Rick Zbur

Rick Chavez Zbur is a Democratic member of the California State Assembly representing the 51st District, which encompasses the Westside Los Angeles communities of Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, West Hollywood, Hollywood, Westwood Village, and West Los Angeles. ^[1,3] A Yale- and Harvard-educated attorney who spent over twenty-five years as a top environmental and government law partner at Latham and Watkins, ^[2,3] Zbur transitioned to full-time advocacy in 2014 as executive director of Equality California, the nation's largest statewide LGBTQ civil rights organization. ^[2,5] Elected in 2022 and appointed Assembly Democratic Caucus Chair in 2023, ^[1,3] Zbur has been a leading legislative proponent of gender identity ideology in California schools and a driving force behind measures that the California Family Council views as undermining parental authority and religious liberty. His 15% CFC Biblical Values Scorecard rating reflects a legislative record that has consistently diverged from CFC's priorities on the sanctity of life, the protection of children from age-inappropriate content, and the rights of parents to direct their children's education and moral formation.

Zbur was elected to the Assembly in November 2022, defeating Democrat Louis Abramson in the general election, and won re-election in 2024 against Stephan Hohil. ^[1] In July 2023, Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas appointed him Democratic Caucus Chair, one of the Speaker's key leadership positions. ^[1,3] He currently serves on the Education, Judiciary, Natural Resources, Utilities and Energy, and Rules committees. ^[3,4] Zbur is a member of the California Legislative Progressive Caucus. ^[1]

His 16.2% Biblical Values Scorecard rating across 74 scored floor votes reflects consistent divergence from CFC's worldview framework. His voting record has supported abortion access expansion over the sanctity of human life, government-directed education over parental authority and school choice, and progressive social mandates over religious liberty protections.

Zbur's legislative record has placed him in opposition to the California Family Council on multiple core issue areas. He authored the Safe and Supportive Schools Act (AB 5), which mandates LGBTQ cultural competency training for teachers in grades 7 through 12 ^[3,8] — a measure CFC opposed as an imposition of gender identity ideology in public schools that bypasses parental authority over their children's moral formation, a right rooted in both natural law and Scripture (Deuteronomy 6:6-7).