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Diane Dixon

Nonpartisan · CA · California State Assemblymember, District 72

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Diane Dixon represents California State Assembly District 72. She previously served on the Newport Beach City Council, including two terms as mayor, after a private-sector career as an executive at Avery Dennison.

Track record

Environment and Public Health

· 3 records
  • Diane Dixon joined Orange County legislators in asking county and state agencies to investigate alleged pesticide misuse and improve transparency about pesticide use in county waterways and flood-control infrastructure.

    May 15, 2026For

    Source: ad72.asmrc.org · researched July 13, 2026

  • Diane Dixon participated in the opening of Newport Beach's trash interceptor after helping obtain state funding for the pollution-control project.

    March 7, 2025For

    Source: ad72.asmrc.org · researched July 13, 2026

  • Diane Dixon and Senator Janet Nguyen asked Governor Gavin Newsom to include Orange County in a state emergency declaration after storms caused damage and a landslide in Newport Beach.

    March 13, 2023For

    Source: ad72.asmrc.org · researched July 13, 2026

Government Efficiency

· 6 records
  • Diane Dixon joined an Assembly Republican press conference and signed a letter asking Governor Gavin Newsom to call a special legislative session on fraud and oversight failures in state programs.

    April 15, 2026For

    Source: ad72.asmrc.org · researched July 13, 2026

  • Governor Gavin Newsom signed Diane Dixon's Assembly Bill 484, requiring a study and report on potential adoption of the Uniform Bar Examination in California.

    October 1, 2025For

    Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov · researched July 13, 2026

  • Diane Dixon held a press conference on a state audit she requested that found weaknesses in Department of Health Care Services oversight of residential drug and alcohol treatment facilities.

    October 25, 2024For

    Source: ad72.asmrc.org · researched July 13, 2026

  • Governor Gavin Newsom signed Diane Dixon's Assembly Bill 2337, authorizing electronic signatures in specified workers' compensation proceedings.

    September 22, 2024For

    Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov · researched July 13, 2026

  • Governor Gavin Newsom signed Diane Dixon's Assembly Bill 2067, expanding the number of locations where large financial institutions must accept service of legal process.

    September 12, 2024For

    Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov · researched July 13, 2026

  • Diane Dixon asked the Joint Legislative Audit Committee to approve an audit of the Department of Health Care Services' licensing, regulation, inspection, and enforcement for residential drug and alcohol treatment facilities.

    May 1, 2023For

    Source: ad72.asmrc.org · researched July 13, 2026

Government Spending Reduction

· 3 records
  • Assemblymember Diane Dixon voted against California's 2026-27 state budget package, citing its spending level and omitted funding priorities.

    June 16, 2026For

    Source: ad72.asmrc.org · researched July 13, 2026

  • Assemblymember Diane Dixon voted against California's 2025-26 state budget bill, citing reserve spending and insufficient funding for public safety and wildfire prevention.

    June 13, 2025For

    Source: ad72.asmrc.org · researched July 13, 2026

  • Diane Dixon signed an amicus letter opposing a lawsuit that sought to remove the Taxpayer Protection and Government Accountability Act from California's 2024 ballot.

    November 14, 2023For

    Source: ad72.asmrc.org · researched July 13, 2026

Public Safety and Crime Control

· 5 records
  • Diane Dixon sent Orange County Supervisor Don Wagner a letter supporting continued operation and expansion of the Orange County Gang Reduction and Intervention Partnership.

    June 5, 2026For

    Source: ad72.asmrc.org · researched July 13, 2026

  • Governor Gavin Newsom signed Diane Dixon's Assembly Bill 1239, requiring the California Department of Justice to publish specified human-trafficking arrest and victim data.

    October 6, 2025For

    Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov · researched July 13, 2026

  • Governor Gavin Newsom signed Diane Dixon's Assembly Bill 965, prohibiting the sale of a class 3 electric bicycle to a person under age 16.

    July 28, 2025For

    Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov · researched July 13, 2026

  • Diane Dixon presented public-safety concerns at a California Energy Commission meeting about the proposed location of the Compass Energy Storage Project in San Juan Capistrano.

