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Joaquin Arambula

Assembly Member, State Assembly

In the Legislature

Assembly District 31 D · 4,006 floor votes this session, 17% not voting

Committees they vote in: Appropriations · Emergency Management · Health · Rules · Labor and Employment · Aging and Long Term Care

Bills they lead: 40 (10 became law) — AB 1575, AB 1600, AB 1760, AB 2270, AB 2605, AB 341, AB 457, AB 79, AB 845, ACR 109, AB 1220, AB 1305 …

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.

Bill	Their vote	Employers that lobbied on it, and what they gave
AB 831 Gambling: operation of a contest or sweepstakes.	Aye 2025-09-12	DRAFTKINGS, INC. AND ITS AFFILIATES ($135 gifts)
AB 1034 Teacher credentialing: programs of professional preparation: youth mental health.	Aye 2025-05-23	JEWISH PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OF CALIFORNIA ($50 gifts)
AB 715 Educational equity: discrimination: antisemitism prevention.	Not voting 2025-09-13	JEWISH PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OF CALIFORNIA ($50 gifts)
AB 395 Holidays.	Aye 2026-08-27	JEWISH PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OF CALIFORNIA ($50 gifts)
AB 449 Civil Rights Department: antidiscrimination campaigns.	Aye 2025-09-09	JEWISH PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OF CALIFORNIA ($50 gifts)
AB 561 Restraining orders.	Aye 2025-09-10	JEWISH PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OF CALIFORNIA ($50 gifts)
AB 785 Community Violence Interdiction Grant Program.	Aye 2025-06-02	JEWISH PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OF CALIFORNIA ($50 gifts)
AB 822 Commission on the State of Hate.	Aye 2025-06-02	JEWISH PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OF CALIFORNIA ($50 gifts)
AB 537 Community colleges: California College Promise.	Aye 2025-06-02	JEWISH PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OF CALIFORNIA ($50 gifts)
AB 644 Exposition Park: Holocaust memorial.	Aye 2025-06-02	JEWISH PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OF CALIFORNIA ($50 gifts)
SB 9 Accessory Dwelling Units: ordinances.	Aye 2025-08-28	JEWISH PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OF CALIFORNIA ($50 gifts)
SB 411 Stop Child Hunger Act of 2025.	Aye 2025-09-08	JEWISH PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OF CALIFORNIA ($50 gifts)
SB 472 Pupil instruction: Holocaust and genocide education: notice, survey, and grant program.	Aye 2025-09-10	JEWISH PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OF CALIFORNIA ($50 gifts)
SB 771 Personal rights: liability: social media platforms.	Aye 2025-09-10	JEWISH PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OF CALIFORNIA ($50 gifts)
AB 1853 Voter information guide: candidate statements.	Aye 2026-08-30	JEWISH PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OF CALIFORNIA ($50 gifts)
AB 1803 Employment: sexual harassment training and education: anti-hate speech training.	Aye 2026-08-26	JEWISH PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OF CALIFORNIA ($50 gifts)
AB 1763 Pupil attendance: excused absences: religious observance.	Not voting 2026-05-21	JEWISH PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OF CALIFORNIA ($50 gifts)
AB 1578 State agency officials: training on responding to hate: local agency officials: anti-hate speech training.	Aye 2026-08-30	JEWISH PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OF CALIFORNIA ($50 gifts)
AB 2664 Places of religious worship: unlawful activities.	Aye 2026-08-30	JEWISH PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OF CALIFORNIA ($50 gifts)
AB 2551 Equity in Higher Education Act: time, place, and manner policies: student code of conduct violations: open forum.	Aye 2026-08-31	JEWISH PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OF CALIFORNIA ($50 gifts)
AB 1836 California State Nonprofit Security Grant Program.	Aye 2026-08-27	JEWISH PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OF CALIFORNIA ($50 gifts)
SB 998 Educational equity: discrimination prevention coordinators.	Aye 2026-08-25	JEWISH PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OF CALIFORNIA ($50 gifts)
SB 1387 State agencies: collection and reporting of demographic data: Jewish identity.	Aye 2026-08-31	JEWISH PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OF CALIFORNIA ($50 gifts)

Form 700 statements

Statement	Filed	What it lists
2025 Annual Assembly Member, State Assembly	2026-02-26	15 investments, 8 gifts, 3 travel
2024 Annual Assembly Member, State Assembly	2025-03-03	15 investments, 14 gifts, 3 travel

Findings

Worth a look Lobbying · the statement

Lobbying reports name $135.19 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: DRAFTKINGS, INC. AND ITS AFFILIATES $135.19 (food, beverage & entertainment).

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).

DRAFTKINGS, INC. AND ITS AFFILIATES $135.19

2025-01-16 Food, Beverage & Entertainment at California Tribal Business Association $135.19 · lobbyist employer report

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

Behested payments

What Joaquin Arambula reported others paying at their request (FPPC Form 803) since 2024: $76,000 in 11 payments to 7 recipients. Officials report a source that pays $5,000 or more in a year; there is no limit.

Largest recipients: Central Valley Workers Center $43,000 · Natalie Gomez Aguilera $6,500 · Dianna Maria Alvarez $6,500 · Alisa Ruiz Rios $5,000 · Merlyn Aquino-Trinidad $5,000

Paid by	To, for	Amount
Elevance Health, Inc. Cincinnati · campaign donor	Central Valley Workers Center · Charitable funding to assist workers in the Fresno area with worker resources. Charitable · 2024-09-09	$10,000
Sierra Health Foundation Sacramento	Central Valley Workers Center · Charitable funding to assist workers in the Fresno area with worker resources. Charitable · 2025-03-04	$10,000
Elevance Health, Inc. Cincinatti · campaign donor	Central Valley Workers Center · Charitable funding to assist workers in the Fresno area with worker resources Charitable · 2025-09-03	$10,000
Elevance Health, Inc. Cincinnati · campaign donor	Central Valley Workers Center · Charitable funding to assist workers in the Fresno area with worker resources. Charitable · 2024-02-05	$8,000
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation Los Angeles	Natalie Gomez Aguilera · Academic Scholarship Charitable · 2024-07-23	$6,500
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation Los Angeles	Dianna Maria Alvarez · Academic Scholarship Charitable · 2024-07-23	$6,500
Sierra Health Foundation Sacramento	Central Valley Workers Center · Charitable funding to assist workers in the Fresno area with worker resources. Charitable · 2024-09-03	$5,000
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation Long Beach	Alisa Ruiz Rios · Academic Scholarship Charitable · 2025-07-15	$5,000
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation Long Beach	Merlyn Aquino-Trinidad · Academic Scholarship Charitable · 2025-07-15	$5,000
Northern California Carpenters Regional Council Oakland	Central Valley Worker Center · Central Valley worker outreach, training and education. Charitable · 2025-10-30	$5,000
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation Long Beach	Omar Casamayor Gonzalez · Academic Scholarship Charitable · 2026-07-22	$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 Joaquin Arambula since 2024: $390 across 3 items from 3 sources. Each amount is their share as the report gives it. Matched by name and office.

Reported by	What, when	To them
FanDuel Group, Inc $205 in all	Food, Beverage & Entertainment at California Tribal Business Association · 2025-01-16 · report	$204.84
DRAFTKINGS, INC. AND ITS AFFILIATES $135 in all	Food, Beverage & Entertainment at California Tribal Business Association · 2025-01-16 · report	$135.19
JEWISH PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OF CALIFORNIA $50 in all	Reception at Sheraton Grand Sacramento · 2025-05-05 · report	$49.55

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