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Ash Kalra

Assembly Member, State Assembly

Running in 2026: State Assembly Member District 25 (June 2) “Incumbent” · State Assembly Member District 25 (November 3) “State Assemblymember”

In the Legislature

Assembly District 25 D · 4,006 floor votes this session, 4% not voting

Committees they vote in: Judiciary · Natural Resources · Housing and Community Development · Utilities and Energy · Labor and Employment · Higher Education

Bills they lead: 70 (35 became law) — AB 1071, AB 1258, AB 1362, AB 1650, AB 1658, AB 1697, AB 1818, AB 1932, AB 1999, AB 2017, AB 2042, AB 2263 …

Bills their donors lobbied on

Bills they voted on (latest floor vote) that were lobbied by employers that gave to their campaign, reported spending on them, or paid at their request: the largest first. A lobbying report names the bill, not the side the employer took.

BillTheir voteEmployers that lobbied on it, and what they gave
AB 221
Tribal Nation Grant Fund.
Aye
2025-09-08
Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($8,000 campaign); HABEMATOLEL POMO OF UPPER LAKE ($5,900 campaign); Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation ($2,500 campaign); BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($2,500 campaign) and 2 more
AB 831
Gambling: operation of a contest or sweepstakes.
Aye
2025-09-12
Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($8,000 campaign); HABEMATOLEL POMO OF UPPER LAKE ($5,900 campaign); BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($2,500 campaign); AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA INDIANS ($2,000 campaign) and 1 more
AB 52
Farmer equity: advisory committees.
Aye
2026-01-26
Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($8,000 campaign); HABEMATOLEL POMO OF UPPER LAKE ($5,900 campaign); BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($2,500 campaign); AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA INDIANS ($2,000 campaign) and 1 more
AB 1018
Automated decision systems.
Aye
2025-06-02
Meta Platforms, Inc. ($10,000 behested); HABEMATOLEL POMO OF UPPER LAKE ($5,900 campaign); AIRBNB, INC. ($4,000 campaign)
AB 1004
Tribal financial information: public records: exemption.
Aye
2025-09-04
Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($8,000 campaign); HABEMATOLEL POMO OF UPPER LAKE ($5,900 campaign); AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA INDIANS ($2,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($2,000 campaign)
AB 1378
Child welfare services: prevention services: Indian tribes.
Aye
2025-09-10
Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($8,000 campaign); HABEMATOLEL POMO OF UPPER LAKE ($5,900 campaign); AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA INDIANS ($2,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($2,000 campaign)
AB 1485
Property tax: documentary transfer tax: exemptions: Native American tribes.
Aye
2026-01-29
Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($8,000 campaign); HABEMATOLEL POMO OF UPPER LAKE ($5,900 campaign); AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA INDIANS ($2,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($2,000 campaign)
AB 1369
Pupil rights: school graduation ceremonies and related events: adornments.
Aye
2025-09-04
Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($8,000 campaign); HABEMATOLEL POMO OF UPPER LAKE ($5,900 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($2,000 campaign)
AB 31
Peace officers: tribal police.
Aye
2026-08-25
Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($8,000 campaign); HABEMATOLEL POMO OF UPPER LAKE ($5,900 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($2,000 campaign)
AB 977
California Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 2001: California State University: burial sites: human remains.
Aye
2025-09-02
Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($8,000 campaign); HABEMATOLEL POMO OF UPPER LAKE ($5,900 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($2,000 campaign)
AB 1776
Cartwright Act: violations.
Aye
2026-08-30
Meta Platforms, Inc. ($10,000 behested); CONSUMER ATTORNEYS OF CALIFORNIA ($5,000 behested); California Environmental Voters ($384 gifts)
AB 56
Social media: warning labels.
Aye
2025-09-12
Meta Platforms, Inc. ($10,000 behested); CONSUMER ATTORNEYS OF CALIFORNIA ($5,000 behested)
AB 621
Deepfake pornography.
Aye
2025-09-10
Meta Platforms, Inc. ($10,000 behested); CONSUMER ATTORNEYS OF CALIFORNIA ($5,000 behested)
AB 2023
Companion chatbots: children’s safety.
Aye
2026-05-26
Meta Platforms, Inc. ($10,000 behested); CONSUMER ATTORNEYS OF CALIFORNIA ($5,000 behested)
SB 690
Crimes: invasion of privacy.
Aye
2026-08-28
Meta Platforms, Inc. ($10,000 behested); CONSUMER ATTORNEYS OF CALIFORNIA ($5,000 behested)
SB 813
Independent verification organizations.
Aye
2026-08-30
Meta Platforms, Inc. ($10,000 behested); CONSUMER ATTORNEYS OF CALIFORNIA ($5,000 behested)
SB 1369
Recall petitions.
Aye
2026-08-30
Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($8,000 campaign); CONSUMER ATTORNEYS OF CALIFORNIA ($5,000 behested); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($2,000 campaign)
SB 1119
Companion chatbots: children’s safety.
Aye
2026-08-31
Meta Platforms, Inc. ($10,000 behested); CONSUMER ATTORNEYS OF CALIFORNIA ($5,000 behested)
AB 130
Housing.
Aye
2025-06-30
Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($8,000 campaign); BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($2,500 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($2,000 campaign)
ACR 39
Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Awareness Month.
Aye
2025-05-08
Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($8,000 campaign); Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation ($2,500 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($2,000 campaign)
SB 864
Tribal gaming: compact ratification.
Aye
2025-09-09
Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($8,000 campaign); Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation ($2,500 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($2,000 campaign)
SB 1105
Law enforcement.
Aye
2026-08-25
Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($8,000 campaign); Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation ($2,500 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($2,000 campaign)
AB 2173
Tribal gaming: compact ratification.
Aye
2026-08-27
Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($8,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($2,000 campaign); AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA INDIANS ($2,000 campaign)
AB 1641
Postsecondary education: segments: tribal colleges and universities.
Aye
2026-08-27
Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($8,000 campaign); AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA INDIANS ($2,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($2,000 campaign)
AB 1574
The Tribal Foster Care Prevention Program.
Aye
2026-05-21
Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($8,000 campaign); AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA INDIANS ($2,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($2,000 campaign)
AB 609
California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: housing development projects.
Aye
2025-05-19
Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($8,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($2,000 campaign); California Environmental Voters ($384 gifts)
SB 222
Residential heat pump water heater or heat pump HVAC systems.
Aye
2026-08-24
Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($8,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($2,000 campaign); California Environmental Voters ($384 gifts)
AB 379
Crimes: prostitution.
Aye
2025-05-15
Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($8,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($2,000 campaign); EQUALITY CALIFORNIA ($146 gifts)
AB 131
Public Resources.
Aye
2025-03-20
Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($8,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($2,000 campaign)
AB 1393
California Gambling Control Commission.
Aye
2025-04-10
Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($8,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($2,000 campaign)

