Bob Hertzberg

State senate

A
District

SD-18

Party

democrat

Score
92
Contact

For the second consecutive year, Fossil Fools Bob Hertzberg and Ben Hueso blocked a deeply needed environmental bill — the measure to ban new oil & gas drilling near homes, hospitals and schools — from getting out of committee and to a vote on the floor. On behalf of the thousands of Californians who will get sick from the toxic chemicals breathed into their backyard by professional polluters, we say: For Shame.

Votes

Type Year Categories Name Description Vote
floor_votes 2021
  • economic-justice
  • housing

SB91

Temporarily extended California’s state-wide eviction protections to all covered tenants until July 1, 2021.

Support
floor_votes 2021
  • economic-justice
  • workers-rights

SB93

Requires certain employers to rehire eligible employees who were laid off due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Support
floor_votes 2021
  • health
  • workers-rights

SB95

Extends supplemental paid sick leave for certain essential workers.

Support
floor_votes 2021
  • criminal-justice
  • racial-justice

SB73

Stops mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent offenders of drug crimes, and replaces with paths to rehabilitation, probation and treatment.

Support
floor_votes 2021
  • economic-justice
  • workers-rights

SB93

Requires certain employers to rehire eligible employees who were laid off due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Support
floor_votes 2021
  • economic-justice

SB447

Allows courts to award damages for a deceased person’s non-economic damages of pain, suffering, or disfigurement to the deceased person’s estate.

Excused
floor_votes 2021
  • health

SB410

Increases health and safety protections by exempting certain OSHA requirements from cumbersome regulatory review.

Support
floor_votes 2021
  • criminal-justice
  • gun-violence-prevention
  • racial-justice

SB2

Prohibits someone convicted of certain felonies from regaining peace officer employment based on a court vacating, withdrawing or expunging the conviction, unless the court finds them innocent of the crime.

Support
floor_votes 2021
  • environmental-protection

SB47

Significantly raises the amount of money state oil regulators can spend to clean up old, leaky wells.

Support
floor_votes 2021
  • criminal-justice
  • racial-justice

SB483

Provides resentencing hearings for anyone currently serving a sentence made up of certain (now eliminated) sentencing enhancements.

Support
floor_votes 2021
  • health
  • workers-rights

SB213

Broadens the range of injuries for which certain hospital workers are presumed entitled to claim Workers Compensation damages to include COVID-19, PTSD, and certain other diseases.

Support
floor_votes 2021
  • racial-justice
  • voting-rights
  • workers-rights

AB616

Enfranchises farmworkers by giving them more ways to vote in union elections.

Excused
floor_votes 2021
  • criminal-justice
  • gun-violence-prevention
  • racial-justice

AB26

Ensures all law enforcement agencies require officers present during an excessive use-of-force incident to intervene and report the offending officer.

Support
floor_votes 2021
  • housing

AB838

Requires a city or county that receives a complaint of a substandard building or a lead hazard violation to inspect the building and document the violations.

Support
floor_votes 2021
  • education

AB1550

Protects bargaining rights by allowing faculty to remain eligible for union representation if their positions are hierarchically reorganized.

Support
floor_votes 2021
  • education
  • workers-rights

AB438

Guarantees permanent school employees and certificated employees the same rights in regard to layoffs.

Support
floor_votes 2021
  • workers-rights

AB701

Requires specified employers to provide distribution center employees with written performance quotas and adverse employment action that will result from failure to meet them.

Support
floor_votes 2021
  • political-accountability

AB339

Requires city councils and county boards of supervisors of cities of a certain size to expand digital access for public meetings.

Support
floor_votes 2021
  • criminal-justice
  • gun-violence-prevention
  • racial-justice

AB481

Requires law enforcement agencies to receive approval from their governing bodies before acquiring military equipment.

Support
floor_votes 2021
  • criminal-justice
  • racial-justice

SB81

Provides guidelines to judges on the use of sentence enhancements, which have been disproportionately applied to people of color and those suffering from mental illness.

Support
floor_votes 2021
  • environmental-protection

AB1395

Codifies California’s goal to reach carbon neutrality by 2045.

No Vote
floor_votes 2021
  • criminal-justice
  • workers-rights

SB357

Repeals “loitering for purpose of prostitution” law, which results in profiling and harassment of sex workers.

