Election 2026 · State of California

California Assembly District 52

Published September 29, 2026 · Updated October 2, 2026

Andrea Lee Anderson and Jessica Caloza (incumbent) are the candidates for California Assembly District 52 on the November 3, 2026 ballot.

The State Assembly is one of the two houses of the California Legislature, which holds the state's lawmaking power. The Assembly has 80 members. Its members write and vote on state laws and, with the Senate, pass the state budget, which the Constitution requires by June 15 each year.

Summary by CityHallPass, not the official text or legal advice. The official text controls: LA County's official election information.

What it means for the City of LA

About 74% of the district's land and 69% of its voting precincts are in the City of Los Angeles, across Northeast LA, Echo Park, Silver Lake and Los Feliz. The rest is part of Glendale and unincorporated East Los Angeles. State laws bind the City, and the state budget funds programs the City runs. Example: state law requires the City to plan housing for all income levels and update that plan on a set schedule (Government Code sections 65580 and 65588).

Primary results, June 2, 2026

Two candidates, both advanced to November 3. Total votes: 111,638. Certified results

The candidates

The job

Powers. The California Constitution gives the state’s lawmaking power to the Legislature, which is the Senate plus the 80-member Assembly (art. IV, sec. 1). A bill needs a majority of each house to pass (art. IV, sec. 8). The Legislature can override a Governor’s veto with two-thirds of each house (art. IV, sec. 10). Tax increases need two-thirds of each house (art. XIII A, sec. 3). The Legislature can put constitutional amendments on the ballot by a two-thirds vote of each house (art. XVIII, sec. 1). Five of the 14 statewide measures on this ballot (Props 1, 2, 4, 5 and 43) were placed there by the Legislature (Secretary of State voter guide).

Budget. The Legislature must pass the budget bill by midnight on June 15, and a majority vote is enough (art. IV, sec. 12). CalMatters reported that the 2026-27 budget deal totaled $352 billion, added taxes, including a sales tax on everyday computer software, and gave counties $900 million for homelessness (CalMatters).

The district.

• About 505,000 people live in the 52nd District, and the Census Bureau’s 2020-2024 survey estimates the population as 55% Latino, 27% white, 12% Asian and 2% Black, with a median household income of $84,656 (Census Reporter).
• The Eastsider reported 301,429 registered voters: 60.2% Democratic, 11.3% Republican and 22.5% no party preference (The Eastsider).
• Of the district’s 1,614 LA County voting precincts, 1,113 are in the City of LA, 209 in Glendale and 292 in unincorporated East Los Angeles and Belvedere (County Registrar precinct map).
• City neighborhoods, by share of the district’s land (Neighborhood Council areas): LA-32, which covers El Sereno and nearby areas (10%), Eagle Rock (9%), Echo Park (8%), Highland Park (8%), Arroyo Seco (7%), Silver Lake (6%), Glassell Park (6%), Los Feliz (5%), Atwater Village (4%), Lincoln Heights (3%), Cypress Park (3%) and Elysian Valley (2%) (City Neighborhood Councils).
• City Council districts, by share of land: CD 14 (Ysabel Jurado, 27%), CD 1 (Eunisses Hernandez, 21%), CD 13 (Hugo Soto-Martinez, 19%) and CD 4 (Nithya Raman, 6%) (City council district map).
• Land shares come from overlaying the County’s Assembly district map on the City’s Neighborhood Council and Council district maps. They measure area, not people.

Records

Jessica Caloza

Office and roles. Caloza was sworn into office in December 2024. She is Assistant Majority Whip and chairs the Select Committee on Asia/California Trade and Investment (Assembly biography). Her standing committees are Appropriations; Budget (Subcommittee 5 on State Administration); Business and Professions; Communications and Conveyance; Economic Development, Growth, and Household Impact; Health; Housing and Community Development; and Water, Parks, and Wildlife (committee page).

Bills, 2025-26 session. The Legislature’s bill data lists Caloza as a lead author on the final version of 35 bills and constitutional amendments, one of them (ACA 18) shared with another member. As of the data’s Oct 1, 2026 update, after the Governor’s Sept 30 deadline to act on bills (art. IV, sec. 10), 9 had become law, 4 were vetoed and 22 did not pass (bill data).

