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Melvin A.
Sanchez

LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANTOffice of Representative Jesús G. "Chuy" García

Works forDJesús G. "Chuy" García · Democratic · Illinois 4th District

Legislative Assistant in the Office of Representative Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL), serving since November 2024. Previously worked in the Office of former Representative Karen Bass (now Mayor of Los Angeles) and served as Legislative Analyst at the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), where he advised on transportation and housing legislation. Born and raised in Koreatown, Los Angeles, and focused on transportation, housing, and infrastructure policy.

Last full-year salary

$88,499

Calendar year 2025 · summed across all roles

Career tenure

5.6y

6 roles tracked

Sponsored trips

0

$0 total

Career earnings

$434,048

Chapter I

Compensation Timeline

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Chapter II

Employment History

Roles are merged across compensation filings.

LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT
House
Nov 18, 2024 to Present
LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT/SCHEDULE
Office of Representative Grace F. Napolitano
forDGrace F. Napolitano · Democratic · California 31st District
House
Nov 21, 2022 to Nov 17, 2024
LEGISLATIVE ASSIST/SCHEDULE
Office of Representative Grace F. Napolitano
forDGrace F. Napolitano · Democratic · California 31st District
House
Sep 1, 2023 to Oct 27, 2023
LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT
Office of Representative Karen Bass
forDKaren Bass · Democratic · California 37th District
House
Oct 1, 2022 to Nov 20, 2022
LEGISLATIVE AIDE
Office of Representative Karen Bass
forDKaren Bass · Democratic · California 37th District
House
May 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2022
STAFF ASSISTANT/PRESS ASSISTANT
Office of Representative Karen Bass
forDKaren Bass · Democratic · California 37th District
House
Aug 24, 2020 to Apr 30, 2021

Chapter III

Earlier career

Prior roles per public sources. May overlap with employment records based on salary filings above.

Legislative Analyst
Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG)
Legislative staff
Office of Representative Karen Bass

Chapter IV

Sponsored Travel

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