20 Facts About Sydney Kamlager-Dove

Sydney Kai Kamlager-Dove is an American politician serving as the US representative for California's 37th congressional district since 2023.

Sydney Kamlager-Dove has served in the California State Assembly and as a trustee for the Los Angeles Community College District.

Sydney Kamlager-Dove's mother is actress Cheryl Lynn Bruce and her stepfather is artist Kerry James Marshall.

Sydney Kamlager-Dove attended the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in political science.

Sydney Kamlager-Dove is a member of the Zeta Phi Beta sorority.

Sydney Kamlager-Dove received her Master's in arts management from the Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon University.

In 1996, Kamlager-Dove was the spokesperson for the Social and Public Art Resource Center in Venice, California.

Sydney Kamlager-Dove later worked as a public affairs director for the nonprofit child care corporation Crystal Stairs, headed at the time by Holly Mitchell.

In 2010, Sydney Kamlager-Dove worked on the campaign to elect Mitchell to the California State Assembly, becoming district director after Mitchell's victory.

Sydney Kamlager-Dove has sat on the board of Planned Parenthood Los Angeles.

Sydney Kamlager-Dove won the April 3,2018, special election to represent California's 54th State Assembly district.

Sydney Kamlager-Dove was vocal about restoring voting rights to parolees, strengthening standards for police use of force, and stopping the NCAA from preventing student athletes from receiving payment in connection with the use of the student athlete's name, image or likeness.

Sydney Kamlager-Dove chaired the Select Committee on Incarcerated Women and led the legislature's Los Angeles County Delegation.

In 2020, Sydney Kamlager-Dove was appointed by the Speaker of the California State Assembly to serve on the Committee on Revision of the Penal Code.

Sydney Kamlager-Dove sponsored AB 987, legislation to build a new arena for the Los Angeles Clippers.

Sydney Kamlager-Dove sponsored two bills, AB 241 and AB 242, to mandate the incorporation of implicit bias training into continued education for healthcare professionals, lawyers, and judges.

Sydney Kamlager-Dove sponsored California's first hunting ban in decades with AB 1254, which ends the trophy hunting of bobcats, except under specified circumstances, until January 1,2025.

On November 10,2020, Sydney Kamlager-Dove announced her candidacy for the California State Senate to succeed Holly Mitchell, who was elected to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.

In November 2022, Sydney Kamlager-Dove was elected to the US House of Representatives for California's 37th district, replacing Karen Bass, who successfully ran for mayor of Los Angeles.

Sydney Kamlager-Dove was among the 46 Democrats who voted against final passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 in the House.