Shall Presiding Justice RASHIDA A. ADAMS be elected to the office for the term provided by law?
California
My vote power
Retention race
Election date
November 3, 2026
About this office
- Deciding what state laws and the state constitution mean
- Setting rulings that lower state courts must follow
- Deciding major criminal and civil cases
Affects: Public Safety and Crime Control, Gun Control, Women's Reproductive Rights,
Rashida A. Adams
Nonpartisan · Incumbent · declared · Official site
Adams is the presiding justice of Division Three in California's Second District Court of Appeal. She previously served on the Los Angeles Superior Court and worked as a Court of Appeal research attorney.
Where Rashida A. Adams stands, based on their records
Mixed record
Public Safety and Crime Control (6 support · 2 oppose), Civil Rights (12 support · 6 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 6 support · 2 oppose
Joined People v. Taito, affirming denial of felony-murder resentencing based on the jury's findings.
October 28, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Authored People v. Thompson, upholding exclusion of a 50-years-to-life juvenile sentence from statutory recall procedures.
July 15, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Joined People v. Rushing, affirming denial of a murder resentencing petition.
February 27, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Joined People v. Hamilton, upholding lifetime state sex-offender registration after federal registration ended.
January 29, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Joined People v. Multani, affirming denial of compassionate release where cancer treatment had stopped disease progression.
November 26, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Joined People v. Gonzalez, affirming convictions while vacating the sentence and remanding for resentencing.
August 6, 2024Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Joined Coalition of County Unions v. Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, upholding Measure J's budget mandate for community investment and incarceration alternatives.
July 31, 2023Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Presided over criminal matters on the Los Angeles County Superior Court.
January 1, 2020Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 12 support · 6 oppose
Joined Civil Rights Department v. Space Exploration Technologies, enforcing an investigatory subpoena concerning an employment-discrimination complaint.
August 11, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Joined Doe v. Adventist Health System, reviving portions of a patient web-privacy class action.
July 24, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Joined Aerni v. RR San Dimas, reversing denial of class certification for residential-hotel tenants.
March 25, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Joined People v. Taito, affirming denial of felony-murder resentencing based on the jury's findings.
October 28, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Joined New Commune DTLA v. City of Redondo Beach, ordering revision of a housing element that did not satisfy state affordable-housing law.
October 10, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Authored People v. Thompson, upholding exclusion of a 50-years-to-life juvenile sentence from statutory recall procedures.
July 15, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Joined People v. Rushing, affirming denial of a murder resentencing petition.
February 27, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Joined People v. Hamilton, upholding lifetime state sex-offender registration after federal registration ended.
January 29, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Joined People v. Multani, affirming denial of compassionate release where cancer treatment had stopped disease progression.
November 26, 2024Opposes Civil Rights
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Joined People v. Gonzalez, affirming convictions while vacating the sentence and remanding for resentencing.
August 6, 2024Supports Civil Rights
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Authored In re B.D., reversing juvenile-court orders after finding insufficient evidence of parental substance-abuse risk.
June 6, 2024Supports Civil Rights
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Joined In re R.M., reversing juvenile-court jurisdiction based only on the parents' incarceration.
January 5, 2024Supports Civil Rights
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Authored Maarten v. Cohanzad, reviving class allegations by tenants claiming landlords evaded rent-control laws.
September 18, 2023Supports Civil Rights
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Joined Jimenez v. Mrs. Gooch's Natural Food Markets, affirming dismissal of a wrongful-death claim under workers' compensation exclusivity.
August 28, 2023Opposes Civil Rights
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Joined Coalition of County Unions v. Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, upholding Measure J's budget mandate for community investment and incarceration alternatives.
July 31, 2023Supports Civil Rights
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Presided over juvenile dependency matters on the Los Angeles County Superior Court.
January 1, 2018Supports Civil Rights
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Completed three years litigating employment-discrimination and whistleblower matters at Bernabei & Katz.
January 1, 2005Supports Civil Rights
Source: newsroom.courts.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Began practicing employment-discrimination and whistleblower law at Bernabei & Katz in Washington, D.C.
