Catherine StefaniIncumbent
Candidate for Assembly District 19
Catherine Stefani sits in the California State Assembly, for District 19. She is the Democratic incumbent there. That district covers western San Francisco and northern San Mateo County. She took office on December 2, 2024. That was after she won the 2024 general vote. She is running now for re-election, in the November 3, 2026 vote. She faces a Republican, Philip Wing. She won 83.0% of the vote in the June 2026 primary (108,403 votes), per the Statement of Vote, and she advanced from it. Stefani holds a bachelor's degree, in government, from St. Mary's College of California. She holds a law degree too, from the University of the Pacific's McGeorge School of Law. She joined the California State Bar in 1995. Her career includes work as a deputy district attorney, in Contra Costa County. She was an aide too, for San Jose Vice Mayor Cindy Chavez. She was also an aide for two San Francisco Supervisors, Michela Alioto-Pier and Mark Farrell. She served as San Francisco County Clerk, a role she was given in 2016. She served on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors too, for District 2, from 2018 to 2024. She was elected in 2018, and elected again in 2022. Before she went into politics, she also helped start and lead the San Francisco chapter of a group, Moms Demand Action. She lives in San Francisco, in the Cow Hollow area, with her husband and two kids. Home: San Francisco, in the Cow Hollow area. Occupation: she sits in the California State Assembly, for District 19, as the incumbent. Prior office: she has been the incumbent since December 2, 2024. Before that, she was on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, for District 2, from 2018 to 2024. And before that, she was the San Francisco County Clerk.
On the issues
- Housing & Homelessness
Supports statewide zoning reform to increase housing density near transit and holding local governments accountable for housing production, citing her record approving housing as SF Supervisor.
Source → - Public Safety & Policing
Supports increased police staffing, cracking down on car break-ins and open-air drug dealing, and gun violence prevention measures including a ghost gun ban and expanded background/mental-health screening for firearm purchases.
Source → - Criminal Justice & Courts
Prioritizes crime-victim rights and restitution, including authoring legislation to prioritize restitution payments to crime victims, and increasing accountability for fentanyl dealers.
Source → - Health & Health Care
Supports expanding mental health services and backs a state single-payer healthcare system aligned with the Governor's approach, along with protecting patient confidentiality.
Source → - Reproductive & Social Issues
Supports protecting abortion access, including shielding reproductive healthcare providers who serve out-of-state patients and protecting patient confidentiality.
Source → - Education & Schools
Supports increased and more stable/dependable school funding to enable smaller class sizes and consistent programs, moving away from reliance on one-time funding.
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