Alberto Torrico

Alberto Torrico (born March 18, 1969 in San Francisco, California) is the California State Assembly Majority Leader and has been a member of the California State Assembly since December 6 2004, succeeding term-limited Assemblyman John Dutra.

He represents the 20th Assembly District which includes Fremont, Newark, Union City and Milpitas among other cities in the East Bay. A Democrat, Assemblyman Torrico serves in both the Hispanic Caucus as his father is from Bolivia and the Asian Pacific Island Caucus as his mother is Japanese. This makes him the first California state assemblyman to serve in two different ethnic caucuses. Alberto Torrico is currently sits on the Banking, Business, Social Security and Joint Audit Committees. He currently chairs the powerful Committee on Governmental Organization. In his first term, 17 of his bills were signed into law.

Pre-Assembly Career

Torrico served on the Newark City Council from 2001 until 2004. He was an attorney who received his undergraduate degree from Santa Clara University and his law degree from UC Hastings.

Personal

Torrico and his wife Raquel, live in Newark. The Torricos have a 6 year-old son Mateo, and 2 year-old daughter Amy-Elyzabeth.