Ash Kalra

Five-term Assemblymember and the first Indian American ever to serve in the California Legislature. Former San Jose City Councilmember (eight years) and Santa Clara County Deputy Public Defender (eleven years, much of it in drug-treatment court). Author of multiple recent tenant-protection laws — AB 2347 (extended eviction-summons response time), AB 2926 (preserves affordable housing), and AB 863 (eviction-notice translation requirements). Born in Toronto; BA from UC Santa Barbara; JD from Georgetown.