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Quick Facts
Personal Details

Eduardo Garcia is a Democratic member of the California State Assembly, representing District 56. He was first elected to the chamber in 2014.

Garcia served as Mayor of Coachella, California from 2006 to 2014 and on the Coachella, California City Council from 2004 to 2006.

Education

  • Master's, Sol Price School of Public Policy, Planning and Development, University of Southern California, 2010
  • Graduated, Senior Executives in State & Local Government Public Administration Program, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2008
  • Graduated, University of California at Riverside, 2008

Political Experience

  • Master's, Sol Price School of Public Policy, Planning and Development, University of Southern California, 2010
  • Graduated, Senior Executives in State & Local Government Public Administration Program, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2008
  • Graduated, University of California at Riverside, 2008
  • Assembly Member, California State Assembly, District 56, 2014-present
  • Candidate, California State Assembly, District 56, 2018, 2020
  • Mayor, City of Coachella, 2006-2014
  • Member, Coachella City Council, 2004-2014

Former Committees/Caucuses

Former Member, California-Mexico Bi-National Affairs Committee, California State General Assembly

Former Member, Civic Engagement Committee, California State General Assembly

Former Member, Digital Divide in Rural California Committee, California State General Assembly

Former Member, Economic Development and Investment in Rural California Committee, California State Assembly

Former Member, Jobs, Economic Development, and the Economy Committee, California State General Assembly

Former Chair, Renewable Energy Development and Restoration of the Salton Sea Committee, California State General Assembly

Former Member, Select Committee on Environmental Quality and the Green Economy in the Inland Empire, California State Assembly

Former Member, Select Committee on Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Education, California State Assembly

Former Member, Select Committee on the Status of Boys and Men of Color, California State Assembly

Former Member, Status of Girls and Women of Color Committee, California State General Assembly

Former Member, Transportation Committee, California State General Assembly

Former Member, Utilities and Commerce Committee, California State Assembly

Former Member, Workforce and Vocational Development Committee, California State General Assembly

Current Legislative Committees

Member, Appropriations

Member, Career Technical Education and Building a 21st Century Workforce

Member, Communications and Conveyance

Member, Governmental Organization

Member, Joint Committee on Climate Change Policies

Member, Joint Committee on Rules

Member, Select Committee on California-Mexico Bi-National Affairs

Member, Select Committee on Craft Brewing and Distilling

Member, Select Committee on Ending the School to Prison Pipeline

Member, Select Committee on End of Life Health Care

Member, Select Committee on Environmental Quality in the Inland Empire

Chair, Select Committee on the Status of Boys and Men of Color

Member, Select Committee on Uplifting Girls and Women of Color in California

Member, Utilities and Energy

Chair, Water, Parks and Wildlife

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • Master's, Sol Price School of Public Policy, Planning and Development, University of Southern California, 2010
  • Graduated, Senior Executives in State & Local Government Public Administration Program, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2008
  • Graduated, University of California at Riverside, 2008
  • Assembly Member, California State Assembly, District 56, 2014-present
  • Candidate, California State Assembly, District 56, 2018, 2020
  • Mayor, City of Coachella, 2006-2014
  • Member, Coachella City Council, 2004-2014
  • Volunteer, Flying Doctors, present
  • Volunteer, The Clinton Foundation, present
  • Member, California Air Resources Board
  • Former Chair, Coachella Valley Enterprise Zone
  • Former Chair, Executive Committee, Coachella Valley Association of Governments
  • Former Chair, Sunline Transit Agency

Other Info

— Awards:

  • Legislator of the Year, 2017, California Parks and Recreation Society
  • Pavley/Nunez Award for Clean Energy Innovation, California Clean Energy Fund

Hobbies or Special Talents:

Soccer, bike riding and spending time with wife and kids.

State Bills