Eric's Priorities

As Mayor of Rancho Palos Verdes, Eric Alegria brought all four Peninsula cities together on a shared public safety strategy and partnered with Sheriff Robert Luna to modernize emergency response, helping RPV earn recognition as the 4th safest city in California by crime rate. He'll bring that same collaborative approach to keeping every community safe.

As a small business owner who meets payroll, a father of four navigating these same costs, and a neighbor who sees families stretching their budgets to stay in the communities they love, Eric Alegria understands what's at stake. He'll work to remove the obstacles driving up costs for families.

Eric Alegria's understanding of economic opportunity is personal: summers working alongside farmworkers in Yakima apple packing houses, years leading the Center for Latino Farmers, and today co-owning a small business in West Los Angeles. He'll remove the obstacles keeping hardworking Californians from getting ahead.

When the Portuguese Bend landslide threatened hundreds of South Bay homes, Eric led the response by declaring a state of emergency, securing a $23.33 million FEMA grant, and launching a $42 million voluntary buyout program. He knows what you do before the crisis determines whether people survive it.

While serving on the City Council, Eric Alegria worked to reduce taxes, manage a historic landslide emergency, and invest in the community's future, all while maintaining a balanced budget every single year. He'll bring that approach to the State Senate.

As a father of four raising his family in the South Bay and a former Mayor who navigated the state's housing mandates firsthand, Eric Alegria has seen this crisis from every angle. He'll push for real solutions that connect people to stable housing and care, expand paths to homeownership so fewer families fall into crisis, and give local communities a meaningful voice.

The son of a teacher, a father of four, a USC adjunct instructor, and a current Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District Board Vice President, Eric Alegria has spent his life in and around classrooms. He'll give every student a fair starting line with safe, strong, well-funded schools.

As Chief Operating Officer of the Wellness Equity Alliance, Eric Alegria has spent nearly two decades making health care work for the people who rely on it most. He'll bring that frontline expertise to the State Senate.

As Mayor of Rancho Palos Verdes, Eric Alegria helped acquire a 96-acre wildlife corridor, advance a Natural Community Conservation Plan covering 1,400 acres, and protect the coastline that defines the South Bay. He'll protect the air, water, and quality of life future generations deserve.

Eric Alegria's commitment to lifting others up began in Yakima apple warehouses, alongside farmworkers and their families, and continued through his leadership of the Center for Latino Farmers and his work at the Wellness Equity Alliance. He'll be a voice in the State Senate for those too often left behind.