| District: | 38 |
| Chamber: | Assembly |
| Population: | 469,883[1] |
| Population Year: | 2010 |
| Voting Age: | 351,818 |
| Citizen Voting Age: | 296,536 |
| Percent White: | 55.62 |
| Percent Black: | 3.55 |
| Percent Latino: | 25.77 |
| Percent Asian: | 13.41 |
| Percent Native American: | 0.58 |
| Percent Pacific Islander: | 0.20 |
| Percent Other Race: | 0.33 |
| Percent Remainder Of Multiracial: | 0.53 |
| Registered: | 283,207 |
| Democratic: | 34.28 |
| Republican: | 33.44 |
| Npp: | 26.78 |
California's 38th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Republican Suzette Martinez Valladares of Santa Clarita.
The district encompasses the outer northwestern suburbs of Los Angeles. It consists of the Santa Clarita Valley and Simi Valley, along with parts of the San Fernando Valley, the Sierra Pelona Mountains, and Soledad Canyon.
Los Angeles County – 3.5%
Ventura County – 15.5%
| Year | Office | Results |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Recall | align="right" No 50.2 – 49.8% |
| 2020 | President | Biden 53.2 - 44.8% |
| 2018 | Governor[2] | Newsom 50.3 – 49.7% |
| Senator[3] | Feinstein 51.3 – 48.7% | |
| 2016 | President | Clinton 49.6 – 44.4% |
| Senator | Harris 62.5 – 37.5% | |
| 2014 | Governor | Kashkari 56.8 – 43.2% |
| 2012 | President | Romney 50.8 – 46.7% |
| Senator | Emken 51.7 – 48.3% |
Due to redistricting, the 38th 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William B. Hunt | Republican | January 5, 1885 - January 3, 1887 | San Francisco | ||
| Daniel S. Regan | Democratic | January 3, 1887 - January 5, 1891 | |||
| A. T. Barnett | Republican | January 5, 1891 - January 2, 1893 | |||
| Bert Schlesinger | Democratic | January 2, 1893 - January 7, 1895 | |||
| Marcus Lewis | Republican | January 7, 1895 - January 4, 1897 | |||
| Gustave Pohlmann | January 4, 1897 - January 2, 1899 | ||||
| William H. Rickard | January 2, 1899 - January 1, 1901 | ||||
| Bert Schlesinger | Democratic | January 1, 1901 - January 5, 1903 | |||
| Marcus Lewis | Republican | January 5, 1903 - January 2, 1905 | |||
| Samuel H. Beckett | January 2, 1905 - January 4, 1909 | ||||
| William C. Pugh | January 4, 1909 - January 2, 1911 | Held Dual office. He also served as a member of San Francisco County Board of Supervisors. | |||
| Edward J. D. Nolan | January 2, 1911 - January 6, 1913 | ||||
| Daniel Ferguson | January 6, 1913 - January 8, 1917 | Alameda | |||
| Progressive | |||||
| William R. Brackett | Independent | January 8, 1917 - January 6, 1919 | |||
| Edgar S. Hurley | Republican | January 6, 1919 - January 8, 1923 | |||
| Jacob Croter | January 8, 1923 - July 1, 1927 | Resigns to focus his time on being the City Treasuer of Oakland.[4] | |||
| Walter W. Feeley | January 7, 1929 - January 2, 1933 | ||||
| Ford A. Chatters | January 2, 1933 - January 4, 1937 | Kings, Tulare | |||
| Gordon Hickman Garland | Democratic | January 4, 1937 - January 4, 1943 | |||
| Walter J. Fourt | Republican | January 4, 1943 - January 6, 1947 | Ventura | ||
| John B. Cooke | Democratic | January 6, 1947 - January 5, 1953 | |||
| Dorothy M. Donahoe | January 5, 1953 - April 4, 1960 | Kern | Died in office from Pneumonia.[5] [6] | ||
| Jack T. Casey | January 2, 1961 - January 7, 1963 | ||||
| Carley V. Porter | January 7, 1963 - December 6, 1972 | Los Angeles | Died in office.[7] | ||
| Robert M. McLennan | Republican | June 5, 1973 - November 30, 1974 | Sworn in office after winning special election to fill the vacant seat left by Porter who died in office.[8] | ||
| Paul V. Priolo | December 2, 1974 - November 30, 1980 | Los Angeles, Ventura | |||
| Marion W. La Follette | December 1, 1980 - November 30, 1990 | ||||
| Los Angeles | |||||
| Paula Boland | December 3, 1990 - November 30, 1996 | ||||
| Tom McClintock | December 2, 1996 – November 30, 2000 | Los Angeles, Ventura | |||
| Keith Richman | December 4, 2000 – November 30, 2006 | ||||
| Cameron Smyth | December 4, 2006 – November 30, 2012 | ||||
| Scott Wilk | December 3, 2012 – November 30, 2016 | ||||
| Dante Acosta | December 5, 2016 – November 30, 2018 | ||||
| Christy Smith | Democratic | December 3, 2018 – December 7, 2020 | |||
| Suzette Martinez Valladares | Republican | December 7, 2020 – present | |||
| align=center | 1992 • 1994 • 1996 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2004 • 2006 • 2008 • 2010 • 2012 • 2014 • 2016 • 2018 • 2020 |