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John Christopher Harabedian

Assembly Member, State Assembly

Running in 2026: State Assembly Member District 41 (June 2) “California State Assemblymember” · State Assembly Member District 41 (November 3) “California State Assemblymember”

In the Legislature

Assembly District 41 D · 4,006 floor votes this session, 3% not voting

Committees they vote in: Judiciary · Public Safety · Transportation · Utilities and Energy · Insurance · Banking and Finance

Bills they lead: 55 (23 became law) — AB 1181, AB 1278, AB 1642, AB 1650, AB 1786, AB 1842, AB 1847, AB 1934, AB 1950, AB 2038, AB 2058, AB 226 …

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		MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($11,800 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($10,000 campaign); SAN MANUEL BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($5,900 campaign); BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($5,900 campaign) and 4 more
AB 1776
Cartwright Act: violations.		Aye
2026-08-30		CVS HEALTH ($8,900 campaign); DAVITA INC. ($8,400 campaign); DoorDash, Inc. ($5,900 campaign); UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. ($5,900 campaign) and 5 more
AB 831
Gambling: operation of a contest or sweepstakes.		Aye
2025-09-12		MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($11,800 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($10,000 campaign); BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($5,900 campaign); TWENTY-NINE PALMS BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($3,000 campaign) and 4 more
AB 52
Farmer equity: advisory committees.		Aye
2026-01-26		MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($11,800 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($10,000 campaign); BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($5,900 campaign); RINCON BAND OF LUISENO INDIANS; THE ($3,000 campaign) and 2 more
AB 1018
Automated decision systems.		Aye
2025-06-02		AIRBNB, INC. ($9,900 campaign); KPMG LLP ($6,000 campaign); UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. ($5,900 campaign); ZENITH INSURANCE COMPANY ($3,000 campaign) and 4 more
AB 1004
Tribal financial information: public records: exemption.		Aye
2025-09-04		MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($11,800 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($10,000 campaign); RINCON BAND OF LUISENO INDIANS; THE ($3,000 campaign); AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA INDIANS ($2,000 campaign)
AB 1378
Child welfare services: prevention services: Indian tribes.		Aye
2025-09-10		MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($11,800 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($10,000 campaign); RINCON BAND OF LUISENO INDIANS; THE ($3,000 campaign); AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA INDIANS ($2,000 campaign)
AB 1574
The Tribal Foster Care Prevention Program.		Aye
2026-05-21		MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($11,800 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($10,000 campaign); RINCON BAND OF LUISENO INDIANS; THE ($3,000 campaign); AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA 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		MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($11,800 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($10,000 campaign); RINCON BAND OF LUISENO INDIANS; THE ($3,000 campaign)
AB 1824
Indian children: guardianship or conservatorship proceedings.		Aye
2026-08-25		MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($11,800 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($10,000 campaign); RINCON BAND OF LUISENO INDIANS; THE ($3,000 campaign)
SB 86
California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority Act: sales and use tax exclusion.		Aye
2025-09-08		NIAGARA BOTTLING ($1,000 campaign, $8,450 behested); CALIFORNIA STATE ASSOCIATION OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS ($7,500 campaign); CALPINE CORPORATION ($5,000 campaign); CALIFORNIA BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE ($131 gifts)
AB 33
Autonomous vehicles.		Aye
2025-05-29		GENERAL MOTORS LLC ($8,200 campaign); DoorDash, Inc. ($5,900 campaign); UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. ($5,900 campaign); Alliance for Automotive Innovation ($2,000 campaign)
AB 1581
Pupils: data reporting: American Indian and Alaska Native pupils.		Aye
2026-08-28		MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($11,800 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($10,000 campaign)
AB 1592
California Indian Heritage Center support organization.		Aye
2026-05-22		MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($11,800 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($10,000 campaign)
AB 1841
State holidays: Native American Day.		Aye
2026-08-31		MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($11,800 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($10,000 campaign)
AB 1769
Student transfer: tribal colleges.		Aye
2026-08-28		MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($11,800 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($10,000 campaign)
SB 891
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Justice Program.		Aye
2026-08-25		MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($11,800 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($10,000 campaign)
AB 1109
Evidentiary privileges: union agent-represented worker privilege.		Aye
2025-05-12		PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS IN CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT ($11,500 campaign); CALIFORNIA STATE ASSOCIATION OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS ($7,500 campaign); ALASKA AIRLINES ($2,500 campaign)
SB 122
Taxation.		Aye
2026-06-15		ERNST & YOUNG LLP ($6,000 campaign); KPMG LLP ($6,000 campaign); DoorDash, Inc. ($5,900 campaign); ORACLE AMERICA, INC. ($1,500 campaign) and 2 more
AB 1609
Customer service chatbots.		Aye
2026-08-31		CVS HEALTH ($8,900 campaign); DoorDash, Inc. ($5,900 campaign); UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. ($5,900 campaign)
AB 609
California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: housing development projects.		Aye
2025-05-19		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($10,000 campaign); CALIFORNIA STATE ASSOCIATION OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS ($7,500 campaign); Granite Construction Company ($3,000 campaign)
AB 1751
Missing Middle Townhome Ownership Act.		Aye
2026-08-26		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($10,000 campaign); CALIFORNIA STATE ASSOCIATION OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS ($7,500 campaign); ZILLOW GROUP ($1,000 campaign)
AB 697
Protected species: authorized take: State Route 37 project.		Aye
2025-06-03		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($10,000 campaign); CALIFORNIA STATE ASSOCIATION OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS ($7,500 campaign); TRANSPORTATION CALIFORNIA ($447 campaign)
AB 825
Independent System Operator: independent regional organization.		Aye
2025-09-13		GENERAL MOTORS LLC ($8,200 campaign); CALIFORNIA STATE ASSOCIATION OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS ($7,500 campaign); INVENERGY, LLC ($1,000 campaign); SOLAR ENERGY INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION ($1,000 campaign) and 1 more
SB 222
Residential heat pump water heater or heat pump HVAC systems.		Aye
2026-08-24		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($10,000 campaign); CALIFORNIA STATE ASSOCIATION OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS ($7,500 campaign); CALIFORNIA BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE ($131 gifts)
AB 1331
Workplace surveillance.		Aye
2026-08-31		PANDA RESTAURANT GROUP, INC. ($5,900 campaign); Granite Construction Company ($3,000 campaign); ZENITH INSURANCE COMPANY ($3,000 campaign); ALASKA AIRLINES ($2,500 campaign) and 2 more
AB 1405
Artificial intelligence: auditors: registration.		Aye
2026-08-30		ERNST & YOUNG LLP ($6,000 campaign); KPMG LLP ($6,000 campaign); Anthropic PBC ($3,000 campaign); ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION ($2,000 campaign)
AB 2706
Acidified foods and low-acid foods.		Aye
2026-08-26		NIAGARA BOTTLING ($1,000 campaign, $8,450 behested); CALIFORNIA DAIRIES, INC. ($2,000 campaign, $5,000 behested)
AB 130
Housing.		Aye
2025-06-30		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($10,000 campaign); BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($5,900 campaign); TRANSPORTATION CALIFORNIA ($447 campaign)
SB 977
Chain restaurants: children’s meals.		Aye
2026-08-19		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($10,000 campaign); PANDA RESTAURANT GROUP, INC. ($5,900 campaign)

