Kevin Murray

CA Blue Book 2000

Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
11-08-1994	Democratic	AD-47	66884	Win
11-05-1996	Democratic	AD-47	86763	Win
11-03-1998	Democratic	SD-26	124328	Win
11-05-2002	Democratic	SD-26	123814	Win

Candidate Biography:

Born: March 12, 1960 in Los Angeles, CA
Married: Janice (Commissioner, Workers Compensation Appeals Board)
Children: Jordan and Matthew
Family: Son of Willard Murray

2001: Special Election Primary Candidate for 32 (Lost)
2010: Early Candidate for Treasurer (Withdrew)

• Murray is a member of America MENSA.
• Murray and his father served in the same legislative house at the same time, the first father-son pair in California history.
• In 1999, Murray was the target of an attempted recall led by Doris Hill and 99 others. The recall failed to qualify for the ballot.
• LEGAL TROUBLES: On October 16, 2025, the US Attorney's Office in Los Angeles announced the arrest and indictment of real estate developer Steven Taylor on charges of bank fraud, aggravated identity theft, and money laundering as part of an ongoing investigation of the 2023 real estate purchase by the Weingart Center, of which Murray is the CEO. In the purchase, $27.3 million of state and local funding intended to secure housing for the homeless was spent for a property that had been purchased by Taylor for $11.2 million less a few months earlier. 

Source: California Blue Book (2000)
Source: "Complete List of Recall Attempts" by the California Secretary of State (Accessed 2/14/2011)
Source: Central District of California | Beverly Hills Man Arrested, Brentwood Man Charged in Separate Criminal Cases Linked to Fraud in Public Homelessness Funds | United States Department of Justice (10/16/2025)