Form 700 statements

StatementFiledWhat it lists
2025 Annual
Assembly Member, State Assembly
2026-03-0225 gifts, 3 travel
2024 Annual
Assembly Member, State Assembly
2025-03-0317 gifts, 2 travel

Findings

Worth a look Lobbying · the statement

Lobbying reports name $62.68 in gifts to them in 2025 from 1 source this statement doesn't list

Lobbyist employers' reports to the Secretary of State (Cal-Access) list activity expenses that benefited them in 2025, $50 or more from each of these sources, none named among the statement's gifts or travel: EQUALITY CALIFORNIA $62.68 (food / beverages).

What to check
  • Whether they attended or accepted it: the report is the lobbyist employer's account.
  • What Schedule D doesn't require (Form 700 instructions): gifts returned within 30 days; free admission and food at an event where they made a speech, from its organizer; up to two tickets to a campaign or 501(c)(3) fundraiser from the organization holding it; informational material; plaques worth less than $250.
  • Whether it's on the statement under another name.
  • That the report's beneficiary is this person (matched by name and office).
EQUALITY CALIFORNIA $62.68
Rule: Lobbying gifts not on the statement
“A gift is reportable if its fair market value is $50 or more. In addition, multiple gifts totaling $50 or more received during the reporting period from a single source must be reported.”Form 700 (2025/2026), Instructions – Schedule D ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works

Worth a look Lobbying · the statement

Lobbying reports name $231.77 in gifts to them in 2024 from 2 sources this statement doesn't list

Lobbyist employers' reports to the Secretary of State (Cal-Access) list activity expenses that benefited them in 2024, $50 or more from each of these sources, none named among the statement's gifts or travel: California Environmental Voters $148.87 (meal, meal for staff member); EQUALITY CALIFORNIA $82.90 (food / beverages).

