HOW GAY IS YOUR CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN ASSEMBLY DISTRICT?

Log Cabin California assembled the gay index for each community in the Republican Assembly Districts.  The gay index, assembled from ePodunk.com, “is a comparative score, based on the percentage of people reporting in the 2000 U.S. Census that they lived in a same-sex partnership.

“A score of 100 is the national norm. A number above 100 indicates that the local proportion of same-sex unmarried households is higher than the national average. For example, 140 would mean that the proportion was 40 percent higher than the national norm. A score of 60 would be 40 percent lower.

“This statistic is not an absolute measure of gay households. Not everyone who lives in such a relationship is gay; not everyone who is gay lives in such a relationship; and some who do may feel uncomfortable saying so on a census return. However, responses to the question, asked of all U.S. households, provide a good indicator of gay relationships in a community.

“ePodunk publishes three measures: a combined gay male/lesbian score called the gay index, a score for gay males and a score for lesbians. The indexes are provided for the 1,360 U.S. communities in which 50 or more couples reported living in such relationships.” You may find the gay male and lesbian index for each of these communities and others at ePodunk.com

In the table below, the number in parenthesis is the gay index for that city. A score of (0) indicates there were less than 50 same sex households in that community. (NA) means that the area listed is unincorporated or a neighborhood community part of a larger city and therefore there is no gay index for that listing. Note the number of lesbian and gay households in suburbs and rural areas. The point of this information is that many of us live in communities with many gay and lesbian neighbors, coworkers, family members and friends and we know that the negative stereotypes often used simply aren’t true. Therefore negative comments reflect more on the speaker than on gays and lesbians.

