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Ben Allen

Ben Allen

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State Senator

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Office
State Senator
State
California
Jurisdiction
24
Serving
Currently serving
Term
2022 - Present

California State Senator Ben Allen represents the 24th Senate District, covering the Westside, Hollywood, South Bay, and Santa Monica Mountains communities of Los Angeles County. Ben was first elected in 2014 and is now serving his third term in the State Senate. Ben chairs the Senate Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications, the Special Committee on International Sporting Events: Olympics, Paralympics and World Cup Soccer, and the Legislature's Joint Committee on the Arts. He additionally co-chairs the Legislature's Environmental Caucus, and is a member of the Legislative Jewish Caucus. He previously served as Chair of the Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Resources, Environmental Protection and Energy (2025), Environmental Quality Committee (2019-2024), Education Committee (2017-2019), and Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee (2015-2016). Ben has thrown himself into the important work of state government, focusing on wise decision-making and pushing for reforms that address systemic inadequacies in our state. He has authored over 90 new laws in various areas from insurance, disaster relief, and environmental protection to consumer protection and electoral…

Biography source: official page

Issue Activity

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Uncategorized votes
3 stored votes · 0 yea · 0 nay
Fiscal Responsibility
3 stored votes · 0 yea · 0 nay
Energy
2 stored votes · 0 yea · 0 nay
Election Integrity
1 stored vote · 0 yea · 0 nay

Evidence & Sources

9/10 verified

Every item below is a stored record. 9 have a named source with a working link, 1 have partial sourcing.

  • Ben Allen holds the office of State Senator
    profile identity· OpenStates
    Partial
  • Voted yes on AB 1781: Federal Home Loan Banks.
    roll-call vote· Official roll-call record· 2026-07-02source
    Verified
  • Voted yes on AB 2700: Electrical corporations: wildfire victim restitution shortfalls: report.
    roll-call vote· Official roll-call record· 2026-06-30source
    Verified
  • Voted yes on AB 2065: Rates: prohibited cost recovery.
    roll-call vote· Official roll-call record· 2026-06-24source
    Verified
  • Voted yes on AB 2513: Wildfire: Regional Forest and Fire Capacity Program: local assistance grant program: regional landscape grants.
    roll-call vote· Official roll-call record· 2026-06-23source
    Verified
  • Voted yes on AB 1781: Federal Home Loan Banks.
    roll-call vote· Official roll-call record· 2026-06-23source
    Verified
  • Voted yes on AB 1539: Presidential elections: qualifications for office.
    roll-call vote· Official roll-call record· 2026-06-16source
    Verified
  • Voted yes on SCR 121: Relative to the Purple Heart Community.
    roll-call vote· Official roll-call record· 2026-04-23source
    Verified
  • Voted yes on SB 1428: Gravity-Based Energy Storage Well Pilot Program: marine invasive species: Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force: public lands.
    roll-call vote· Official roll-call record· 2026-04-20source
    Verified
  • Voted yes on SB 1428: Gravity-Based Energy Storage Well Pilot Program: marine invasive species: Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force: public lands.
    roll-call vote· Official roll-call record· 2026-04-14source
    Verified
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