California State Assemblyman Alex Lee speaks in the Assembly chambers in Sacramento, Calif., in this undated photo. Lee represents California’s 25th Assembly District, which includes the Alameda County communities of Fremont and Newark, and the Santa Clara Communities of Milpitas, San Jose, and Santa Clara. (Photo courtesy of the Assembly Democratic Office of Communications and Outreach)

When he isn’t in Sacramento, Assemblyman Alex Lee still lives with his mom in North San Jose, something he said he refuses to be ashamed of.

“There are people that … like to make fun of me about but I’m like ‘look, this is the reality of probably your kids too’,” Lee, 25, said in a recent phone interview.

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Eli covers public health, transportation and state politics for the Bay City News Foundation, serves as the main editor of the Public Health and COVID-19 Information Hub and assists with Local News Matters' social media strategy. He has also previously covered local politics in San Diego County as well as college and professional sports across the Bay Area.