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In the Assembly, I'm going to focus on the things that actually make your life easier: bringing down the cost of housing so your paycheck isn't gone before you can buy groceries, and fixing a health care system where one surprise bill can undo a year of savings. I'll fight for people who are doing their part and just need the system to stop working against them."&nbsp;– Fatima Iqbal-Zubair

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Rising costs are making it harder to live in LA County. I’m running for State Assembly to uplift our working families by creating good-paying union jobs, building more affordable housing, investing in our children’s futures with quality education opportunities, and fighting for accessible and affordable health care for all.”&nbsp;– Fatima-Iqbal Zubair

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Fatima Iqbal-Zubair is an educator, a mom to a son with special needs, and someone who’s never stopped showing up for working families. She knows the struggle—the bills that pile up, the worry that keeps you up at night—and she’s ready to be our voice in the State Assembly.

<img src="https://run.imgix.net/048e26bd-afc4-4dad-89cd-a7272382a990/d8d775e4-70fc-4391-9dda-c423e687d454/d8d775e4-70fc-4391-9dda-c423e687d454.avif?ixlib=js-3.8.0&amp;bri=0&amp;con=0&amp;sat=0&amp;high=0&amp;shad=0&amp;usm=0&amp;rect=0%2C0%2C2048%2C2048&amp;w=1500" alt="" caption="" align="left" alignwidth="40" tiltdirection="left" variant="base"><h3>Fatima has spent her career expanding opportunities for working families. As an immigrant, educator, and mother to a son with special needs, Fatima understands the challenges our communities face.</h3>When she was just seven years old, as the Gulf War was beginning, Fatima’s family made the difficult decision to move to a new country and leave everything behind in search of stability and opportunity. Her father finished college and became an agricultural engineer, while her mother started a childcare service to help support her family. When her dad secured a job, they immigrated to Bergenfield, New Jersey, beginning their new chapter living out of a hotel while they searched for a home of their own.From a young age, Fatima was always running toward something bigger than herself. Throughout her time as a student, she was consistently top of her class, excelling in science as well as in sports, and becoming a state champion in cross country. She attended Ramapo College in New Jersey on a full scholarship, where she continued to run cross country and track.<img src="https://run.imgix.net/048e26bd-afc4-4dad-89cd-a7272382a990/42e497e7-075c-46b2-8245-7af208ad97a7/42e497e7-075c-46b2-8245-7af208ad97a7.jpg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&amp;bri=4&amp;con=20&amp;sat=-2&amp;high=0&amp;shad=-2&amp;usm=0&amp;rect=292%2C94%2C2532%2C1742&amp;w=1500" alt="" caption="" align="right" alignwidth="50" tiltdirection="right" variant="base">Fatima began her career working as a tutor, which sparked her love of teaching. At Harbor Teacher Prep Academy, she worked as a cross country Coach, earning the nickname “Coach Z” from her students and leading her teams to their first championships. While working full time, she earned her teaching credential and started her career at a school in South Los Angeles.<h4>Education and Inspiring the Next Generation</h4>As a teacher in Watts, Fatima lived the realities of underfunded schools, overcrowded classrooms, and educators stretched thin without the pay, resources, or respect they deserved. She worked to help students who didn’t know where their next meal was coming from and with with too many students who were in foster care, unhoused, or working while going to school. She taught in classrooms with kids having to share outdated supplies, families worried about the water their children were drinking, and teachers who stretched themselves thin to manage classes that were far too overcrowded. As a mother to a son with special needs, she also navigated the challenges families face when our schools don’t have the resources to provide support and services for every child.Watching her students struggle to overcome these disadvantages every day motivated Fatima to devote her free time to fixing our local schools and building healthier and more livable communities for students and families. She co-founded and still leads a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) youth nonprofit, TeraWatts Initiative, to introduce students to new career pathways and participate in regional competitions. In the summer, TeraWatts also runs a free camp for children and partners with local organizations and community gardens.

