Carl DeMaioIncumbent
Candidate for Assembly District 75
Carl DeMaio is a Republican. He holds the Assembly seat for District 75, based in San Diego. He won the seat in the November 2024 vote with 57% of the vote. He took office on December 2, 2024. He is running for re-election in November 2026. Before the Assembly, DeMaio sat on the San Diego City Council from 2008 to 2012. He started a few groups. These include the Performance Institute and the American Strategic Management Institute. He also chairs Reform California, a political group. He has also hosted a talk show, 'The DeMaio Report,' on San Diego's KOGO. DeMaio got his degree from Georgetown in 1996. His 2026 platform has five main points. He opposes tax hikes. He wants to cut homelessness. He wants school board reform. He wants stronger crime enforcement, building on the 2024 law known as Prop 36. His fifth point backs a voter ID rule change to the state constitution. Home: San Diego, California. Occupation: state Assembly member for District 75. He also chairs Reform California. Prior office: he has held the seat since December 2, 2024. He served on the San Diego City Council from 2008 to 2012.
On the issues
- Taxes & Cost of Living
Opposes state and local tax increases and supports a constitutional amendment to strengthen Proposition 13 protections against future tax hikes.
Source → - Housing & Homelessness
Advocates replacing California's 'Housing First' homelessness policy with a 'People First' approach emphasizing enforcement of laws against loitering/panhandling/vagrancy, mandatory treatment for those with substance-abuse or mental-health issues, transitional housing, and work requirements for aid recipients.
Source → - Public Safety & Policing
Supports increased police/fire funding and backs candidates who support law enforcement; no stated position found specifically on firearms/gun policy.
Source → - Criminal Justice & Courts
Supported passage of Proposition 36 (2024) to increase penalties for certain theft and drug crimes, and advocates repealing Proposition 57 to reduce early releases of people convicted of violent crimes; also opposes placing registered sexually violent predators in residential neighborhoods.
Source → - Health & Health Care
Characterizes Medi-Cal spending on undocumented immigrants as a fiscal crisis and has launched a 'DOGE California' initiative aimed at identifying waste and alleged corruption in the program.
Source → - Education & Schools
Supports 'school board reform' focused on parental input/transparency, opposing what he calls 'toxic and divisive curriculum (e.g. Critical Race Theory),' and recruiting reform-minded school board candidates; Ballotpedia also notes general support for parental choice and charter schools.
Source → - Government, Elections & Democracy
Supports a California Voter ID constitutional amendment requiring photo ID for in-person voting (or partial ID verification for mail ballots) and mandatory citizenship verification of registered voters, an initiative he calls 'Election Integrity.'
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