| District: | 44 |
| Chamber: | Assembly |
| Population: | 462,271[1] |
| Population Year: | 2010 |
| Voting Age: | 338,873 |
| Citizen Voting Age: | 261,592 |
| Percent White: | 45.30 |
| Percent Black: | 2.07 |
| Percent Latino: | 42.55 |
| Percent Asian: | 8.69 |
| Percent Native American: | 0.50 |
| Percent Pacific Islander: | 0.27 |
| Percent Other Race: | 0.21 |
| Percent Remainder Of Multiracial: | 0.41 |
| Registered: | 241,389 |
| Democratic: | 41.85 |
| Republican: | 31.66 |
| Npp: | 21.76 |
California's 44th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Laura Friedman of Glendale.
The district is located in the southeastern end of the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County.
| Year | Office | Results |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Recall | align="right" No 56.6 – 43.4% |
| 2020 | President | Biden 59.3 - 36.9% |
| 2018 | Governor | Newsom 55.9 – 44.1% |
| Senator | Feinstein 51.9 – 48.1% | |
| 2016 | President | Clinton 57.1 – 37.0% |
| Senator | Harris 61.2 – 38.8% | |
| 2014 | Governor | Brown 53.2 – 47.8% |
| 2012 | President | Obama 52.4 – 45.5% |
| Senator | Feinstein 54.4 – 45.6% |
Due to redistricting, the 44th district has been moved around different parts of the state. The current iteration resulted from the 2011 redistricting by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission.
| Assembly members | Party | Years served | Counties represented | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frederick M. Lovell | Republican | January 5, 1885 - January 3, 1887 | San Francisco | ||
| Richard Cohen | Democratic | January 3, 1887 - January 7, 1889 | |||
| H. H. Black | January 7, 1889 - January 5, 1891 | ||||
| George A. Wentworth | Republican | January 5, 1891 - January 2, 1893 | |||
| James McGown | January 2, 1893 - January 7, 1895 | ||||
| Louis P. Zocchi | January 7, 1895 - January 4, 1897 | ||||
| Edward S. Ryan | Democratic | January 4, 1897 - January 2, 1899 | |||
| Michael H. Barry | Republican | January 2, 1899 - January 1, 1901 | |||
| August A. Cavagnaro | Democratic | January 1, 1901 - January 5, 1903 | |||
| James Durham Hart | Republican | January 5, 1903 - January 2, 1905 | |||
| Mel Vogel | January 2, 1905 - January 4, 1909 | ||||
| George Mairs Perine | January 4, 1909 - January 2, 1911 | ||||
| Victor A. Sbragia | January 2, 1911 - January 6, 1913 | ||||
| Lewis Dan Bohnett | January 6, 1913 - January 4, 1915 | Santa Clara | |||
| Theodore McKay Wright | Progressive | January 4, 1915 - January 8, 1917 | |||
| Theodore V. Brown | Republican | January 8, 1917 - January 6, 1919 | |||
| Theodore McKay Wright | January 6, 1919 - January 5, 1931 | ||||
| Maurice S. Meeker | January 5, 1931 - January 2, 1933 | Fresno | |||
| Clare Woolwine | January 2, 1933 - January 7, 1935 | Los Angeles | |||
| John B. Pelletier | Democratic | January 7, 1935 - November 29, 1946 | Died in office. | ||
| Edward E. Elliott | April 10, 1947 - January 5, 1953 | Sworn in after winning special election.[2] | |||
| Herbert R. Klocksiem | Republican | January 5, 1953 - January 5, 1959 | |||
| Joseph M. Kennick | Democratic | January 5, 1959 - January 2, 1967 | |||
| Mike Cullen | January 2, 1967 - November 30, 1974 | ||||
| Alan Sieroty | December 2, 1974 - March 24, 1977 | Resigned to become a State Senator after winning a special election.[3] | |||
| Mel Levine | July 6, 1977 - November 30, 1982 | Sworn in after winning special election.[4] | |||
| Tom Hayden | December 6, 1982 - November 30, 1992 | ||||
| Bill Hoge | Republican | December 7, 1992 - November 30, 1996 | |||
| Jack Scott | Democratic | December 2, 1996 - November 30, 2000 | |||
| Carol Liu | December 4, 2000 - November 30, 2006 | ||||
| Anthony Portantino | December 6, 2006 – November 30, 2012 | ||||
| Jeff Gorell | Republican | December 3, 2012 - November 30, 2014 | |||
| Jacqui Irwin | Democratic | December 1, 2014 – December 4, 2016 | |||
| Laura Friedman | Democratic | December 5, 2016 – Present |