    May 29, 2025Against

    Source: ad72.asmrc.org · researched July 13, 2026

  • Governor Gavin Newsom signed Diane Dixon's Assembly Bill 1774, which prohibited the sale and use of devices that modify electric bicycles beyond lawful speed limits.

    July 2, 2024For

    Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Social Programs and Welfare

· 1 record
  • Governor Gavin Newsom signed Diane Dixon's Assembly Bill 349, which indexed the foster-care infant supplement for parenting foster youth to the California Necessities Index.

    October 1, 2025For

    Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Public Infrastructure

· 3 records
  • Diane Dixon joined Orange County legislators in urging the Department of Motor Vehicles to reconsider closing its Laguna Hills office and to preserve nearby in-person services for South Orange County residents.

    August 26, 2024For

    Source: ad72.asmrc.org · researched July 13, 2026

  • Governor Gavin Newsom signed Diane Dixon's Assembly Bill 2393, extending the maximum term of Orange County leases and franchises for specified Newport Bay tidelands.

    July 15, 2024For

    Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov · researched July 13, 2026

  • Diane Dixon announced that the state budget included $1.6 million for Newport Beach's Upper Newport Bay pollution-control project and $1.2 million for access improvements at Laguna Beach's Moss Cove.

    July 13, 2023For

    Source: ad72.asmrc.org · researched July 13, 2026

General

· 12 records
  • The California Assembly Republican Caucus unanimously endorsed Diane Dixon for Orange County Board of Supervisors District 5.

    June 24, 2025

    Source: dixonforoc.com · researched July 13, 2026

  • Diane Dixon served as vice chair of the California Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee.

    May 1, 2025

    Source: apcp.assembly.ca.gov · researched July 13, 2026

  • Diane Dixon served as the California Assembly Republican leadership team's deputy fiscal leader during the 2025-26 session.

    January 21, 2025

    Source: clerk.assembly.ca.gov · researched July 13, 2026

  • Diane Dixon convened district advisory and working groups on insurance, local government, public safety, emergency services, the environment, education, and industry issues.

    August 8, 2024

    Source: ad72.asmrc.org · researched July 13, 2026

  • Diane Dixon served as a California Assembly Republican Caucus communications co-chair during the 2023-24 legislative session.

    May 28, 2024

    Source: clerk.assembly.ca.gov · researched July 13, 2026

  • The NFIB California political action committee endorsed Diane Dixon for reelection to Assembly District 72.

    February 23, 2024

    Source: nfib.com · researched July 13, 2026

  • Assemblymember Diane Dixon voted against Senate Bill X1-2, legislation concerning state oversight and penalties for oil-company profit margins.

    March 28, 2023

    Source: ad72.asmrc.org · researched July 13, 2026

  • Diane Dixon held a Newport Beach District 1 town hall that included updates on public works projects and the Balboa Branch Library and Fire Station replacement.

    July 19, 2022

    Source: ecms.newportbeachca.gov · researched July 13, 2026

  • Diane Dixon participated in a Speak Up Newport webinar on civic participation and discussed Women in Newport Networking, a forum she helped create to encourage residents to serve in civic organizations and on city boards and commissions.

    April 14, 2021

    Source: newportbeachindy.com · researched July 13, 2026

  • The Newport Beach City Council selected Diane Dixon to serve as mayor for 2019 after she began her second council term.

    December 11, 2018

    Source: latimes.com · researched July 13, 2026

  • The Newport Beach City Council unanimously selected Diane Dixon to serve as mayor for 2016.

    December 8, 2015

    Source: archive.newportbeachlibrary.org · researched July 13, 2026

  • The Lincoln Club of Orange County endorsed Diane Dixon in her 2014 campaign for Newport Beach City Council.

    July 8, 2014

    Source: latimes.com · researched July 13, 2026

Integrity and Ethics

· 1 record
  • Diane Dixon and her 2014 city council campaign committee were among the respondents in a California Fair Political Practices Commission settlement over coordinated expenditures that were not properly reported; the respondents agreed to a combined $27,000 fine.

    April 16, 2020

    Source: lunar.fppc.ca.gov · researched July 13, 2026

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Profile last researched July 13, 2026.