she is a Hispanic working mother.
Her documented Assembly record thus includes her succession of Voepel, the introduction of bills concerning crime and public safety and education, and her exclusion from the caucus.
THE RECORD
Sanchez’s first crime and public-safety proposal addressed the handling of human trafficking cases. It would prevent human trafficking cases from being handled by multiple prosecutors.
Her second bill introduced shortly after she took office focused on education. Its specific provisions are not described in the available account.
In her second term, Sanchez introduced a bill prohibiting transgender women from participating in California Interscholastic Federation team sports. The proposal would restrict participation by transgender women in those team sports.
THE POLICY SIGNATURE
The proposals documented in Sanchez’s Assembly record concern crime and public safety, education, and participation in California Interscholastic Federation team sports. The human-trafficking bill would prevent multiple prosecutors from handling a case. Her other early bill focused on education, while her second-term sports bill would prohibit transgender women from participating in the specified team sports.
Sanchez says she is a Hispanic working mother, and she was barred from joining the California Latino Legislative Caucus. Her documented legislative proposals include one measure governing the prosecutorial handling of human trafficking cases, one education bill and one restriction on participation in California Interscholastic Federation team sports.
The record
321 events, each with its sourceState Legislature: nondisclosure agreements.
Child welfare services: prevention services: Indian tribes.
Air quality: wildland vegetation management burning: permits: exemption.
Electricity: expedited utility distribution infrastructure undergrounding program.
Wildfire safety: fuels reduction projects.
Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Awareness Month.
Relative to women in carpentry.
Pupil nutrition: restricted school foods and ultraprocessed foods of concern: prohibition.
Vehicles: public safety: Blue Envelope Program.
Off-highway electric motorcycles.
Relative to The Power of Us Day.
Relative to Cinco de Mayo Week.
Criminal procedure: protective orders.
Income taxes: exclusions: 2026 Garden Grove chemical leak.
Relative to Women’s History Month.
Disability access: construction-related accessibility claim.
Relative to Read Across America Day.
California Public Safety Telecommunicators Week.
California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: Gypsum Canyon Veterans Cemetery.
Relative to Japanese American concentration camps.
Alcohol and drug programs: licensing.
Relative to President Jimmy Carter Day.
Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month.
California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: prescribed fire, reforestation, habitat restoration, thinning, or fuel reduction projects.
Personal Income Tax: tax credits: fire-resistant home improvements.
Impersonation of a peace officer or firefighter during a state of emergency or local emergency.
Mental Health Peer Appreciation Week.
Criminal penalties: wildfires.
California Values Act: exception.
National School Counseling Week.
Wear Red Day and American Heart Month.
Relative to World Wetlands Day.
Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day.
Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: high-speed rail: infrastructure improvements.
Personal Income Tax: tax credits: fire-resistant home improvements.