No Vote
floor_votes 2021
  • criminal-justice
  • racial-justice

SB483

Provides resentencing hearings for anyone currently serving a sentence made up of certain (now eliminated) sentencing enhancements.

Support
floor_votes 2021
  • economic-justice
  • workers-rights

SB62

Requires an hourly minimum wage for garment workers by banning piece rate pay.

Support
floor_votes 2021
  • criminal-justice
  • racial-justice

SB73

Stops mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent offenders of drug crimes, and replaces with paths to rehabilitation, probation and treatment.

Support
floor_votes 2021
  • criminal-justice

SB710

Requires a District Attorney or Attorney General to recuse themselves from decisions relating to potential criminal conduct by law enforcement if the official has a conflict of interest.

Support
floor_votes 2021
  • criminal-justice
  • racial-justice

AB48

Prohibits the use of injurious and life-threatening projectiles or chemical agents by law enforcement agencies when dispersing protests.

Support
floor_votes 2021
  • environmental-protection

AB1346

Mandates the adoption of cost-effective and technologically feasible technology to prohibit engine exhaust from certain new off-road engines.

Support
committee_votes 2020
  • economic-justice

SB37

Sets taxes on corporations with net income of $10M+ so that those with exorbitant CEO:employee salary ratios pay more.

Support
committee_votes 2020
  • economic-justice

SB956

Establishes the California Tax Expenditure Review Board as an independent advisory body.

Support
floor_votes 2020
  • economic-justice

SB956

Establishes the California Tax Expenditure Review Board as an independent advisory body.

Support
floor_votes 2020
  • workers-rights

SB1399

Expands protections for garment industry workers.

Support
floor_votes 2020
  • consumer-protection
  • health

SB977

Expands the Attorney General’s ability to prohibit certain transactions by healthcare systems that hurt consumers by limiting competition.

Support
floor_votes 2020
  • workers-rights

SB1383

Forces employers to grant employee requests for up to 12 work weeks of unpaid parental leave.

Support
committee_votes 2020
  • environmental-justice
  • environmental-protection

AB345

Establishes a minimum distance between oil and gas production and schools, playgrounds, residences and hospitals.

Oppose
floor_votes 2020
  • gun-violence-prevention

AB2847

Strengthens gun laws by enhancing micro-stamping requirements for unsafe guns.

Support
floor_votes 2020
  • economic-justice
  • workers-rights

AB2114

Provides a procedure for UC medical employees to challenge termination of employment.

No Vote
floor_votes 2020
  • environmental-protection

AB1080

Sets goals to reduce waste from single-use packaging and products.

Support
floor_votes 2020
  • criminal-justice
  • racial-justice

AB3070

Prohibits prosecutors from striking prospective jurors from jury pools on the basis of race, ethnicity, gender and other identities.

No Vote
floor_votes 2020
  • criminal-justice
  • racial-justice

AB3070

Prohibits prosecutors from striking prospective jurors from jury pools on the basis of race, ethnicity, gender and other identities.

Support
floor_votes 2020
  • health
  • workers-rights

AB890

Allows nurse practitioners in California to work without physician supervision.

Support
floor_votes 2020
  • criminal-justice
  • lgbtq-rights

SB145

Removes remnants of discriminatory anti-sodomy laws from statutory rape punishments.

Support
committee_votes 2019
  • voting-rights

SB72

Expands Election Day registration to every voting site

Support
committee_votes 2019
  • environmental-protection

SB307

Overrides federal order to waive state level environmental review of Cadiz Water Project

Support
committee_votes 2019
  • environmental-protection

SB386

Undermines environmental protections by incentivizing dam building and easing requirements for wind and solar energy

No Vote
committee_votes 2019
  • education

SCA5

Lowers threshold for parcel tax approval to 55%

Support
floor_votes 2019
  • economic-justice

SB343

Removes the Kaiser Permanente loophole in state financial disclosure laws

Support
floor_votes 2019
  • health
  • workers-rights

SB227

Penalizes hospitals that violate California law regarding nurse-to-patient ratios

Support
floor_votes 2019
  • workers-rights

SB336

Requires automated transit vehicles to maintain a trained employee on board

No Vote
floor_votes 2019
  • gender-equality
  • workers-rights

SB142

Requires employers to provide lactation rooms and reasonable break time for lactation needs

