Celeste RodriguezIncumbent
Candidate for Assembly District 43
Celeste Rodriguez is a Democratic member of the Assembly. She represents District 43, in the eastern San Fernando Valley. She took office on December 2, 2024. She had won the 2024 general election with about 66.6% of the vote. She was born in 1990. She now lives in the city of San Fernando, California. She graduated from James Monroe High School. She earned an associate degree from Los Angeles Mission College. She then finished her undergraduate studies at San Diego State University. She also holds a Master of Social Work degree from the University of Southern California. Before the Legislature, Rodriguez worked for the City of Los Angeles. She worked for a time in its Recreation and Community Services Department. She later worked in its Office of Economic Opportunity. She was elected to the San Fernando City Council back in 2020. Her council colleagues then chose her to serve as mayor in 2022. She entered the 2024 Assembly race after incumbent Luz Rivas ran for Congress. She went on to win both the primary and the general election. In the Assembly, she sits on four committees. These are Health, Higher Education, Human Services, and Water, Parks and Wildlife. She also chairs the Select Committee on Latina Inequities. Her signature bill, AB 495, was signed into law. It is called the Family Preparedness Plan Act of 2025. It lets parents facing deportation name a temporary guardian for their children. It also stops daycare providers from collecting immigration status. She also helped write AB 1129 with Assemblymember Pilar Schiavo. That bill covers health reports near the Chiquita Canyon Landfill. She is running for re-election to District 43 in the November 2026 election. Born in 1990. Home: the city of San Fernando, California. Job: she is a California State Assemblymember. Prior office: she has been the incumbent since December 2, 2024. She served on the San Fernando City Council from 2020 to 2024. She was Mayor of San Fernando from 2022 to 2024.
On the issues
- Health & Health Care
Co-introduced legislation to strengthen local public-health reporting on health impacts (odor and related complaints) from the Chiquita Canyon Landfill.
Source → - Reproductive & Social Issues
Authored and secured passage of AB 495 (Family Preparedness Plan Act of 2025), which lets parents facing possible deportation designate temporary legal guardians for their children and bars daycare providers from collecting immigration-status information, framed by Rodriguez as protecting immigrant families' civil rights.
Source → - Family & Social Services
Prioritized protecting immigrant families from separation via AB 495, which creates legal pathways for joint/temporary guardianship of children if a parent faces deportation.
Source → - Environment, Energy & Climate
Pushed for closer monitoring and reporting of environmental/public-health impacts from the Chiquita Canyon Landfill in her district.
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