What to check
  • Whether they attended or accepted it: the report is the lobbyist employer's account.
  • What Schedule D doesn't require (Form 700 instructions): gifts returned within 30 days; free admission and food at an event where they made a speech, from its organizer; up to two tickets to a campaign or 501(c)(3) fundraiser from the organization holding it; informational material; plaques worth less than $250.
  • Whether it's on the statement under another name.
  • That the report's beneficiary is this person (matched by name and office).
California Environmental Voters $148.87
EQUALITY CALIFORNIA $82.90
Rule: Lobbying gifts not on the statement
“A gift is reportable if its fair market value is $50 or more. In addition, multiple gifts totaling $50 or more received during the reporting period from a single source must be reported.”Form 700 (2025/2026), Instructions – Schedule D ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works

Context Behested payments

Of $246,192 paid at their request since 2024: 3 sources ($86,114) are registered lobbyist employers

Payments made at their request (Form 803) from sources that also appear in Cal-Access: Olson Remcho, LLP ($71,114 to Amicus Brief in State Public Defender v. Bonta; lobbyist employer); META Platforms, Inc. ($10,000 to Sacred Heart Community Service; lobbyist employer); Consumer Attorneys of California ($5,000 to River Cats Foundation, Inc.; lobbyist employer).

What to check
  • Context: behested payments are legal and public; this puts two public records side by side.
  • Whether the official later acted on matters involving these sources.
  • The full Form 803 reports (available from the FPPC on request).
Rule: Behested payments from donors or lobbyist employers
“Unlike gifts and contributions, there are no limits on the amount of payments an official may behest.”FPPC, Reporting Behested Payments – Form 803 ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works

Context Lobbying

14 of their donors and benefactors lobbied on 219 bills they voted on

Employers that lobbied on bills they voted on (as their lobbying reports name the bills) and that gave $30,400 to their campaign, $530 in gifts reported by lobbying interests, $15,000 in payments at their request. Largest: Meta Platforms, Inc. ($10,000); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($8,000); HABEMATOLEL POMO OF UPPER LAKE ($5,900); CONSUMER ATTORNEYS OF CALIFORNIA ($5,000); AIRBNB, INC. ($4,000). They voted aye on 207 of the 219.

What to check
  • Context: lobbying a bill and funding a member are both legal and public.
  • A report names the bills an employer lobbied on, not which side it took: read the bill and the employer's position before drawing anything from a vote.
  • The bills on their page, sorted by how much these interests gave.
Rule: Bills their donors lobbied on

How this rule works

Behested payments

What Ash Kalra reported others paying at their request (FPPC Form 803) since 2024: $246,192 in 11 payments to 6 recipients. Officials report a source that pays $5,000 or more in a year; there is no limit.

Largest recipients: Amicus brief in 913648/2001 - Racial Justice Act $125,970 · Amicus Brief in State Public Defender v. Bonta $71,114 · East San Jose Futbol Club $24,268 · Sacred Heart Community Service $10,000 · California Department of Transportation $9,840

