Maggy Krell

Maggy Krell is a Democratic member of the California State Assembly representing the 6th District, which encompasses the majority of the city of Sacramento and surrounding unincorporated communities including Rio Linda, Antelope, Arden-Arcade, Carmichael, Elverta, and La Riviera. ^[1,2,3] A career prosecutor and human rights attorney, Krell earned national recognition for leading the successful prosecution of executives of Backpage.com, at the time the largest online sex trafficking platform in the world, resulting in the site being shut down in 2018. ^[1,2,5] She also served as Chief Legal Counsel for Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California, where she led the organization's litigation efforts on abortion-related servicescare access. ^[1,2,6] Elected in 2024 after winning a crowded primary field, Krell has focused her legislative work on combating human trafficking, expanding access to abortion services, and addressing homelessness -- positions that place her in significant tension with CFC priorities on sanctity of life, parental rights, and family-centered policy, though her anti-trafficking work has drawn notable with CFC on protecting exploited minors. With a 15% CFC Biblical Values Scorecard rating, Krell's legislative record has consistently diverged from the California Family Council's worldview framework, particularly on the sanctity of life (Chapter 6) — an area where her professional background as an abortion access advocate places her in direct opposition to CFC's conviction that every human life possesses full moral worth from the moment of fertilization.

Krell received her undergraduate degree from UC San Diego and her Juris Doctor from the University of California, Davis School of Law in 2003. ^[1,2,8] She began her legal career as a deputy district attorney for San Joaquin County before moving to the California Department of Justice, where she prosecuted cold case murders, white collar crime, and multi-jurisdictional cases.

Krell's anti-trafficking work earned her multiple honors, including a career achievement award from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in 2022, the City of Refuge Hero Award, the ADL's Sherwood Prize for Combating Hate and Bigotry, and 3Strands Global Foundation's Modern Day Abolitionist Award. ^[2,5,10]

Her 15.5% Biblical Values Scorecard rating across 29 scored floor votes reflects consistent divergence from CFC's worldview framework. Her 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.

Krell's most prominent legislative achievement in her first year was AB 379, the Survivor Support and Demand Reduction Act, which makes it a felony for adults to solicit 16- and 17-year-olds for sex and creates a first-of-its-kind Survivor Support Fund for trafficking victims. ^[16,17,18] The bill became one of the most debated measures of the 2025 session after Assembly Democratic leadership stripped Krell's authorship and adopted weaker amendments, prompting Krell to vote against the altered version of her own bill.