First elected in 2014, Mike Gipson currently represents the 65th District in the California State Assembly. Gipson previously served as Assembly Democratic Caucus Chair until July 2023 where he was the longest-serving Caucus Chair in California State history.
During his Assembly tenure, Gipson has been a leader on a wide variety of issues, authoring laws that improved the quality of education, expanded access to affordable healthcare, addressed homelessness, strengthened gun safety protections, enacted sensible criminal justice reform, and ensured safer communities.
Gipson also helped champion the Legislature’s successful efforts to pass a groundbreaking transportation package focused on infrastructure improvements, as well as the extension of California’s historic cap and trade program. He currently sits on the Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee.
Before being elected to the Assembly, Gipson served as a Carson City Council Member and Police Officer, and has led local nonprofits to help at-risk youth stay engaged in school and off the streets. As a local Councilmember, Gipson protected funding for neighborhood schools, hospitals, and public safety services. Gipson also previously served as a Chief of Staff for the Former Chair of the Board of Equalization and as a community organizer for the United Teachers of Los Angeles (UTLA) to protect teachers and parents and prepare LA’s students for the jobs of tomorrow.
Gipson grew up in Watts, where his parents raised him to know the importance of faith, a good education, and most critically, the importance of giving back to your community. Gipson currently lives in Carson with his wife LeCresha. They have two sons, Devon and Jordan along with their five grandchildren; Faafetai Ole Alofa, Cataleya Acevedo, Amore, and two twins Kaaleo & Kayhlanii. Their third son, D'Ancee, was killed at 3 years old as a victim of a hit-and-run motorist who has never been captured.
A LIFETIME OF SERVICE
ABOUT MIKE
