12 Facts About Jesse Gabriel

Jesse Samuel Gabriel was born on September 25,1981 and is an American constitutional rights attorney and politician.

Jesse Gabriel was born in Berkeley, California, and raised in Oak Park, California.

Jesse Gabriel earned his Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School, where he graduated with honors and received the Dean's Award for Community Leadership from then Dean and now US Supreme Court Associate Justice Elena Kagan.

Jesse Gabriel received the California Lawyer Attorney of the Year award from The Daily Journal in 2018.

Jesse Gabriel was appointed by LA County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky to the Los Angeles County Commission on Local Governmental Services.

Jesse Gabriel won the special election on June 5,2018, earning 65.7 percent of the vote.

Jesse Gabriel won reelection to his first full term in the November 2018 General Election against Justin Clark, winning with 70.3 percent of the vote.

Shortly after assuming office, Jesse Gabriel was appointed to the State Assembly Leadership as Assistant Majority Whip under Majority Whip Todd Gloria.

Jesse Gabriel was elected by his colleagues as Vice Chair of the California Legislative Jewish Caucus under Chair Ben Allen.

In 2023, Jesse Gabriel authored the Gun Violence Prevention and School Safety Act, a first-in-the-nation measure which taxes gun industry profits to fund gun violence prevention and school safety in communities across California.

Jesse Gabriel was a principal co-author of the constitutional amendment to protect reproductive freedom in the California Constitution.

Jesse Gabriel co-authored the constitutional amendment to protect marriage equality in the California Constitution.