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Gail Pellerin

Assembly Member, State Assembly

Running in 2026: State Assembly Member District 28 (June 2) “State Assemblymember” · State Assembly Member District 28 (November 3) “State Assemblymember”

In the Legislature

Assembly District 28 D · 4,006 floor votes this session, 3% not voting

Committees they vote in: Appropriations · Natural Resources · Business and Professions · Privacy and Consumer Protection · Elections · Education

Bills they lead: 51 (32 became law) — AB 1072, AB 1104, AB 1267, AB 1668, AB 1736, AB 1784, AB 182, AB 1853, AB 1902, AB 1919, AB 2025, AB 2107 …

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 1405
Artificial intelligence: auditors: registration.		Aye
2026-08-30		Amazon.com Services LLC ($4,000 campaign); Anthropic PBC ($3,000 campaign); ERNST & YOUNG LLP ($1,000 campaign)
AB 2023
Companion chatbots: children’s safety.		Aye
2026-05-26		Amazon.com Services LLC ($4,000 campaign); Anthropic PBC ($3,000 campaign); ERNST & YOUNG LLP ($1,000 campaign)
SB 813
Independent verification organizations.		Aye
2026-08-30		Amazon.com Services LLC ($4,000 campaign); Anthropic PBC ($3,000 campaign); ERNST & YOUNG LLP ($1,000 campaign)
SB 1119
Companion chatbots: children’s safety.		Aye
2026-08-31		Amazon.com Services LLC ($4,000 campaign); Anthropic PBC ($3,000 campaign); ERNST & YOUNG LLP ($1,000 campaign)
AB 1018
Automated decision systems.		Aye
2025-06-02		AIRBNB, INC. ($4,000 campaign); ROCKET, LLC ($1,500 campaign); AT&T Services Inc. and its Affiliates ($1,500 campaign); GENENTECH, INC., A MEMBER OF THE ROCHE GROUP ($63 gifts)
AB 1776
Cartwright Act: violations.		Aye
2026-08-30		Amazon.com Services LLC ($4,000 campaign); ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES ($2,000 campaign); California Environmental Voters ($102 gifts); GENENTECH, INC., A MEMBER OF THE ROCHE GROUP ($63 gifts)
AB 715
Educational equity: discrimination: antisemitism prevention.		Aye
2025-09-13		CALIFORNIA JEWISH PAC ($5,900 campaign); EQUALITY CALIFORNIA ($63 gifts)
SB 886
California Technology Innovation and Ratepayer Protection Act.		Aye
2026-08-31		Amazon.com Services LLC ($4,000 campaign); CALPINE CORPORATION ($1,500 campaign); California Environmental Voters ($102 gifts)
SB 1094
Prescription drugs.		Aye
2026-08-26		Amazon.com Services LLC ($4,000 campaign); Organon LLC ($1,500 campaign); GENENTECH, INC., A MEMBER OF THE ROCHE GROUP ($63 gifts)
AB 1577
Data centers: reporting.		Aye
2026-08-27		Amazon.com Services LLC ($4,000 campaign); AT&T Services Inc. and its Affiliates ($1,500 campaign)
AB 1609
Customer service chatbots.		Aye
2026-08-31		Amazon.com Services LLC ($4,000 campaign); AT&T Services Inc. and its Affiliates ($1,500 campaign)
AB 1542
Sensitive personal information.		Aye
2026-08-30		Amazon.com Services LLC ($4,000 campaign); AT&T Services Inc. and its Affiliates ($1,500 campaign)
AB 2619
Water resources: data centers.		Aye
2026-08-27		Amazon.com Services LLC ($4,000 campaign); AT&T Services Inc. and its Affiliates ($1,500 campaign)
AB 2564
Surveillance pricing.		Aye
2026-05-27		Amazon.com Services LLC ($4,000 campaign); AT&T Services Inc. and its Affiliates ($1,500 campaign)
SB 327
Public utilities: review of accounts: electrical and gas corporations: rates: political influence activities.		Aye
2026-08-27		Amazon.com Services LLC ($4,000 campaign); AT&T Services Inc. and its Affiliates ($1,500 campaign)
SB 887
California Environmental Quality Act: environmental leadership development projects: data centers: geothermal powerplant projects.		Aye
2026-08-31		Amazon.com Services LLC ($4,000 campaign); CALPINE CORPORATION ($1,500 campaign)
AB 1246
Alcoholic beverages: distilled spirits.		Aye
2025-09-13		E & J GALLO WINERY ($3,000 campaign); ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES ($2,000 campaign)
AB 1207
Climate change: market-based compliance mechanism: extension.		Aye
2025-09-13		GREEN DIAMOND RESOURCE COMPANY ($3,000 campaign); CALPINE CORPORATION ($1,500 campaign); California Environmental Voters ($102 gifts)
AB 1331
Workplace surveillance.		Aye
2026-08-31		ALASKA AIRLINES ($2,500 campaign); Granite Construction Company ($2,000 campaign)
SB 503
Health care services: artificial intelligence.		Aye
2026-08-24		Amazon.com Services LLC ($4,000 campaign); GENENTECH, INC., A MEMBER OF THE ROCHE GROUP ($63 gifts)
AB 299
Motels, hotels, and short-term lodging: disasters.		Aye
2025-09-13		AIRBNB, INC. ($4,000 campaign)
AB 322
Precise geolocation information.		Aye
2025-04-21		Amazon.com Services LLC ($4,000 campaign)
AB 446
Surveillance pricing.		Aye
2025-05-12		Amazon.com Services LLC ($4,000 campaign)
AB 412
Generative artificial intelligence: training data: copyrighted materials.		Aye
2025-05-12		Amazon.com Services LLC ($4,000 campaign)
AB 380
Price gouging.		Aye
2025-06-04		AIRBNB, INC. ($4,000 campaign)
SB 346
Local agencies: transient occupancy taxes: short-term rental facilitator.		Aye
2025-08-29		AIRBNB, INC. ($4,000 campaign)
SB 36
Price gouging: state of emergency.		Aye
2025-09-09		AIRBNB, INC. ($4,000 campaign)
AB 2076
The Parent’s Accountability and Child Protection Act: online marketplaces: nitrous oxide.		Aye
2026-08-25		Amazon.com Services LLC ($4,000 campaign)
AB 2143
Invasive species: noxious weeds: online marketplaces.		Aye
2026-08-20		Amazon.com Services LLC ($4,000 campaign)
AB 2047
Firearms: 3-dimensional printing blocking technology.		Aye
2026-08-31		Amazon.com Services LLC ($4,000 campaign)