Support
floor_votes 2019
  • environmental-protection

SB307

Overrides federal order to waive state level environmental review of Cadiz Water Project

Support
floor_votes 2019
  • environmental-protection
  • housing

SB25

Allows select development projects to skirt environmental review

Support
floor_votes 2019
  • economic-justice
  • housing

SB329

Prohibits landlords from rejecting applicants based on Section 8 status

Support
floor_votes 2019
  • environmental-protection
  • housing

SB621

Creates environmental review loopholes and lowers requirements for affordable housing construction

Support
floor_votes 2019
  • criminal-justice

SB136

Repeals sentencing enhancements for those with prior offenses

Support
floor_votes 2019
  • criminal-justice
  • lgbtq-rights

SB145

Removes remnants of discriminatory anti-sodomy laws from statutory rape punishments.

Support
floor_votes 2019
  • housing

SB529

Grants tenants right to organize as part of a tenant association

Support
floor_votes 2019
  • health
  • immigration

SB29

Expands Medi-Cal to all residents, regardless of immigration status

Support
floor_votes 2019
  • housing

SB529

Grants tenants right to organize as part of a tenant association

Support
floor_votes 2019
  • environmental-protection

SB551

Mandates development of plans for decommissioning, cleanup and remediation of abandoned wells

Support
floor_votes 2019
  • economic-justice

SB616

Forces debt collectors to leave final $1,724 in a bank account

Support
committee_votes 2019
  • economic-justice
  • housing

AB857

Allows local governments to sponsor public banks

Support
committee_votes 2019
  • consumer-protection

AB1366

Eliminates critical oversight of telecom companies

Support
committee_votes 2019
  • housing

AB1487

Creates Bay Area Housing Finance Authority, to raise and distribute affordable housing funds

Support
floor_votes 2019
  • education

AB1353

Shortens length of probationary period for unclassified employees from 1 year to 6 months

Support
floor_votes 2019
  • workers-rights

AB749

Prohibits "no rehire" provisions that bar victims of mistreatment from employment with offending company

Support
floor_votes 2019
  • health
  • workers-rights

SB227

Penalizes hospitals that violate California law regarding nurse-to-patient ratios

Support
floor_votes 2019
  • workers-rights

AB51

Prohibits employers from forcing job candidates to waive legal rights in favor of forced arbitration

Support
floor_votes 2019
  • health

AB731

Requires same rate review practice for large-group health insurance plans as smaller ones

Support
floor_votes 2019
  • consumer-protection
  • health

AB290

Prevents dialysis companies from steering patients from medi-cal to boost corporate profits

Support
floor_votes 2019
  • criminal-justice

AB965

Allows people incarcerated as youth to earn time off their earliest parole date

Support
floor_votes 2019
  • housing

AB1482

Caps rent increase at 5% in 12-month period, and forces landlords to present 'just cause' before evicting

Support
floor_votes 2019
  • housing

AB1487

Creates Bay Area Housing Finance Authority, to raise and distribute affordable housing funds

Support
floor_votes 2019
  • criminal-justice
  • political-accountability
  • racial-justice

AB1600

Expedites the process to obtain police misconduct records in a criminal trial

Support
floor_votes 2019
  • criminal-justice

AB1215

Bans (for 3 yrs) biometric surveillance and facial recognition from use in police body cameras

Support
floor_votes 2019
  • education

AB1507

Grants local districts more leeway in evaluating charter school applications

Support
floor_votes 2019
  • economic-justice
  • housing

SB329

Prohibits landlords from rejecting applicants based on Section 8 status

Support
floor_votes 2019
  • economic-justice
  • housing

AB857

Allows local governments to sponsor public banks

No Vote
floor_votes 2019
  • housing

AB68

Permits construction of two ADUs on same property

Support
floor_votes 2019
  • criminal-justice

SB136

Repeals sentencing enhancements for those with prior offenses

Support
floor_votes 2019
  • economic-justice

SB268

Offers voters more information on potentially progressive taxation measures

Support
floor_votes 2019
  • workers-rights

AB1066

Grants unemployment benefits for workers during first 3 weeks of a strike

Support
floor_votes 2019
  • workers-rights

ACA14

Forces UC system to reduce contracted services in order to increase percent of union workers on their payroll

