Accountability Scorecard / Profile
Elected official
Lorena Gonzalez
California (district: needs source)needs source
Counts each graded PolicyBomb once where this person or group authored, signed, voted yes on or funded the graded policy (full scorecard rows only).
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Lorena Gonzalez: 3 graded PolicyBombs backed
Lorena Gonzalez has a documented hand in 3 policies we graded: 1 Harmful, 2 Mixed, 0 Helpful.
- #22 Harmful: Recorded as "Gonzalez" yes on SB 132, Assembly floor (Aug 30, 2020). Result: 1,127 requests to move into women's prisons since 2021; 49 approved, 234 still pending. CDCR does not track assaults by gender identity.
- #56 Mixed: Voted yes on SB 10 as "Gonzalez Fletcher", Assembly floor (Aug 20, 2018). Result: Never took effect. Voters rejected SB 10 through Prop 25 in Nov 2020, about 56% no.
- #66 Mixed: Authored AB 1921 (2016), letting anyone a voter designates return their mail ballot. Result: California-specific measured outcome: needs source. The research found no audited count of harm tied to AB 1921; nationally 98.8% of returned mail ballots were counted in 2024.
Grades rest on measured outcomes in each PolicyBomb, not on motives. Every line links to its receipt.
PolicyBombs backed
Policy #22: Inmate Gender Transitions: Hormones and Surgery in Custody Harmful
Yes vote: Recorded as "Gonzalez" yes on SB 132, Assembly floor (Aug 30, 2020). CA Legislature: SB 132 votesneeds source
Measured outcome: 1,127 requests to move into women's prisons since 2021; 49 approved, 234 still pending. CDCR does not track assaults by gender identity. [1] [2]
Policy #56: No-Bail / Cashless Bail Mixed
Yes vote: Voted yes on SB 10 as "Gonzalez Fletcher", Assembly floor (Aug 20, 2018). CA Legislature: SB 10 votes
Measured outcome: Never took effect. Voters rejected SB 10 through Prop 25 in Nov 2020, about 56% no. [1]
Policy #66: Absentee Ballots, Harvesting & Voter Rolls Mixed
Author: Authored AB 1921 (2016), letting anyone a voter designates return their mail ballot. CA Legislature: AB 1921 votes
Measured outcome: California-specific measured outcome: needs source. The research found no audited count of harm tied to AB 1921; nationally 98.8% of returned mail ballots were counted in 2024. [1] needs source
Positions on record
As recorded in each PolicyBomb's "who supports / who opposes" research. Not counted in the tally.
Policy #46: Do the Rich Pay Their Fair Share? Mixed
For: Put Prop 40 on the Nov 2026 ballot; trailing ~55% no in early returns (Nov 4, 2026). CalMatters: Prop 40 billionaire tax appears headed for defeat (calmatters.org)
Listed in the research as: SEIU-UHW; Lorena Gonzalez (CA Labor Federation)
Verdict: The claim that the rich pay little federal income tax is false on standard data. The claim that the wealthiest avoid tax on most of their economic gains is true.