Sharon Quirk-Silva - Digital Democracy | CalMatters

Share Sharon Quirk-SilvaDemocrat, State AssemblyDistrict 67, La PalmaTime in office:Assembly: 2012-2014Assembly: 2016-presentContact Sharon's OfficeOfficial WebsiteNews coverage of Sharon

Quirk-SilvaBio Sharon Quirk-Silva, 62, is a former teacher, member of the Fullerton city council and the city’s mayor. She was first elected in 2012, narrowly defeating incumbent Republican

Chris Norby. Republican Young Kim, now a member of Congress, unseated her two years later. Quirk-Silva regained her seat in 2016 and has held it since. Quirk Silva has a bachelor’s in

sociology from UCLA. As a teacher for 30 years, she’s focused on educational issues in the Assembly. Quirk-Silva got a bill passed that mandates California public elementary schools teach

cursive writing. Quirk-Silva has four children and is married to Jesus Silva, a former Fullerton council member.

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Of 30 bills: Passed Failed30 Pending For this session year, this legislator initiated 30 bills: None passed, None failed, and 30 are currently pending.

Alignment Meter See all-time percentage of this legislator’s alignment with any organization based on total votes.

xx%votes: xxSelect a sectionOverviewFinancialsPolicyHearingsDistrictContact OptionsFinancials This feature tracks three sources of money intended to help a candidate win election: 1-Money

given directly to a candidate’s committee, 2-Money given to an Independent Expenditure Committee, 3-Money given to a political party. (NOTE: Senators are elected every four years. Twenty of

the 40 Senators are on the ballot in even-numbered years, so Senators may do little or no fundraising in the first two-year session of their Senate term).

Election This display shows money given directly to the incumbent’s campaign committee (NOTE: The industry categories for donors come from Open Secrets, a nonpartisan research organization

for campaign finance. Some contributions are “uncoded,” meaning they have not been assigned to an industry sector. As a result, the total for each sector is also an estimate).

Last Session Agriculture

$3.5K Communications & Electronics

$27.1K Construction

$21.5K Defense

$200.0 Energy & Natural Resources

$30.8K Finance, Insurance & Real Estate

$56.0K General Business

$87.6K Government Agencies/Education/Other

$46.5K Health

$38.7K Ideology/Single Issue

$40.8K Labor

$163.4K Lawyers & Lobbyists

$10.3K Party

$1.3K Transportation

$28.9K Uncoded

$190.7K Unitemized Contributions

$2.1KCandidate Donations Individuals, corporations, organizations and committees are limited to a maximum donation to candidates of $5,500 for the primary and for the general elections.

Total$749.2K 1.0% lower than the average legislators

Independent Expenditures Money from Independent Expenditure Committees (IEC) for advertising or grassroots activity to help a candidate win office is unlimited, but it cannot be spent in

coordination with the candidate or the candidate's campaign.

Total$315.0Grand Total for Elections$749.5K 1.0% lower than the average legislators

This is a total of the money to help this legislator win office including direct donations to the candidate, money from Independent Expenditure Committees and money from political parties.

Influence There are three categories of donations to legislators after they are elected that encourage a working relationship between the donor and the legislator. The three categories are:

1-Gifts, 2-Travel, 3-Behests.

Personal GiftsSponsored TravelBehests2021GiverValueDateDescriptionRancho La Paz Residents Organization$350Aug 3, 2021Gift BasketEvan Low for Assembly 2022$117.65Jun 16, 2021mealKnotts Berry

Farm$100Oct 31, 2021Admission/ParkingCalifornia Issues Forum$83Jun 21, 2021mealCalifornia Democratic Party$60.99Aug 24, 2021mealCalifornia Democratic Party$56.93May 4, 2021mealRe-Elect

Senator Toni Atkins 2020$54.5Jun 29, 2021mealFox$51.01Aug 5, 2021mealCalifornia Issues Forum$50.11Jun 16, 2021mealRendon for Assembly$47.67Sep 17, 2021Spirit/Bottle of WineLoad MoreShowing

1-10 of 14 rowsPersonal Gifts Legislators are not allowed to accept gifts of more than $10 per month from registered lobbyists. Gifts from any other single source are limited to $590 in a

calendar year.

Gift Received Rating#29/120 This legislator is ranked 29th highest for the amount of personal gifts received.

PolicyBills Authored by Sharon Quirk-Silva

AB 1138Income and corporate taxes: tax credits: motion pictures. Committee: Assembly Standing Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports, and Tourism

In Progress Income and corporate taxes: tax credits: motion pictures.Committee: Assembly Standing Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports, and TourismAB 788Prisons: facilities for female

offenders. Committee: Assembly Standing Committee on Public Safety

In Progress Prisons: facilities for female offenders.Committee: Assembly Standing Committee on Public SafetyAB 749Youth Sports for All Act. Committee: Assembly Standing Committee on Arts,

Entertainment, Sports, and Tourism

In Progress Youth Sports for All Act.Committee: Assembly Standing Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports, and TourismAB 1067Public employees’ retirement: felony convictions. Committee:

Assembly Standing Committee on Public Employment and Retirement

In Progress Public employees’ retirement: felony convictions.Committee: Assembly Standing Committee on Public Employment and RetirementView All BillsCommittees Most of the policy work in the

state Capitol is done in “Standing” committees. Legislators also work on budget subcommittees. There are also “Special” and “Select” committees with a more narrow topic focus. And there are

“Joint” committees with members from the Senate and Assembly.

StandingAssembly Standing Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports, and TourismStandingAssembly Standing Committee on BudgetStandingAssembly Standing Committee on Housing and Community

DevelopmentStandingAssembly Standing Committee on Revenue and TaxationView All CommitteesInterest Group Rankings Generally Aligned

American Civil Liberties Union100%California Chamber of Commerce58%California Environmental Voters65%California Labor Federation79%California Teachers Association88%Civil Justice Association

of California53%Courage California64%Equality California90%Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association75%Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California100% Generally Not Aligned

American Conservative Union5%National Federation of Independent Businesses20%Sierra Club50%HearingsFeatured Comments Below are links to the video and transcript of recent, substantive

comments by this legislator in committee hearings or floor sessions.

58SECMay 29, 2025AB 261 Fire safety: fire hazard severity zones: State Fire Marshal.

2MINMay 23, 2025AB 956 Accessory dwelling units: ministerial approval: single-family dwellings.

58SECMay 23, 2025AB 500 University of California: admissions changes.

3MINMay 19, 2025AB 571 California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: Gypsum Canyon Veterans Cemetery.

4MINMay 19, 2025AB 1061 Housing developments: urban lot splits: historical resources.

1MINMay 19, 2025AB 750 Homeless shelters: safety regulations.

4MINMay 14, 2025AB 956 Accessory dwelling units: ministerial approval: single-family dwellings.

2MINApr 30, 2025AB 1061 Housing developments: urban lot splits: historical resources.

3MINApr 30, 2025AB 750 Homeless shelters: safety regulations.

4MINApr 30, 2025AB 782 Subdivisions: security.

13MINApr 30, 2025AB 500 University of California: admissions changes.

10MINApr 30, 2025AB 956 Accessory dwelling units: ministerial approval: single-family dwellings.

View All HearingsDistrictDistrict 67 is a Safe Democratic DistrictDemocratic Party candidate has a very high likelihood of winning in an election Previous Election:

Elizabeth "Beth" Culver 43.2%Sharon Quirk-Silva 56.8%WONParty Registration Key

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