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<h4 style="text-align: center;">California’s 65th Assembly District includes Carson, Compton, Willowbrook, Watts, Harbor Gateway, Wilmington, San Pedro, North Long Beach, and nearby neighborhoods.</h4>Our community is made up of working families — teachers, healthcare workers, port workers, small business owners, and union members — who care deeply about their neighborhoods and their kids’ futures. We show up for each other. We organize, and when we work together, we can build a future where every family thrives.<img src="https://run.imgix.net/048e26bd-afc4-4dad-89cd-a7272382a990/df4a52d8-ff1f-4679-af6f-15a55d794916/df4a52d8-ff1f-4679-af6f-15a55d794916.png?ixlib=js-3.8.0&amp;bri=0&amp;con=0&amp;sat=0&amp;high=0&amp;shad=0&amp;usm=0&amp;rect=0%2C0%2C682%2C689&amp;w=1500" alt="" caption="" align="center" alignwidth="45" variant="base">Not sure if you're eligible to vote in this race? Check your registration information <a href="https://voterstatus.sos.ca.gov/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);">here</a>.

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Fatima also served on the community leadership council for Watts Rising, a community-powered partnership bringing neighbors, local organizations, and public agencies together to make Watts healthier and more affordable. On the council, she helped implement a $32 million Transformative Climate Communities (TCC) grant for the community, delivering real, tangible investments in Watts. The grant created over 300 construction and permanent jobs, built 289 new affordable homes for working families, brought in 10 new battery-electric buses to reduce pollution, planted more than 3,000 trees, installed solar panels on 300 homes to lower energy costs, and transformed over 25 blocks with pedestrian improvements and urban trails—making our neighborhoods greener, healthier, and more connected for generations to come.<img src="https://run.imgix.net/048e26bd-afc4-4dad-89cd-a7272382a990/b3bf5dee-7bce-4a28-8e5c-15fcfae63160/b3bf5dee-7bce-4a28-8e5c-15fcfae63160.jpg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&amp;bri=0&amp;con=0&amp;sat=0&amp;high=0&amp;shad=0&amp;usm=0&amp;rect=0%2C0%2C2048%2C1365&amp;w=1500" alt="" caption="" align="right" alignwidth="50" tiltdirection="right" variant="base">Fatima works at a climate justice nonprofit and co-chaired an alliance that works with labor unions to support working families and bring better-paying, high-quality union jobs to California. She’s stood with striking workers at LAX, Starbucks, and in our public schools, and is proudly endorsed by the LA County Federation of Labor and unions like SEIU, California Teachers Association, National Union of Healthcare Workers, and AFSCME DC 36 because they know she’ll fight for working people in the State Assembly.Fatima lives Harbor Gateway (and previously lived in Carson) with her husband of over 15 years, Fazlul, and their 12-year-old son. They both bonded over their love of science and a passion for helping young people. In her free time, Fatima likes to spend time with her family, help out her Robotics team in Watts, go on runs and to her local gym in Carson, spend time outdoors, as well as keep up with her favorite shows.

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<h4>People who work hard should be able to support their families, save for the future, and feel financially secure where they live. I’ve worked with labor leaders to create good-paying jobs that help families get ahead, and I’ll keeping fighting to make sure that everyone who wants to call California home is paid enough to live here.</h4>As your Assemblymember, I will work to lower the cost of living by:<ul><li>Raising wages to a true living wage and strengthening workers’ rights so families can keep up with rising costs.</li><li>Cracking down on corporate price gouging for groceries, fuel, and essential goods.</li><li>Lowering utility costs by investing in clean energy, energy efficiency upgrades, and community solar programs that reduce monthly bills while implementing regular audits of investor-owned utility profits to ensure lower energy bills for working families.</li><li>Closing corporate tax loopholes and ensuring billionaires pay their fair share so working families aren’t footing the bill.</li><li>Strengthening rent control and tenant protections while investing in affordable housing to lower housing costs.</li><li>Increasing affordable health care access to eliminate premiums, copays, and surprise medical bills that strain family budgets.</li><li>Expanding access to universal childcare and strengthening afterschool programs to ease the financial burden on working families.</li><li>Reducing student debt and expanding tuition-free higher education pathways.</li></ul>

