Steven Craig Bradford
State Senator - District 35, State of California
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State Senator - District 35, State of California
Established the California Financial Empowerment Fund, supports a competitive, solvent insurance market, and backs AB 226 bond-financing tools.
Authored renewable power grid modernization laws, supports climate-related insurance mitigation incentives, and plans to build climate data expertise.
Proposes stricter conflict-of-interest disclosure rules, supports stronger revolving-door limits for senior staff, and favors clear rationales for regulatory decisions.
Supports AB 226 bond-financing tools, reduced $27M in city debt, and backed targeted state budget allocations.
Supported SCA 10/Prop 1 abortion and contraception rights.
Established the long-running Gardena Jazz Festival.
Supported Bruce’s Beach return law, backed the California American Freedmen Affairs Agency, and established the SB 2 police decertification process.
Authored Kenneth Ross Jr. Police Decertification Act and counsel before police interrogation laws; secured funding for community-based rehabilitative programs.
Secured funding for local cannabis equity programs.
Backed the Fair Pay to Play Act, supported the Keep Kids in School law, and established the California Black-Serving Institutions designation.
Passed gun safety legislation on illegal guns.
Supports Medi-Cal and safety-net providers, vision-care access for underserved residents, and community health clinics for underserved residents.
Established a first-in-the-nation rent-reporting tenant option and secured funds for affordable housing projects.
Supports California sanctuary state protections.
Authored natural-gas pipeline safety legislation and supported last-mile broadband infrastructure mapping.
Supports pro-labor legislation and bargaining frameworks.
Authored police decertification law SB 2, established the California Financial Empowerment Fund law, and co-authored the Fair Pay to Play Act.
Secured community-based rehabilitative program funding and foster-youth mental health initiatives, and authored wrongly convicted assistance laws.
Backed the Fair Pay to Play Act, supported public-sector health worker protections, and backed laws increasing teacher pay.
Endorsers back this candidacy as a steady, experienced choice to repair a strained insurance system and deliver practical solutions. They emphasize policy knowledge, coalition-building, and a record of standing up for consumers while keeping coverage accessible, affordable, and reliable for families, workers, and small businesses. They also point to a long public-service record grounded in fairness, equity, and results.
“Steve Bradford has dedicated his life to public service, consistently standing up for our communities. He understands how essential fair and accessible insurance is to the economic stability of California’s working families. His thoughtful approach will help ensure consumers are treated with dignity and fairness, and I’m proud to support his campaign for Insurance Commissioner.”
Steve Bradford and I have been friends and colleagues for more than 30 years. In the State Assembly, I saw firsthand his determination to deliver real results—not just rhetoric. Later, in the State Senate, we worked together on major issues affecting Los Angeles and Southern California. Steve is exactly the kind of advocate we need as Insurance Commissioner. He has a proven record of standing up to powerful interests, protecting consumers, and—most importantly—working across the aisle to get things done. With insurance companies leaving California and families struggling to afford coverage, we need someone with the experience, integrity, and vision to take on this challenge. Steve Bradford is the right leader for California’s next State Insurance Commissioner.
I’m proud to endorse Steven Bradford for California State Insurance Commissioner – because he is exactly the commonsense leader we need to fix California's broken insurance market. As a longtime legislator and public servant, Steven is uniquely qualified to make the changes necessary to ensure that insurance is fair and accessible for all consumers. I am confident that Steven will work to stabilize our market and create lasting reforms that benefit every Californian.