Alex Lee (politician): Difference between revisions

| state_assemblyoffice = Member of the [[California State Assembly|California Assembly]]

| districtconstituency = [[California's 25th State =Assembly district|25th district]] (2020–2022)<br>[[California's 24th State Assembly district|24th district]] (2022–present)

| birth_name = Alex TinmingTianming Lee

'''Alex TinmingTianming Lee''' ({{zh|t=李天明}}; born July 11, 1995) is an American politician who has served as a member of the [[California State Assembly]] since 2020, having represented the [[California's 24th State Assembly district|24th district]] since 2022 and the [[California's 25th State Assembly district|25th district]] from 2020 to 2022. A member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]], Lee's district includes [[Fremont, California|Fremont]], [[Newark, California|Newark]], [[Sunol, California|Sunol]], [[Milpitas, California|Milpitas]], and parts of western [[San Jose, California|San Jose]].

On his first day in office, Lee introduced a bill that would ban corporate donations to political candidates.<ref name="MercNews-2020Dec17">{{cite news |last1=Geha |first1=Joseph |title=Bay Area Assemblymember Alex Lee pushing bill to ban corporate donations to candidates |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/12/17/assemblyman-alex-lee-pushing-bill-to-ban-corporate-donations-to-candidates/ |access-date=23 January 2021 |work=The Mercury News |date=17 December 2020}}</ref> Lee has since introduced legislation in favor of increasing [[Public housing|social housing]] in California.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2021-02-11|title=Assemblyman Alex Lee's New 'Social Housing' Bill Would Put State in Development Business|url=https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/assemblyman-alex-lees-new-social-housing-bill-would-put-state-in-development-business/|access-date=2021-02-28|website=San Jose Inside|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-30 |title=Can ‘social housing’ help solve California’s housing crisis? |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/05/30/can-social-housing-help-solve-californias-housing-crisis/ |website=The Mercury News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-07 |title=San Jose Assemblymember touts committee appointments |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/01/07/san-jose-assemblymember-touts-committee-appointments/ |website=East Bay Times |language=en-US}}</ref> Lee has expressed support for a land-value tax as a potential way to increase housing supply and reduce inequality.<ref name=":0" /> YIMBY Action, a pro-housing advocacy group, described Lee "as a strong supporter of every major pro-housing bill."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alameda County |url=https://yimbyaction.org/endorsements/june-2022/alameda-county/ |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=YIMBY Action Voter Guide |language=en-US}}</ref> He has also secured $2.5 million in funding for [[bicycle infrastructure]] and services for [[Homelessness in the San Francisco Bay Area|unhoused people]] in Milpitas.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-03 |title=Milpitas community briefs for the week of July 8 |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/07/03/milpitas-community-briefs-for-the-week-of-july-8 |access-date=2022-07-18 |website=The Mercury News |language=en-US}}</ref>

In [[2022 California State Assembly election|2022]], Lee was redrawn into the [[California's 24th State Assembly district|24th district]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hase |first1=Grace |title=Four candidates challenge Alex Lee for redrawn Assembly 24 seat |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/06/02/four-candidates-challenge-alex-lee-for-redrawn-assembly-24-seat/ |access-date=July 15, 2024 |date=June 2, 2022}}</ref> He placed first in the nonpartisan blanket primary ahead of Brunton, Chu, and two other Democrats, and defeated Brunton in a rematch in the general election.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Freimarck |first=Annalise |date=2022-06-08 |title=In heated Silicon Valley contest, Assemblymember Alex Lee leads the pack |url=https://sanjosespotlight.com/in-heated-silicon-valley-contest-assemblymember-alex-lee-faces-kansen-chu/ |access-date=2023-01-11 |website=San José Spotlight |language=en-US}}</ref> He was sworn into his second term on December 5, 2022.

| title = 20222020 [[California's 24th25th State Assembly district]] election<ref>{{cite web|title=Presidential Primary Election - Statement of Vote, March 3, 2020 - State Assemblymember by District|url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2020-primary/sov/148-state-assembly-formatted.pdf|website=California Secretary of State|access-date=September 26, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=JuneNovember 73, 20222020, PrimaryGeneral Election-State Assembly|url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/20222020-primarygeneral/sov/complete41-state-assembly.pdf|website=California Secretary of State |access-date=JulyDecember 248, 20222021}}</ref>

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