GROWING UP ADRIN

Adrin Nazarian (He/Him/His), was born in 1973, and in 1981, at the age of 8, the chaos of political revolution and war with neighboring Iraq would force Adrin and members of his family to flee Iran and immigrate to the United States. For years, Adrin’s family remained separated across the globe until they were finally reunited and made a life in the San Fernando Valley.

Growing up, Adrin did well academically and worked part-time in local Valley banks to pay his way through school attending Pierce College, California State University, Northridge (CSUN), and in 1996 Adrin earned a degree in Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

ENTERING PUBLIC SERVICE

As Adrin attended school, he became civically active, interning in the office of former Congressman Howard Berman and volunteered on a number of non-profit organizations focused on youth and civic engagement. Adrin was a founding board member of Generation Next which sought to mentor and support the personal and professional development of young people facing poverty and other life challenges. 

Adrin was accepted into the prestigious CORO Fellowship Program and went onto work in the offices of elected officials including Congressman Brad Sherman, Governor Gray Davis and Los Angeles City Councilmember Tom Labonge before becoming Chief of Staff to then Assistant Majority Leader of the California State Assembly, Paul Krekorian.

SERVICE IN THE CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY

After being heavily outspent and winning an underdog campaign, Adrin Nazarian was elected to the California State Assembly in November 2012. Assemblymember Nazarian would serve in the Assembly for a decade until 2022, representing California’s 46th Assembly District, which included the Hollywood Hills, Lake Balboa, North Hills, North Hollywood, Panorama City, Sherman Oaks, Studio City, Toluca Lake, Valley Glen, Universal City, Van Nuys, and Valley Village. 

Assemblymember Nazarian passed over 70 bills into law and worked to secure hundreds of millions of dollars in state investment in his district. Some of Assemblymember Nazarian’s most notable legislative accomplishments include: streamlining access to senior services, passing new tenant protections, preserving affordable housing, expanding mass transit access in the Valley, enhancing medical disclosure requirements made by doctors, and the creation of the largest college savings program in the United States.