Senate District 39

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Senate District 39 is represented by Akilah Weber Pierson (Democrat). It includes 1 tribal land area of 1 federally recognized tribe and 24,303 Native residents (American Indian or Alaska Native, alone or with one other race), 2.4% of the district.

State Senator

Akilah Weber Pierson · Democrat
Official website

Population

1,036,034

Tribal land areas

1

Native residents

24,303

Tribal land in this district

• SycuanSycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation · 1,421 acres

Non-federally recognized tribes located here

• Digueno Band of San Diego Mission IndiansSan Diego · BIA petitioner list, Nov 12, 2013

Bills by this member

1 Native American–related and 4 higher education measures passed by the Legislature since 2021 that Akilah Weber Pierson authored or coauthored. Recent ones:

• SB 998 · Educational equity: discrimination prevention coordinators.2025–26 · Signed Sep 27, 2026 · Ch. 670 · Author
• SB 437 · California State University: claim eligibility: genealogy and descendancy.2025–26 · Signed Oct 13, 2025 · Ch. 755 · Author
• SB 1374 · Restraining orders: educational institutions.2025–26 · Signed Sep 27, 2026 · Ch. 705 · Coauthor
• AB 7 · Postsecondary education: admissions preference: descendants of slavery.2025–26 · Vetoed Oct 13, 2025 · Coauthor
• AB 2540 · Public health: public postsecondary education: student health centers: abortion by medication techniques.2025–26 · Signed Sep 27, 2026 · Ch. 490 · Coauthor

Colleges in this district

• Cuyamaca CollegeCalifornia Community Colleges · El Cajon
• Grossmont CollegeCalifornia Community Colleges · El Cajon
• Grossmont – Cuyamaca Community College DistrictCalifornia Community Colleges · El Cajon
• San Diego City CollegeCalifornia Community Colleges · San Diego
• San Diego State UniversityCalifornia State University · San Diego
• Bethel Seminary – San DiegoIndependent (Private Nonprofit) College · San Diego
• California Western School of LawIndependent (Private Nonprofit) College · San Diego
• High Tech High Graduate School of EducationIndependent (Private Nonprofit) College · San Diego
• ICOHS CollegeIndependent (Private Nonprofit) College · San Diego
• National UniversityIndependent (Private Nonprofit) College · San Diego
• Point Loma Nazarene UniversityIndependent (Private Nonprofit) College · San Diego
• San Diego Christian CollegeIndependent (Private Nonprofit) College · Spring Valley
• San Diego Mesa CollegeCalifornia Community Colleges · San Diego
• Southern California SeminaryIndependent (Private Nonprofit) College · El Cajon
• The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at San DiegoIndependent (Private Nonprofit) College · San Diego
• Thomas Jefferson School of LawIndependent (Private Nonprofit) College · San Diego