Former four-term member of the California State Assembly representing Los Angeles.
“virtually alone in offering proposals that are big enough to address the state’s big structural problems.”
NBC LA
June 22, 2012
“Gatto made an unusual move for a politician: he listened.”
Newsweek
January 16, 2014
“set the standard for ethics and transparency.”
CalWatchdog
July 3, 2014
“We challenged him to come up with something better. And he did. . . . We thank him for rising to our challenge.”
Contra Costa Times
September 12, 2014
“created over a thousand local businesses.”
Forbes
June 25, 2015
“One lawmaker had a perfect record.”
Sacramento Bee
September 25, 2015
“Why don’t more legislators…embrace Gatto’s approach?”
San Diego Union Tribune
January 18, 2016
“hard-working and effective”
Los Angeles Daily News
May 20, 2016
“a too-rare instance of fiscal restraint and good sense”
The Orange County Register
May 26, 2016
“worthy”
Los Angeles Times
November 25, 2016