Oppose
floor_votes 2019
  • environmental-protection

SB1

Strengthens California environmental standards to pre-Trump federal levels

Support
floor_votes 2018
  • consumer-protection

SB460

Reinstates net neutrality in California

Support
committee_votes 2018
  • gender-equality
  • workers-rights

SB1038

Ensures that individuals are accountable for workplace harassment

No Vote
committee_votes 2018
  • criminal-justice

SB1186

Requires public debate prior to law enforcement’s acquisition of surveillance technology

Support
committee_votes 2018
  • voting-rights

SB1400

Lowers the minimum age for voter preregistration to 15

Support
floor_votes 2018
  • environmental-justice

SB844

Funds the Water Resources Control Board to ensure public access to clean water

Support
floor_votes 2018
  • environmental-justice

SB845

Funds the Water Resources Control Board to ensure public access to clean water

Support
floor_votes 2018
  • housing

SB818

Protects homeowners from avoidable foreclosures

No Vote
floor_votes 2018
  • criminal-justice
  • racial-justice

SB1393

Restores the court’s ability to decrease sentence enhancements for prior convictions

Support
floor_votes 2018
  • health

SB1021

Caps co-pays for prescription drug costs

Support
floor_votes 2018
  • gun-violence-prevention

SB1100

Raises the minimum age to purchase a long-gun to 21 years old

Support
floor_votes 2018
  • criminal-justice
  • racial-justice

SB1392

Repeals California’s one-year sentencing enhancements for prior jail terms

Support
floor_votes 2018
  • gender-equality
  • workers-rights

SB1038

Ensures that individuals are accountable for workplace harassment

Support
floor_votes 2018
  • consumer-protection

SB1121

Protects consumers’ medical data from cybersecurity breaches

Support
floor_votes 2018
  • criminal-justice
  • racial-justice

SB1421

Provides public access to records regarding police misconduct

Support
floor_votes 2018
  • consumer-protection

SB822

Reinstates net neutrality in California

Support
floor_votes 2018
  • environmental-protection

SB834

Ends the transport of oil from offshore drilling facilities to the state

Support
floor_votes 2018
  • health
  • immigration

SB974

Extends Medi-Cal benefits to low-income adults regardless of immigration status

Support
floor_votes 2018
  • criminal-justice

SB1186

Requires public debate prior to law enforcement’s acquisition of surveillance technology

Support
floor_votes 2018
  • gender-equality
  • workers-rights

SB1300

Strengthens employer obligations to prevent workplace harassment

Support
floor_votes 2018
  • criminal-justice
  • racial-justice

SB1392

Repeals California’s one-year sentencing enhancements for prior jail terms

Support
committee_votes 2018
  • political-accountability

AB84

Allows corporate donors to give more money to their preferred candidates

Support
floor_votes 2018
  • health

AB186

Provides safe, government-run injection sites to prevent overdose and disease

Support
floor_votes 2018
  • health

AB595

Expands government oversight of health plan mergers to protect consumers

Support
floor_votes 2018
  • gun-violence-prevention
  • workers-rights

AB2888

Expands the groups of people who can seek a firearm restraining order

Support
floor_votes 2018
  • criminal-justice
  • gun-violence-prevention
  • racial-justice

AB748

Mandates that law enforcement publicly provide recordings of lethal force incidents

Support
floor_votes 2018
  • environmental-justice
  • environmental-protection

AB2447

Provides information to residents potentially impacted by pollution in their language

