Diane Dixon
Candidate for Orange County Supervisorial District 5 · California State Assemblywoman
Diane Dixon spent more than three decades in the private sector as a senior executive at a Fortune 300 company before serving two terms on the Newport Beach City Council. She was elected to the California State Assembly in 2022, representing District 72, and was re-elected in 2024. In the Assembly, she has served on the Appropriations, Banking and Finance, Governmental Organization, Judiciary, and Rules committees, and authored dozens of bills. She is married to Pat, a major crimes prosecutor, and has a daughter and three grandsons.
Positions in brief
Dixon's platform emphasizes fentanyl-dealer accountability and public safety, fiscal responsibility and balanced budgets, cutting regulatory red tape for small businesses, coastal environmental protection, and transparent government.
Dixon authored Alexandra's Law, which increases accountability for repeat fentanyl dealers whose sales result in death, and has hosted community town halls on fentanyl awareness. She points to her record in Newport Beach of delivering balanced budgets, paying down pension liabilities, and completing infrastructure projects on time and under budget, and pledges the same fiscal discipline for the county. She supports streamlining permitting and cutting red tape for small businesses. On the environment, she highlights securing funding to protect the Orange County coastline, expand public beach access, and invest in pollution control. She frames her broader approach around accountable, transparent government.
On the issues
- Criminal Justice & Courts
Supports holding repeat fentanyl dealers accountable for deaths caused by their sales.
Source → - Taxes & Cost of Living
Supports balanced budgets and responsible use of taxpayer dollars.
“every taxpayer dollar is spent responsibly”
Source → - Environment, Energy & Climate
Supports funding to protect the coastline and invest in pollution control.
Source → - Government, Elections & Democracy
Supports accountable, transparent county government.
“accountable, transparent”
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