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Joshua Lowenthal

Assembly Member, State Assembly

Running in 2026: State Assembly Member District 69 (June 2) “Business Owner/Assemblymember” · State Assembly Member District 69 (November 3) “Business Owner/Assemblymember”

In the Legislature

Assembly District 69 D · 4,006 floor votes this session, 2% not voting

Committees they vote in: Education · Privacy and Consumer Protection · Business and Professions · Transportation · Communications and Conveyance

Bills they lead: 51 (19 became law) — AB 1578, AB 1640, AB 1709, AB 1803, AB 1982, AB 2, AB 2030, AB 2076, AB 2594, AB 462, AB 566, AB 772 …

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		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($6,000 campaign); Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation ($5,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($5,000 campaign); TWENTY-NINE PALMS BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($3,000 campaign) and 2 more
AB 1018
Automated decision systems.		Aye
2025-06-02		AT&T Services Inc. and its Affiliates ($10,900 campaign); AIRBNB, INC. ($5,900 campaign); KPMG LLP ($2,000 campaign); CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING LLC ($1,500 campaign) and 2 more
AB 52
Farmer equity: advisory committees.		Aye
2026-01-26		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($6,000 campaign); Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians ($5,900 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($5,000 campaign); BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($3,000 campaign) and 1 more
AB 831
Gambling: operation of a contest or sweepstakes.		Aye
2025-09-12		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($6,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($5,000 campaign); TWENTY-NINE PALMS BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($3,000 campaign); BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($3,000 campaign) and 2 more
AB 1485
Property tax: documentary transfer tax: exemptions: Native American tribes.		Aye
2026-01-29		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($6,000 campaign); Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians ($5,900 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($5,000 campaign); AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA INDIANS ($1,500 campaign)
ACR 39
Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Awareness Month.		Aye
2025-05-08		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($6,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($5,000 campaign); Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation ($5,000 campaign)
SB 864
Tribal gaming: compact ratification.		Aye
2025-09-09		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($6,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($5,000 campaign); Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation ($5,000 campaign)
SB 1105
Law enforcement.		Aye
2026-08-25		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($6,000 campaign); Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation ($5,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($5,000 campaign)
AB 130
Housing.		Aye
2025-06-30		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($6,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($5,000 campaign); BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($3,000 campaign)
AB 2187
Public contracts: contracts for services.		Aye
2026-05-22		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($6,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($5,000 campaign); TWENTY-NINE PALMS BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($3,000 campaign)
AB 2506
Cannabis: tribal-state agreements.		Aye
2026-05-26		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($6,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($5,000 campaign); TWENTY-NINE PALMS BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($3,000 campaign)
AB 1004
Tribal financial information: public records: exemption.		Aye
2025-09-04		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($6,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($5,000 campaign); AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA INDIANS ($1,500 campaign)
AB 609
California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: housing development projects.		Aye
2025-05-19		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($6,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($5,000 campaign); Granite Construction Company ($1,500 campaign)
AB 1378
Child welfare services: prevention services: Indian tribes.		Aye
2025-09-10		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($6,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($5,000 campaign); AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA INDIANS ($1,500 campaign)
AB 1641
Postsecondary education: segments: tribal colleges and universities.		Aye
2026-08-27		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($6,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($5,000 campaign); AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA INDIANS ($1,500 campaign)
AB 2173
Tribal gaming: compact ratification.		Aye
2026-08-27		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($6,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($5,000 campaign); AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA INDIANS ($1,500 campaign)
AB 1574
The Tribal Foster Care Prevention Program.		Aye
2026-05-21		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($6,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($5,000 campaign); AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA INDIANS ($1,500 campaign)
AB 353
Public Utilities Commission: Inspector General.		Aye
2026-08-31		AT&T Services Inc. and its Affiliates ($10,900 campaign); CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING LLC ($1,500 campaign)
AB 470
Telephone corporations: carriers of last resort.		Aye
2025-06-27		AT&T Services Inc. and its Affiliates ($10,900 campaign); CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING LLC ($1,500 campaign)
AB 1941
Organized metal theft.		Aye
2026-08-25		AT&T Services Inc. and its Affiliates ($10,900 campaign); CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING LLC ($1,500 campaign)
AB 1609
Customer service chatbots.		Aye
2026-08-31		AT&T Services Inc. and its Affiliates ($10,900 campaign); CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING LLC ($1,500 campaign)
SB 327
Public utilities: review of accounts: electrical and gas corporations: rates: political influence activities.		Aye
2026-08-27		AT&T Services Inc. and its Affiliates ($10,900 campaign); CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING LLC ($1,500 campaign)
AB 2564
Surveillance pricing.		Aye
2026-05-27		AT&T Services Inc. and its Affiliates ($10,900 campaign); GRUBHUB, INC. ($1,000 campaign)
AB 131
Public Resources.		Aye
2025-03-20		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($6,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($5,000 campaign)
AB 1393
California Gambling Control Commission.		Aye
2025-04-10		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($6,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($5,000 campaign)
AB 379
Crimes: prostitution.		Aye
2025-05-15		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($6,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($5,000 campaign)
AB 77
Gaming Policy Advisory Committee.		Aye
2025-05-01		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($6,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($5,000 campaign)
AB 515
Trial: statement of decision. 		Aye
2025-09-10		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($6,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($5,000 campaign)
AB 817
Cold storage facilities.		Aye
2026-08-31		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($6,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($5,000 campaign)
AB 1369
Pupil rights: school graduation ceremonies and related events: adornments.		Aye
2025-09-04		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($6,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($5,000 campaign)

