We recommend voting for Catherine Stefani for State Assembly, District 19.

Stefani has had a productive first term. She got two bills signed by Newsom in 2025: the Restitution First Act (AB 1213), which makes sure crime victims get paid back before other fines are collected, and a license plate cover ban (AB 1085) that closes a loophole criminals used to dodge toll cameras. Gun safety is her signature issue — she founded the SF chapter of Moms Demand Action and wrote SF's first-in-California ghost gun ban as a Supervisor.

We do have some concerns about Stefani's alignment with Sacramento special interests — particularly on issues where the priorities of state-level advocacy groups don't always match what's best for San Francisco. We'll be watching her second term closely. But on the merits of what she's done so far, she's earned our endorsement.