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California State Senator, District 23

This office represents State Senate District 23 in the California Legislature.

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State Senate District 23
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Office overview

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Government levelStateState of California
Contest typePartisanVoter-nominated office
SeatDistrict 23One of 40 State Senate seats
Regular term4 yearsEven- and odd-numbered districts are elected in alternating cycles

What this office does

Represents District 23 in the State Senate

The office votes on state laws, appropriations, and oversight while representing residents and communities within the district.

California State Senate

Election process

A top-two primary leads to the general election

California uses a top-two primary for this office. The two candidates receiving the most votes advance to the general election regardless of party. State Senate districts serve four-year terms, with even- and odd-numbered districts elected in alternating cycles.

Next electionNovember 5, 2024

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Detailed district statistics2020–2024 ACS 5-year estimates

Survey estimates describe the current State Senate district and are not the same as the official 2020 redistricting population count. Margins of error use the ACS 90% confidence level. Hispanic or Latino includes people of any race; the remaining race categories are non-Hispanic.

People and households

Estimated population
1,029,751±5,035
Median age
35.2 years±0.3 years
Households
311,285±2,405

Income and education

Median household income
$90,250±$1,640; 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
People below the poverty line
13.5%±0.6 percentage points
Bachelor's degree or higher
23.4%±0.6 percentage points; population age 25+

Housing

Housing units
327,670±2,220
Occupied housing units
311,285±2,405
Vacant housing units
16,385±1,199
Vacancy rate
5.0%±0.4 percentage points

Race and ethnicity

Hispanic or Latino (any race)
50.6%±0.7 percentage points
White alone, not Hispanic
28.5%±0.4 percentage points
Black alone, not Hispanic
10.0%±0.3 percentage points
American Indian or Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic
0.2%±0.0 percentage points
Asian alone, not Hispanic
6.1%±0.3 percentage points
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic
0.2%±0.1 percentage points
Some other race alone, not Hispanic
0.7%±0.1 percentage points
Two or more races, not Hispanic
3.8%±0.3 percentage points
U.S. Census Bureau district profile

Current officeholder

Who currently holds this office?

Current officeholder identified by the official California State Senate directory.

Official portrait of Suzette Martinez Valladares
California State Senate

Current officeholder

Suzette Martinez Valladares

California State Senator, District 23

Status
Current officeholder
Party
Republican
First elected
Connected election
November 5, 2024

Legislative work

Committee assignments

Current official Senate directory
Standing Committees
  • Environmental QualityVice-Chair
  • Governmental OrganizationVice-Chair
  • HealthVice-Chair
  • JudiciaryMember
  • TransportationMember
Select Committees
  • Select Committee on California’s Wine IndustryMember
  • Select Committee on Hydrogen EnergyMember
  • Select Committee on Minority Economic DevelopmentMember
Joint Committees
  • Joint Committee on RulesMember
  • Joint Legislative AuditMember
Special Committees
  • Special Committee on International Sporting Events: Olympics, Paralympics and World Cup SoccerMember
Official committee list

Contact this office

Office
1021 O Street, Suite 7140, Sacramento, CA 95814-4900
Official contact page Official office source
Past officeholders2 verified succession records

Succession history

Explore prior service

Verified Senate District 23 session snapshots beginning with 2015–2016; one earlier session is included when needed to identify a predecessor.

Service ranges identify the first and last biennial sessions in the California State Library dataset; they do not assert exact swearing-in or departure dates. District numbers continue across redistricting, so earlier records may describe materially different boundaries.

Electoral area

Where this office represents

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Explore places and districts connected to State Senate District 23

State Senate District 23 includes parts of Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties. Communities represented across the district include Santa Clarita, Lancaster, Palmdale, Victorville, Hesperia, Adelanto, Stevenson Ranch, and Castaic.

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Past elections

Election history

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State legislative officeCertified

California State Senate District 23

November 5, 2024 General Election · 2 candidates
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Public records

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Legislative activity

Authored legislation

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Suzette Martinez Valladares is listed as the author of each senate bill below. Statuses were reviewed August 17, 2026. Showing all 33 bills.

