District 49 — U.S. House of Representatives

Before being elected to Congress in November 2018, Mike Levin has been involved in a variety of local, state and federal political campaigns and community organizations for the last two decades.

Mike was raised in South Orange County, where he attended public elementary and junior high schools. Mike spent his high school years in Los Angeles at Loyola High and then went to Stanford University, where he was honored to serve as student body president. After college, Mike served in the Coro Fellows Program and then attended Duke University School of Law. After law school, he served as Executive Director of the Democratic Party of Orange County and has worked as an attorney focused on environmental and energy regulatory compliance and government affairs.

Mike is a passionate believer in clean energy and has over a decade of experience in the industry, helping to accelerate the transition towards more sustainable power generation and transportation options. Mike has served for several years on the board of the Center for Sustainable Energy, based in San Diego, and co-founded Sustain OC in Orange County. For his work in clean energy, Mike was named to the OC METRO 40 under 40.

Mike lives in San Juan Capistrano with his wife, Chrissy, a graduate of the University of Arizona and Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and their two children, ages 7 and 5.

I believe that spending as much time as possible in communities and neighborhoods across the district gives me the opportunity to hear directly from my constituents, so I can better represent them in Washington. 

During my first term, I have:

• Co-sponsored over 356 bills, resolutions, or amendments, more than half of which are bipartisan.

• Introduced 19 bipartisan bills to support our veterans and their families. Four of these bills have been signed into law, and an additional nine bills have passed in the House.

• Held a Town Hall every month, and I have pledged to continue to hold a monthly Town Hall for as long as I serve in office.

• Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, I have held over 40 virtual Town Hall meetings with public health experts from UC San Diego and elsewhere to address questions and concerns from constituents.

• I've held over 235 House Parties in neighborhoods across the district since announcing my candidacy in 2017, including an ongoing series of virtual House Parties to prioritize public safety during the COVID-19 pandemic.

• I'm deeply concerned by the recent attacks against the United States Postal Service threatening the ability of Americans to safely vote during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the jobs of nearly 100,000 veterans the USPS currently employs.

• Earlier this year, I led a letter signed by 137 members of the House of Representatives advocating for $25 billion in crucial funding for the USPS. 

• I have also co-sponsored several pieces of legislation, including the Delivering for America Act and the Protect Our Post Offices Act, to protect the USPS as we approach a Presidential Election while facing a pandemic, when a historic number of Americans will be voting by mail.

• I was proud to co-sponsor the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, to work towards ending racial profiling, banning chokeholds and no-knock warrants, requiring uniformed police officers to wear body cameras, investing in crucial community-based programs to change the culture of law enforcement, improving accountability, and fostering trust and integrity through the implementation of new training programs for public safety officers.

I've played a leadership role to secure funding for many of our priorities in the 49th District, including:

• $41.7 billion for the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

• $8.28 billion for the National Science Foundation (NSF).

• $495 million for the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

• $425 million for election security.

• $300 million targeted to clean up the horrific water pollution in the Tijuana River Valley.

• $222 million for veterans suicide prevention.

• $146 million in funding for Camp Pendleton in 2019, including $71.7 million for a new mess hall and warehouse, $17.7 million for an ambulatory care center and dental clinic replacement, and $38.87 million for the I Marine Expeditionary Force consolidated information center.

• An additional $105 million in funding for Camp Pendleton as a part of the NDAA for fiscal year 2020.

• $57 million to support research programs to better inform management of water in California, including research programs at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

• $25 million for federal research at the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) into our nation’s gun violence epidemic.

• $8.3 million for the Doheny Ocean Desalination Project and $2.6 million for the Oceanside Mission Basin Groundwater Purification Facility Well Expansion and Brine Minimization.

• $2.65 million for Oceanside Harbor dredging.

• Through my advocacy, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has allocated $400,000 in federal funding for the Planning, Engineering & Design (PED) phase of the Encinitas-Solana Beach Coastal Storm Damage Reduction Project to stabilize the bluffs and keep our coastal community safe. $505,000 will also be allocated for the PED phase of the San Clemente Shoreline Project in Orange County.

Brian is a conservative businessman, elected leader and father who is running for Congress to restore common-sense representation to the 49th Congressional district. As a local elected official and former executive, Brian has proven he can work with anyone who has good ideas – he will bring that exact same approach to Congress.

Brian is a Certified Financial Planner – he spent the majority of his career helping hundreds of individuals and families save for a rainy day, send their kids to college, retire with dignity and invest in their future. He steadily grew his planning business and was eventually promoted to Senior Vice President of his company where he helped manage hundreds of employees and billions in client assets.

As our national debt continues to grow, Brian’s financial background and commitment to sound growth and fiscal stewardship is needed in Congress now more than ever.

Brian learned about hard work and responsibility at an early age. He shoveled dog waste as a kennel attendant at 15, worked as a dishwasher and busboy in a restaurant chain – became a cook, server and ultimately an assistant manager while he worked full time to pay his way through college. He even did a stint on an overnight janitorial crew to keep his student loans to a manageable level.

Brian and his wife Michele have been living their version of the American Dream in southern California for over 25 years. They live in San Juan Capistrano with their three wonderful children.