13 Facts About Al Muratsuchi

Albert Yasuro Muratsuchi was born on September 4,1964 and is a Japanese-American attorney serving the California State Assembly.

Al Muratsuchi won back the seat in 2016 rematch and has held the seat since.

Al Muratsuchi was born on September 4,1964, and grew up on US military bases in Okinawa, Japan.

Al Muratsuchi's father, a 2nd-generation Japanese American, was a civilian employee of the United States Army.

Al Muratsuchi's mother is a native of Gifu Prefecture in Honshu, Japan.

Al Muratsuchi attended the University of California, Berkeley and UCLA School of Law.

Al Muratsuchi was a prosecutor in the California Department of Justice and served as a Deputy Attorney General.

Al Muratsuchi served as the regional director of the Japanese American Citizens League Pacific Southwest District.

In 2020, Al Muratsuchi introduced AB-345, which would have required a minimum setback distance of 2,500 feet between oil wells and public areas where children are present and public notices of potential consequences to local communities.

Al Muratsuchi has said that there was strong opposition from oil and gas industry trade unions, whom the Los Angeles Times has noted are major supporters of Democratic candidates.

However, Al Muratsuchi has noted that Newsom has not made a definite commitment to do so.

Since then, Al Muratsuchi has retained the seat with comfortable electoral margins.

Al Muratsuchi was easily reelected over former Torrance Mayor Frank A Scotto in 2018.