Nicholas "Nick" SchultzIncumbent
Candidate for Assembly District 44
Nicholas Bernard Coolon Schultz was born August 27, 1988. He is the incumbent Democratic member of the California State Assembly for District 44, which covers Burbank, Glendale, and surrounding areas. He holds a bachelor's degree and a J.D. from the University of Oregon School of Law. He became a licensed attorney in Oregon in 2013 and in California in 2014. He worked as a deputy district attorney in Lane County, Oregon. He then joined the California Attorney General's Office in 2016. There, he handled health-quality enforcement and later special prosecutions, including cases involving public corruption, officer-involved shootings, human trafficking, and financial fraud. Before his legislative career, Schultz served on the Los Feliz Neighborhood Council in 2018. Then-Mayor Eric Garcetti appointed him to the LA Central Area Planning Commission from 2018 to 2020. He was elected to the Burbank City Council in 2020. He later served as Vice Mayor from 2022 to 2023, and as Mayor from 2023 to 2024, of Burbank. Schultz was elected to the California State Assembly in November 2024. He won the general election with about 65.9% of the vote. He took office in December 2024. He currently chairs the Assembly Committee on Public Safety. He also serves on the Budget, Natural Resources, and Utilities & Energy committees. He lives in Burbank's Rancho neighborhood with his wife, an entertainment attorney. He is running for re-election to the same seat, District 44, in the November 2026 general election.
On the issues
Supports raising wages and backing organized labor. He supports legislation ensuring pay for frontline workers, along with incentives for small business and entrepreneurship.
Source →Supports increasing housing supply and strengthening tenant protections. This includes closing a loophole in state renter-eviction law. He reports reducing Burbank's homeless population through housing and treatment resources.
Source →Supports crime-reduction policies paired with reallocating city resources toward services. He currently chairs the Assembly's Public Safety Committee. No specific stated position on firearms or gun-safety policy was found.
Source →- Criminal Justice & Courts
Supports criminal justice reforms aimed at both preventing crime and addressing systemic injustice. He helped establish a state Post-Conviction Review Unit to examine wrongful-conviction claims.
Source → Supports moving toward universal health care coverage through a single-payer system.
Source →- Family & Social Services
Supports full wage replacement for workers on parental or family leave.
Source → Supports strong climate action and environmental protection. He frames clean air and water as fundamental rights. He helped enact a major local greenhouse-gas reduction plan.
Source →- Government, Elections & Democracy
Favors fiscally disciplined government that operates within its budget, while maintaining transparency and accountability. No specific position on voting access, redistricting, or campaign finance was found.
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