Nick Schultz

Assemblymember Nick Schultz represents California's 44th Assembly District, encompassing Burbank, Glendale, and several San Fernando Valley communities including North Hollywood, Sherman Oaks, and Studio City ^[1,2]. A former Deputy Attorney General and Mayor of Burbank, Schultz was raised by a single mother and became the first in his working-class family to graduate from college, earning both his bachelor's degree and law degree from the University of Oregon ^[2,3]. Elected to the Assembly in 2024, he was quickly appointed Chair of the Assembly Public Safety Committee by Speaker Robert Rivas, reflecting his extensive prosecutorial background and commitment to criminal justice reform ^[1,4]. With a 15% CFC Biblical Values Scorecard rating, Schultz'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). CFC has noted with concern that Schultz, as Chair of the Assembly Public Safety Committee, carried the weakened version of AB 379 after Democratic leadership stripped original author Maggy Krell's name from the bill — a measure that originally sought to criminalize the purchase of sex from any minor as a felony but was amended to apply lesser penalties under pressure from the caucus.

Nicholas Bernard Coolon Schultz was born on August 27, 1988, in California. Raised by a single mother who worked tirelessly to provide him with every opportunity to succeed, Schultz grew up in a working-class household and became the first person in his family to attend and graduate from college ^[2,3].

Schultz earned his bachelor's degree and juris doctor from the University of Oregon School of Law ^[1,2]. He was admitted to the Oregon State Bar in 2013, initially working as a deputy district attorney in Lane County, Oregon, before gaining admission to the California State Bar in 2014 ^[2,3]. In 2016, he joined the California Attorney General's Office as a Deputy Attorney General in the Health Quality Enforcement Section, and in 2018 transferred to the Special Prosecutions Section, where he investigated and prosecuted cases involving public corruption, officer-involved shootings, human trafficking, mortgage fraud, tax evasion, and other financial crimes ^[2,3,5]. Notably, Schultz helped lead the creation of a first-of-its-kind Post-Conviction Review Unit at the Department of Justice, designed to evaluate claims of innocence and wrongful conviction for cases handled by the state -- an initiative that demonstrates a commitment to justice that goes beyond simply securing convictions ^[3,5].

On the issues central to the California Family Council's mission, Schultz'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.