Tasha BoernerIncumbent
Candidate for Assembly District 77
Tasha Boerner is a Democrat. She holds the Assembly seat for District 77. It is a coastal North San Diego County district. It covers Carlsbad, Encinitas, Solana Beach, Del Mar, and nearby towns. She has held the seat since she first won in 2018. The district's number changed from AD-76 to AD-77 after 2021 map changes. She is running for re-election in November 2026. Before the Assembly, she served on the Encinitas council. Her campaign calls her a businesswoman and community leader. It says she is a fourth-generation county resident and a mother of two. It says she got her start by fighting for a stop sign near her kids' school. She then joined her local PTA. In the Assembly, she has written bills on utility costs. She has also written bills on home internet access for low-income families. This work covers housing, including a home revival law. She wrote a law that makes it easier to build small single-family homes. She wrote a bill on Medi-Cal coverage for young kids. She wrote a ban on surprise ambulance bills. She built a health pilot program for new mothers in San Diego County. She has worked on school land rules. She has worked on coastal erosion fixes. She wrote a ban on plastic microbeads in beauty products. She wrote a bike and traffic safety law too, AB 2234. Home: Encinitas and North San Diego County, California. Occupation: state Assembly member for District 77. Her site calls her a businesswoman and community leader. Prior office: she has held the seat since 2018. She served on the Encinitas council before that.
On the issues
- Taxes & Cost of Living
Supports measures to reduce the cost of living, including lowering utility costs and expanding affordable home internet access for low-income residents; no specific position on state income, corporate, sales, or property tax found.
Source → - Housing & Homelessness
Supports increasing housing supply and affordability, including easier construction of small single-family homes, an affordable-housing initiative for working artists, and reducing homelessness.
Source → - Public Safety & Policing
Supports funding for local firefighters and law enforcement, legislation protecting sexual assault victims' privacy, and traffic/e-bike safety measures; no specific position found on gun safety legislation or police oversight/accountability policy.
Source → - Health & Health Care
Supports expanding Medi-Cal coverage for young children, banning surprise out-of-network ambulance billing, and established a postpartum health pilot program in San Diego County.
Source → - Education & Schools
Advocates for increased public education funding from preschool through public colleges/universities, and authored a law reforming school land management to generate revenue for schools.
Source → - Environment, Energy & Climate
Supports coastal environmental protection (combating coastal erosion, restoring wetlands), incentivizing clean transportation such as e-bikes, and banning toxic plastic microbeads in personal care products.
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