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<h4>As a high school science teacher, co-founder and mentor of a youth robotics team, and mother to a school-aged son with special needs, I’ve seen first-hand how much safe, high-quality schools improve our communities and the futures of our children and how resources like after-school programs keep students safe and thriving.</h4>When our children were missing these opportunities, I created them. I co-founded a youth nonprofit called TeraWatts Initiative dedicated to ensuring quality education for students pursuing careers in science, technology, and the arts. My husband and I also provide scholarships to two seniors who graduate from Terawatts to help the dream of a college education be realized. Amidst federal ICE raids, I patrolled my local elementary school with teachers at 186th Elementary to support students and teachers to make sure they felt safe and supported on their first day of school.I founded a <a href="https://www.firstlegoleague.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">FIRST Lego STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) League</a> afterschool program in Carson to help students when they were left without support. Whether connecting kids to hands-on learning, or providing SAT/ACT exam tutoring, I made sure our students had access to the tools, mentorship, and confidence they needed to be prepared to go to college or career training programs and start successful careers.Our children and our educators can’t wait any longer for action. I’ll fight to protect public education and the increased investments our schools need to provide the education our children deserve. As a New Teacher Mentor and Science Department Chair at the Jordan High School complex, I advocated for my fellow teachers to ensure they were given the resources they needed to support our students.&nbsp;As your Assemblymember, I will work to ensure every student has access to high-quality education by:<ul><li>Ensuring teachers and staff are paid fairly.</li><li>Fully funding public education from early childhood through higher education so every student has the resources they need to succeed.</li><li>Closing corporate property tax loopholes to generate stable funding for our schools and communities.</li><li>Opposing privatization and outsourcing of student and staff support services to keep these programs accountable to the public and the communities they serve.</li><li>Strengthening recruitment and retention programs, especially for faculty of color and first-generation educators.</li><li>Expanding financial aid, tuition relief, and student support services so higher education is accessible to low-income and working-class students.</li><li>Investing in mentorship, academic support, and pathway programs that support students of color from K–12 through college and careers.</li></ul>

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No one should have to choose between paying rent and seeing a doctor. Health care is too expensive, too complicated, and leaves too many people behind. We need to lower costs, cut waste and make accessing health care simple and reliable.&nbsp;I will fight to protect and expand Medi-Cal health care coverage. We cannot allow budget cuts or federal rollbacks to strip coverage from seniors, children, working families, or immigrants. Quality care for patients starts with making sure the people providing care are respected and supported. Nurses, residents, therapists, technicians, and support staff deserve fair wages, strong benefits, secure pensions, and the right to join a union.As your Assemblymember, I will work to make health care more accessible and affordable by:<ul><li>Protecting and expanding Medi-Cal coverage.</li><li>Guaranteeing comprehensive coverage for all Californians.</li><li>Eliminating premiums, copays, deductibles, and surprise medical bills.</li><li>Expanding access to mental and behavioral health care and ensuring providers are adequately funded and available in underserved communities.</li><li>Lowering prescription drug costs and eliminating the profit-driven middlemen that increase prices for patients.</li><li>Supporting increased funding for teaching hospitals in Los Angeles County for resident doctors.</li><li>Investing in community clinics and safety-net providers and supporting the health care workers who serve our communities with fair wages, safe staffing levels, and strong labor protections.</li><li>Strengthening state oversight of insurance companies and empowering regulators to monitor compliance, reduce wrongful denials, and hold corporations accountable.</li><li>Creating incentives for healthcare professionals — especially those that are historically underrepresented — to live and work in the communities that are most left behind.</li></ul>