January 1, 2002Supports Civil Rights
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Track record — General
General · 5 records
Was unanimously confirmed as presiding justice of the Second District Court of Appeal, Division Three.
August 20, 2026
Source: newsroom.courts.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Was nominated by Governor Gavin Newsom as presiding justice of Division Three.
August 7, 2026
Source: gov.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Was unanimously confirmed as an associate justice of the Second District Court of Appeal, Division Three.
April 17, 2023
Source: newsroom.courts.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Was nominated by Governor Gavin Newsom to Division Three of the Second District Court of Appeal.
February 1, 2023
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Was appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Governor Jerry Brown.
January 1, 2017
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Track record — Legal Competence
Legal Competence · 30 favorable
Was unanimously confirmed as presiding justice of the Second District Court of Appeal, Division Three.
August 20, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: newsroom.courts.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Joined Civil Rights Department v. Space Exploration Technologies, enforcing an investigatory subpoena concerning an employment-discrimination complaint.
August 11, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Was nominated by Governor Gavin Newsom as presiding justice of Division Three.
August 7, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: gov.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Joined Doe v. Adventist Health System, reviving portions of a patient web-privacy class action.
July 24, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Joined Aerni v. RR San Dimas, reversing denial of class certification for residential-hotel tenants.
March 25, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Joined People v. Taito, affirming denial of felony-murder resentencing based on the jury's findings.
October 28, 2025Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Joined New Commune DTLA v. City of Redondo Beach, ordering revision of a housing element that did not satisfy state affordable-housing law.
October 10, 2025Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Authored People v. Thompson, upholding exclusion of a 50-years-to-life juvenile sentence from statutory recall procedures.
July 15, 2025Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Joined People v. Rushing, affirming denial of a murder resentencing petition.
February 27, 2025Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Joined People v. Hamilton, upholding lifetime state sex-offender registration after federal registration ended.
January 29, 2025Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Joined People v. Multani, affirming denial of compassionate release where cancer treatment had stopped disease progression.
November 26, 2024Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Joined People v. Gonzalez, affirming convictions while vacating the sentence and remanding for resentencing.
August 6, 2024Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Authored In re B.D., reversing juvenile-court orders after finding insufficient evidence of parental substance-abuse risk.
June 6, 2024Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Joined Baker v. Pacific Oaks Education Corp., affirming an order in a class action over child-care licensing limits.
January 25, 2024Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Joined In re R.M., reversing juvenile-court jurisdiction based only on the parents' incarceration.
January 5, 2024Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Authored Maarten v. Cohanzad, reviving class allegations by tenants claiming landlords evaded rent-control laws.
September 18, 2023Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Joined Jimenez v. Mrs. Gooch's Natural Food Markets, affirming dismissal of a wrongful-death claim under workers' compensation exclusivity.
August 28, 2023Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Joined Coalition of County Unions v. Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, upholding Measure J's budget mandate for community investment and incarceration alternatives.
July 31, 2023Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Was unanimously confirmed as an associate justice of the Second District Court of Appeal, Division Three.
April 17, 2023Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: newsroom.courts.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Was rated exceptionally well qualified by the Commission on Judicial Nominees Evaluation.
April 17, 2023Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Was nominated by Governor Gavin Newsom to Division Three of the Second District Court of Appeal.
February 1, 2023Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Presided over criminal matters on the Los Angeles County Superior Court.
January 1, 2020Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Presided over juvenile dependency matters on the Los Angeles County Superior Court.
January 1, 2018Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Was appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Governor Jerry Brown.
January 1, 2017Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Became a senior appellate court attorney in Division Eight.
January 1, 2009Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: newsroom.courts.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Joined Division Eight of the Second District Court of Appeal as a research attorney.
January 1, 2008Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: newsroom.courts.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Practiced civil litigation at Caldwell Leslie & Proctor in Los Angeles.
January 1, 2006Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Completed three years litigating employment-discrimination and whistleblower matters at Bernabei & Katz.
January 1, 2005Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: newsroom.courts.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Joined Caldwell Leslie & Proctor as an attorney.
January 1, 2005Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: newsroom.courts.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Began practicing employment-discrimination and whistleblower law at Bernabei & Katz in Washington, D.C.
January 1, 2002Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026
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