Wake Up Newport – January 9- Assemblywoman Diane Dixon

Assemblymember Diane Dixon represents the 72nd Assembly District, which includes the cities of Aliso
Viejo, Huntington Beach, Laguna Beach, Laguna Hills, Laguna Woods, Lake Forest, Newport Beach and Seal
Beach.

Diane Dixon is a former business executive and Mayor, first elected to the State Assembly in 2022. Diane
serves on the Assembly’s committees for Judiciary (Vice Chair), Appropriations, Banking and Finance,
Business and Professions, Privacy and Consumer Protection, Governmental Organization and Rules. She is
also a member of the Problem Solvers Caucus, building bipartisan relationships to deliver public service
without politics.

In her first term, Diane Dixon had 13 pieces of legislation become law, all common sense measures ranging
from cost-cutting efforts to public safety to increasing opportunities for charitable giving. She also secured
$2.8 million in State Funds for local projects like the Newport Beach water wheel trash interceptor, a project
she helped start as a Newport Beach City Councilmember to help control pollution in this region.
With 40 years in the private sector and a Fortune 300 company, Diane is committed to balancing budgets
and delivering results. First elected to the Newport Beach City Council in 2014, she served two terms as
Mayor. Her leadership there helped deliver budget surpluses, pay down pension liabilities, improve public
safety, and complete infrastructure projects on time and within budget.

A regional leader, Diane has served as the President of the Association of California Cities-Orange County, a
member of the regional council of the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), as a board
member of Orange County Council of Governments (OCCOG).

Diane has been an active member on several philanthropic community-based boards of directors for nearly
four decades, including United Way Orange County, YMCA, public television, USC Board of Councilors and
Alumni Association, educational institutions, child service agencies, and health-related organizations.
She earned her Bachelor of Arts with Honors in Political Science from the University of Southern California.
Diane has been married for 46 years to Pat Dixon, a career prosecutor who currently serves as Special
Counsel to the Orange County District Attorney. Diane and Pat’s daughter, Colleen, is a former prosecutor
with the Manhattan Dist