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Chirag Kathrani

Assembly Member, State Assembly

Running in 2026: State Assembly Member District 16 (June 2) “Civic Technology Entrepreneur”

Form 700 statements

StatementFiledWhat it lists
2026 Candidate
Assembly Member, State Assembly		2026-03-063 businesses & trusts, 1 real property, 1 income

Findings

Context Campaign money · the statement

Put $69,000 of their own into the State Assembly Member District 16 campaign (90% of its money)

Itemized money to KATHRANI FOR STATE ASSEMBLY 2026; CHIRAG through Cal-Access reports in 2025-2026: $55,701 in contributions, of which $48,000 from the candidate, plus $21,000 in loans from the candidate.

What to check
  • Context, not a problem: candidates may fund their own campaigns.
  • Loans can be repaid from later contributions (Cal-Access Schedule B).
Rule: Candidate's own money in the campaign

How this rule works

Context Campaign money · the statement

2 sources on this statement also gave to their campaign

Listed here and among the campaign's contributors in Cal-Access: Enterprise Mobility Inc ($5,000), Enterprise Mobility Inc ($5,000).

What to check
  • Context: a donor who is also an employer, client or gift-giver is public on both records.
  • Whether the official later acted on matters involving them (votes, contracts, recusals).

Income: Enterprise Mobility Inc p.6Businesses & trusts: Enterprise Mobility Inc p.2

Rule: Campaign donors also on the statement

How this rule works

Campaign money: State Assembly Member District 16

$55,701itemized, 12 contributions
$69,000from the candidate (incl. loans)
Where their outside money comes from

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

Plus $48,000 of their own money and from their earlier campaigns' committees. Compare with all state candidates →

How it was spent: $54,768

Phone banks$19,433
Internet and email$9,158
Consultants$7,553
Other (described)$7,144
Filing and ballot fees$5,148
Staff salaries$2,736
Literature and mailings$2,698
Meetings and appearances$436
Office expenses$305
Print ads$149

Largest payees: Twillio Inc. $18,578 Phone banks · Good Party LLC $7,553 Consultants · VCN Contra Costa $4,586 Other (described) · Lead 4 earth $4,000 Internet and email · Alameda County Registrar of Voters $3,830 Filing and ballot fees · Twilio SendGrid $3,706 Internet and email · Mailchimp $2,500 Internet and email · Naomi Heinen $1,855 Staff salaries

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
Chirag Kathrani
Entrepreneur · Enterprise Mobility · San Ramon		Person$48,000
Enterprise Mobility Inc.
Newark		Business/other$5,000
Prathamesh Hol
Software Engineer · Enterprise Mobility · Irving		Person$2,000
Kismat Kathrani
Entrepreneur · Info way Solutions · San Ramon		Person$500
Umang Kathrani
Realtor · NA · San Ramon		Person$201

Committees: KATHRANI FOR STATE ASSEMBLY 2026; CHIRAG. From the Secretary of State's Cal-Access export; reports covering 2025–2026.