| District: | 37 |
| Chamber: | Assembly |
| Population: | 466,200[1] |
| Population Year: | 2010 |
| Voting Age: | 367,474 |
| Citizen Voting Age: | 307,080 |
| Percent White: | 53.83 |
| Percent Black: | 1.54 |
| Percent Latino: | 37.91 |
| Percent Asian: | 5.09 |
| Percent Native American: | 0.88 |
| Percent Pacific Islander: | 0.20 |
| Percent Other Race: | 0.24 |
| Percent Remainder Of Multiracial: | 0.32 |
| Registered: | 270,523 |
| Democratic: | 45.79 |
| Republican: | 25.34 |
| Npp: | 23.72 |
California's 37th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Steve Bennett of Ojai.
The district encompasses the coast from Oxnard to Point Conception and serves as one of the northernmost points of Southern California. While most of the population is located in coastal cities and towns, the district also includes various communities in the Santa Ynez and the Santa Clara River Valleys.
Santa Barbara County – 53.4%
Ventura County – 29.2%
| Year | Office | Results |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Recall | align="right" No 66.0 – 34.0% |
| 2020[2] | President | Biden 68.2 – 29.5% |
| 2018 | Governor | Newsom 64.6 – 35.4% |
| Senator | Feinstein 56.4 – 43.6% | |
| 2016 | President | Clinton 64.3 – 29.2% |
| Senator | Harris 62.3 – 37.7% | |
| 2014 | Governor | Brown 62.3 – 37.7% |
| 2012 | President | Obama 61.0 – 36.3% |
| Senator | Feinstein 63.2 – 36.8% |
Due to redistricting, the 37th 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. J. Sullivan | Republican | January 5, 1885 - January 3, 1887 | San Francisco | ||
| Thomas M. Searey | Democratic | January 3, 1887 - January 5, 1891 | |||
| M. W. Coffey | Republican | January 5, 1891 - January 2, 1893 | |||
| T. W. Burke | Independent | January 2, 1893 - January 7, 1895 | |||
| George W. Dixon | Republican | January 7, 1895 - January 4, 1897 | |||
| Harry I. Mulcrevy | Fusion | January 4, 1897 - January 2, 1899 | |||
| William E. White | Democratic | January 2, 1899 - January 1, 1901 | |||
| Arthur G. Fisk | Republican | January 1, 1901 - December 30, 1903 | Resigned from office. | ||
| Fred C. Jones | January 2, 1905 - January 7, 1907 | ||||
| Dennis W. Barry | January 7, 1907 - January 4, 1909 | ||||
| John J. McManus | January 4, 1909 - January 2, 1911 | ||||
| Edward P. Walsh | Democratic | January 2, 1911 - January 6, 1913 | |||
| William C. Clark | Republican | January 6, 1913 - January 4, 1915 | Alameda | ||
| William T. Satterwhite | Progressive | January 4, 1915 - January 6, 1919 | |||
| Republican | |||||
| Clifton E. Brooks | January 6, 1919 - January 8, 1923 | ||||
| Richard M. Lyman | January 8, 1923 - January 5, 1925 | ||||
| Eugene W. Roland | January 5, 1925 - January 2, 1933 | ||||
| Maurice S. Meeker | January 2, 1933 - January 7, 1935 | Fresno | |||
| S.L. Heisinger | Democratic | January 7, 1935 - January 4, 1943 | |||
| Alfred W. Robertson | January 4, 1943 - January 3, 1949 | Santa Barbara | |||
| Stanley T. Tomlinson | Republican | January 3, 1949 - January 5, 1953 | |||
| John B. Cooke | Democratic | January 5, 1953 - January 3, 1955 | Ventura | ||
| Rex M. Cunningham | January 3, 1955 - January 7, 1963 | ||||
| Burt M. Henson | January 7, 1963 - November 30, 1966 | Resigned to become a judge for the Ventura County Municipal Court. | |||
| John Kenyon MacDonald | January 2, 1967 - November 30, 1974 | ||||
| Bob Cline | Republican | December 2, 1974 - November 30, 1980 | Ventura, Los Angeles | ||
| Cathie Wright | December 1, 1980 - November 30, 1992 | ||||
| Ventura, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara | |||||
| Nao Takasugi | December 7, 1992 - November 30, 1998 | Ventura | |||
| Tony Strickland | December 7, 1998 – November 30, 2004 | ||||
| Ventura, Los Angeles | |||||
| Audra Strickland | December 6, 2004 - November 30, 2010 | ||||
| Jeff Gorell | December 6, 2010 - November 30, 2012 | Ventura, Los Angeles, Kern | |||
| Das Williams | Democratic | December 3, 2012 - November 30, 2016 | Ventura, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, | ||
| Monique Limón | December 5, 2016 – November 30, 2020 | ||||
| Steve Bennett | December 7, 2020 – present | ||||