Scott Houston
Scott Houston serves on the Board of Directors of the West Basin Municipal Water District, the agency that supplies water to nearly one million people across the South Bay. He is a public relations professional in the technology and manufacturing sectors and grew up in the district, attended local schools, and has called El Segundo home for 24 years. In Sacramento, he plans to focus on water reliability and climate resilience, workforce development that moves families into the middle class, and consumer protections.
Why We Endorsed: Scott Houston is an elected water board director whose career runs directly through three of NCC's core priorities: water reliability, middle income jobs, and climate resilience.
Alignment With NCC Priorities: Scott is a sitting water agency board member, which is unusual among legislative candidates and gives him hands-on knowledge of the conveyance, recycling, and storage projects NCC's water task force champions every day. Through his business federation work, he has been a steady voice for the workforce development policies that move families into the middle class, which is the explicit goal of NCC's middle income jobs agenda. Since the 2018 Woolsey Fire, he has led West Basin's firescaping push to protect homes and businesses from the next fire. That blend of water, jobs, and climate readiness is exactly the builder profile NCC is here to support.
Learn More: scotthouston.org
Assembly District
66
The Race
District 66 covers the South Bay and Beach Cities of Los Angeles County, including the Palos Verdes Peninsula. The seat is open. Houston faces fellow Democrats Sara Deen, a Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School Board member, Shannon Ruiz-Ross, a member of the Los Angeles County Beach Commission, and Paul Seo, the Mayor of Rancho Palos Verdes. Republicans George Barks, a small business owner, and Jessica Maldonado, a registered nurse, are also on the ballot. The Democratic field is crowded and the race is wide open.
A New California Starts With This Slate
Together, these fourteen candidates are the slate NCC believes can move California forward in 2026. They come from cities and counties up and down the state, from different backgrounds and different parties, and from different chapters of California's story. What they share is a commitment to getting things done: finding solutions to homelessness, building the housing, securing the water and energy, and growing the middle class jobs that working Californians need now. NCC stands behind each of them, and we are asking voters in their districts to join us. The California Dream is worth fighting for, and these are the leaders who will help us bring it back within reach.
June 2026 NCC Races: the map highlights Senate Districts 12, 14, 22, 26, and 34, and Assembly Districts 12, 31, 34, 35, 47, 65, 66, 67, and 68