1. Isaac Gregory Bryan was born on January 16,1992 and is an American politician serving as a Member of the California State Assembly where he represents the 55th district, which includes much of South Central Los Angeles.
17 Facts About Isaac Bryan
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Isaac Bryan was adopted as an infant and has lived in California since he was in the sixth grade.
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Isaac Bryan's family served as a foster family for hundreds of children over two decades and adopted him and eight others from the child welfare system.
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Isaac Bryan attended seven public schools and two California community colleges before earning a Bachelor of Arts in political science and sociology from the University of Arizona.
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Isaac Bryan worked as a research fellow for the Rombach Institute on Crime, Delinquency and Corrections.
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Isaac Bryan worked with a team of federal monitors to enforce a United States Department of Justice Consent Decree with the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office.
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Isaac Bryan went on to earn a Master of Public Policy from UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.
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In 2017, Isaac Bryan was named a David Bohnett Foundation fellow, where Isaac Bryan previously served in Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti's Office of Reentry, where he co-authored the city's first report on the holistic needs of Angelenos with justice system involvement.
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Isaac Bryan is the founding director of UCLA's Black Policy Project.
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Isaac Bryan regularly provided media commentary on issues of racial inequality in the United States.
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Isaac Bryan was one of the leading scholars who articulated that "defunding police" was really a call to question the size of our tax contributions to policing and criminalization at the expense of social services.
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Isaac Bryan regularly writes and provides commentary on policing and justice reform in the United States.
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Isaac Bryan has been an outspoken advocate on the need to end the criminalization of poverty.
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In 2021, Isaac Bryan announced that he would be a candidate for the California Assembly to succeed fellow Democrat Sydney Kamlager, who was elected to the California Senate.
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On July 3,2023 Isaac Bryan was named Majority Leader of the Assembly, replacing Eloise Reyes.
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Isaac Bryan is a member of the California Legislative Progressive Caucus.
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In 2024, Isaac Bryan was elected to serve as Vice-Chair of the California Legislative Black Caucus.