Jay Phillip Obernolte is an American politician, businessman, and video game developer serving as the US representative for since 2021, when it was numbered as the 8th district.
34 Facts About Jay Obernolte
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Jay Obernolte is the owner, president, and technical director of FarSight Studios, an American video game developer.
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Jay Obernolte was born in Chicago, Illinois, and raised in Fresno, California.
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In 1990, Jay Obernolte launched FarSight Studios, an independent developer and publisher of family-friendly video games.
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Jay Obernolte originally produced games for the Nintendo Entertainment System, and as of 2023 develops for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Oculus, Windows, macOS, iOS and Android.
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In 2005, Jay Obernolte was elected to the Big Bear City Airport Board, where he served for five years.
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Jay Obernolte then served as president of the board for three years and as vice president for one year.
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In 2010, Jay Obernolte was elected to Big Bear City Council, where he served as mayor.
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Jay Obernolte served on the Big Bear Lake Fire Protection Board, as director of the Mojave Desert and on the Mountain Integrated Waste JPA Board, the Mountain Area Regional Transit Authority Board, and the League of California Cities Desert-Mountain Division.
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Jay Obernolte served as State Assemblyman for California's 33rd State Assembly district, which encompasses a wide expanse of the High Desert, from the eastern fringes of the Los Angeles metropolitan area to the Nevada and Arizona borders, from 2014 to 2020.
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Jay Obernolte was elected to Congress in 2020 to replace retiring Paul Cook as representative for California's 8th congressional district, which includes Mono County, Inyo County, and the majority of land mass in San Bernardino County.
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In January 2016, Jay Obernolte was elected to serve on the California Legislative Technology and Innovation Caucus, which is co-chaired by Assembly members Ian Calderon and Evan Low.
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Jay Obernolte sat on the following committees: Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media as vice chair; Budget as vice chair; Appropriations; Budget Subcommittee 6 on Budget Process, Oversight and Program Evaluation; Budget Subcommittee 6 on Budget Process, Oversight and Program Evaluation; Utilities and Commerce; Joint Committee on Arts; and Joint Legislative Budget.
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In 2016, Jay Obernolte expressed concern over Frontier Communications's acquisition of Verizon's voice, video, data, and FiOS network, saying that the takeover "negatively affected" his constituents through poor landline telephone service.
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In 2016, Jay Obernolte introduced Assembly Bill 2341, which would provide San Bernardino and other rural counties with additional judges to resolve backlogged court systems.
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In 2017, Jay Obernolte opposed Xavier Becerra's nomination as California Attorney General.
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Jay Obernolte said that Governor Jerry Brown's $179.45 billion budget proposal was "responsible", but expressed a preference for fixing existing programs over creating new ones.
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Jay Obernolte stated an interest in funding job skills training, improving the state's Denti-Cal program, repairing infrastructure, and working on the housing crisis.
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Jay Obernolte co-authored Assembly Bill 1103, which would have allowed California bicyclists to roll through stop signs if it was safe to do so.
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Jay Obernolte authored Assembly Bill 1642, which would extend the deadlines to either pay the fire tax, which is a state fire prevention fee, or file a petition for redetermination from 30 days to 60 days.
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Jay Obernolte opposed raising fire insurance costs, which is calculated by factors in the risk of wildfire, fuels, slope and road access for emergency vehicles.
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Jay Obernolte was sworn into Congress on January 3,2021, and appointed Freshman Class Representative to the House Republican Policy Committee.
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In September 2019, after Paul Cook announced his retirement from California's 8th congressional district, Jay Obernolte announced his candidacy.
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On January 6,2021, Jay Obernolte voted not to count Arizona's and Pennsylvania's electoral votes in the 2020 United States presidential election, citing unilateral changes to election law made in those states by the judiciary or executive branch rather than the state legislature.
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In February 2021, Jay Obernolte voted against the resolution that stripped Marjorie Taylor Greene of her committee assignments for her incendiary and violent statements.
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In June 2021, Jay Obernolte voted to repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002.
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In 2022, Jay Obernolte was one of 39 Republicans to vote for the Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022, an antitrust package that would crack down on corporations for anti-competitive behavior.
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On February 10,2014, Jay Obernolte announced his candidacy for the California State Assembly to succeed Tim Donnelly in the 33rd district.
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Jay Obernolte was endorsed by the California Republican Party, the San Bernardino County Republican party, the California Republican Assembly, The Press-Enterprise, the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, Peace Officers Research Association of California, San Bernardino County Safety Employee's Benefit Association, the California Conservative Christians, and the Independent Voter Political Action Committee.
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On January 25,2016, Jay Obernolte announced he would seek reelection as the representative for California's 33rd Assembly District.
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Jay Obernolte married his wife, Heather, in 1996, and they have two sons.
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Jay Obernolte is a certified flight instructor and has flown light aircraft since 2005.
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Jay Obernolte worked with Embraer as a member on its Pilot Advisory Board during the development of the Phenom 300.
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Jay Obernolte holds a fifth-degree black belt in Pacific Unified Martial Arts and is co-owner and instructor at PUMA Karate in Big Bear Lake.