Shall Associate Justice VICTOR A. RODRIGUEZ 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,
Victor A. Rodriguez
Nonpartisan · Incumbent · declared · Official site
Rodriguez is an associate justice in Division Three of California's First District Court of Appeal. He previously served on the Alameda County Superior Court and as a staff and supervising attorney at the California Supreme Court.
Where Victor A. Rodriguez stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Safety and Crime Control (5 records), Gun Control (1 record)
Mixed record
Civil Rights (7 support · 1 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 5 support
Joined People v. Anderson, upholding California's ban on firearm possession by felons while staying duplicative punishment for ammunition possession.
August 22, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Authored Rodas-Gramajo v. Superior Court, allowing a preliminary hearing to reopen for limited evidence after gang-enhancement law changed.
June 15, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Joined M.S. v. A.S., affirming a three-year domestic-violence restraining order that included the couple's children.
March 30, 2022Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Authored Goals for Autism v. Rosas, affirming a workplace-violence restraining order and holding that a responding party was not automatically entitled to a continuance after filing a response.
June 24, 2021Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Presided over a dedicated civil domestic-violence restraining-order department that also handled elder-abuse and gun-violence restraining orders.
January 1, 2018Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Track record — Gun Control
Gun Control · 1 support
Joined People v. Anderson, upholding California's ban on firearm possession by felons while staying duplicative punishment for ammunition possession.
August 22, 2024Supports Gun Control
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 7 support · 1 oppose
Chaired the Judicial Council's Language Access Subcommittee and served on the Advisory Committee on Providing Access and Fairness.
September 13, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Joined In re C.M., reversing a juvenile probation condition that delegated electronic-monitoring decisions without a hearing or defined standards.
August 14, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Authored Ison v. Lara, upholding an insurance regulation that allowed risk-based use of marital status in automobile rates.
July 16, 2026Opposes Civil Rights
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Authored In re Riley, reversing termination from a work-release program because the trial court lacked evidence and adequate process.
December 12, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Authored People v. Peterson, reversing a stalking conviction because the defendant's speech did not constitute a true threat.
September 26, 2023Supports Civil Rights
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Authored People v. Zarazua, affirming a conviction while holding that courts must address misgendering and treat participants with respect and dignity.
November 21, 2022Supports Civil Rights
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Joined People v. Garcia, reversing a sentence and requiring time to prepare a California Racial Justice Act discovery motion.
November 10, 2022Supports Civil Rights
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Served on the Judicial Council's Language Access Plan Implementation Task Force until it completed its work.
March 1, 2019Supports Civil Rights
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Track record — General
General · 14 records
Joined Malinowski v. Martin, affirming denial of a request to add children to a domestic-violence restraining order.
August 22, 2024
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Joined Regents of the University of California v. Superior Court, holding that a university hospital project was exempt from local building rules as a governmental activity.
July 2, 2024
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Authored In re Essure Product Cases, reversing dismissal of product claims as preempted while affirming denial of punitive damages.
December 22, 2023
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Authored People v. O'Day, affirming denial of a factual-innocence petition as untimely.
November 18, 2022
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Was confirmed as an associate justice of Division Three of the First District Court of Appeal.
October 13, 2021
Source: newsroom.courts.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Was nominated as an associate justice of Division Three of the First District Court of Appeal.
September 3, 2021
Source: gov.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Served for five months as a temporary justice in Division Five of the First District Court of Appeal.
January 1, 2021
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Chaired the Alameda County Superior Court's Family Violence Council and Access Committee.
January 1, 2018
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Began serving as an Alameda County Superior Court judge.
January 1, 2018
Source: gov.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Became supervising staff attorney for California Supreme Court Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar.
January 1, 2015
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Served on the California Supreme Court's Criminal Central Staff.
January 1, 2012
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Began serving as a judicial staff attorney at the California Supreme Court.
January 1, 2006
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Clerked for Judge Consuelo B. Marshall on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
January 1, 2005
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Worked as a Skadden Fellow at the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund.
January 1, 2003
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Track record — Impartiality
Impartiality · 5 favorable
Joined In re C.M., reversing a juvenile probation condition that delegated electronic-monitoring decisions without a hearing or defined standards.
August 14, 2026Favorable on Impartiality
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Authored In re Riley, reversing termination from a work-release program because the trial court lacked evidence and adequate process.
December 12, 2025Favorable on Impartiality
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Joined People v. Rafael B.D.R., vacating a conviction and requiring an evidentiary hearing on newly discovered evidence supporting a new-trial motion.
April 10, 2024Favorable on Impartiality
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Authored People v. Zarazua, affirming a conviction while holding that courts must address misgendering and treat participants with respect and dignity.
November 21, 2022Favorable on Impartiality
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Joined People v. Garcia, reversing a sentence and requiring time to prepare a California Racial Justice Act discovery motion.
November 10, 2022Favorable on Impartiality
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Track record — Legal Competence
Legal Competence · 2 favorable
Authored People v. Parker, upholding tolling of a maximum competency-commitment period while the defendant faced proceedings in another county.
October 3, 2025Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
Authored In re K.M., reversing a juvenile weapon adjudication because clear and convincing evidence did not show the child understood the conduct was wrong.
June 20, 2024Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com · researched September 13, 2026
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