Leticia CastilloIncumbent
Candidate for Assembly District 58
Leticia Castillo is the Republican who holds the 58th Assembly seat. The district covers Riverside. It also covers Jurupa Valley, Corona, Eastvale, and Grand Terrace. All sit in Riverside County. She was born in Riverside, California. She lives in the Home Gardens-Corona area. Castillo earned a bachelor's degree from University of Phoenix in 2013. She earned a graduate degree from National University in 2016. She works as a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. She is also a Professional Clinical Counselor. Her focus is trauma care. She first ran for this seat in 2022. She won the seat in 2024, beating Democrat Clarissa Cervantes in the fall vote. She took office on December 2, 2024. In the June 2, 2026 primary she received 38,002 votes (45.5%) to Cervantes's 45,598 (54.5%). She now seeks another term. The vote comes in November 2026. In the Assembly she is Vice-Chair of two panels. One covers jobs and growth. One covers human aid. She sits on three more panels. These cover mail, schools, and toxic waste. Home: Home Gardens/Corona area, Riverside County, California. Occupation: licensed family therapist and counselor; member, California State Assembly. Prior office: incumbent since December 2, 2024, first won in 2024.
On the issues
- Taxes & Cost of Living
Supports lowering taxes and the cost of living, including a permanent reduction in the state gasoline tax and protecting Proposition 13 property tax protections.
Source → - Housing & Homelessness
Supports reducing housing-related regulation (including CEQA reform) to lower housing costs, and favors mandatory treatment programs to address homelessness among the mentally ill and drug-addicted.
Source → - Public Safety & Policing
Supports stronger anti-crime measures and describes her campaign as restoring public safety; separately states support for Second Amendment (gun) rights, opposing new gun restrictions.
Source → - Criminal Justice & Courts
Supports repealing Proposition 47 to increase penalties/incarceration for repeat and career offenders.
Source → - Health & Health Care
As a mental health professional, prioritizes mental health treatment and supports mandatory treatment for severely mentally ill homeless individuals rather than leaving them unsheltered.
Source → - Reproductive & Social Issues
Describes herself as supporting protections for the unborn (opposing abortion), and her campaign site lists protecting 'women's privacy' in public facilities and rejecting policies she characterizes as against 'Family Values,' suggesting opposition to some LGBTQ-related policy positions; specifics on LGBTQ rights beyond this framing were not found.
Source → - Education & Schools
Emphasizes parental rights in education, opposing what she calls barriers between parents and their children's schooling and 'politically charged indoctrination' in classrooms.
Source → - Government, Elections & Democracy
Supports implementing a statewide voter ID requirement in California.
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