Paid byTo, forAmount
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
San Francisco
Amicus brief in 913648/2001 - Racial Justice Act · Amicus brief relating to the Racial Justice Act
Governmental · 2025-09-30
$39,330
Olson Remcho, LLP
Oakland · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor
Amicus Brief in State Public Defender v. Bonta · Amicus brief in Office of the State Public Defender v. Bonta (Case No. S284496)
Governmental · 2024-03-22
$39,056
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
San Francisco
Amicus brief in 913648/2001 - Racial Justice Act · Amicus brief relating to the Racial Justice Act
Governmental · 2025-08-06
$33,923
Olson Remcho, LLP
Oakland · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor
Amicus Brief in State Public Defender v. Bonta · Amicus brief in Office of the State Public Defender v. Bonta (Case No. S284496)
Governmental · 2024-04-30
$32,058
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
San Francisco
Amicus brief in 913648/2001 - Racial Justice Act · Amicus brief relating to the Racial Justice Act
Governmental · 2025-08-19
$28,474
River Cats Foundation, Inc.
Sacramento
East San Jose Futbol Club · Legislative All-Star Game proceeds
Charitable · 2025-12-19
$24,268
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
San Francisco
Amicus brief in 913648/2001 - Racial Justice Act · Amicus brief relating to the Racial Justice Act
Governmental · 2025-08-31
$24,243
Asian & Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus Foundation
Sacramento
California Department of Transportation · Little Saigon Freeway designation signage (ACR 71)
Governmental · 2026-09-21
$9,840
Consumer Attorneys of California
Sacramento · registered lobbyist employer
River Cats Foundation, Inc. · Bi-Partisan Legislative All-Star Game
Charitable · 2025-08-06
$5,000
META Platforms, Inc.
Menlo Park · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor
Sacred Heart Community Service · Holiday charity drive distributing food, warm clothing, toys, etc.
Charitable · 2025-12-10
$5,000
META Platforms, Inc.
Menlo Park · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor
Sacred Heart Community Service · Holiday charity drive distributing food, warm clothing, toys, etc.
Charitable · 2025-12-20
$5,000

From the FPPC's Form 803 data (search and download). “Campaign donor” links to a donor who gave to two or more 2026 state candidates.

Reported by lobbying interests

What lobbyist employers, lobbyists and lobbying firms told the Secretary of State they spent on Ash Kalra since 2024: $530 across 17 items from 2 sources. Each amount is their share as the report gives it. Matched by name and office.

Reported byWhat, whenTo them
California Environmental Voters
$384 in all
Meal at California Environmental Voters · 2026-05-18 · report$15.20
Staffer Meal at California Environmental Voters · 2026-05-18 · report$15.20
Meal at Frank Fat's · 2026-04-15 · report$37.97
Meal at Frank Fat's · 2026-02-18 · report$22.27
Staffer Meal at Frank Fat's · 2026-02-18 · report$22.27
Staffer Meal at Frank Fat's · 2026-02-18 · report$22.27
Staffer Meal at Frank Fat's · 2025-05-21 · report$33.74
Meal at Frank Fat's · 2025-02-19 · report$33.24
Staffer Meal at Frank Fat's · 2025-02-19 · report$33.24
Meal at Frank Fat's · 2024-05-15 · report$33.43
Meal for Staff Member at Frank Fat's · 2024-05-15 · report$33.43
Meal at Frank Fat's · 2024-02-21 · report$30.26
Meal at Frank Fat's · 2024-01-17 · report$17.25
Meal for Staff Member at Frank Fat's · 2024-01-17 · report$17.25
Meal for Staff Member at Frank Fat's · 2024-01-17 · report$17.25
EQUALITY CALIFORNIA
$146 in all
FOOD / BEVERAGES at GOLDEN 1 CENTER · 2025-03-03 · report$62.68
FOOD / BEVERAGES at GOLDEN 1 CENTER · 2024-02-28 · report$82.90

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Campaign money: State Assembly Member District 25

$556,717itemized, 202 contributions
$0from the candidate (incl. loans)

Plus $28,972 in 7 contributions reported within 24 hours since their latest full report, which ends 2026-09-19: not yet in the totals above (they'll move into them, not be added twice, when the next full report comes in).

Cotchett, Pitre and McCarthy, LLP $5,900 2026-10-05 · Paul Matiasic $5,900 2026-09-28 · Kathryn Stebner $5,900 2026-09-25 · United Nurses Association of California/Union of Health Care Professionals (UNAC PAC) $4,500 2026-10-05 · Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians $3,000 2026-10-01 · Consumer Attorneys of California Consumer Protection Fund $2,772 2026-10-02 · California State Council of Unite Here $1,000 2026-10-06

Where their outside money comes from

IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsTribal governmentsPolitical partiesOther candidates and officeholders

Plus $150,000 of their own money and from their earlier campaigns' committees. Compare with all state candidates →

