| District: | 53 |
| Chamber: | Assembly |
| Population: | 463,916[1] |
| Population Year: | 2010 |
| Voting Age: | 354,298 |
| Citizen Voting Age: | 164,102 |
| Percent White: | 7.23 |
| Percent Black: | 5.23 |
| Percent Latino: | 68.32 |
| Percent Asian: | 18.25 |
| Percent Native American: | 0.22 |
| Percent Pacific Islander: | 0.07 |
| Percent Other Race: | 0.31 |
| Percent Remainder Of Multiracial: | 0.37 |
| Registered: | 181,140 |
| Democratic: | 58.52 |
| Republican: | 8.50 |
| Npp: | 28.62 |
California's 53th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. Since 2022, it is represented by Democrat Freddie Rodriguez of Pomona.
The district encompasses the heart of Los Angeles, including most of Downtown and parts of the Eastside. The district is heavily urban and Latino.
Los Angeles County – 4.7%
| Year | Office | Results |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Recall | align="right" No 83.8 – 16.2% |
| 2020 | President | Biden 78.6 - 17.6% |
| 2018 | Governor | Newsom 84.6 – 15.4% |
| Senator | Feinstein 53.9 – 46.1% | |
| 2016 | President | Clinton 84.8 – 9.6% |
| Senator | Harris 52.7 – 47.3% | |
| 2014 | Governor | Brown 85.2 – 14.8% |
| 2012 | President | Obama 84.6 – 12.6% |
| Senator | Feinstein 86.0 – 14.0% |
Due to redistricting, the 54th district has been moved around different parts of the state. The current iteration resulted from the 2022 redistricting by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission.
| Assembly members | Party | Years served | Counties represented | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank J. Moffitt | Democratic Party | January 5, 1885 - January 3, 1887 | Alameda | ||
| M. D. Hyde | Republican | January 3, 1887 - January 5, 1891 | |||
| J. G. McCall | January 5, 1891 - January 2, 1893 | ||||
| Phelps Ralph Adams | Democratic | January 2, 1893 - January 7, 1895 | Santa Cruz | ||
| B. S. Osborn | Republican | January 7, 1895 - January 4, 1897 | |||
| Frank Aldridge | Democratic | January 4, 1897 - January 2, 1899 | |||
| George G. Radcliff | Republican | January 2, 1899 - January 5, 1903 | |||
| Henry Ward Brown | January 5, 1903 - January 2, 1905 | San Mateo | |||
| Richard H. Jury | January 2, 1905 - January 4, 1909 | ||||
| Hjalmar Edwin Holmquist | January 4, 1909 - January 2, 1911 | ||||
| Henry Ward Brown | January 2, 1911 - January 6, 1913 | ||||
| Abram B. Green | January 6, 1913 - January 4, 1915 | San Luis Obispo | |||
| Elmer S. Rigdon | Democratic | January 4, 1915 - January 8, 1917 | |||
| Carlton W. Greene | Republican | January 8, 1917 - January 8, 1923 | |||
| Alexander McMillan | Democratic | January 8, 1923 - January 5, 1925 | |||
| Samuel V. Wright | Republican | January 5, 1925 - January 3, 1927 | |||
| Chris N. Jespersen | January 3, 1927 - January 5, 1931 | ||||
| Frederick F. Houser | January 5, 1931 - January 2, 1933 | Los Angeles | |||
| E. Valsaine Latham | January 2, 1933 - January 2, 1939 | ||||
| Frederick F. Houser | January 2, 1939 - January 4, 1943 | ||||
| Lothrop Smith | January 4, 1943 - January 8, 1945 | ||||
| Montivel A. Burke | January 8, 1945 - January 7, 1963 | ||||
| Mervyn Dymally | Democratic | January 7, 1963 - January 2, 1967 | |||
| Bill Greene | January 2, 1967 - November 30, 1974 | ||||
| Paul Bannai | Republican | December 2, 1974 - November 30, 1980 | |||
| Richard Floyd | Democratic | December 1, 1980 - November 30, 1992 | |||
| Debra Bowen | December 7, 1992 - November 30, 1998 | ||||
| George Nakano | December 7, 1998 - November 30, 2004 | ||||
| Mike Gordon | December 6, 2004 - June 25, 2005 | Died in office. Died from Brain tumor. | |||
| Ted Lieu | September 21, 2005 - November 30, 2010 | Sworn in after winning special election to fill the vacant left by Gordon when he died from a Brain tumor.[2] | |||
| Betsy Butler | December 6, 2010 - November 30, 2012 | ||||
| John Pérez | December 3, 2012 - November 30, 2014 | ||||
| Miguel Santiago | December 1, 2014 – present | ||||