Al Muratsuchi

Albert Yasuro Muratsuchi (born September 4, 1964) is a Japanese-American attorney serving the California State Assembly.

[2][1] Muratsuchi was a prosecutor in the California Department of Justice and served as a Deputy Attorney General.

[3] He also served as the regional director of the Japanese American Citizens League Pacific Southwest District.

He has said that there was strong opposition from oil and gas industry trade unions, whom the Los Angeles Times has noted are major supporters of Democratic candidates.

In 2020, he was reelected by a wide margin over Arthur C. Schaper, whom the Southern Poverty Law Center called a "longtime anti-immigrant and nativist activist.

Al Muratsuchi, a smiling middle-aged man of Japanese ancestry, sitting in a red convertible car, wearing a santa hat, a blue shirt, and jeans; outdoors on a sunny day
Al Muratsuchi, in the 2024 El Segundo Christmas Parade