Form 700 statements

StatementFiledWhat it lists
2025 Annual
Assembly Member, State Assembly		2026-03-026 investments, 5 businesses & trusts, 3 real property, 2 income, 13 gifts, 3 travel
2026 Candidate
Assembly Member, State Assembly		2026-03-026 investments, 5 businesses & trusts, 3 real property, 2 income, 10 gifts, 3 travel
2024 Annual
Assembly Member, State Assembly		2025-03-036 investments, 5 businesses & trusts, 5 real property, 2 income, 21 gifts, 3 travel
2024 Annual (amendment)
Assembly Member, State Assembly		2025-03-031 gifts

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
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 $13,922.39 in travel paid by others (3 payments)

Largest: LAX to NZ/AUS ($11,275.56, YIMBY California), RT Travel LAX to Alabama ($1,978.32, Smart Justice), RT Travel LAX to SF ($668.51, California Dental Association Foundation). 3 of 3 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: YIMBY California $11,276 p.11Travel: Smart Justice $1,978 p.11Travel: California Dental Association Foundation $669 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

Context Lobbying

30 of their donors and benefactors lobbied on 191 bills they voted on

Employers that lobbied on bills they voted on (as their lobbying reports name the bills) and that gave $85,100 to their campaign, $135 in gifts reported by lobbying interests. Largest: AT&T Services Inc. and its Affiliates ($10,900); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($6,000); AIRBNB, INC. ($5,900); CALIFORNIA JEWISH PAC ($5,900); Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians ($5,900). They voted aye on 190 of the 191.

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 $13,922.39 in travel paid by others (3 payments)

Largest: LAX to NZ/AUS ($11,275.56, YIMBY California), RT Travel LAX to Alabama ($1,978.32, Smart Justice), RT Travel LAX to SF ($668.51, California Dental Association Foundation). 3 of 3 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: YIMBY California $11,276 p.13Travel: Smart Justice $1,978 p.13Travel: California Dental Association Foundation $669 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 $10,326.91 in travel paid by others (3 payments)

Largest: Israel ($8,936, Jewish Community Relations Council), Lake Tahoe ($771.07, CA Foundation on the Envirorment and the Economy), Conference in Berkley, CA ($619.84, CA Enviromental Voters & Education Fund). 3 of 3 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: Jewish Community Relations Council $8,936 p.16Travel: CA Foundation on the Envirorment and the Economy $771 p.16Travel: CA Enviromental Voters & Education Fund $620 p.16

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 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

Reported by lobbying interests

What lobbyist employers, lobbyists and lobbying firms told the Secretary of State they spent on Joshua Lowenthal since 2024: $340 across 2 items from 2 sources. Each amount is their share as the report gives it. Matched by name and office.

Reported byWhat, whenTo 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

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Campaign money: State Assembly Member District 69

$954,035itemized, 416 contributions
$0from the candidate (incl. loans)

Plus $86,650 in 23 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).