• Laws from 2025: AB 553 (CalFresh food access) and AB 920 (a central online application portal for housing projects under the Permit Streamlining Act) (bill data).
• Laws from 2026: AB 2272 (prompt payment of state subcontractors), signed Aug 27, and three bills signed Sept 27: AB 1637 (physicians’ medical records), AB 1980 (grants for equal representation in construction apprenticeships) and AB 2422 (delayed student aid awards) (bill data).
• Vetoed in October 2025: AB 265 (a Small Business Recovery Fund), AB 546 (insurance coverage of portable HEPA purifiers) and AB 1200 (disaster preparedness) (bill data).
• Signed in late September 2026: AB 1650 on rental vehicles used by law enforcement, Sept 29 (Governor’s office); AB 2050 (condo reserve accounts), Sept 29 (Governor’s office); and AB 672 (property tax exemption for community land trusts), Sept 30 (Governor’s office). The Governor vetoed AB 2717 (sign rules at arenas) on Sept 27 (veto message). LA Public Press reported that AB 1650 would require federal agents who rent vehicles in California to show their agency’s name and logo on the door, and that immigrant defense groups say it falls short (LA Public Press).
• She and Assemblymember Patrick Ahrens are the lead authors of ACA 18, a proposed constitutional amendment on student members of the UC Regents. It passed the Assembly 76-0 in May 2026, and its Senate committee hearing was postponed in August 2026 (bill data). The Daily Bruin covered a student rally for it where both spoke (Daily Bruin).

Key floor votes.

Source: Assembly floor votes on each bill’s votes page at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov (linked in each row) and the Legislature’s bill data download.

Before the Legislature. Capitol Weekly reported that as one of five Board of Public Works commissioners she helped oversee a $1 billion budget and thousands of City employees (Capitol Weekly).

Ethics and court records. In October 2024 the FPPC sent her 2024 committee, Caloza and her treasurer a warning letter after a sworn complaint. It found the committee filed eleven 10-day contribution reports and two 24-hour reports late, and misnamed one contributor on a report. The FPPC chose a warning over a fine because the committee filed all the reports before the primary and general elections and disclosed the money on time in its regular statements. No public response from Caloza was found. No other official findings: no City Ethics Commission orders, FEC enforcement cases (searched Oct. 1, 2026) or State Bar license were found. The Assembly Legislative Ethics Committee posts no complaint decisions. No court case naming her as a party was found in CourtListener federal dockets and opinions, in web searches of Justia and PacerMonitor, or in news coverage (searched Oct. 1, 2026).

Andrea Lee Anderson

Career. Anderson gave her current job as musician in her questionnaire (Orange County Register). She has no ballot designation (The Eastsider). Her campaign site says her father was mayor of her hometown and her mother was a Girl Scouts executive (campaign site).

Record. She answered “N/A” for other political positions held (Orange County Register).

Ethics and court records. No complaints or enforcement actions found in FPPC, City Ethics Commission or FEC records (FEC searched Oct. 1, 2026), and no license in her name at the State Bar. No court case naming her as a party was found in CourtListener federal dockets and opinions, in web searches of Justia and PacerMonitor, or in news coverage (searched Oct. 1, 2026).

Where they stand

Anderson answered the Southern California News Group’s 2026 primary questionnaire (Orange County Register) and posts most of the same answers on her issues page. No questionnaire answers from Caloza were found, so her entries come from her bills and votes.

On the other ballot measures

State propositions are listed in the Secretary of State’s voter guide. For measures the Legislature placed on the ballot, the incumbent’s floor vote is shown. A vote to place a measure on the ballot is not the same as an endorsement.

Source: measure titles from the Secretary of State’s voter guide; floor votes from each bill’s votes page (linked in the rows) and the Legislature’s bill data download. Neither candidate’s questionnaire or website takes a position on these measures.

Endorsements

Jessica Caloza

• California Democratic Party: endorsed her for the November election (CDP general election endorsements, Aug 5, 2026).

