A quick look at California legislator responses to the passing of Prince on Twitter, sorted by the age of each member when the Purple Rain album was released. Former Assemblyman Steven Bradford noted “As one who grew up playing and enjoying music, I can assure u there was none better than Prince. A true musical genius. RIP”
* NOTE: Includes only posts on Twitter. These responses are as of 10:30 PM on April 21st.
| Legislator | Age (years) When “Purple Rain” Album Released | Twitter Response to Prince’s Passing |
| Ridley-Thomas, Sebastian | -3.1 | [Retweeted an LA Times article] |
| Calderon, Ian | -1.3 | “Saddened to hear of the passing of Prince. He was one of my moms favorites. Truly a huge loss.” |
| Low, Evan | 1.0 | |
| Mathis, Devon | 1.8 | |
| Gallagher, James | 3.3 | |
| Dababneh, Matt | 3.3 | |
| Garcia, Cristina | 4.8 | |
| McGuire, Mike | 5.0 | |
| Linder, Eric | 5.7 | |
| Allen, Ben | 6.3 | |
| Gray, Adam | 6.8 | |
| Mayes, Chad | 7.2 | |
| Salas, Rudy | 7.3 | |
| Garcia, Eduardo | 7.4 | |
| Chang, Ling-Ling | 7.9 | “RIP Prince.” |
| Nguyen, Janet | 8.1 | |
| Hernandez, Roger | 8.9 | |
| Gomez, Jimmy | 9.6 | |
| Lara, Ricardo | 9.6 | |
| Gatto, Mike | 9.7 | |
| Williams, Das | 10.0 | |
| Harper, Matthew | 10.0 | |
| Levine, Marc | 10.2 | |
| Alejo, Luis | 10.2 | |
| Olsen, Kristin | 10.4 | |
| Burke, Autumn | 10.6 | |
| Allen, Travis | 10.8 | |
| Nazarian, Adrin | 11.3 | |
| Santiago, Miguel | 11.3 | |
| Bonta, Rob | 11.8 | |
| McCarty, Kevin | 12.5 | |
| Hall, Isadore | 12.5 | “Heaven is now home to more royalty. RIP #Prince” |
| Gonzalez, Lorena | 12.8 | “About 18 years ago, I left @TierraGonzalez w/ a babysitter for the first time so I could watch Prince perform live. It was worth the guilt.” |
| Baker, Catharine | 13.1 | |
| Mendoza, Tony | 13.2 | |
| Obernolte, Jay | 13.9 | |
| Mullin, Kevin | 14.0 | [Posted a photo of the Purple Rain album cover] |
| Steinorth, Marc | 14.1 | |
| Chiu, David | 14.2 | |
| Hueso, Ben | 14.8 | |
| Maienschein, Brian | 15.1 | |
| Cannella, Anthony | 15.3 | |
| Melendez, Melissa | 15.4 | |
| Ting, Phil | 15.4 | “Shocked. Can’t believe Prince has passed. Thanks for all the music and memories. Life would be so boring without you.” |
| Thurmond, Tony | 15.8 | |
| Jones, Brian | 15.9 | |
| Rendon, Anthony | 16.3 | |
| Lopez, Patty | 16.4 | |
| Leyva, Connie | 17.4 | |
| De León, Kevin | 17.5 | |
| Brough, William | 17.7 | |
| Gipson, Mike | 18.0 | |
| O’Donnell, Patrick | 18.3 | “Sadden to learn of the passing of legendary artist #Prince, a unique & talented soul taken from us far too early!” |
| Vidak, Andy | 18.6 | |
| Pan, Richard | 18.7 | |
| Dahle, Brian D. | 18.8 | |
| Rodriguez, Freddie | 18.8 | |
| Campos, Nora | 19.0 | |
| Grove, Shannon | 19.3 | |
| Hadley, David | 19.6 | |
| Mitchell, Holly J. | 19.8 | |
| Galgiani, Cathleen | 20.5 | |
| Cooper, Jim | 20.5 | |
| Kim, Young | 21.7 | |
| Atkins, Toni G. | 21.9 | |
| Irwin, Jacqui | 22.5 | |
| Eggman, Susan T. | 23.3 | “I saw #Prince in the 80’s in DC, he emerged from above on a big purple bed. Memorable performance. Incredibly talented individual #RIPPrince” |
| Wagner, Don | 23.5 | |
| Holden, Chris | 23.9 | |
| Bonilla, Susan | 24.0 | |
| Wood, Jim | 24.2 | |
| Waldron, Marie | 24.2 | |
| Anderson, Joel | 24.4 | |
| Gaines, Beth B. | 24.8 | |
| Frazier, Jim | 25.1 | |
| Wilk, Scott | 25.3 | |
| Lackey, Tom | 25.3 | |
| Gaines, Ted | 26.2 | |
| Hernandez, Ed | 26.7 | |
| Chau, Edwin | 26.8 | |
| Glazer, Steve | 26.9 | |
| Stone, Mark W. | 27.0 | |
| Jones-Sawyer Jr., Reginald Byron | 27.5 | |
| Dodd, Bill | 28.0 | |
| Stone, Jeff | 28.4 | |
| Moorlach, John M. W. | 28.5 | |
| Wieckowski, Bob | 29.4 | |
| Hertzberg, Robert M. | 29.6 | |
| Daly, Tom | 29.9 | |
| Bigelow, Frank | 29.9 | |
| Runner, Sharon | 30.1 | |
| Huff, Bob | 30.8 | |
| Berryhill, Tom | 30.8 | |
| Bloom, Richard | 31.0 | |
| Medina, Jose J. | 31.2 | |
| Cooley, Ken | 31.3 | |
| Beall, Jim | 31.5 | |
| Chu, Kansen | 31.7 | |
| Morrell, Mike | 31.7 | |
| Leno, Mark | 32.7 | |
| Achadjian, Katcho | 33.1 | |
| Chavez, Rocky | 33.1 | |
| Monning, Bill | 33.2 | |
| Roth, Richard | 33.6 | |
| Block, Marty | 34.0 | |
| Jackson, Hannah-Beth | 34.1 | |
| Fuller, Jean | 34.2 | |
| Pavley, Fran | 35.6 | |
| Weber, Shirley N. | 35.8 | |
| Gordon, Rich | 36.0 | |
| Patterson, Jim | 36.4 | |
| Hill, Jerry | 37.2 | |
| Quirk, Bill | 37.8 | |
| Wolk, Lois | 38.1 | |
| Nielsen, Jim | 39.9 | |
| Brown, Cheryl R. | 40.4 | |
| Liu, Carol | 42.8 | |
| Hancock, Loni | 44.2 | |
| Bates, Patricia | 44.5 |