SB 23 Property taxation: exemption: disabled veteran homeownersAuthored by Suzette Martinez Valladares Senate · Died · Military and Veterans Affairs SB 252 California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: undergrounding powerlinesAuthored by Suzette Martinez Valladares Senate · Died · Environmental Quality SB 264 Impersonation of a peace officer or firefighter during a state of emergency or local emergencyAuthored by Suzette Martinez Valladares Senate · Died · Public Safety SB 265 Crimes: lootingAuthored by Suzette Martinez Valladares Senate · Died · Public Safety SB 376 Incomplete gift nongrantor trusts: Personal Income Tax LawAuthored by Suzette Martinez Valladares Chaptered SB 402 Health care coverage: autismAuthored by Suzette Martinez Valladares Chaptered SB 421 Criminal procedure: protective ordersAuthored by Suzette Martinez Valladares Senate · Died · Public Safety SB 449 Health care service plan requirementsAuthored by Suzette Martinez Valladares Senate · Died · Rules SB 476 Short-term residential therapeutic programsAuthored by Suzette Martinez Valladares Senate · Died · Rules SB 508 California Environmental Quality Act: transportation impact mitigationAuthored by Suzette Martinez Valladares Assembly · Business and Professions SB 563 State parks: Off-highway Motor Vehicle Recreation: grants: eligible applicantsAuthored by Suzette Martinez Valladares Assembly · Appropriations SB 591 Taxation: electronic payments: penaltiesAuthored by Suzette Martinez Valladares Assembly · Appropriations SB 612 Pupil instruction: high school graduation requirements: career technical educationAuthored by Suzette Martinez Valladares Senate · Died · Education SB 713 Employee stock ownership plans: contractors: certification: bid preferencesAuthored by Suzette Martinez Valladares Senate · Died · Appropriations SB 816 Property taxation: exemptions: Chiquita Canyon elevated temperature landfill eventAuthored by Suzette Martinez Valladares Senate · Died · Revenue and Taxation SB 1022 Human trafficking: California Multidisciplinary Alliance to Stop Trafficking ActAuthored by Suzette Martinez Valladares Assembly · Appropriations SB 1060 Alcohol and drug treatment facilitiesAuthored by Suzette Martinez Valladares Senate · Health SB 1080 County clerks: certification of records: signatureAuthored by Suzette Martinez Valladares Chaptered SB 1113 Corporate tax: exclusions: qualifying shipping activitiesAuthored by Suzette Martinez Valladares Senate · Appropriations SB 1137 Personal income tax: deduction: medical expensesAuthored by Suzette Martinez Valladares Senate · Appropriations SB 1144 Personal income taxes: exemption credit: dependentsAuthored by Suzette Martinez Valladares Senate · Revenue and Taxation SB 1161 Administrative regulations: economic impact analysis and standardized regulatory impact assessments: State Air Resources BoardAuthored by Suzette Martinez Valladares Senate · Appropriations SB 1174 Public contracts: Department of Transportation: bid preferences: employee stock ownership plansAuthored by Suzette Martinez Valladares Assembly · Appropriations SB 1189 Advance health care directive of a skilled nursing facility patientAuthored by Suzette Martinez Valladares Assembly · Third Reading SB 1205 Public contracts: retention: architecture or engineering servicesAuthored by Suzette Martinez Valladares Assembly · Third Reading SB 1230 Solid waste: illegal dumping: penalties: resourcesAuthored by Suzette Martinez Valladares Assembly · Appropriations SB 1264 Probate: notice of death for child support obligationsAuthored by Suzette Martinez Valladares Assembly · Third Reading SB 1280 Health care coverage for mental health and substance use disordersAuthored by Suzette Martinez Valladares Senate · Health SB 1281 Public resources: certified community conservation corpsAuthored by Suzette Martinez Valladares Senate · Rules SB 1352 Property taxation: newly constructed: reconstructed propertyAuthored by Suzette Martinez Valladares Senate · Appropriations SB 1353 Alcohol or other drug recovery or treatment facilities: residential use of propertyAuthored by Suzette Martinez Valladares Senate · Rules SB 1395 Criminal procedure: protective ordersAuthored by Suzette Martinez Valladares Assembly · Third Reading SB 1396 Illegal dumpingAuthored by Suzette Martinez Valladares Senate · Rules
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Official directory

