Alexandra (Ali) MacedoIncumbent
Candidate for Assembly District 33
Alexandra Macedo grew up in Tulare, California, where she was born. Her family is of Portuguese descent and works in farming. Her family has run the Tulare Sales Yard since 1939 and grows almonds. She graduated from Tulare Union High School. She earned a bachelor's degree in business law from California State University, Northridge. She later got a law degree, a Juris Doctor, from San Joaquin College of Law. She is not admitted to the bar. Macedo started a company with her mother, called Macedo Engineering & Consulting Inc. They started it to support dairy and crop farmers. She now leads a firm called Macedo Environmental Consulting Inc., as its President. That firm offers environmental compliance help and farm design work. In 2018 she won the Miss Central Valley pageant. She entered the 2024 Assembly race for District 33. This came after incumbent Devon Mathis retired and endorsed her. She won the March 2024 primary. She won the November 2024 general election too, with 62.9% of the vote, against Xavier Avila. She took office on December 2, 2024. She sits on the Assembly's Business and Professions, Governmental Organization, Natural Resources, and Transportation committees. She is Vice Chair of the Judiciary and the Privacy and Consumer Protection committees. In the 2026 primary for re-election, she advanced with 38,938 votes (61.2%) in the certified count. Her opponent in that race was Democrat Hipolito Cerros. She faces him again in the November 3, 2026 general election. Her main goals in office are farm issues, water systems, cost of living, and government oversight. This includes a high-profile probe into hospice care licensing fraud. Home: She lives in Tulare, California. Occupation: She now runs a firm called Macedo Environmental Consulting Inc. She also now serves as a California State Assemblymember. Prior office / incumbency: She has been the incumbent since December 2, 2024. She was first elected in November 2024. She held no prior elected office before this.
On the issues
- Taxes & Cost of Living
Supports cutting state income and gas taxes and opposing new fees/taxes (including a proposed mileage tax) to lower the cost of living, while protecting Prop 13.
Source → - Housing & Homelessness
Favors increasing housing supply by reducing CEQA regulatory barriers to development and incentivizing local housing production with property tax bonuses rather than state mandates.
Source → - Public Safety & Policing
Supports giving law enforcement additional tools to address crime and reckless driving, and has authored legislation to expand vehicle impoundment authority for extreme speeding.
Source → - Criminal Justice & Courts
Has authored legislation strengthening penalties/registration requirements for offenses against vulnerable people and addressing housing of convicted offenders in correctional facilities.
Source → - Health & Health Care
Has pushed for stronger state oversight of hospice licensing to combat what she describes as widespread Medi-Cal-linked hospice fraud in California.
Source → - Family & Social Services
Supports expanding a state income tax credit to help offset child care expenses for families.
Source → - Water & Natural Resources
Argues the state should prioritize water infrastructure spending over other projects such as high-speed rail, framing water security as a top priority for her Central Valley district.
Source → - Government, Elections & Democracy
Has raised concerns about proposed state redistricting maps, suggesting they could disenfranchise voters and warranting possible legal challenges.
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