Support
floor_votes 2018
  • criminal-justice

AB3131

Requires law enforcement to notify the public when acquiring military equipment

Support
floor_votes 2018
  • immigration

AB638

Requires immigration consultants to be state- or federally-authorized

Support
floor_votes 2018
  • criminal-justice

SB439

Prevents children under 12 years old from being tried in juvenile court

Support
floor_votes 2017
  • gun-violence-prevention

AB7

Outlaws open carry in more public spaces

Support
floor_votes 2017
  • health

AB186

Provides safe, government-run injection sites to prevent overdose and disease

Support
floor_votes 2017
  • criminal-justice

AB859

Helps provide justice for abused senior citizens

Support
floor_votes 2017
  • environmental-protection
  • housing

AB890

Mandates all new developments undergo environmental review

Support
floor_votes 2017
  • criminal-justice

AB1308

Provides consideration of release for more young adults

Support
floor_votes 2017
  • economic-justice
  • housing

AB1397

Creates more accurate inventory of land available for housing

No Vote
floor_votes 2017
  • consumer-protection
  • health

AB1461

Requires meal subscription companies to meet health standards

Support
floor_votes 2017
  • economic-justice
  • housing

AB1505

Requires new housing to have more affordable units

Support
committee_votes 2017
  • environmental-protection

AB1668

Better prepares cities and towns for drought

Support
committee_votes 2017
  • workers-rights

AB1701

Allows workers to be paid while complaints are being handled

Support
floor_votes 2017
  • immigration

SB30

Bars CA from contracting companies that help build border wall

Support
floor_votes 2017
  • environmental-protection

SB49

Revives federal environmental protections by enacting them as California law

Support
floor_votes 2017
  • immigration

SB54

Makes California a sanctuary state for immigrants

Support
floor_votes 2017
  • immigration

SB54

Makes California a sanctuary state for immigrants

Support
committee_votes 2017
  • gender-equality
  • workers-rights

SB63

Gives more working parents paid family leave

No Vote
floor_votes 2017
  • housing

SB166

Requires cities to provide housing sites for all income levels

Support
floor_votes 2017
  • criminal-justice
  • racial-justice

SB180

Reforms War on Drugs-era sentence enhancements

Support
floor_votes 2017
  • health
  • lgbtq-rights

SB239

Eliminates criminalization of those with HIV

Support
floor_votes 2017
  • consumer-protection
  • health

SB258

Requires the disclosure of ingredients in cleaning products

Support
committee_votes 2017
  • economic-justice
  • workers-rights

SB298

Protects seasonal workers’ savings from debt collectors

No Vote
floor_votes 2017
  • economic-justice
  • workers-rights

SB298

Protects seasonal workers’ savings from debt collectors

Support
floor_votes 2017
  • criminal-justice

SB345

Mandates that police publicly publish their policies

Support
floor_votes 2017
  • criminal-justice

SB439

Prevents children under 12 years old from being tried in juvenile court

Support
floor_votes 2017
  • gun-violence-prevention

SB464

Enhances security measures to fight gun theft

Support
floor_votes 2017
  • health

SB538

Reduces health care costs

Support
floor_votes 2017
  • health

SB562

Health care for all California residents

Support
floor_votes 2017
  • criminal-justice

SB620

Gives more options to judges in sentencings

Support
floor_votes 2017
  • criminal-justice

SB620

Gives more options to judges in sentencings

Support
floor_votes 2017
  • health

SB705

Prohibits food vendors from using styrofoam

Support
floor_votes 2017
  • consumer-protection
  • health

SB790

Helps stop Big Pharma from paying off doctors

Support
floor_votes 2017
  • health

AB186

Provides safe, government-run injection sites to prevent overdose and disease

Support
floor_votes 2017
  • criminal-justice

SB439

Prevents children under 12 years old from being tried in juvenile court

Support
floor_votes 2016
  • economic-justice
  • workers-rights

AB 67

Grants fair pay for workers on Thanksgiving

Support
floor_votes 2016
  • environmental-justice
  • environmental-protection

AB 197

Forms committee to reduce local carbon emissions

Support
floor_votes 2016
  • education

AB 709

Requires more accountability from charter schools

Support
floor_votes 2016
  • workers-rights

AB 1066

Ensures fair overtime pay for farm workers

Support
floor_votes 2016
  • education
  • workers-rights

AB 1690

Strengthens job security for part-time community college professors

N/A
floor_votes 2016
  • education
  • workers-rights

AB 1690

Strengthens job security for part-time community college professors

Support
floor_votes 2016
  • criminal-justice
  • racial-justice
  • voting-rights

