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Kate Sanchez

Assembly Member, State Assembly

Running in 2026: State Assembly Member District 71 (June 2) “California State Assemblywoman” · State Assembly Member District 71 (November 3) “California State Assemblywoman”

In the Legislature

Assembly District 71 R · 4,006 floor votes this session, 12% not voting

Committees they vote in: Appropriations · Judiciary · Rules · Health · Revenue and Taxation · Governmental Organization · Natural Resources · Human Services

Bills they lead: 23 (1 became law) — AB 2307, AB 1550, AB 1620, AB 1706, AB 1747, AB 1748, AB 1764, AB 1791, AB 1819, AB 1840, AB 1936, AB 228 …

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 1776 Cartwright Act: violations.	No 2026-08-30	Meta Platforms, Inc. ($5,900 campaign, $5,000 behested); WALMART INC. ($6,000 campaign); Amazon.com Services LLC ($5,900 campaign); GILEAD SCIENCES INC. ($5,000 campaign) and 6 more
AB 1018 Automated decision systems.	No 2025-06-02	Meta Platforms, Inc. ($5,900 campaign, $5,000 behested); WALMART INC. ($6,000 campaign); AIRBNB, INC. ($6,000 campaign); AT&T Services Inc. and its Affiliates ($3,000 campaign, $453 gifts) and 4 more
AB 831 Gambling: operation of a contest or sweepstakes.	Aye 2025-09-12	BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($3,000 campaign, $5,000 behested); SOBOBA BAND OF LUISENO INDIANS ($5,900 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($5,000 campaign); MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($2,500 campaign) and 3 more
AB 221 Tribal Nation Grant Fund.	Aye 2025-09-08	BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($3,000 campaign, $5,000 behested); SOBOBA BAND OF LUISENO INDIANS ($5,900 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($5,000 campaign); MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($2,500 campaign) and 2 more
AB 1609 Customer service chatbots.	No 2026-08-31	Meta Platforms, Inc. ($5,900 campaign, $5,000 behested); Amazon.com Services LLC ($5,900 campaign); AT&T Services Inc. and its Affiliates ($3,000 campaign, $453 gifts)
AB 52 Farmer equity: advisory committees.	No 2026-01-26	BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($3,000 campaign, $5,000 behested); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($5,000 campaign); MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($2,500 campaign); AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA INDIANS ($2,000 campaign) and 1 more
SB 503 Health care services: artificial intelligence.	Aye 2026-08-24	Meta Platforms, Inc. ($5,900 campaign, $5,000 behested); Amazon.com Services LLC ($5,900 campaign); Pfizer Inc. ($2,000 campaign); GENENTECH, INC., A MEMBER OF THE ROCHE GROUP ($63 gifts)
AB 1405 Artificial intelligence: auditors: registration.	No 2026-08-30	Meta Platforms, Inc. ($5,900 campaign, $5,000 behested); Amazon.com Services LLC ($5,900 campaign); DELOITTE LLP ($1,000 campaign)
AB 2023 Companion chatbots: children’s safety.	Aye 2026-05-26	Meta Platforms, Inc. ($5,900 campaign, $5,000 behested); Amazon.com Services LLC ($5,900 campaign); DELOITTE LLP ($1,000 campaign)
SB 813 Independent verification organizations.	No 2026-08-30	Meta Platforms, Inc. ($5,900 campaign, $5,000 behested); Amazon.com Services LLC ($5,900 campaign); DELOITTE LLP ($1,000 campaign)
SB 1119 Companion chatbots: children’s safety.	Aye 2026-08-31	Meta Platforms, Inc. ($5,900 campaign, $5,000 behested); Amazon.com Services LLC ($5,900 campaign); DELOITTE LLP ($1,000 campaign)
AB 1004 Tribal financial information: public records: exemption.	Aye 2025-09-04	SOBOBA BAND OF LUISENO INDIANS ($5,900 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($5,000 campaign); MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($2,500 campaign); AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA INDIANS ($2,000 campaign) and 1 more
AB 1378 Child welfare services: prevention services: Indian tribes.	Aye 2025-09-10	SOBOBA BAND OF LUISENO INDIANS ($5,900 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($5,000 campaign); MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($2,500 campaign); AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA INDIANS ($2,000 campaign) and 1 more
AB 1574 The Tribal Foster Care Prevention Program.	Aye 2026-05-21	SOBOBA BAND OF LUISENO INDIANS ($5,900 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($5,000 campaign); MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($2,500 campaign); AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA INDIANS ($2,000 campaign) and 1 more
