| District: | 45 |
| Chamber: | Assembly |
| Population: | 490,577[1] [2] |
| Population Year: | 2020 |
| Voting Age: | 354,848 |
| Citizen Voting Age: | 284,167 |
| Percent White: | 14.90 |
| Percent Black: | 10.97 |
| Percent Latino: | 65.80 |
| Percent Asian: | 4.78 |
| Percent Native American: | 0.32 |
| Percent Pacific Islander: | 0.30 |
| Percent Other Race: | 0.53 |
| Percent Remainder Of Multiracial: | 2.41 |
California's 45th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Democrat James Ramos of Highland.
The district currently represents the eastern area of San Bernardino County's Inland Empire. Portions of the cities of Highland, Redlands, San Bernardino, and the foothills along Interstate 210 to Rancho Cucamonga, California.
From 2012 to 2022, the district took up most of the western San Fernando Valley.
| Year | Office | Results |
|---|---|---|
| 2020[3] | President | Biden 66.3 – 31.7% |
| 2018 | Governor | Newsom 67.3 – 32.7% |
| Senator | Feinstein 62.4 – 37.6% | |
| 2016 | President | Clinton 67.4 – 27.4% |
| Senator | Harris 63.3 – 36.7% | |
| 2014 | Governor | Brown 62.2 – 37.8% |
| 2012 | President | Obama 63.5 – 34.1% |
| Senator | Feinstein 67.5 – 32.5% |
Due to redistricting, the 45th district has been moved around different parts of the state. The current iteration resulted from the 2020 redistricting by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission.
| Assembly members | Party | Years served | Counties represented | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh K. McJunkin | Republican | January 5, 1885 - January 3, 1887 | San Francisco | |
| William A. Brown | January 3, 1887 - January 7, 1889 | |||
| Henry M. Brickwedel | January 7, 1889 - January 5, 1891 | |||
| Eugene F. Bert | January 5, 1891 - January 2, 1893 | |||
| William H. Gately | Democratic | January 2, 1893 - January 7, 1895 | ||
| James Devitt | Republican | January 7, 1895 - January 4, 1897 | ||
| William H. Gately | Fusion | January 4, 1897 - January 2, 1899 | ||
| Eugene Sullivan | Republican | January 2, 1899 - January 1, 1901 | ||
| George C. Brown | January 1, 1901 - January 5, 1903 | |||
| George G. Boisson | January 5, 1903 - January 2, 1905 | |||
| Louis Strohl | January 2, 1905 - January 4, 1909 | |||
| Charles Lightner | Democratic | January 4, 1909 - January 2, 1911 | ||
| Dismo Mario Denegri | Republican | January 2, 1911 - January 6, 1913 | ||
| Daniel R. Hayes | January 6, 1913 - January 6, 1919 | Santa Clara | ||
| Grant R. Bennett | January 6, 1919 - January 3, 1921 | |||
| Charles C. Spalding | January 3, 1921 - January 5, 1931 | |||
| Lucius Powers Jr. | January 5, 1931 - January 2, 1933 | Fresno | ||
| Charles A. Hunt | Democratic | January 2, 1933 - January 2, 1939 | Los Angeles | |
| Thomas J. Doyle | January 2, 1939 - May 5, 1957 | Died in office from Cancer.[4] | ||
| Don Anderson | Republican | September 5, 1957 - January 5, 1959 | Sworn in after winning special election to fill vacant seat, after the death of Thomas Doyle.[5] | |
| George Brown Jr. | Democratic | January 5, 1959 - January 3, 1963 | Resigned, when he was sworn into Congress, after winning a congressional seat. | |
| Alfred H. Song | January 7, 1963 - January 2, 1967 | |||
| Walter J. Karabian | January 2, 1967 - November 30, 1974 | |||
| Herschel Rosenthal | December 2, 1974 - November 30, 1982 | |||
| Burt M. Margolin | December 6, 1982 - November 30, 1992 | |||
| Richard Polanco | December 7, 1992 - November 30, 1994 | |||
| Antonio Villaraigosa | December 5, 1994 - November 30, 2000 | |||
| Jackie Goldberg | December 4, 2000 - November 30, 2006 | |||
| Kevin de León | December 4, 2006 - November 30, 2010 | |||
| Gil Cedillo | December 6, 2010 – November 30, 2012 | |||
| Bob Blumenfield | December 3, 2012 - June 30, 2013 | Los Angeles, Ventura | Resigned from office to be sworn in as a member of the Los Angeles City Council.[6] | |
| Matt Dababneh | January 6, 2014 – January 2, 2018 | Sworn in after winning special election to fill vacant seat left by Blumentfield in 2014. In 2018 he resigned from office after sexual allegiations.[7] | ||
| Jesse Gabriel | June 11, 2018 - 2020 | Sworn in after winning special election. | ||
| James Ramos | June 11, 2018 – present | San Bernardino | Formally of the 47th district prior to 2020 redistricting |