AB 2466

Gives voting rights to low-level felons

Support
floor_votes 2016
  • environmental-justice

AB 2748

Helps those affected by environmental disasters

Support
floor_votes 2016
  • environmental-justice

AB 2748

Helps those affected by environmental disasters

Support
floor_votes 2016
  • consumer-protection
  • housing

AB 2819

Helps dependable renters avoid inaccurate eviction lists

Support
floor_votes 2016
  • health
  • immigration

SB 10

Increases health insurance options for undocumented immigrants

Support
floor_votes 2016
  • economic-justice
  • education
  • racial-justice

SB 527

Provides grants to help at-risk students and reduce truancy

Support
floor_votes 2016
  • gender-equality
  • workers-rights

SB 654

Increases length of parental leave

Support
floor_votes 2016
  • consumer-protection
  • economic-justice
  • gender-equality

SB 899

Fights the "pink tax"

Support
floor_votes 2016
  • criminal-justice
  • racial-justice

SB 966

Removes additional jail time for prior drug convictions

No Vote
floor_votes 2016
  • criminal-justice
  • racial-justice

SB 966

Removes additional jail time for prior drug convictions

Support
floor_votes 2016
  • environmental-justice

SB 1000

Demands a focus on environmental issues in poor areas

Support
floor_votes 2016
  • voting-rights

SB 1107

Allows new options for election campaign funding

Support
floor_votes 2016
  • voting-rights

SB 1107

Allows new options for election campaign funding

Support
floor_votes 2016
  • criminal-justice
  • racial-justice

SB 1129

Eliminates criminal sentences for prostituted minors

Support
floor_votes 2016
  • economic-justice
  • housing

SB 1150

Protects people from foreclosure after death of a family member

No Vote
floor_votes 2016
  • economic-justice
  • housing

SB 1150

Protects people from foreclosure after death of a family member

No Vote
floor_votes 2016
  • economic-justice
  • housing

SB 1150

Protects people from foreclosure after death of a family member

No Vote
floor_votes 2016
  • economic-justice
  • housing

SB 1150

Protects people from foreclosure after death of a family member

No Vote
floor_votes 2016
  • workers-rights

SB 1166

Increases length of parental leave

No Vote
floor_votes 2016
  • workers-rights

SB 1166

Increases length of parental leave

No Vote
floor_votes 2016
  • consumer-protection
  • environmental-justice

SB 1263

Strengthens regulations to increase clean water access

N/A
floor_votes 2016
  • consumer-protection
  • environmental-justice

SB 1263

Strengthens regulations to increase clean water access

Support
floor_votes 2016
  • environmental-justice

SB 1318

Improves water and wastewater services for poor communities

N/A
floor_votes 2016
  • environmental-justice

SB 1318

Improves water and wastewater services for poor communities

Support
floor_votes 2016
  • criminal-justice
  • racial-justice

SB 1322

Decriminalizes prostitution for minors

N/A
floor_votes 2015

AB 359

Improves job security for grocery workers

No Vote
floor_votes 2015

AB 465

Protects workers from being forced to give up their rights

Support
floor_votes 2015

AB 1017

Helps secure equal pay for women

No Vote
floor_votes 2015

AB 1352

Prevents deportation of immigrants for minor drug offenses

Support
floor_votes 2015

SB 32

Sets climate pollution reduction target for 2030

Support
floor_votes 2015

SB 347

Expands list of persons prohibited from purchasing firearms

N/A
floor_votes 2015

SB 347

Expands list of persons prohibited from purchasing firearms

Support
floor_votes 2015

SB 406

Expands Paid Family Leave Program

Support
floor_votes 2015

SB 546

Protects employers and workers from health care cost increases

N/A
floor_votes 2015

SB 546

Protects employers and workers from health care cost increases

Support
floor_votes 2015

AB 1351

Allows pre-trial diversion into drug treatment programs

Support
floor_votes 2015

SB 3

Increases the minimum wage

Support
floor_votes 2015

AB 1351

Allows pre-trial diversion into drug treatment programs

N/A
floor_votes 2015

SB 7

Improves water conservation

N/A

Corporate Money

Type Amount
Real Estate $123,600
Oil & Gas $65,600
Cops $50,100
Health Insurance $44,600

2021 Score Card Grades from Partners

Partner Score
ACLU
82
Equality CA
89
Health Access
100
Planned Parenthood
100
Sierra Club
63
United Domestic Workers
100
United Food & Commercial Workers Western States Council
100
NARAL
88
California Food and Farming Network
100
Dream Alliance
94
CA Environmental Justice Alliance
77
California Environmental Voters
69

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