GOP DISTRICTS	MEMBER	CITIES OF THE DISTRICT
2	Doug LaMalfa	Redding (74), Yuba City (93), Red Bluff (0), Anderson (0), Shasta Lake (0), Yreka (0), Corning (0), Orland (0), Live Oak (208), Willows (0)
3	Rick Keene	Chico (97), Paradise (93), Truckee (0), Susanville (0) , Oroville (0) , Marysville (0) , Grass Valley (0) , Gridley (0) , Nevada City (0) , Wheatland (0), Portola (0), Quincy (NA), Colfax (0), Loyalton (0)
4	Ted Gaines	Roseville (89) , Rocklin (82), South Lake Tahoe (115), Auburn (0), Lincoln (0), Markleeville (NA), Rio Linda (NA) , Antelope (NA) , Georgetown (NA), Placerville (0), Loomis (0), Cameron Park (NA) , Shingle Springs (NA)
5	Roger Niello	Arden Arcade (NA), Carmichael (94), Citrus Heights (86), Granite Bay (NA), Fair Oaks (NA) , Folsom (92) , Natoma (NA), North Highlands (NA), Orangevale (NA) , Sacramento (196)
10	Alan Nakanishi	Lodi (82), Rancho Cordoba (109) , Stockton (115) , Elk Grove (117) , Sacramento (196) , Ione (0), Jackson (0) , Sutter Creek (0), Plymouth (0) , Amador City (0)
15	Guy Houston	Livermore (87), Walnut Creek (127), San Ramon (106), Danville (98), Oakley (118), Brentwood (0), Elk Grove (117), Galt (0), Stockton (115), Pleasanton (69)
25	Tom Berryhill	Modesto (106), Riverbank (0), Oakdale (0), Chowchilla (0), Mammoth Lakes (0), Waterford (0), Sonora (0), Hughson (0), Angels Camp (0), Madera (124)
26	Greg Aghazarian	Stockton (115), Turlock (90), Manteca (121), Modesto (106), Ceres (114), Patterson (0), Ripon (0), Escalon (0)
29	Michael Villines	Fresno (124), Clovis (90), Madera (124), Orange Cove (0)
32	Jean Fuller	Bakersfield (101) , Ridgecrest (0), Tehachapi (0), Taft (0), Frazier Mountain communites (NA) , Kern River Valley (NA)
33	Sam Blakeslee	Santa Maria (106), San Luis Obispo (66), Lompoc (77) , Atascadero (119), Paso Robles (0), Arroyo Grande (0), Grover Beach (0), Morro Bay (0), Pismo Beach (0), Guadalupe (NA)
34	Bill Maze	Visalia (98), Tulare (117), Porterville (109), Barstow (0), Lindsay (0), Exeter (0), Farmersville (0), California City (0), Independence (0), Lone Pine (0), Woodlake (0), Needles (0), Bishop (0)
36	Sharon Runner	Lancaster (86), Palmdale (119), Victorville (70), Adelanto (0)
37	Audra Strickland	Thousand Oaks (68), Camarillo (65), Simi Valley (81), LA (the northern valley) (NA), Moorpark (0), Santa Paula (131), Fillmore (0), Ojai (0)
38	Cameron Smyth	Los Angeles (168), Santa Clarita (95) , Simi Valley (81), Glendale (103)
59	Anthony Adams	Hesperia (81), Apple Valley (86), Glendora (78), Claremont (129), La Verne (0), San Bernardino (104), San Dimas (85), Monrovia (114), Highland (104), Sierra Madre (0), Arcadia (48), Bradbury (0), Redlands (75)
60	Bob Huff	Chino Hills (98), Diamond Bar (57) , Anaheim (110), La Mirada (71) , Orange (119), La Habra (81), Yorba Linda (58), Walnut (0), Whittier (114), Villa Park (0), La Habra Heights (0), San Dimas (85), Industry (0)
63	Bill Emerson	Rancho Cucamonga (76), Upland (90), Redlands (75), San Bernardino (104), Highland (104), Loma Linda (0), Fontana (105), Grand Terrace (0), Yucaipa (61), Moreno Valley (117), Riverside (109)
64	John Benoit	Riverside (109), Moreno Valley (117), Palm Desert (208), Rancho Mirage (409), Canyon Lake (NA), Temecula (98), Indian Wells (0), Lake Elsinore (125), Murrieta (71)
65	Paul Cook	Moreno Valley (117), Hemet (82), Yucaipa (61), Perris (0), San Jacinto (137), Banning (103), Twentynine Palms (0), Beaumont (0), Menifee (0), Calimesa (0), Big Bear Lake (0)
66	Kevin Jeffries	Riverside (109), Temecula (98), Murrieta (71), Lake Elsinore  (125)
67	Jim Silva	Huntington Beach (86), Anaheim (110), Cypress (68), Westminster (115), Seal Beach (0), Garden Grove (103), LaPalma (0), Los Alamitos (0), Stanton (86)
68	Van Tran	Costa Mesa (123), Garden Grove (103), Westminster (115), Fountain Valley (71), Anaheim (110), Stanton (86), Newport Beach (76)
70	Chuck Devore	Irvine (80), Newport Beach (76), Tustin (104), Lake Forest (101), Aliso Viejo (181), Laguna Beach (478), Laguna Woods (0)
71	Todd Spitzer	Santa Ana (140), Corona (107), Mission Viejo (95), Rancho Santa Margarita (97), Orange (119), Norco (0), Tustin (104), Anaheim  (110)
72	Mike Duvall	Fullerton (87), Anaheim (110), Placentia (79), Orange (119), Brea (0), Yorba Linda (58), La Habra (81)
73	Mimi Walters	Laguna Niguel (142), Dana Point (131), Oceanside (106), San Clemente (83), San Juan Cap. (120), Laguna Hills (90), Aliso Viejo (181)
74	Martin Garrick	Carlsbad (89), Del Mar (0), Encinitas (96), Escondido (86), Oceanside (106), Rancho Santa Fe (NA), San Diego (186), San Marcos (97), Solana Beach (NA), Vista (101)
75	George Plescia	San Diego (186), Escondido (86), Poway (70), La Jolla (NA), Mira Mesa (NA), Scripps Ranch (NA), Fairbanks Ranch (NA), Rancho Santa Fe (NA), Rancho Bernardo (NA)
77	Joel Anderson	El Cajon (77), La Mesa (109), Santee (82), San Diego (186)
78	Shirley Horton	San Diego (186), Chula Vista (101), Lemon Grove (119), Bonita (NA), Spring Valley (NA)
80	Bonnie Garcia	Indio (125), Palm Springs (720), Cathedral City (411), El Centro (0), Calexico (NA)