Form 700 statements

StatementFiledWhat it lists
2025 Annual (amendment)
Assembly Member, State Assembly		2026-03-181 businesses & trusts
2026 Candidate
Assembly Member, State Assembly		2026-03-025 investments, 2 income, 19 gifts, 7 travel
2025 Annual
Assembly Member, State Assembly		2026-02-245 investments, 2 income, 21 gifts, 7 travel
2024 Annual
Assembly Member, State Assembly		2025-03-035 investments, 2 income, 2 gifts, 3 travel

Findings

Worth a look Lobbying · the statement

Lobbying reports name $333.41 in gifts to them in 2025 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 2025, $50 or more from each of these sources, none named among the statement's gifts or travel: California Correctional Peace Officers Association $202.11 (dinner); CALIFORNIA BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE $131.30 (dinner).

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 Correctional Peace Officers Association $202.11
CALIFORNIA BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE $131.30
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 Travel payments · the statement

Lists $5,839.97 in travel paid by others (7 payments)

Largest: Newport Coast, CA ($2,155.24, Alliance of California's Farmers & Ranchers Community Fund), Napa, CA ($1,520, Foundation for California's Technology and Innovation Economy), Santa Maria, CA ($1,063.34, Alliance of California's Farmers & Ranchers Community Fund). 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: Alliance of California's Farmers & Ranchers Community Fund $2,155 p.7Travel: Foundation for California's Technology and Innovation Economy $1,520 p.8Travel: Alliance of California's Farmers & Ranchers Community Fund $1,063 p.7

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 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: California Armenian Legislative Caucus Foundation ($407).