SEIU California State Council of Service Employees Small Contributor Committee $11,800 2026-10-06 · California Real Estate PAC (CREPAC) Small Contributor Committee $10,800 2026-09-30 · American Federation of State, County, & Municipal Employees Local No. 685 PAC SCC $5,900 2026-09-28 · Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles PAC $5,900 2026-10-02 · California State Council of Laborers PAC Small Contributor Committee $5,900 2026-10-08 · Picayune Rancheria of The Chukchansi Indians $5,900 2026-09-28 · Lynda Rae Resnick $5,900 2026-09-25 · Nautilus International Holding Corporation $5,000 2026-09-24 · United Nurses Association of California/Union of Health Care Professionals PAC (UNAC PAC) Small Contributor Committee $4,000 2026-10-06 · Long Beach Container Terminal (LBCT), LLC $3,400 2026-09-25

Where their outside money comes from

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

Plus $63,142 of their own money and from their earlier campaigns' committees. Compare with all state candidates →

How it was spent: $680,219

Other (described)$246,702
Fundraising events$143,502
Contributions to others$90,720
Consultants$68,000
Legal and accounting$57,086
Office expenses$28,243
Internet and email$20,000
Civic donations$10,304
Staff travel and meals$6,339
Meetings and appearances$4,628

Largest payees: Chase Card Services $197,840 Contributions to others · Daniel C. Weitzman, LLC $81,791 Fundraising events · Frontrunner Strategies $68,000 Consultants · Deane & Company $57,086 Legal and accounting · Buchert Development, LLC $55,877 Fundraising events · Josh Lowenthal for Assembly 2026 $51,342 Other (described) · California Democratic Party $49,000 Contributions to others · Brian Mineghino $22,792 Staff travel and meals

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
Josh Lowenthal for Assembly 2024
Sacramento		Committee$51,342.33
Service Employees International Union Local 1000 Candidate PAC Small Contributor Committee
Sacramento		Small contributor cmte$23,600
Pechanga Band of Indians
Temecula		Business/other$21,800
First Foundation Bank
Irvine		Business/other$19,048.84
United Domestic Workers of America Action Fund Small Contributor Committee
Sacramento		Small contributor cmte$17,700
Building A Stronger Future California PAC, sponsored by Western States Regional Council of Carpenters SCC
Sacramento		Small contributor cmte$12,200
Alan Lowenthal for Congress
Encino		Business/other$11,800
Bill Bloomfield
Not Employed · n/a · Park City		Person$11,800
Edison International and Affiliated Entities/Southern California Edison
Rosemead		Business/other$11,800
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers Local 92 PAC
Sacramento		Committee$11,800
Jesse Gabriel for Attorney General 2026
Los Angeles		Committee$11,800
Long Beach Police Officers Association PAC
Sacramento		Committee$11,800
Los Angeles County Building and Construction Trades Council PAC Small Contributor Committee
Los Angeles		Small contributor cmte$11,800
Plumbers and Steamfitters Local Union No. 761 PAC Small Contributor Committee
Burbank		Small contributor cmte$11,800
Patty Quillin
Homemaker · n/a · Santa Cruz		Person$11,800

Committees: Josh Lowenthal for Assembly 2020, Josh Lowenthal for Assembly 2026, Josh Lowenthal for Assembly 2026, Californians for a Safer Future, a Josh Lowenthal Ballot Measure Committee, Josh Lowenthal for Assembly 2018, Josh Lowenthal for Assembly 2024, Josh Lowenthal for Assembly 2022, Josh Lowenthal for Senate 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
Service Employees International Union Local 1000 Candidate PAC Small Contributor Committee
Labor union · Sacramento		$23,60030
Pechanga Band of Indians
Tribal government · Temecula · registered lobbyist employer		$21,800103
First Foundation Bank
Business · Irvine		$19,04957
United Domestic Workers of America Action Fund Small Contributor Committee
Labor union · Sacramento		$17,70043
Edison International and Affiliated Entities/Southern California Edison
Business · Rosemead		$11,80021
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers Local 92 PAC
Labor union · Sacramento		$11,80032
Long Beach Police Officers Association PAC
Labor union · Sacramento		$11,80027
Los Angeles County Building and Construction Trades Council PAC Small Contributor Committee
Labor union · Los Angeles		$11,8006
Plumbers and Steamfitters Local Union No. 761 PAC Small Contributor Committee
Labor union · Burbank		$11,8003
Watson Land Company
Business · Carson		$11,80012
Alan Lowenthal for Congress
Candidate or officeholder committee · Encino		$11,8002
Patty Quillin
Homemaker, n/a · Santa Cruz		$11,80068
Elizabeth D. Simons
Retired, n/a · Atherton		$11,80050
State Building and Construction Trades Council of California PAC Small Contributor Committee
Labor union · Sacramento		$11,80036
SEIU California State Council of Service Employees Small Contributor Committee
Labor union · Sacramento		$11,80015