Marc BermanIncumbent
Candidate for Assembly District 23
Marc Berman sits in the California State Assembly, for District 23. He is the Democratic incumbent there. He took office on December 5, 2022. Before that, he had represented District 24, from 2016 to 2022. He was born in Dallas, Texas. He now lives in Menlo Park, California. Berman went to Palo Alto High School. He earned a bachelor's degree, in political science, from Georgetown University, in 2002. He earned a law degree too, from the University of Southern California, in 2008. Before he served in the Legislature, he worked as a lawyer, at Latham & Watkins LLP and Merino Yebri LLP. He worked as development director too, for the Silicon Valley Education Foundation. He worked with a group, the Truman National Security Project. He gave free legal help to a youth nonprofit, called Spark. He served on the Palo Alto City Council. In the Assembly, Berman leads the Business and Professions Committee. He sits on a few more too: Elections, Governmental Organization, and Insurance. He is running now, for re-election, in the November 2026 vote, for Assembly District 23. His campaign website, marcberman.com, now sends visitors to a page owned by someone else. That page has no real campaign content on it. So some facts here come from Ballotpedia, and from his official office as a lawmaker. Home: Menlo Park, California. Occupation: he sits in the California State Assembly. He has a background as a lawyer. Prior office: he has been the incumbent since December 2022, for District 23. Before that, he held Assembly District 24, from 2016 to 2022.
On the issues
- Economy & Jobs
Supported legislation extending labor protections to gig economy rideshare/delivery drivers.
Source → - Taxes & Cost of Living
Supported a new state requirement that hotels and short-term rentals disclose all mandatory fees upfront to protect consumers from hidden costs.
Source → - Housing & Homelessness
Supports building more affordable housing and reducing regulatory barriers ('red tape') to address homelessness among the working poor; endorsed by YIMBY Action.
Source → - Public Safety & Policing
Authored legislation requiring physician training on firearm violence prevention screening.
Source → - Criminal Justice & Courts
Authored legislation expanding the Office of Youth and Community Restoration's authority to support a public-health approach to juvenile detention and keep incarcerated youth in school.
Source → - Health & Health Care
Authored legislation supporting suicide prevention training in schools as a mental health measure.
Source → - Reproductive & Social Issues
Supports abortion access and expanded access to birth control; has an endorsed/reported lifetime 100% voting record from Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California.
Source → - Education & Schools
Authored legislation to integrate AI literacy into California's K-12 core curriculum and previously led creation of a Computer Science Coordinator position at the state Department of Education.
Source → - Environment, Energy & Climate
Lists tackling the climate crisis as a personal policy priority and is endorsed by California Environmental Voters and Sierra Club California, which rate legislators on environmental voting records.
Source → - Government, Elections & Democracy
Has authored multiple election-administration laws, including making California a permanent vote-by-mail state, creating the state's Office of Elections Cybersecurity, requiring statewide standards for prompt tallying/release of election results, and requiring platforms to remove deceptive AI-manipulated media of candidates.
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