As the state Assault Under Extreme Emotional Disturbance statute requires the intentional infliction of injury, it is categorically a predicate violent crime.
http://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/18a0130p-06.pdf
Since 2011. An occasional commonplacing of the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal.
Neither an authoritative statement of the law nor legal advice. Quick work.