Form 700 statements

StatementFiledWhat it lists
2025 Annual
Assembly Member, State Assembly		2026-03-0225 investments, 1 real property, 36 gifts, 7 travel
2024 Annual
Assembly Member, State Assembly		2025-03-0329 investments, 1 real property, 28 gifts, 6 travel

Findings

Worth a look Gifts · the statement

Lists $830.93 in gifts from University of California, State Government Relations in 2025; the limit from one source is $630

The statement lists 5 gift(s) from University of California, State Government Relations dated in 2025, totalling $830.93. The gift limit from a single source was $630 for 2025 (Government Code 89503). The filer's comment on that page: “Check sent to University of California, State Government Relations for $200.93.”.

What to check
  • Whether part of it was returned, or paid back, in time to not count (the filer's comments often say).
  • Whether the gifts are from one source (a couple is two sources) or are of a kind the limit doesn't cover (family, wedding gifts and the like).
  • The FPPC's gift fact sheet and Regulation 18940.2 for the exceptions.

Gifts: University of California, State Government Relations $252 2025-01-14 p.9Gifts: University of California, State Government Relations $130 2025-02-18 p.9Gifts: University of California, State Government Relations $107 2025-03-24 p.9Gifts: University of California, State Government Relations $209 2025-06-17 p.9Gifts: University of California, State Government Relations $133 2025-08-25 p.9

Rule: Gifts from one source over the yearly limit
“The gift limit increased to $630 for calendar years 2025 and 2026. The gift limit in calendar year 2024 was $590.”Form 700 (2025/2026), What's New ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works

Context Lobbying

30 of their donors and benefactors lobbied on 267 bills they voted on

Employers that lobbied on bills they voted on (as their lobbying reports name the bills) and that gave $55,225 to their campaign, $266 in gifts reported by lobbying interests. Largest: CALIFORNIA JEWISH PAC ($5,900); AIRBNB, INC. ($4,000); Amazon.com Services LLC ($4,000); Intersect Power ($3,500); E & J GALLO WINERY ($3,000). They voted aye on 253 of the 267.

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

Context Travel payments · the statement

Lists $9,815.82 in travel paid by others (7 payments)

Largest: Colorado Springs, CO ($3,649.68, Council of State Governments), Napa, CA ($1,520, California's Technology and Innovation Economy), Carmel, CA ($1,059.17, California Legislative Central Coast Caucus Foundation). 7 of 7 are listed as gifts.

What to check
  • Who paid, and for what: speeches, conferences and nonprofit-paid travel are treated differently (Schedule E instructions).
  • Whether the paying organizations have business before the office.

