Corey Jackson

Assemblymember Corey A. Jackson (D-Moreno Valley) represents California's 60th Assembly District, encompassing Moreno Valley, Perris, Hemet, San Jacinto, and surrounding Riverside County communities ^[1,2]. A Doctor of Social Work who founded a youth-serving nonprofit and serves as Youth Minister at the Moreno Valley Church of Christ, Jackson brings an unusual combination of academic credentials, faith-based service, and progressive advocacy to the Legislature ^[1,3,4]. He made history as the first openly gay Black man elected to the California Legislature and the first Black person to represent Riverside County in the Assembly ^[2,5]. With a 15% CFC Biblical Values Scorecard rating, Jackson's voting record has consistently placed him at considerable distance from the California Family Council's worldview framework on the sanctity of life (Chapter 6), parental authority in education (Chapter 8), and religious liberty (Chapter 9).

Corey A. Jackson was born in 1982 in Rialto, California, and grew up across the Inland Empire, spending time in Rialto, Colton, San Bernardino, Chino, and Ontario ^[2,6]. Raised by a single mother who worked nightshifts and later pursued nursing education to lift the family out of poverty, Jackson has drawn on these formative experiences to shape his focus on systemic solutions to inequality and family stability ^[1,6]. His community involvement began remarkably early: while still a student at Rialto High School, he was elected as the first student board member of the Rialto Unified School District to cast an official vote, and he co-founded Sigma Beta Xi, an organization that would grow into SBX Youth and Family Services ^[1,3].

Jackson earned his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from California State University, San Bernardino in 2005, where he also served as Chair of the Santos Manuel Student Union Board of Directors ^[1,7]. He was appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to the CSU Board of Trustees, where he represented over 400,000 students from 2004 to 2006 ^[1,3]. He later returned to school at California Baptist University, earning both a Master of Social Work (2020) and a Doctor of Social Work (2022) ^[7]. Jackson also served as State President of the NAACP Youth and College Division and continues to serve as Political Action Chair of the Riverside NAACP ^[1,3].

On the issues central to the California Family Council's mission, Jackson's voting record has consistently diverged from CFC's worldview framework. His 15% CFC Biblical Values Scorecard rating reflects a pattern of voting that has supported abortion access expansion over the sanctity of life, government-directed education over parental authority, and progressive social mandates over religious liberty protections.