SB 53 Artificial intelligence models: large developers.	Aye 2025-09-12	Meta Platforms, Inc. ($5,900 campaign, $5,000 behested); WALMART INC. ($6,000 campaign); GENENTECH, INC., A MEMBER OF THE ROCHE GROUP ($63 gifts)
AB 853 California AI Transparency Act.	Not voting 2025-09-12	Meta Platforms, Inc. ($5,900 campaign, $5,000 behested); WALMART INC. ($6,000 campaign)
AB 322 Precise geolocation information.	Not voting 2025-04-21	Meta Platforms, Inc. ($5,900 campaign, $5,000 behested); Amazon.com Services LLC ($5,900 campaign)
AB 412 Generative artificial intelligence: training data: copyrighted materials.	No 2025-05-12	Meta Platforms, Inc. ($5,900 campaign, $5,000 behested); Amazon.com Services LLC ($5,900 campaign)
SB 690 Crimes: invasion of privacy.	Aye 2026-08-28	Meta Platforms, Inc. ($5,900 campaign, $5,000 behested); Amazon.com Services LLC ($5,900 campaign)
SB 1130 Invasion of privacy: wearable recording devices.	No 2026-08-30	Meta Platforms, Inc. ($5,900 campaign, $5,000 behested); Amazon.com Services LLC ($5,900 campaign)
SB 222 Residential heat pump water heater or heat pump HVAC systems.	No 2026-08-24	PHILLIPS 66 ($5,000 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($5,000 campaign); MARATHON PETROLEUM CORPORATION AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES ($4,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($2,000 campaign)
AB 1824 Indian children: guardianship or conservatorship proceedings.	Aye 2026-08-25	SOBOBA BAND OF LUISENO INDIANS ($5,900 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($5,000 campaign); MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($2,500 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($2,000 campaign)
AB 1581 Pupils: data reporting: American Indian and Alaska Native pupils.	Not voting 2026-08-28	SOBOBA BAND OF LUISENO INDIANS ($5,900 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($5,000 campaign); MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($2,500 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($2,000 campaign)
AB 2564 Surveillance pricing.	No 2026-05-27	WALMART INC. ($6,000 campaign); Amazon.com Services LLC ($5,900 campaign); AT&T Services Inc. and its Affiliates ($3,000 campaign, $453 gifts)
AB 130 Housing.	No 2025-06-30	BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($3,000 campaign, $5,000 behested); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($5,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($2,000 campaign); CALIFORNIA BUSINESS PROPERTIES ASSOCIATION ($68 gifts)
AB 1485 Property tax: documentary transfer tax: exemptions: Native American tribes.	Aye 2026-01-29	SOBOBA BAND OF LUISENO INDIANS ($5,900 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($5,000 campaign); AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA INDIANS ($2,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($2,000 campaign)
SB 295 California Preventing Algorithmic Collusion Act of 2025.	No 2025-09-13	Meta Platforms, Inc. ($5,900 campaign, $5,000 behested); MARATHON PETROLEUM CORPORATION AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES ($4,000 campaign)
SB 259 Elections: vote by mail ballots.	No 2026-08-28	Meta Platforms, Inc. ($5,900 campaign, $5,000 behested); AT&T Services Inc. and its Affiliates ($3,000 campaign, $453 gifts)
AB 609 California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: housing development projects.	Aye 2025-05-19	SOBOBA BAND OF LUISENO INDIANS ($5,900 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($5,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($2,000 campaign)
AB 380 Price gouging.	No 2025-06-04	WALMART INC. ($6,000 campaign); AIRBNB, INC. ($6,000 campaign); CALIFORNIA BUSINESS PROPERTIES ASSOCIATION ($68 gifts)

Form 700 statements

Statement	Filed	What it lists
2025 Annual Assembly Member, State Assembly	2026-02-27	1 real property, 1 income, 3 gifts
2024 Annual Assembly Member, State Assembly	2025-03-03	1 real property, 1 income, 11 gifts

Findings

Worth a look Lobbying · the statement

Lobbying reports name $452.79 in gifts to them in 2024 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 2024, $50 or more from each of these sources, none named among the statement's gifts or travel: AT&T Services Inc. and its Affiliates (ID# E00663) $452.79 (one loft ticket to the sacramento kings game.).

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).