Travel: Council of State Governments $3,650 p.14Travel: California's Technology and Innovation Economy $1,520 p.14Travel: California Legislative Central Coast Caucus Foundation $1,059 p.13

Rule: Travel paid by others
“Travel payments from third parties (not your employer).”Form 700 (2025/2026), Types of reportable interests ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works

Context Travel payments · the statement

Lists $8,219.58 in travel paid by others (6 payments)

Largest: Denver and Boulder CO and Santa Fe New Mexico ($6,329.83, California Foundation on the Environment & the Economy), Carmel by the Sea, California ($915.45, California Central Coast Legislative Caucus Foundation), Sausalito, CA ($491.72, Asian and Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus Foundation). 6 of 6 are listed as gifts.

What to check
  • Who paid, and for what: speeches, conferences and nonprofit-paid travel are treated differently (Schedule E instructions).
  • Whether the paying organizations have business before the office.

Travel: California Foundation on the Environment & the Economy $6,330 p.12Travel: California Central Coast Legislative Caucus Foundation $915 p.12Travel: Asian and Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus Foundation $492 p.11

Rule: Travel paid by others
“Travel payments from third parties (not your employer).”Form 700 (2025/2026), Types of reportable interests ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works

Behested payments

What Gail Pellerin reported others paying at their request (FPPC Form 803) since 2024: $47,000 in 17 payments to 17 recipients. Officials report a source that pays $5,000 or more in a year; there is no limit.

Largest recipients: Positive Discipline Community Resources $5,000 · Monarch Services $5,000 · Lauren Fritz $4,000 · Joshua Gabrielson $4,000 · Austin Nottingham $3,000

Paid byTo, forAmount
William B. Hirsch
Sonoma		Positive Discipline Community Resources · program support
Charitable · 2024-12-22		$5,000
Women in California Leadership
Sacramento		Monarch Services · Donation to a 501c3
Charitable · 2025-11-03		$5,000
California Legislative Central Coast Caucus Foundation
Los Angeles		Lauren Fritz · Scholarship.
Charitable · 2026-06-05		$4,000
California Legislative Central Coast Caucus Foundation
Los Angeles		Joshua Gabrielson · Scholarship.
Charitable · 2026-06-05		$4,000
Women in California Leadership
Sacramento		Austin Nottingham · Student Scholarship
Charitable · 2024-07-29		$3,000
Women in California Leadership
Sacramento		Madison Hagan-Parra · Student Scholarship
Charitable · 2024-07-29		$3,000
Women in California Leadership
Sacramento		Jordyn Loud · Scholarship
Charitable · 2025-08-04		$3,000
Women in California Leadership
Sacramento		Juls Prudente · Scholarship
Charitable · 2025-08-04		$3,000
California Legislative Central Coast Caucus Foundation
Los Angeles		Mark Anthony Carmona-Cosme · Scholarship
Charitable · 2025-07-21		$3,000
California Legislative Central Coast Caucus Foundation
Los Angeles		Alice Taylor · Scholarship
Charitable · 2025-07-21		$3,000
Women in California Leadership
Sacramento		Lindsay Jamieson · Minerva Scholarship recipient
Legislative · 2026-08-04		$3,000
Women in California Leadership
Sacramento		Lan Nguyen · Minerva Scholarship recipient
Legislative · 2026-08-04		$3,000
Women in California Leadership
Sacramento		Rising Worldwide · donation to a 501c3
Charitable · 2024-03-19		$1,000
Women in California Leadership
Sacramento		Pajaro Valley Arts · donation to a 501c3
Charitable · 2024-03-19		$1,000
Women in California Leadership
Sacramento		Black Surf Santa Cruz · donation to a 501c3
Charitable · 2024-03-22		$1,000
Women in California Leadership
Sacramento		Counseling & Support Services for Youth (CASSY) · Donation to a 501c3
Charitable · 2024-06-27		$1,000
Women in California Leadership
Sacramento		Girls Inc. of the Central Coast · Donation to a 501c3
Charitable · 2024-11-18		$1,000

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 Gail Pellerin since 2024: $330 across 9 items from 5 sources. Each amount is their share as the report gives it. Matched by name and office.

Reported byWhat, whenTo them
California Environmental Voters
$102 in all		Meal at Frank Fat's · 2025-03-19 · report$20.94
Meal at Frank Fat's · 2025-02-19 · report$33.24
Meal at Frank Fat's · 2024-08-21 · report$30.36
Meal at Frank Fat's · 2024-01-17 · report$17.25
CALIFORNIA STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES
$64 in all		Breakfast at Tequila Museo Mayahuel · 2026-05-21 · report$44.54
Reception at Crisp Catering/Gold Rush Grille · 2025-02-13 · report$18.97
GENENTECH, INC., A MEMBER OF THE ROCHE GROUP
$63 in all		FOOD AND BEVERAGES at CHEF ZENTI PERSONAL CHEF SERVICE & CATERING · 2026-04-28 · report$63.44
EQUALITY CALIFORNIA
$63 in all		FOOD / BEVERAGES at GOLDEN 1 CENTER · 2025-03-03 · report$62.68
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS
$38 in all		Food and beverages at Casa Lola · 2026-04-07 · report$38.43

