John HarabedianIncumbent
Candidate for Assembly District 41
John Christopher Harabedian is a Democratic Assembly member. He represents District 41. That district includes Sierra Madre, Pasadena, and La Cañada Flintridge. It also includes Monrovia, Claremont, La Verne, San Dimas, and Bradbury. It covers parts of Hesperia, Rancho Cucamonga, and Upland too. He was elected in November 2024. He took office on December 2, 2024. Before the Assembly, Harabedian served on the Sierra Madre City Council. He was elected in 2012 and re-elected in 2016. He served two terms as mayor of Sierra Madre. He once ran for Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, District 5, in 2020, but lost. He worked as a deputy district attorney. That was with the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office. He also worked as an associate at Latham & Watkins. He clerked for the U.S. District Court. He was listed as a partner at the law firm Ellis George LLP. He holds a B.A. in political science from Yale University. He holds a graduate degree in comparative social policy from Oxford University. He holds a J.D. from Stanford Law School. Harabedian lives in the Pasadena and Sierra Madre area. He lives there with his wife and three children. Born 1981. Home: Pasadena and Sierra Madre area, California. Job: Attorney; he is a partner at Ellis George LLP. He is also the incumbent Assemblymember. Prior office: Incumbent since December 2024. He served on the Sierra Madre City Council from 2012 to 2020. He served two terms as Mayor of Sierra Madre.
On the issues
- Economy & Jobs
Supports policies to help local businesses, including expanding public transit and making downtown areas more walkable, but has not stated a specific position on minimum wage, unions, or business regulation broadly.
Source → - Housing & Homelessness
Supports building more affordable housing and shelter beds, expanding mental health services, and treating homelessness as an emergency requiring coordinated federal, state, and local action.
Source → - Public Safety & Policing
Supports stronger enforcement of existing gun laws alongside investment in offender rehabilitation, and as a former prosecutor backs red-flag laws, universal background checks, ammunition regulation, an assault weapons ban, gun insurance requirements, and safe-storage/training rules.
Source → - Health & Health Care
Supports funding mental health treatment as a way to move people experiencing homelessness into long-term supportive care.
Source → - Reproductive & Social Issues
Supports protecting reproductive rights, including access to birth control and abortion care, and opposes efforts to restrict reproductive freedom.
Source → - Education & Schools
Supports paying teachers more competitively and expanding afterschool programs in K-12, and investing in higher education to build workforce skills.
Source → - Environment, Energy & Climate
Supports investing in renewable energy and EV infrastructure, protecting air and water quality, banning harmful chemical production near schools, and cites leading a solar power project as mayor; also prioritizes wildfire prevention and recovery, including for Eaton Fire-affected families.
Source → - Water & Natural Resources
Supports investment in water infrastructure as part of his climate platform, though no detailed position on water rights, groundwater management, or drought policy specifically was found.
Source → - Government, Elections & Democracy
Supports ending Citizens United and Super PACs, strengthening conflict-of-interest rules, requiring dark money disclosure, and supports election security along with expanding voting accessibility.
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