12%
Outgoing Assemblymember

Rudy Salas

Rudy Salas has accepted oil money. Has accepted oil money
Party: Democrat
First Elected: 2012
District: 35 (Bakersfield)
47%
Lifetime Score
12%
2022
12%
2021
54%
2020
26%
2019
44%
2018
72%
2017
53%
2016
82%
2015
56%
2014
54%
2013

Notice: As of December 2022, this legislator is no longer in office. The district will now be represented by:

Jasmeet Bains

Party: Democrat

District: 35

Dr. Bains is a family doctor who serves as a volunteer with Global Family, an organization dedicated to combating human trafficking and child abuse, and on the San Joaquin Valley Air District’s Environmental Justice Advisory group, working to improve our Valley’s air and water quality. In the Assembly, she will advocate for funding to improve our water infrastructure for agriculture, businesses and homes.

Rudy Salas's 2022 Environmental Votes

Legend Key

  • Pro-Environmental Action
  • Anti-Environmental Action
  • Excused Absence
  • NV
    Did Not Vote
  • Top Priority Bill
    Top Priority Bill
Bill Climate Bill Vote
Top Priority Bill AB 1279 Committing to Carbon Neutrality
Vote on AB 1279 – Assembly Floor - 8/31/22
AB 1757 Nature Based Carbon Removal Targets
Vote on AB 1757 – Assembly Floor - 8/31/22
AB 1778 Stopping Freeway Expansions in Environmental Justice Communities
Vote on AB 1778 – Assembly Floor - 5/25/22 NV
AB 1931 Protecting Californians from Toxic Lead Pipes
Vote on AB 1931 – Assembly Floor - 5/26/22
AB 2026 Reducing Plastic Waste from Online Shopping
Vote on AB 2026 – Assembly Floor - 5/26/22 NV
AB 2133 Accelerated Climate Targets
Vote on AB 2133 – Assembly Floor - 8/31/22
AB 2201 Community Drinking Water Protection Act
Vote on AB 2201 – Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee - 4/26/22 NV
Vote on AB 2201 – Assembly Floor - 5/23/22
AB 2237 Climate Accountability for Transportation Projects
Vote on AB 2237 – Assembly Floor - 5/25/22
AB 2316 Making Community Solar and Storage Affordable for Low-Income Californians
Vote on AB 2316 – Assembly Floor - 5/25/22
Vote on AB 2316 – Assembly Floor #2 - 8/30/22
Top Priority Bill AB 2419 The California Justice40 Act
Vote on AB 2419 – Assembly Floor - 5/25/22
AB 2438 Aligning Transportation Investments with Climate Goals
Vote on AB 2438 – Assembly Floor - 5/25/22
Vote on AB 2438 – Assembly Floor #2 - 8/30/22
AB 2550 Restore Clean Air for the San Joaquin Valley
Vote on AB 2550 – Assembly Floor - 5/25/22 NV
Vote on AB 2550 – Assembly Floor #2 - 8/25/22 NV
AB 2597 Healthy and Heat Resilient Homes
Vote on AB 2597 Assembly Floor - 5/26/22
AB 2840 Warehouse Good Neighbor Policy
Vote on AB 2840 – Assembly Floor - 5/26/22
Top Priority Bill SB 54 Plastic Pollution Reduction Act
Vote on SB 54 – Assembly Floor - 6/29/22
Top Priority Bill SB 260 Climate Corporate Accountability Act
Vote on SB 260 – Assembly Floor - 8/31/22
Top Priority Bill SB 1137 Ending Neighborhood Oil Drilling
Vote on SB 1137 – Assembly Floor - 8/30/22
Top Priority Bill SB 1314 Stopping Big Oil’s Greenwashing
Vote on SB 1314 – Assembly Floor - 8/30/22

How We Calculated the Weighted Score

Legislator Score Weights

Extra Credit

+1%
for being a main author of an environmental bill included in the California Score
+1%
for endorsing Prop 30, the Clean Cars Clean Air initiative
-1%
for not being a main author of any environmental bill included in the California Score
-5%
for accepting oil money

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