How it was spent: $645,291

Contributions to others$156,052
Transfers to their other committees$150,000
Fundraising events$65,765
Consultants$64,504
Meetings and appearances$59,610
Legal and accounting$52,173
Candidate travel and meals$38,789
Filing and ballot fees$18,275
Civic donations$17,743
Campaign paraphernalia, misc.$5,715

Largest payees: Ash Kalra for Assembly 2026 $150,000 Transfers to their other committees · Connie Sanders Emerson $93,540 Staff travel and meals · California Democratic Party $69,200 Meetings and appearances · S.E. Owens & Company $55,435 Internet and email · South Bay AFL-CIO Labor Council Committee on Political Education Sponsored by South Bay AFL-CIO Labor Council $20,000 Contributions to others · CleanSweep Campaigns $18,655 Meetings and appearances · Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters $16,598 Filing and ballot fees · Pilar Schiavo for Assembly 2026 $11,800 Contributions to others

Payments on their full reports (Form 460 Schedule E) covering 2025–2026, by the FPPC's expense codes; a consultant's payments to others (ads, mail) show under the consultant.

Top contributorsTypeTotal
Ash Kalra for Assembly 2024
Oakland
Committee$150,000
Service Employees International Union Local 1000 Candidate PAC
Sacramento
Small contributor cmte$23,600
Bay Area Legislative Leaders PAC
Sacramento
Committee$11,800
CA State Council of Service Employees
Sacramento
Small contributor cmte$11,800
California Nurses Association PAC
Sacramento
Small contributor cmte$11,800
California Real Estate Political Action Committee (CREPAC) - California Association of Realtors
Los Angeles
Small contributor cmte$11,800
California Teachers Association - Association for Better Citizenship
Burlingame
Small contributor cmte$11,800
Consumer Attorneys of California PAC
Sacramento
Committee$11,800
Northern California Carpenters Regional Council POWER PAC
Sacramento
Small contributor cmte$11,800
Patty Quillin
Homemaker · N/A · Santa Cruz
Person$11,800
Elizabeth D. Simons
Retired · N/A · Atherton
Person$11,800
State Building and Construction Trades Council of California PAC
Sacramento
Small contributor cmte$11,800
United Domestic Workers of America Action Fund
Sacramento
Small contributor cmte$11,800
California Professional Firefighters
Sacramento
Committee$11,000
Faculty for our University's Future
Sacramento
Small contributor cmte$10,400

Committees: Ash Kalra for Assembly 2026, Ash Kalra for Assembly 2020, Ash Kalra for California - Assembly 2016, Ash Kalra for Assembly 2024, Ash Kalra for Assembly 2022, Ash Kalra for California - Assembly 2018. From the Secretary of State's Cal-Access export; reports covering 2025–2026.

Their donors also gave to

Their largest donors who also funded other 2026 state candidates.

DonorTo themCandidates fundedBy party
Service Employees International Union Local 1000 Candidate PAC
Labor union · Sacramento
$23,60040
Bay Area Legislative Leaders PAC
Group or PAC · Sacramento
$11,80018
Consumer Attorneys of California PAC
Group or PAC · Sacramento
$11,80061
Patty Quillin
Homemaker, n/a · Santa Cruz
$11,80068
Elizabeth D. Simons
Retired, n/a · Atherton
$11,80050
California Teachers Association/Association for Better Citizenship
Labor union · Burlingame
$11,80043
Northern California Carpenters Regional Council POWER PAC
Labor union · Sacramento
$11,80015
State Building and Construction Trades Council of California PAC
Labor union · Sacramento
$11,80051
CA State Council of Service Employees
Labor union · Sacramento · registered lobbyist employer
$11,80012
CA Nurses Association PAC
Labor union · Sacramento
$11,8009
California Real Estate Political Action Committee (CREPAC) - California Association of Realtors
Group or PAC · Los Angeles
$11,80030
United Domestic Workers of America Action Fund
Labor union · Sacramento
$11,80052
California Professional Firefighters
Labor union · Sacramento · registered lobbyist employer
$11,0006
Faculty for our University's Future
Labor union · Sacramento
$10,4006
Consumer Attorneys of California Consumer Protection Fund
Group or PAC · Sacramento
$9,0283