California State Senate directory record for District 23

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News and Press Releases

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Official update

Assembly Appropriations Committee Guts Protections for Child Sex Crime Victims

Yesterday, the Assembly Appropriations Committee gutted Kayleigh's Law, stripping a bill designed to protect child survivors of sex crimes of the very protections that made it meaningful.Only in Sacramento.Senate Bill 1395, Kayleigh's Law, authored by Senator Suzette Martinez Valladares (R-Santa Clarita), would have allowed…

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Office of Senator Suzette Martinez Valladares
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Official update

Sacramento Kills Valladares’ Bill to Protect Human Trafficking Victims

Today, Senator Suzette Martinez Valladares’ (R-Santa Clarita) bill that would have established California's first statewide coordinated response to human trafficking was killed in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.Senate Bill 1022, the California Multidisciplinary Alliance to Stop Trafficking Act, or the MAST Act, would have…

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Current assessmentComplete coverage

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Sources used on this page8 source organizations · 16 records
California Secretary of State

2 records from this source are used on the page.

2024 Senate District 23 general district totalshttps://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2024-general/sov/37-state-senator.xlsxOfficial election event and result source for November 5, 2024 General Election.https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/prior-elections/statewide-election-results/general-election-nov-5-2024/statement-vote
U.S. Census Bureau TIGERweb

1 record from this source is used on the page.

Boundary source for California State Senate District 23https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Legislative/MapServer/1
California State Senate

5 records from this source are used on the page.

Official government information about the office and public bodyhttps://www.senate.ca.gov/senatorsCurrent officeholder identified by the official California State Senate directory.https://lcmspubcontact.lc.ca.gov/PublicLCMS/ContactPopup.php?district=SD23&inframe=NPortrait source page for Suzette Martinez Valladareshttps://www.senate.ca.gov/sites/senate.ca.gov/files/styles/large/public/media/Valladares%2520Headshot%2520update_1.JPG?itok=GEv3ONvBReviewed photograph for Rosilicia Ochoa Boghhttps://www.senate.ca.gov/sites/senate.ca.gov/files/styles/large/public/media/2025%2520Ochoa%2520Bogh%2520headshot_1.jpg?itok=EX3xL4UECommittee assignments for Suzette Martinez Valladares (Current official Senate directory)https://www.senate.ca.gov/senators/23
California Legislative Information

2 records from this source are used on the page.

Complete authored senate bills search for 2025–2026 Sessionhttps://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billSearchClient.xhtml?session_year=20252026&house=Senate&author=Valladares&lawCode=AllComplete authored senate bills search for 2023–2024 Sessionhttps://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billSearchClient.xhtml?session_year=20232024&house=Senate&author=All&lawCode=All
U.S. Census Bureau district profile

1 record from this source is used on the page.

2020–2024 ACS 5-year estimates detailed district statisticshttps://data.census.gov/profile?g=610XX00US06023
Census Reporter

1 record from this source is used on the page.

Access copy of the 2020–2024 ACS 5-year estimates Census tables used for district statisticshttps://censusreporter.org/profiles/61000US06023/
California State Library · Demographics in the California Legislature

1 record from this source is used on the page.

Verified succession chronology for California State Senator, District 23https://lab.data.ca.gov/dataset/demographics-in-the-california-legislature/9dc0c75b-5a89-483f-9590-ec41bfe26882
Office of Senator Suzette Martinez Valladares

3 records from this source are used on the page.

Official update: Assembly Appropriations Committee Guts Protections for Child Sex Crime Victimshttps://sr23.senate.ca.gov/content/assembly-appropriations-committee-guts-protections-child-sex-crime-victimsPublished image: Assembly Appropriations Committee Guts Protections for Child Sex Crime Victimshttps://sr23.senate.ca.gov/sites/sr23.senate.ca.gov/files/Sen%20Suzette%20Martinez%20Valladares%20Logo.pngOfficial update: Sacramento Kills Valladares’ Bill to Protect Human Trafficking Victimshttps://sr23.senate.ca.gov/content/sacramento-kills-valladares-bill-protect-human-trafficking-victims
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