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<h4>Good jobs are the backbone of a strong community. When I taught high school in Watts, the California Teachers Union stood with me when I fought for better resources for my students. I know union jobs mean the same benefits for every worker — better pay, health benefits, and economic security.</h4>I’m endorsed by the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, Service Employees International Union, California Teachers Association, National Union of Healthcare Workers, and AFSCME DC 36 because of my track record fighting for our unions and working to create better-paying jobs.<img src="https://run.imgix.net/048e26bd-afc4-4dad-89cd-a7272382a990/60c9a7e1-b5aa-4441-b4bd-13d26f9bc3cb/5bdd9d7f-b626-4b12-97eb-f36363fb1096.webp?ixlib=js-3.8.0&amp;bri=0&amp;con=0&amp;sat=0&amp;high=0&amp;shad=0&amp;usm=0&amp;rect=0%2C347%2C4096%2C765&amp;w=1500" alt="" caption="" align="center" alignwidth="40" variant="base">I will stand up for the public employees who keep our communities running, and I’ll work to make sure new jobs in clean energy, technology, and the care economy are good union jobs from the start.&nbsp;I will fight to make it easier for workers to join a union because no one should be punished for organizing with their coworkers. I support stronger penalties for union-busting, fewer barriers to organizing, and information campaigns so workers understand their rights.&nbsp;We need an economy where local businesses can grow and succeed. I will protect small, and worker-owned businesses from being pushed out of our community or buried in red tape. I support tax credits and state incentives for companies that treat workers fairly — if a business invests in its workers and our community, our state should invest in them.&nbsp;As your Assemblymember, I will work to bring and keep good jobs in our community by:<ul><li>Protecting and strengthening workers’ right to organize by defending collective bargaining, opposing outsourcing and union-busting tactics, and regulating corporate efforts to integrate AI and automation technologies that leave workers behind.</li><li>Advancing strong, state-level protections like a California PRO Act to ensure workers can join unions, negotiate fair contracts, and secure safe, dignified workplaces.</li><li>Expanding access to state grants, low-interest loans, and technical support for small, local businesses while ensuring funding prioritizes neighborhood businesses over large corporations.</li><li>Reducing barriers for small businesses by supporting affordable commercial rents, prioritizing small businesses in public contracts, investing in underserved business corridors, and simplifying regulations with clear guidance and support instead of fines and red tape.</li></ul>

Bringing and Keeping Good Jobs in Our Community

Community Champions Lunch

Join Fatima and co-hosts Louisa Bonnie &amp; Greg Scarich, Jane Affonso &amp; Dave Baldwin, and Steve Goldsmith to enjoy lunch and discuss Fatima's campaign for State Assembly!

<h4>We need solutions that make it possible for every Californian to live stable, affordable lives starting with housing. A job loss, medical procedure, or natural disaster shouldn’t force a family to fall behind on their mortgage or lose their home. That’s why I will be a strong advocate for tenants and fight to increase home building so more people can afford to buy a home in the communities they want to live and work in.</h4>Homeownership should be accessible to working families and affordable housing should be prioritized over luxury developments. I will work to expand funding for affordable housing, and support state and local partnerships that make homeownership more attainable for people who need it most.&nbsp;As your Assemblymember, I will work to make housing more affordable by:<ul><li>Exempting 100% affordable housing from property taxes to motivate building more homes.</li><li>Reforming restrictive laws that price working class and young families out of communities.</li><li>Streamlining permits and approvals for affordable housing projects.</li><li>Supporting the California Social Housing Act to create a state housing developer that builds permanently affordable homes.</li><li>Encouraging more multi-family housing development near transit.</li><li>Passing a comprehensive Tenants Bill of Rights, including the right to a lawyer, closing loopholes to ensure tenants aren't unjustly evicted, and ensuring stronger statewide rent caps.</li><li>Passing accountability measures to prevent Wall Street speculators from taking advantage of our communities.</li></ul>

Housing Affordability 

<h4>Our families and our children deserve clean water, unpolluted air, and accessible public outdoor spaces. As a high school science teacher in Watts, I saw firsthand how my students had to deal with the effects of pollution and a lack of investment and attention. Seeing our students left behind made me determined to fix the gaps government had left and to build healthier and more livable communities for our kids.&nbsp;</h4>With Watts Rising, I helped implement a Transformative Climate Communities (TCC) grant for our community to:<ul><li>Create over 300 construction and permanent jobs</li><li>Construct 289 new affordable homes</li><li>Purchase 10 new battery-electric buses</li><li>Plant over 3,000 new trees</li><li>Install solar panel installations on 300 homes&nbsp;</li><li>Create 25+ blocks of pedestrian improvements and urban trails&nbsp;</li></ul>These are the kinds of real investments our community needs and as Assemblymember, I will fight to ensure the jobs and investments we deserve reach our community.