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Deborah Klein Lopez

Assembly Member, State Assembly

Running in 2026: State Assembly Member District 42 (June 2) “Councilmember/Environmental Advocate” · State Assembly Member District 42 (November 3) “City Councilmember”

Form 700 statements

StatementFiledWhat it lists
2026 Candidate
Assembly Member, State Assembly
2026-03-021 investments, 2 income, 2 gifts

Findings

Context Campaign money · the statement

1 source on this statement also gave to their campaign

Listed here and among the campaign's contributors in Cal-Access: The Walt Disney Company ($2,000).

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: The Walt Disney Company p.3

Rule: Campaign donors also on the statement

How this rule works

Campaign money: State Assembly Member District 42

$1,314,440itemized, 1,278 contributions
$0from the candidate (incl. loans)

Plus $248,679 in 53 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).

California Democratic Party $124,579 2026-10-08 · California Real Estate Political Action Committee (CREPAC) - California Association of Realtors $11,800 2026-09-28 · California Nurses Association Political Action Committee (CNA-PAC) $9,300 2026-10-02 · Buffy Wicks for Assembly 2026 $5,900 2026-10-07 · California State Council of Laborers PAC $5,900 2026-10-07 · Californians for Responsible Artificial Intelligence, Sponsored by Encode Ai Corporation $5,900 2026-09-23 · KTBS Law LLP $5,900 2026-09-23 · PACHULSKI, STANG, ZIEHL & JONES LLP $5,900 2026-09-23 · Patty Quillin $5,900 2026-09-29 · Service Employees International Union Local 99 Candidate PAC $5,900 2026-09-28

Where their outside money comes from

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

Plus $300 of their own money and from their earlier campaigns' committees. Compare with all state candidates →

How it was spent: $594,319

Consultants$199,500
Literature and mailings$173,763
Other (described)$113,708
Staff salaries$26,324
Office expenses$24,665
Legal and accounting$19,000
Filing and ballot fees$16,276
Returned contributions$6,100
Campaign paraphernalia, misc.$5,454
Internet and email$4,250

Largest payees: NM Marketing $112,676 Literature and mailings · deM Consulting Inc $82,500 Consultants · Barkan Strategies $80,238 Consultants · Yosemite Consulting $60,000 Other (described) · Paychex $54,367 Staff salaries · The House of Printing $35,716 Literature and mailings · Bertolina & Barnato, Inc. $32,686 Consultants · C&I Consulting $25,383 Legal and accounting

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
California Democratic Party
Sacramento
Committee$131,241.58
Association of California School Administrators Political Action Committee
Sacramento
Small contributor cmte$23,600
California Teachers Association/Association For Better Citizenship
Burlingame
Small contributor cmte$23,600
SEIU California State Council Small Contributor Committee
Sacramento
Small contributor cmte$23,600
American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees - CA People (AFSCME CA People) Small Contributor Committee
Sacramento
Small contributor cmte$17,700
United Domestic Workers of America Action Fund
Sacramento
Small contributor cmte$17,700
California Federation of Teachers COPE
Sacramento
Small contributor cmte$16,800
Faculty for our University's Future
Sacramento
Small contributor cmte$15,000
California Nurses Association Political Action Committee (CNA-PAC)
Sacramento
Small contributor cmte$14,300
Professional Engineers in California Government PAC
Sacramento
Small contributor cmte$13,300
Beth Burnam
Retired · Retired · Santa Monica
Person$11,800
CALPAC - California Medical Association PAC
Sacramento
Committee$11,800
California Dental Association Political Action Committee (CDA PAC)
Sacramento
Committee$11,800
California Jewish PAC
Los Angeles
RCP$11,800
California New Car Dealers Association PAC
Sacramento
Committee$11,800

Committees: Deborah Klein Lopez for Assembly 2026. From the Secretary of State's Cal-Access export; reports covering 2025–2026.

Outside spending for and against them

$2,828spent supporting them
$0spent opposing them
SpenderAmount
Democratic Club of the Conejo Valley
primary · latest report
for$2,828

Independent expenditures reported within 24 hours (Form 496), from 2025. The candidate doesn't control them.

Their donors also gave to

Their largest donors who also funded other 2026 state candidates.

DonorTo themCandidates fundedBy party
California Democratic Party
Party committee · Sacramento
$131,24237
SEIU California State Council Small Contributor Committee
Labor union · Sacramento
$23,60042
California Teachers Association/Association for Better Citizenship
Labor union · Burlingame
$23,60043
Association of California School Administrators PAC
Group or PAC · Sacramento
$23,60035
United Domestic Workers of America Action Fund
Labor union · Sacramento
$17,70052
American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees - CA People (AFSCME CA People) Small Contributor Committee
Labor union · Sacramento
$17,70039
California Federation of Teachers COPE
Labor union · Sacramento
$16,80052
Faculty for our University's Future
Labor union · Sacramento
$15,0006
California Nurses Association Political Action Committee (CNA-PAC)
Labor union · Sacramento
$14,30033
Professional Engineers in California Government PAC
Labor union · Sacramento
$13,30021
Beth Burnam
Not Employed, Not Employed · Santa Monica
$11,8003
California State Council of Laborers PAC
Labor union · Sacramento
$11,80048
California Jewish PAC
Group or PAC · Los Angeles
$11,80017
SEIU Local 2015 State PAC
Labor union · Los Angeles
$11,80019
Jesse Gabriel for Assembly 2026
Candidate or officeholder committee · Los Angeles
$11,8008