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).

Gifts: California Armenian Legislative Caucus Foundation p.4

Rule: Campaign donors also on the statement

How this rule works

Context Behested payments

Of $49,480 paid at their request since 2024: 2 sources ($13,450) also gave $3,000 to their campaign; 3 sources ($18,450) are registered lobbyist employers

Payments made at their request (Form 803) from sources that also appear in Cal-Access: Niagara Bottling, LLC ($8,450 to East West Bank Foundation; gave $1,000 to the campaign; lobbyist employer); California Dairies, Inc. ($5,000 to Asian Business Association Foundation; gave $2,000 to the campaign; lobbyist employer); American Pistachio Growers ($5,000 to Asian Business Association Foundation; 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

70 of their donors and benefactors lobbied on 479 bills they voted on

Employers that lobbied on bills they voted on (as their lobbying reports name the bills) and that gave $236,147 to their campaign, $146 in gifts reported by lobbying interests, $13,450 in payments at their request. Largest: MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($11,800); PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS IN CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT ($11,500); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($10,000); AIRBNB, INC. ($9,900); NIAGARA BOTTLING ($9,450). They voted aye on 472 of the 479.

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 $5,839.97 in travel paid by others (7 payments)

Largest: Newport Coast, CA ($2,155.24, Alliance of California's Farmers & Ranchers Community Fund), Napa, CA ($1,520, Foundation for California's Technology and Innovation Economy), Santa Maria, CA ($1,063.34, Alliance of California's Farmers & Ranchers Community Fund). 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: Alliance of California's Farmers & Ranchers Community Fund $2,155 p.8Travel: Foundation for California's Technology and Innovation Economy $1,520 p.7Travel: Alliance of California's Farmers & Ranchers Community Fund $1,063 p.7

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 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: California Armenian Legislative Caucus Foundation ($407).

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).

Gifts: California Armenian Legislative Caucus Foundation p.4

Rule: Campaign donors also on the statement

How this rule works

Context Amendments · the statement

Amends an earlier statement

This is an amendment. The original stays on file; what changed is in the amendment itself.

What to check
  • Compare with the original statement for the same year.
Rule: An amended statement

How this rule works

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: California Armenian Legislative Caucus Foundation ($407).

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).

Gifts: California Armenian Legislative Caucus Foundation p.4

Rule: Campaign donors also on the statement

How this rule works

Behested payments

What John Christopher Harabedian reported others paying at their request (FPPC Form 803) since 2024: $49,480 in 4 payments to 3 recipients. Officials report a source that pays $5,000 or more in a year; there is no limit.

Largest recipients: Friends in Deed $31,030 · Asian Business Association Foundation $10,000 · East West Bank Foundation $8,450

Paid byTo, forAmount
Sysco Los Angeles
Walnut		Friends in Deed · Eaton Fire food giveaway
Charitable · 2025-02-15		$31,030
Niagara Bottling, LLC
Diamond Bar · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor		East West Bank Foundation · Charitable donation of bottled water to assist victims of the California wildfires (520 cases)
Charitable · 2025-01-10		$8,450
California Dairies, Inc.
Turlock · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor		Asian Business Association Foundation · Charitable donation
Charitable · 2026-03-26		$5,000
American Pistachio Growers
Fresno · registered lobbyist employer		Asian Business Association Foundation · Charitable donation
Charitable · 2026-03-26		$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 John Christopher Harabedian since 2024: $348 across 3 items from 3 sources. Each amount is their share as the report gives it. Matched by name and office.

Reported byWhat, whenTo them
California Correctional Peace Officers Association
$202 in all		Dinner at The Firehouse · 2025-03-10 · report$202.11
CALIFORNIA BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE
$131 in all		DINNER at CAMDEN SPIT & LARDER · 2025-02-03 · report$131.30
COINBASE, INC.
$15 in all		FOOD AND BEVERAGES at COINBASE, INC. · 2026-03-03 · report$15

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Campaign money: State Assembly Member District 41

$1,196,605itemized, 552 contributions
$500from the candidate (incl. loans)

Plus $54,700 in 11 contributions reported within 24 hours since their latest full report, which ends 2025-01-01: not yet in the totals above (they'll move into them, not be added twice, when the next full report comes in).

