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Portrait of Tim Grayson

Tim Grayson

Democratic

State Senate · Senate District 9

In office
2024–present
BiographyReporting (Tier 3) · reviewed

Concord is the clearest local marker in Tim Grayson’s public career. Before seeking state office, he worked as a construction contractor and served on the Concord City Council. In November 2016, he ran for the California State Assembly, beginning a legislative tenure that continued through 2024. He represented two Assembly districts during those years, then contested Senate District 9 in November 2024. His move into the Assembly also involved a party change: once a Republican, he switched parties to make that run.

BEFORE PUBLIC OFFICE

Grayson was born on September 17, 1967. The available account of his working life before politics is brief but concrete: he was a construction contractor. It does not identify his business, projects or years in the trade.

His first identified public office was on the Concord City Council. That put municipal office before his eight years in the Assembly, although no council dates, votes or policy initiatives are specified. The sequence is the important part of the record: construction work, the Concord council and then a campaign for state office.

That path also kept Concord in the foreground. Grayson’s later offices carried district numbers and broader constituencies, but the local government post identified with him was the council in Concord.

THE PATH TO OFFICE

Grayson ran for the Assembly in November 2016. He had once been a Republican and switched parties to run for the Assembly. No further account of that change, including his reasons for it, is given.

He served in the California State Assembly from 2016 to 2024. From 2016 through 2022, he represented the 14th Assembly District. From 2022 through 2024, he represented the 15th Assembly District. The district designation changed; his Assembly service continued.

In November 2024, Grayson ran for the California State Senate, contesting the 9th District seat. That campaign followed his council service and two successive Assembly district assignments. The documented career is thus an institutional progression: Concord city government, the Assembly and a Senate race.

THE BOTTOM LINE

Grayson’s offices and campaigns are clear. A distinct policy signature is not. No particular legislation, budget decision, committee assignment, appointment, vote or organized cause is identified in the account of his career. Nor does it name a specific constituency or interest whose policy priorities he repeatedly advanced.

It would therefore go beyond the documented facts to label him primarily as a policymaker on housing, labor, public safety, transportation, construction or any other issue. His work as a construction contractor cannot by itself be turned into a legislative agenda, and his party change cannot be assigned a policy meaning without further detail.

What can be said is narrower. Grayson brought experience in construction and Concord municipal office into an Assembly career lasting from 2016 to 2024. He represented the 14th and then the 15th Assembly districts before contesting Senate District 9. For voters looking for the interests he has been most committed to serving through policy, the offices establish the reach of his career; the policy record provided here does not establish the answer.

Record of service
  • State Assembly · Assembly District 14 · former
  • State Senate · Senate District 9 · 2024–present
  • State Assembly · Assembly District 15 · 2022–
BiographyReporting (Tier 3) · reviewed before publication

Concord is the clearest local marker in Tim Grayson’s public career. Before seeking state office, he worked as a construction contractor and served on the Concord City Council. In November 2016, he ran for the California State Assembly, beginning a legislative tenure that continued through 2024. He represented two Assembly districts during those years, then contested Senate District 9 in November 2024. His move into the Assembly also involved a party change: once a Republican, he switched parties to make that run.

BEFORE PUBLIC OFFICE

Grayson was born on September 17, 1967. The available account of his working life before politics is brief but concrete: he was a construction contractor. It does not identify his business, projects or years in the trade.

His first identified public office was on the Concord City Council. That put municipal office before his eight years in the Assembly, although no council dates, votes or policy initiatives are specified. The sequence is the important part of the record: construction work, the Concord council and then a campaign for state office.

That path also kept Concord in the foreground. Grayson’s later offices carried district numbers and broader constituencies, but the local government post identified with him was the council in Concord.

THE PATH TO OFFICE

Grayson ran for the Assembly in November 2016. He had once been a Republican and switched parties to run for the Assembly. No further account of that change, including his reasons for it, is given.

He served in the California State Assembly from 2016 to 2024. From 2016 through 2022, he represented the 14th Assembly District. From 2022 through 2024, he represented the 15th Assembly District. The district designation changed; his Assembly service continued.

In November 2024, Grayson ran for the California State Senate, contesting the 9th District seat. That campaign followed his council service and two successive Assembly district assignments. The documented career is thus an institutional progression: Concord city government, the Assembly and a Senate race.

