Fiona Ma

Fiona Ma
California State Assembly District 12
Former Member
In office
2006-2012
Party	Democratic
Leadership
State Assembly Speaker Pro Tempore
2010-Present
Compensation
Base salary	$95,290.56 per year
Per diem	$141.86 per day
Elections and appointments
Last election	November 2, 2010
Term limits	3 terms (6 years)
Prior offices
San Francisco Board of Supervisors
2002-2006
Personal
Profession	Certified Public Accountant
Websites
Office website
Campaign website

Fiona Ma is a former Democratic member of the California State Assembly, representing District 12 from 2006 to 2012. She served as State Assembly Speaker Pro Tempore.

Ma works as a Certified Public Accountant. Prior to her election to the Assembly she served on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from 2002-2006. She is Chair of the Asian-American Donor Program, and a member of the Asian Diabetes Council - American Diabetes Association, Chinese American Voters Education Committee Board of Directors, San Francisco Democratic Women's Forum, and San Francisco Women's Political Committee.

In June 2011, Governing Magazine named Ma one of 12 "Democratic Legislators to Watch." Each of the legislators was selected on the basis of qualities such as leadership, ambition, and political potential. Ma is ineligible to run for re-election to the California State Assembly in 2012 due to term limits.

Issues

Political Courage test

Ma did not provide answers to the California State Legislative Election 2008 Political Courage Test. The test provides voters with how a candidate would vote on the issues if elected.

Legislative scorecard

Capitol Weekly, California's major weekly periodical covering the state legislature, publishes an annual legislative scorecard to pin down the political or ideological leanings of every member of the legislature based on how they voted on an assortment of bills in the most recent legislative session. The 2009 scores were based on votes on 19 bills, but did not include how legislators voted on the Proposition 1A (2009). On the scorecard, "100" is a perfect liberal score and "0" is a perfect conservative score. ,

On the 2009 Capitol Weekly legislative scorecard, Ma ranked as an 89.

Sponsored legislation

Ma's sponsored legislation includes:

• AB 129 - Confidentiality: taxpayer communications
• AB 517 - Safe Body Art Act
• AB 759 - Public contracts with expatriate corporations

For details and a full listing of sponsored bills, see the House site.

Committee assignments

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Ma served on these committees:

• Agriculture Committee, California General Assembly
• Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Committee, California General Assembly
• Fairs, Allocation, and Classification Committee, California Legislature
• Governmental Organization Committee, California General Assembly
• Protection of Lake Tahoe
• Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Committee, California General Assembly
• Utilities and Commerce Committee, California General Assembly

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Ma served on these committees:

• Agriculture Committee, California General Assembly
• Select Committee on Alcohol and Drug Abuse
• Higher Education Committee, California General Assembly
• Housing and Community Development Committee, California General Assembly
• Labor and Employment Committee, California General Assembly
• Select Committee on the Preservation of California's Entertainment Industry
• Public Safety Committee, California General Assembly
• Select Committee on Rail Transportation
• Revenue and Taxation Committee, California General Assembly

Elections

2012

Ma was ineligible to run for re-election due to term limits.

2010

See also: California State Assembly elections, 2010

Ma won re-election to the 12th District Seat in 2010. She had no opposition in the June 8 primary. She defeated Republican Alfonso Faustino, Jr. in the November 2 general election.

California State Assembly, District 12 General Election (2010)
Candidates		Votes
Fiona Ma (D)		90,388
Alfonso Faustino, Jr. (R)		21,540

2008

In 2008 Ma was re-elected to the California State Assembly District 12. Ma (D) finished with 131,231 votes while her opponent Conchita Applegate (R) finished with 26,380 votes. Ma raised $1,313,892 for her campaign fund.

California State Assembly District 12
Candidates		Votes
Fiona Ma (D)		131,231
Conchita Applegate (R)		26,380

Campaign donors

2010

In 2010, Ma raised $1,133,879 in contributions.

Her four largest contributors were:

Donor	Amount
California Teachers Association	$15,600
State Building & Construction Trades Council Of California	$15,600
California State Pipe Trades Council	$12,600
AT&T	$10,800

2008

Below are Ma's top 5 campaign contributors in the 2008 election:

Contributor	2008 total
CA Medical Assoc	$14,400
CA Assoc of Realtors	$14,400
California Teachers Association	$14,400
California State Council of Service Employees	$14,400
Operating Engineers Local 3	$14,400

Recent news

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Fiona Ma News Feed

• District Attorney Joyce Dudley to Award Santa Barbara Teens $1750 in ... - Santa Barbara Independent
• Carolyn Livengood: Pacific Coast Dream Machines Show planned - San Jose Mercury News

External links

Suggest a link

• Fiona Ma's personal website
• Official state assembly website of Fiona Ma
• Legislative profile of Fiona Ma on Project Vote Smart
• Biographical profile of Fiona Ma on Project Vote Smart
• Campaign contributions: 2010, 2008, 2006
• Fiona Ma on Facebook
• Fiona Ma on Twitter
• Fiona Ma's YouTube Channel

References

Political offices
Preceded by -	California State Assembly District 12 2006–2012	Succeeded by Kristin Olsen (R)