Amy L. Slavensky
Candidate for Assembly District 7
Amy L. Slavensky is a Democrat. She is running for California State Assembly District 7. The election is November 3, 2026. She is challenging Republican incumbent Josh Hoover. Sanaz Motamedi is also in the race, as an American Independent. Slavensky grew up in the Fair Oaks and Carmichael area. She spent about 40 years in California public schools. She was a teacher first. Then she was a principal. Then she was a superintendent. She led the Amador County schools as superintendent. She was also deputy superintendent in the San Juan Unified district. She holds a bachelor's degree, with a teaching credential. It is from Point Loma Nazarene University. She holds a master's in education. It is from Azusa Pacific University. She holds a Ph.D. in school leadership. It is from Claremont Graduate University. She completed a governance program with the California School Boards Association. She has not held elected office before. Her campaign points to her decades in public schools. It also cites family money troubles. It cites a brother's homelessness, too. She is endorsed by the California Democratic Party. She is also backed by the California Teachers group and SEIU California. Other backers are the state Labor Federation and the Nurses Association. Elected backers include Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis. Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas backs her, too. Home: Fair Oaks and Carmichael area, Sacramento County, California. Occupation: Retired public educator, once a teacher, principal, and superintendent. She is now a full-time candidate. Prior office: None. This is her first run for office. Her earlier roles were appointed school jobs, not elected ones.
On the issues
- Taxes & Cost of Living
Supports expanding affordability and reducing bureaucratic barriers to help address the region's high cost of living, particularly housing affordability.
Source → - Housing & Homelessness
Supports increasing housing affordability, expanding rental and homeownership pathways, reducing regulatory barriers to construction, and responding to homelessness with expanded mental health and housing services rather than punitive measures.
Source → - Criminal Justice & Courts
Advocates addressing systemic racism and improving bias training and institutional accountability, framed broadly rather than as specific criminal-justice policy.
Source → - Health & Health Care
Supports expanding access to healthcare as an essential service and expanding mental/behavioral health care.
Source → - Reproductive & Social Issues
Supports reproductive freedom and women's workplace equity; endorsed by Equality California and Planned Parenthood Advocates Mar Monte.
Source → - Education & Schools
Supports strong, well-resourced, equitable public schools accessible to all children, and has flagged limited transitional kindergarten hours as a childcare-access barrier for working families.
Source → - Environment, Energy & Climate
Supports environmental protection, sustainable agriculture, and acknowledges climate change's impact on families and workers.
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