John M. W. Moorlach

Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
03-17-2015	Republican	SD-37	38125	Win
11-08-2016	Republican	SD-37	228480	Win
11-03-2020	Republican	SD-37	258421	Loss

Candidate Biography:

Johannes Meindert Willem Moorlach
Born: December 21, 1955 in the Netherlands
Married: Trina
Children: Sarah, Caleb and Daniel

1994: Candidate for Orange County Treasurer Tax-Collector (Lost; 39.0%)
1995-2006: Treasurer-Tax Collector, Orange County
2006-2015: Member, Orange County Board of Supervisors
2014: Early Primary Candidate for Governor (Declined to run)
2014: Early Primary Candidate for CD-45 (Withdrew)
2021: Candidate for Orange County Supervisor (Lost; 31%)
2023-Present: Director, Center for Public Accountability (California Policy Center)

• LEGISLATION: Author of SB 1255 (2016) which permits a married couple’s date of separation to be defined as the date that a complete and final break in the marriage has occurred, even if the couple continue living in the same home. (Chapter 1255, Statutes of 2016)
• LEGISLATION: Author of SB 319 (2019) which would authorize the construction of additional north and south lanes on I-5 and SR-99 freeways and provides that there would be no "maximum speed limit for [these] traffic lanes. (Died in Senate Rules Committee)
• REMOTE VOTING: One of ten legislators (all Republican Senators) who have attended a floor session remotely using teleconferencing equiptment (August 28-31, 2020).
• QUOTABLE: Regarding the extension of California's Cap and Trade program in 2017, Moorlach tweeted: "I don't understand how addressing a minor change in temperature 100 years from now should rest primarily on CA taxpayers." (Twitter, 7/17/2017)
• "Moorlach is a California history enthusiast and served as Vice President of the Gold Discovery to Statehood California Sesquicentennial Foundation Board. He has photographed nearly all of the State’s historical landmarks, a program under the auspices of the State Historical Resources Commission."

"New Calif. law says couples can live separately under same roof" by Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle (7/26/2016)