Rebecca Bauer-Kahan came to the California State Assembly as an environmental attorney, bringing a drive to get California off of fossil fuels and to protect the environment. Now in her fourth term representing the Lamorinda and Tri-Valley areas, she has built one of the strongest climate records in the legislature—earning a lifetime 98% rating from California Environmental Voters.

Her legislative work on clean energy is concrete and wide-ranging. She authored AB 3251 and AB 427, to enable distributed solar-plus-storage systems to feed clean energy back into the grid, and championed SB 1374, which expanded net energy metering credits and streamlined interconnection to boost rooftop solar adoption statewide. She has also worked to electrify California’s ports, secured funding for parks and toxic cleanups across her district, and introduced the Nitrogen Pollution Reduction Act (AB 2447) to hold agricultural polluters accountable for contaminating drinking water.

On environmental justice, Bauer-Kahan is clear that equity must be the organizing principle—not an afterthought—of the clean energy transition. She supports robust subsidies to make electric appliances and heat pumps accessible to renters and lower-income households, community solar access, EV-charging infrastructure designed for those without private garages, and meaningful worker-transition support, including job training and wage protections.

Looking ahead, she is committed to defending California’s vehicle emissions standards against federal rollback, opposing new fossil fuel infrastructure, and ensuring that frontline communities have a real seat at the table in shaping climate policy.

A mom of three and former law professor, Bauer-Kahan brings both legal expertise and personal investment to this work.

Campaign website: https://www.rebeccabauerkahan.com

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CA Assembly District 16 is in Contra Costa County. Key cities covered: Danville, Dublin, Lafayette, Livermore, Moraga, Orinda, Pleasanton, San Ramon, and most of Walnut Creek.