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Summary

Assembly Member Joan T. Buchanan

Full Name: Joan T. Buchanan
Office: State Assembly (CA) - District 16, Democratic
First Elected: 11/04/2008
Last Elected: 11/06/2012
Gender: Female
Family: Divorced; 5 children: Jennifer, Christopher, Steven, David, Lindsey
Birth Date: 10/04/1952
Birth Place: San Francisco, CA
Home City: Alamo, CA
Religion: Christian

Recent Key Votes

SB 140 - Appropriates Funds to the Armed Prohibited Persons System
Legislation (Yea)

April 18, 2013 - Appropriates $24 million to the Department of Justice from the Dealers Record of Sale Special Account to complete pending cases in the Armed Prohibited ...

AB 131 - Amends Voter Registration Requirements
Legislation (Yea)

April 4, 2013

AB 1-1 - Expands Eligibility for Medi-Cal Program
Legislation (Yea)

March 7, 2013

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Recent Public Statements

Election Day: Vote for Joan Today!

Sept. 1, 2009 - Want to help get out the vote? Here's the details. I'm running for Congress because I want to bring jobs to our communities, reform health ...

A Statement from Assemblymember Joan Buchanan on the Death of U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy

Aug. 26, 2009 - Statement from Joan on Senator Kennedy A Statement from Assemblymember Joan Buchanan on the Death of U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy "Our country has lost an ...

CA-10: Meet Joan Buchanan, A Calitics Interview

Aug. 10, 2009 - Joan Buchanan is familiar to the voters of the San Ramon Valley School District, where she was elected 5 times to the School Board. But, ...

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Recent Interest Group Ratings

Span Name Rating
2012 Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California Positions on Reproductive Health Issues 100%
2012 California School Employees Association Positions on Classified School Employee Issues 100%
2012 Consumer Federation of California Lifetime Score 73%
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Campaign Finances

Top industry General Trade Unions ($122,600.00)
Source FollowTheMoney.org
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Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

Joan Buchanan refused to tell citizens where she stands on any of the issues addressed in the 2012 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart, national media, and prominent political leaders.

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Contact Information

Capitol Email
Assemblymember.Buchanan@assembly.ca.gov

Capitol Webmail
https://lcmspubcontact.lc.ca.gov/PublicLCMS/ContactPopup.php?district=AD16

Capitol Website
http://asmdc.org/members/a16/

Capitol
Post Office Box 942849, Room 2148
Sacramento, CA 94249-0016
Phone: 916-319-2016
Fax: 916-319-2116

District

District
2694 Bishop Drive, Suite 275
San Ramon, CA 94583
Phone: 925-328-1515
Fax: 925-328-1514

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