AT&T Services Inc. and its Affiliates (ID# E00663) $452.79

2024-03-12 One Loft Ticket to the Sacramento Kings Game. at Golden 1 Center $452.79 · 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

Context Behested payments

Of $119,610 paid at their request since 2024: 2 sources ($10,000) also gave $8,900 to their campaign; 2 sources ($10,000) are registered lobbyist employers

Payments made at their request (Form 803) from sources that also appear in Cal-Access: Barona Band of Mission Indians ($5,000 to Cole Canyon Elementary School; gave $3,000 to the campaign; lobbyist employer); Meta Platforms, Inc. ($5,000 to RSM CARES | Bell Tower Foundation; gave $5,900 to the campaign; 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).

Barona Band of Mission Indians paid $5,000 to Cole Canyon Elementary School · gave $3,000 to the campaign · registered lobbyist employer
Meta Platforms, Inc. paid $5,000 to RSM CARES | Bell Tower Foundation · gave $5,900 to the campaign · registered lobbyist employer

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

30 of their donors and benefactors lobbied on 249 bills they voted on

Employers that lobbied on bills they voted on (as their lobbying reports name the bills) and that gave $88,700 to their campaign, $720 in gifts reported by lobbying interests, $10,000 in payments at their request. Largest: Meta Platforms, Inc. ($10,900); BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($8,000); WALMART INC. ($6,000); AIRBNB, INC. ($6,000); Amazon.com Services LLC ($5,900). They voted aye on 154 of the 249.

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

Behested payments

What Kate Sanchez reported others paying at their request (FPPC Form 803) since 2024: $119,610 in 9 payments to 8 recipients. Officials report a source that pays $5,000 or more in a year; there is no limit.

Largest recipients: Dhillon Law Group $91,610 · Alanah Antillon $6,000 · Cole Canyon Elementary School $5,000 · RSM CARES | Bell Tower Foundation $5,000 · Haven Anozie $3,000

Paid by	To, for	Amount
NRCC Washington	Dhillon Law Group · Two Writs filed w/ CA Supreme Court, #S292490 filed on 8.18.2025 & #S292592 filed on 8.25.2025 Legislative · 2025-08-08	$91,610
Barona Band of Mission Indians Lakeside · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor	Cole Canyon Elementary School · Barona Education Grant Program Charitable · 2025-09-09	$5,000
Meta Platforms, Inc. Menlo Park · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor	RSM CARES \| Bell Tower Foundation · Meta Platforms Giving Program Charitable · 2025-12-16	$5,000
Women In California Leadership Sacramento	Alanah Antillon · Academic Scholarship Charitable · 2024-07-29	$3,000
Women In California Leadership Sacramento	Haven Anozie · Academic Scholarship Charitable · 2024-07-29	$3,000
Women in California Leadership Sacramento	Olive Storms · Academic Scholarship Charitable · 2025-08-04	$3,000
Women in California Leadership Sacramento	Brooke Walker · Academic Scholarship Charitable · 2025-08-04	$3,000
Women in California Leadership Sacramento	Alanah Antillon · Academic Scholarship Charitable · 2026-08-04	$3,000
Women in California Leadership Sacramento	Peyton Edberg · Academic Scholarship Charitable · 2026-08-04	$3,000

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 Kate Sanchez since 2024: $925 across 5 items from 5 sources. Each amount is their share as the report gives it. Matched by name and office.

Reported by	What, when	To them
AT&T Services Inc. and its Affiliates (ID# E00663) $453 in all	One Loft Ticket to the Sacramento Kings Game. at Golden 1 Center · 2024-03-12 · report	$452.79
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
CALIFORNIA BUSINESS PROPERTIES ASSOCIATION $68 in all	FOOD AND BEVERAGE at JACKSON CATERING · 2024-08-13 · report	$68.26
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

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Campaign money: State Assembly Member District 71

$639,026itemized, 219 contributions

$0from the candidate (incl. loans)

Plus $34,400 in 12 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 Correctional Peace Officers Association Truth in American Government Fund (ccpoa Tag Fund) $6,500 2026-09-29 · Bianco for Governor 2026 $5,900 2026-10-06 · BNSF Railway Company $3,000 2026-09-22 · Comcast Corporation and Affiliated Entities Including NBCUniversal Media LLC $3,000 2026-10-06 · Californians for Responsible Artificial Intelligence, Sponsored by Encode Ai Corporation $2,500 2026-09-23 · Greater Anesthesia Service and Political Action Committee, Sponsored by California Society of Anesthesiologists $2,500 2026-09-29 · Riverside Sheriffs' Association Public Education Fund $2,500 2026-10-05 · Philips North America LLC Political Action Committee 'FedPAC ID#C00239780' $2,000 2026-09-29 · Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians $2,000 2026-09-29 · AT&T Services Inc. and its Affliates $1,500 2026-10-08

