Scott Wilk: California State Assemblyman
Scott was elected to the California State Assembly in 2012 and was re-elected in 2014. He represents the 38th Assembly District which encompasses Simi Valley, the northwestern section of the San Fernando Valley, and most of the Santa Clarita Valley including the city of Santa Clarita and the communities of Agua Dulce, Castaic, Stevenson Ranch, and Val Verde.
Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins named Scott as Vice Chairman of the new Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection for the 2015-16 Legislative Session. This committee has jurisdiction over all aspects of privacy from Internet media to consumer retail information to electronic medical records, as well as issues in the broader field of technology. The committee is also responsible for legislation related to false advertising, product labeling, and general consumer protection.
Wilk serves on the Budget Committee, the Governmental Organization Committee, the Business and Professions Committee, and the Joint Committee on the Arts.
Keeping jobs in California is a high priority for Wilk and he played an important role in the passage of Assembly Bill 1839, the California Film and Television Job Retention and Promotion Act. California’s film tax credit program will be increased to $330 million a year for five years beginning with fiscal year 2015-16 and replaces the current lottery system with a more competitive and accountable system.
Scott has been a forceful advocate for greater government transparency authoring bills to: compel local bond measures to reveal to voters the true cost of the bond; requiring the State Water Quality Control Board to post on their web site the peer-reviewed scientific evidence used when communities are forced to reduce certain compounds from their water supply; and requiring state agency boards to open up their meetings to the public, just like Sacramento requires local government agencies to do.
In 2014, Scott was selected by the non-partisan, non-profit State Legislative Leaders Foundation to attend the prestigious Emerging Leaders Program held at the University of Virginia. The program is geared toward newer legislators that show promise as future legislative leaders. Scott was the only legislator selected from California.
Scott and his wife Vanessa reside in Santa Clarita and they have two adult children, Scott, Jr. and Alison.