Building A Stronger Future for CA PAC, sponsored by Western States Regional Council of Carpenters $11,800 2026-09-26 · SEIU California State Council $11,800 2026-10-07 · CA For Responsible Artificial Intelligence $5,900 2026-09-23 · United Domestic Workers of America Action Fund $5,900 2026-10-01 · United Nurses Association of CA/Union of Health Crae Professionals PAC $5,900 2026-10-07 · CA Correctional Peace Officer Association $5,000 2026-09-23 · CA Dental Association PAC $2,900 2026-10-07 · AT&T $1,500 2026-10-01 · Elevate California PAC $1,500 2026-09-22 · Reyes Coca Cola Bottling $1,500 2026-09-29

Where their outside money comes from

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

Plus $9,636 of their own money and from their earlier campaigns' committees. Compare with all state candidates →

How it was spent: $777,105

Contributions to others$347,604
Other (described)$129,458
Consultants$128,740
Legal and accounting$49,546
Fundraising events$38,780
Civic donations$22,040
Filing and ballot fees$18,024
Internet and email$15,390
Transfers to their other committees$10,831
Literature and mailings$8,307

Largest payees: California Democratic Party $230,204 Contributions to others · Chase Card Services $119,933 Other (described) · Bertolina & Barnato, Inc. $68,498 Fundraising events · Leiderman & Associates, Inc. $41,627 Legal and accounting · Pruitt LLC $41,075 Consultants · Samantha Villaneda $20,688 Staff travel and meals · Overland Strategies LLC $19,556 Literature and mailings · Numero, Inc. $15,390 Internet and email

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
CA Nurses Association PAC
Sacramento		Small contributor cmte$17,900
Association of CA School Administrators PAC
Sacramento		Small contributor cmte$17,800
CA Professional Firefighters PAC
Sacramento		Small contributor cmte$13,000
CA State Pipe Trades Council PAC
Sacramento		Committee$11,900
Anheusesr Busch
St Louis		Business/other$11,800
CA Correctional Peace Officers Association PAC
Sacramento		Committee$11,800
CA Teachers Assn/Assn For Better Citizenship
Burlingame		Small contributor cmte$11,800
Comcast Financial Agency Corporation
Philade		Business/other$11,800
Faculty for Our University's Future, a committee sponsored by the CA Faculty Association
Sacramento		Small contributor cmte$11,800
Google Client Services LLC
Mountain View		Business/other$11,800
Morongo Band of Mission Indians
Banning		Business/other$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 CA PAC
Sacramento		Small contributor cmte$11,800
Technology Network California PAC
Burlingame		Committee$11,800

Committees: John Harabedian for Assembly 2024, CA Together- A John Harabedian Ballot Measure Committee, John Harabedian For Senate 2024, John Harabedian 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
CA Nurses Association PAC
Labor union · Sacramento		$17,9009
Association of California School Administrators PAC
Group or PAC · Sacramento		$17,80035
California Professional Firefighters Political Action Committee
Labor union · Sacramento		$13,00069
California State Pipe Trades Council Political Action Committee
Labor union · Sacramento		$11,90026
California Correctional Peace Officers Association PAC
Labor union · Sacramento		$11,80070
Faculty for our University's Future, a committee sponsored by the California Faculty Association
Labor union · Sacramento		$11,80040
Google Client Services LLC
Business · Mountain View		$11,80012
Morongo Band of Mission Indians
Tribal government · Banning · registered lobbyist employer		$11,80065
Patty Quillin
Homemaker, n/a · Santa Cruz		$11,80068
Elizabeth D. Simons
Retired, n/a · Atherton		$11,80050
Comcast Financial Agency Corporation
Business · Philadelphia		$11,80053
State Building and Construction Trades Council of California PAC
Labor union · Sacramento		$11,80051
California Teachers Association/Association for Better Citizenship
Labor union · Burlingame		$11,80043
Professional Engineers in CA Government
Labor union · Sacramento · registered lobbyist employer		$11,50011
Blue of CA
Business · Oakland		$10,9002