Dante Acosta (January 1, 1963) is an American politician who currently serves on the Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency board of directors. He previously served in the

California State Assembly The California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature, the upper house being the California State Senate. The Assembly convenes, along with the State Senate, at the California State Capitol in Sacramento. The A ...

. A

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, he represented the 38th Assembly District, encompassing

Simi Valley Simi Valley (; Chumash: ''Shimiyi'') is a city in the valley of the same name in the southeast region of Ventura County, California, United States. Simi Valley is from Downtown Los Angeles, making it part of the Greater Los Angeles Area. The ...

, far northern

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, and most of the

Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley (SCV) is part of the upper watershed of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. The valley was part of the Rancho San Francisco Mexican land grant. Located in Los Angeles County, its main population center is the ...

. Prior to being elected to the State Assembly, he was a member of the

Santa Clarita Santa Clarita (; Spanish for "Little St. Clare") is a city in northwestern Los Angeles County in the U.S. state of California. With a 2020 census population of 228,673, it is the third-largest city by population in Los Angeles County, the 17th ...

City Council. Acosta was first elected to the State Assembly in November 2016. In 2018, he was defeated for re-election in a rematch with his 2016 opponent,

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Christy Smith. Shortly after losing the election, he was nominated to serve on board of the Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency as the Val Verde representative. Two days after his nomination, Acosta opened a campaign committee for the 2020 election.

2018 California State Assembly

2016 California State Assembly

References

External links

Campaign website

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