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Campaign money: State Assembly Member District 28

$738,575itemized, 605 contributions
$0from the candidate (incl. loans)

Plus $25,300 in 6 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 Real Estate PAC (CREPAC) Small Contributor Committee $11,800 2026-09-28 · Plumbers, Steamfitters & Refrigeration Fitters Local 393 PAC Small Contributor Committee $5,000 2026-10-02 · United Nurses Association of California/Union of Health Care Professionals PAC (UNAC PAC) Small Contributor Committee $4,000 2026-10-05 · California Apartment Association PAC $2,000 2026-09-29 · Calpine Corporation $1,500 2026-10-05 · Quinn Delaney $1,000 2026-09-20

Where their outside money comes from

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

Plus $170,348 of their own money and from their earlier campaigns' committees. Compare with all state candidates →

How it was spent: $865,796

Contributions to others$272,815
Other (described)$252,620
Consultants$125,309
Fundraising events$80,600
Legal and accounting$49,391
Civic donations$30,800
Filing and ballot fees$21,682
Office expenses$18,149
Literature and mailings$11,600
Campaign paraphernalia, misc.$1,349

Largest payees: Gail Pellerin for Assembly 2026 $170,348 Other (described) · California Democratic Party $151,650 Contributions to others · PFW Consulting $126,869 Staff travel and meals · Bertolina & Barnato, Inc. $79,340 Fundraising events · Card Services Center $77,241 Other (described) · Deane & Company $49,391 Legal and accounting · South Bay Labor Council COPE $21,000 Contributions to others · Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters $14,400 Filing and ballot fees

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
Gail Pellerin for Assembly 2024
Sacramento		Committee$170,347.51
Association of California School Administrators PAC Small Contributor Committee
Sacramento		Small contributor cmte$11,800
California Real Estate PAC (CREPAC) Small Contributor Committee
Los Angeles		Small contributor cmte$11,800
California Teachers Association/Association for Better Citizenship Small Contributor Committee
Burlingame		Small contributor cmte$11,800
SEIU California State Council Small Contributor Committee
Sacramento		Small contributor cmte$11,800
Kenneth Adelman
Retired · n/a · Watsonville		Person$11,400
Tibi McCann
Project Manager · Shasta County · Palo Alto		Person$11,000
California Nurses Association PAC (CNA-PAC) Small Contributor Committee
Sacramento		Small contributor cmte$10,000
California Professional Firefighters PAC Small Contributor Committee
Sacramento		Small contributor cmte$9,000
CALPAC - California Medical Association PAC
Sacramento		Committee$8,500
Comcast Financial Agency Corporation
Philadelphia		Business/other$8,400
California Hospital Association PAC, Sponsored by CA Association of Hospitals & Health Systems (CAHHS)
Sacramento		Committee$8,000
California New Car Dealers Association PAC
Sacramento		Committee$6,900
Peace Officers Research Association of California PAC (PORAC PAC) Small Contributor Committee
Sacramento		Small contributor cmte$6,300
California Association of Health Facilities PAC
Sacramento		Committee$6,000

Committees: Gail Pellerin for Assembly 2024, Gail Pellerin for Assembly 2022, Gail Pellerin for Assembly 2026. 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
SEIU California State Council Small Contributor Committee
Labor union · Sacramento		$11,80042
Association of California School Administrators PAC Small Contributor Committee
Group or PAC · Sacramento		$11,80038
California Real Estate PAC (CREPAC) Small Contributor Committee
Group or PAC · Los Angeles		$11,80020
California Teachers Association/Association For Better Citizenship Small Contributor Committee
Labor union · Burlingame		$11,80035
Kenneth Adelman
Retired, n/a · Corralitos		$11,4003
California Nurses Association PAC (CNA-PAC) Small Contributor Committee
Labor union · Sacramento		$10,00040
California Professional Firefighters PAC Small Contributor Committee
Labor union · Sacramento		$9,00040
CALPAC - California Medical Association PAC
Group or PAC · Sacramento		$8,50082
Comcast Financial Agency Corporation
Business · Philadelphia		$8,40053
California Hospital Association PAC, Sponsored by CA Association of Hospitals & Health Systems (CAHHS)
Group or PAC · Sacramento		$8,00050
California New Car Dealers Association PAC
Group or PAC · Sacramento		$6,900106
Peace Officers Research Association of California PAC (PORAC PAC) Small Contributor Committee
Labor union · Sacramento		$6,30023
Professional Engineers in California Government PECG PAC Small Contributor Committee
Labor union · Sacramento		$6,00028
California Association of Health Facilities PAC
Group or PAC · Sacramento		$6,00050
AMR Holdco, Inc.
Business · Greenwood Village		$5,90018