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Sam Blakeslee Assembly District 33, Republican


Term limit: 2010

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Capitol office
Room5126
State Capitol
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 319-2033
Fax: (916) 319-2133

Committees:
Assembly Floor

Assembly Committee on Agriculture

Assembly Committee on Budget

Assembly Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security

Assembly Committee on Utilities and Commerce

District voter registration
Democrat: 36%
Republican: 43%
Other: 21%

District makeup
A central coastal district encompassing all of San Luis Obispo County, including California State Polytechnic University and the Hearst Castle; and northwestern portion (44%) of Santa Barbara County, including Vandenberg AFB and the cities of Paso Robles, Guadalupe, Lompoc and Santa Maria.

Source: California Target Book

   
Manufacturers' legislative scorecard
Blakeslee's voting record on bills important to manufacturers:
2005-06: 92% (22-2) OVERALL: 92% (22-2)
  VOTE  Indicates vote for manufacturers' interests or an Abstain vote
Blakeslee's
votes
2008 votes
AB 1946 - Expands the likelihood of civil action by the Attorney General, district and city attorneys.
NO
AB 1946 - Expands the likelihood of civil action by the Attorney General, district and city attorneys.
NO
AB 1946 - Expands the likelihood of civil action by the Attorney General, district and city attorneys.
NO
AB 2279 - Makes it illegal to consider an employee's use of marijuana outside of the workplace when hiring
NO
AB 2386 - "Card Check" - Prohibits private union votes in agricultural industry
NO
AB 2547 - Makes costly and unnecessary changes to California's oil spill prevention and response law
NO
AB 2648 - Expands "multiple pathways" for Career Technical Education NO
AB 2855 - Provides high school education in green technology and goods movement
YES
AB 2944 - Undermines a corporate director's accountability to shareholders
NO
AB 2947 - Prohibits a residential care facility for the elderly from requiring an elder from waiving rights afforded under the EADACPA as a condition of admission
NO
AB 2969 - Any licensed physician conducting a utilization review be licensed in California
NO
AB 437 - Eliminates statue of limitations on benefits or salary lawsuits
NO
SB 1113 - Authorizes a court to award attorneys fees and costs to a successful party against opposing parties
NO
SB 1115 - Drives up work comp costs by changing apportionment
NO
SB 1161 - Extends the sunset date for the program from 2011 to 2016.
YES
SB 1313 - Unnecessarily moves up, by 5 years, perfluorinated compounds phase-out to 2010.
NO
SB 1338 - Allows employee to pre-designate physician outside of employer's medical provider network
NO
SB 1338 - Allows employee to pre-designate physician outside of employer's medical provider network
NO
SB 1608 - Equal access for individuals with disabilities in public accommodations
YES
SB 1717 - Doubles permanent disability employer costs
NO
SB 1762 - Circumvents CARB process and mandates new energy costs for Climate Change Institute
NO
SB 375 - Exposes manufacturers to unfounded industrial development litigation. YES
SB 974 - Imposes a $400 million per year container tax on port container cargo
NO
2007 votes
AB 1045 - Forces one-size fits all indoor heat regulations for manufacturers
Abstained
AB 1045 - Forces one-size fits all indoor heat regulations for manufacturers
Abstained
AB 1673 - Imposes California-only instantaneous on-site rebate-system YES
AB 8 - Requires employers to pay 7.5% of payroll for employee healthcare
NO
SB 936 - Increases cost of workers' comp system by doubling permanent disability payments
NO
SB 836 - Increases employee absenteeism by adding "familial status" to protected class
NO
SB 836 - Increases employee absenteeism by adding "familial status" to protected class
NO
SB 727 - Expands California's already most stringent family leave law
NO
AB 1108 - Bans phthalates without evidence it poses a threat to consumers
NO
AB 537 - Expands California's already most stringent Family Leave law
NO
AB 1618 - Creates a tax increase on business by removing the ability to deduct interest expense
NO
2006 votes
AB 1835 - Increases the state minimum wage by $1.25 over next two years
NO
AB 2593 - Interferes with potential regulatory solution to industry meal and rest period laws YES
AB 2778 - Removes fossil fuel combustion technologies from the Self-Generation Incentive Program YES
AB 32 - Increases costs on manufacturers and will not reduce overall global warming emissions
NO
SB 1368 - Limits the available power sources to meet California's energy demands and increases the price of electricity
NO
SB 927 - $60 per container tax on all containers processed at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach
NO
SB 1414 - Requires companies with over 10,000 California employees to spend 8% of their annual payroll costs on health care insurance for employees
NO
SB 1414 - Requires companies with over 10,000 California employees to spend 8% of their annual payroll costs on health care insurance for employees
NO
SB 1737 - Further regulates manufacturers' and retailers' rebates to consumers.
NO
SB 1737 - Further regulates manufacturers' and retailers' rebates to consumers.
NO
SB 815 - Doubles permanent disability workers' compensation benefits
NO
SB 1489 - Increases litigation by awarding more costs and attorney fees to the Attorney General's Office
NO
2005 votes
AB 1698 - Mandates employer health care for dependants until they are 26 years old
NO
SB 426 - Slows the construction of LNG terminals
NO
SB 600 - Creates chemical monitoring program with no scientific basis or deignated funding
NO
SB 109 - Allows criminal prosecution for minor air violations
NO
SB 174 - Expands "sue your boss" provision and increases litigation and costs
NO
SB 484 - Creates duplicative and costly reporting for cosmetic manufacturers
NO
SB 1023 - Adds costly penalties to the state's reformed workers' compensation system
NO
AB 1700 - Severely restricts settlements and protective orders in litigation
NO
AB 48 - Increases minimum wage
NO
AB 391 - Forces employers to pay unemployment benefits for workers' missing work during trade disputes
NO
AB 815 - Gives hazardous waste regulatory authority to an agency with no manufacturing knowledge or experience
NO
AB 153 - Increases litigation costs by allowing AG to recover all costs in actions alleging anti-competitive practices
Abstained
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AD 33 is home to
171 manufacturers
List all
  
10 companies engaged in grassroots
Chevron
Davis Boats
Kirby Morgan Dive Systems
Mid State Concrete Products Inc.
Moore Wallace, Inc
Pacific Metal & Manufacturing Inc.
Santa Barbara Industrial Association
Secretarial Service
The Gas Company
Union Asphalt, Inc
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Sam Blakeslee biography:
Assemblyman Sam Blakeslee represents the 33rd district in the State Assembly. The district includes the communities of Santa Maria, San Luis Obispo, Lompoc, Atascadero, Paso Robles, Arroyo Grande, Grover Beach, Morro Bay, Pismo Beach, and Guadalupe.

Sam is the owner of Blakeslee and Blakeslee, an investment firm. He is known as a tough-minded fiscal conservative who believes his business experience can be valuable in helping to balance budgets and cut government waste.

Assemblyman Blakeslee also places importance on representing California's farmers, he realizes that they not only feed the state, but the rest of the world as well.

As a community activist in San Luis Obispo, Sam established the "Freedom Is Not Free" campaign in support of our troops.

Sam Blakeslee holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Geophysics from the University of California, Berkeley. He also holds a PhD in Geophysics from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He currently resides in San Luis Obispo, where he and his wife Kara raise two young daughters. 		  
Headlines
A new California Constitution? -  Dec. 9
Last week, on the first day of the new legislative year, with both parties still circling the ...   Editorial in the L.A. Times

San Luis Obispo Republican legislators say there is time for the governor and Legislature to compromise on key issues -  June 15
There is still time for the Democrat-controlled Legislature and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to ...  Bob Cuddy in the San Luis Obispo Tribune

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