THE BOTTOM LINE

Grayson’s offices and campaigns are clear. A distinct policy signature is not. No particular legislation, budget decision, committee assignment, appointment, vote or organized cause is identified in the account of his career. Nor does it name a specific constituency or interest whose policy priorities he repeatedly advanced.

It would therefore go beyond the documented facts to label him primarily as a policymaker on housing, labor, public safety, transportation, construction or any other issue. His work as a construction contractor cannot by itself be turned into a legislative agenda, and his party change cannot be assigned a policy meaning without further detail.

What can be said is narrower. Grayson brought experience in construction and Concord municipal office into an Assembly career lasting from 2016 to 2024. He represented the 14th and then the 15th Assembly districts before contesting Senate District 9. For voters looking for the interests he has been most committed to serving through policy, the offices establish the reach of his career; the policy record provided here does not establish the answer.

The record

7,329 events, each with its source
Cosponsored
Cosponsored SCR 123

California Peace Officers’ Memorial Day.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored SB 1036

Mitigation Fee Act.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored SB 1014

Development projects: preliminary estimate of required improvements: onsite and offsite improvements.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored SB 1017

Pupils: foster youth: access to pupil records.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored SCR 120

National Consumer Protection Week: Slam the Scam Day.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored SB 1001

Local agency, public utility, or mutual water company: personnel access: Personal Identity Verification-Interoperable.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored SB 1003

Prohousing enhanced infrastructure financing districts.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored SB 1007

Common interest developments: annual reports: assessments: discipline.

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 106

Unfinished Business SB106 Laird Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SR 77

Senate 3rd Reading SR77 Weber Pierson et al

Cosponsored
Cosponsored AB 1743

Firearms.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored SB 988

California Motor Vehicle Glass Act.

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SR 75

Senate 3rd Reading SR75 Rubio

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SR 71

Senate 3rd Reading SR71 Arreguín et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCR 115

Senate 3rd Reading SCR115 Dahle et al

Cosponsored
Cosponsored SB 972

California Financing Law: commercial loans: investment advisers.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored AB 1699

Good Fire Act: Prescribed Fire Liability Pilot Program: burn bosses: California Environmental Quality Act.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored SB 959

Average daily attendance: emergencies: major safety hazard.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored SB 950

Health care coverage: dementia.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored SR 76

Relative to Women’s History Month.

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 25

Unfinished Business SB25 Umberg Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCR 109

Senate 3rd Reading SCR109 Grove et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCR 111

Senate 3rd Reading SCR111 Niello

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 557

Special Consent SB557 Hurtado

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 574

Special Consent SB574 Umberg

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 623

Special Consent SB623 Archuleta et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 837

Special Consent SB837 Reyes

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SR 74

Senate 3rd Reading SR74 Ashby

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCR 112

Senate 3rd Reading SCR112 Grove et al

Cosponsored
Cosponsored SB 919

Biomethane monetary incentive program.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored SCR 115

Wear Red Day.

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 46

Senate 3rd Reading SB46 Umberg

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 73

Senate 3rd Reading SB73 Cervantes Urgency Clause

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 99

Senate 3rd Reading SB99 Blakespear

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 239

Senate 3rd Reading SB239 Arreguín

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 247

Senate 3rd Reading SB247 Smallwood-Cuevas

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 260

Senate 3rd Reading SB260 Wahab

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 288

Senate 3rd Reading SB288 Seyarto

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 327

Senate 3rd Reading SB327 McNerney

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 327

Senate 3rd Reading SB327 McNerney Reconsider

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 327

Senate 3rd Reading SB327 McNerney

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 381

Senate 3rd Reading SB381 Wahab et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 401

Senate 3rd Reading SB401 Hurtado

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 417

Senate 3rd Reading SB417 Cabaldon et al. Urgency Clause

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 492

Senate 3rd Reading SB492 Menjivar Urgency Clause

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 501

Senate 3rd Reading SB501 Allen

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 505

Senate 3rd Reading SB505 Richardson

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 555

Senate 3rd Reading SB555 Caballero et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 608

Senate 3rd Reading SB608 Menjivar et al

VoteAbsent
Voted Absent on SB 667

Senate 3rd Reading SB667 Archuleta