From her 2026 supporters page, which is undated and was checked Sept 30, 2026:

• Party and clubs: the California Democratic Party and several Democratic clubs, including East Area Progressive Democrats and Democrats for Neighborhood Action (supporters page).
• Elected officials: Reps. Judy Chu, Sydney Kamlager-Dove and Ted Lieu; Attorney General Rob Bonta; Treasurer Fiona Ma; state Sen. María Elena Durazo; and others (supporters page).
• Unions: the LA County Federation of Labor, California Teachers Association, California Federation of Teachers, UTLA, the SEIU California State Council and several SEIU locals, the State Building and Construction Trades Council, UNITE HERE Local 11, UFLAC (LA city firefighters), California Professional Firefighters, the California Nurses Association and many others (supporters page).
• Organizations: Planned Parenthood Advocacy Project LA County, Reproductive Freedom for All California, Sierra Club California, California Environmental Voters, Abundant Housing LA, California YIMBY and Equality California (supporters page).
• Newspapers: The LA Times endorsed her in 2024 (LA Times). No 2026 editorial endorsement was found.

Andrea Lee Anderson

• Party: The California Republican Party lists her among its 2026 endorsements for Assembly District 52 (CAGOP).
• Others: None found. Her campaign site’s endorsements page showed only a sample entry when checked Sept 30, 2026 (campaign site), and LAist’s primary guide listed her endorsements as “not available” (LAist).

Polls

No public polls of this race were found.

Money

Source: Form 460 summary pages and late contribution reports for Caloza’s 2026 committee in the Cal-Access raw data, downloaded Sept 29, 2026. The transfers came from her 2024 committee. The same data has no committee or filing for Anderson. A candidate who raises less than $2,000 in a calendar year does not have to form a committee (Government Code 82013). The Assembly contribution limit for 2025-26 is $5,900 per person per election (FPPC).

Who is giving

Method: itemized contributions (money and in-kind) on Caloza’s Form 460s from Jan 1, 2025, plus late contribution reports filed after the last Form 460. A donor is a normalized name plus ZIP code for people, or a normalized name for organizations. A ZIP counts as City of LA if at least half its area is in the City.

Jessica Caloza. 463 donors gave $1,228,053 in itemized contributions: 216 people and 247 organizations. Seventy-five donors gave at least one $5,900 maximum gift, totaling $652,309 (53.1%). Donors giving under $250 in total gave 0.4%. Unitemized gifts were $1,376 (Cal-Access).

Source: itemized contributions on Caloza’s committee filings in the Cal-Access raw data.

• Geography. 14.9% of itemized dollars came from City of LA ZIP codes, 16.6% from the rest of LA County, 52.4% from elsewhere in California and 16.1% from out of state. Among individual donors, 26.6% of dollars came from the City and 38.4% from the rest of LA County (Cal-Access).
• Largest donors. The Association of California School Administrators PAC gave the most ($23,600), followed by the State Building Trades PAC ($17,800), the Union of American Physicians and Dentists ($17,500), the California Nurses Association PAC ($15,000) and the Southern California Pipe Trades District Council ($13,300). AT&T, Comcast, CVS Health, the California Dental Association PAC, the California Teachers Association, the California Faculty Association’s committee, SEIU Local 721, SEIU Local 2015, the SEIU State Council and the Morongo Band of Mission Indians each gave $11,800 (Cal-Access).
• Same-employer giving. Seven donors employed by LA Downtown Medical Center gave $8,000 between May 21 and 23, 2026 (Cal-Access).
• Real estate and development: 11 donors, $17,750 (1.4%), including the Realtors’ CREPAC ($5,500) and the California Building Industry Association PAC ($5,000) (Cal-Access).
• Lobbying interests. 58 donor organizations, giving $231,230, are registered state lobbyist employers (Cal-Access lobbying data).

Outside spending

Source: Form 496 reports filed by the LA County Democratic Party’s issues and state candidate committees, from the Cal-Access raw data. No outside spending for or against Anderson was found. The County party committees’ top funders are listed on the 46th District page; they include Fabian Núñez’s treasurer campaign, Allied Physicians, UTLA, SEIU locals and the Carpenters.

Key moments

Debates and forums

No debates or candidate forums for this race were found.