Where their outside money comes from

41%34%12%11%

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

Plus $103,754 of their own money and from their earlier campaigns' committees. Compare with all state candidates →

How it was spent: $555,531

Contributions to others$150,820

Other (described)$116,307

Transfers to their other committees$103,754

Consultants$59,091

Fundraising events$42,813

Office expenses$16,404

Legal and accounting$14,966

Campaign paraphernalia, misc.$13,436

Filing and ballot fees$9,171

Civic donations$8,750

Largest payees: Golden State Strategy Group $106,594 Fundraising events · Sanchez for Assembly 2026 $103,754 Transfers to their other committees · Republican Party of Orange County (State Acct.) $72,650 Contributions to others · Chase Card Services $69,944 Other (described) · The KAL Group, Inc. $23,603 Legal and accounting · Integrated Solutions: Political $13,860 Office expenses · Griffin Bovee $13,654 Consultants · Jeff Gonzalez For Assembly 2026 $11,800 Contributions to others

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 contributors	Type	Total
Sanchez For Assembly 2024 Hilmar	Committee	$103,753.68
Comcast Corporation and Affiliated Entities Including NBCUniversal Media LLC San Francisco	Committee	$14,500
CAL FIRE Local 2881 Small Contributor PAC Sacramento	Small contributor cmte	$11,800
California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA) Political Action Committee Sacramento	Committee	$11,800
California New Car Dealers Association PAC Sacramento	Committee	$11,800
Habematolel of Pomo Upper Lake, TEO Upper Lake	Business/other	$11,800
Orange County Professional Firefighters Assn. Local 3631 PAC Tustin	Committee	$11,800
Pechanga Band of Indians Temecula	Business/other	$11,800
Western Manufactured Housing Communities PAC Sponsor: Western Manufactured Housing Communities Association Sacramento	Committee	$11,800
PG&E Corporation San Francisco	Business/other	$11,400
California Association of Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors PAC Sacramento	Committee	$10,000
CVSHealth Woonsocket	Business/other	$9,400
CALPAC - California Medical Association PAC Sacramento	Committee	$8,500
Peace Officers Research Association of California PAC (PORAC PAC) Sacramento	Small contributor cmte	$7,900
Sempra Energy San Diego	Business/other	$6,900

Committees: Sanchez for Assembly 2026, Sanchez For Assembly 2022, Assemblywoman Sanchez's Ballot Measure Committee to Protect California Families, Sanchez For Assembly 2024. From the Secretary of State's Cal-Access export; reports covering 2025–2026.

Outside spending for and against them

$7,797spent supporting them

$0spent opposing them

Spender		Amount
Riverside Sheriffs' Association Public Education Fund primary · latest report	for	$7,797

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.

Donor	To them	Candidates funded
Comcast Corporation and Affiliated Entities Including NBCUniversal Media LLC Group or PAC · Philadelphia	$14,500	11
Pechanga Band of Indians Tribal government · Temecula · registered lobbyist employer	$11,800	103
California New Car Dealers Association PAC Group or PAC · Sacramento	$11,800	106
Cal Fire Local 2881 Small Contributor PAC Labor union · Sacramento	$11,800	37
California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA) Political Action Committee Labor union · Sacramento	$11,800	17
Western Manufactured Housing Communities PAC Sponsor: Western Manufactured Housing Communities Association Group or PAC · Sacramento	$11,800	14
Orange County Professional Firefighters Assn. Local 3631 PAC Labor union · Tustin	$11,800	10
PG&E Corporation Business · Oakland	$11,400	42
California Association of Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors PAC Labor union · Sacramento	$10,000	21
CVSHealth Business · Woonsocket	$9,400	3
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and its Affiliates Business · Winston-Salem	$8,900	23
CALPAC - California Medical Association PAC Group or PAC · Sacramento	$8,500	82
Peace Officers Research Association of California PAC (PORAC PAC) Labor union · Sacramento	$7,900	32
Sempra Energy Business · San Diego	$6,900	38
Walmart Inc. Business · Bentonville · registered lobbyist employer	$6,000	37