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Pilar Schiavo

Assembly Member, State Assembly

Running in 2026: State Assembly Member District 40 (June 2) “Assemblymember” · State Assembly Member District 40 (November 3) “Assemblymember”

In the Legislature

Assembly District 40 D · 4,006 floor votes this session, 5% not voting

Committees they vote in: Health · Utilities and Energy · Banking and Finance · Military and Veterans Affairs

Bills they lead: 49 (25 became law) — AB 1312, AB 1418, AB 1660, AB 1715, AB 1820, AB 2116, AB 2147, AB 2219, AB 226, AB 2311, AB 238, AB 2390 …

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 1485
Property tax: documentary transfer tax: exemptions: Native American tribes.		Aye
2026-01-29		Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians ($11,800 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($10,000 campaign); SOBOBA BAND OF LUISENO INDIANS ($5,900 campaign); HABEMATOLEL POMO OF UPPER LAKE ($5,900 campaign) and 2 more
AB 52
Farmer equity: advisory committees.		Aye
2026-01-26		Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians ($11,800 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($10,000 campaign); HABEMATOLEL POMO OF UPPER LAKE ($5,900 campaign); BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($3,500 campaign, $51 gifts) and 1 more
AB 1018
Automated decision systems.		Aye
2025-06-02		AIRBNB, INC. ($11,800 campaign); HABEMATOLEL POMO OF UPPER LAKE ($5,900 campaign); Meta Platforms, Inc. ($5,900 campaign); AT&T Services Inc. and its Affiliates ($4,000 campaign) and 2 more
AB 831
Gambling: operation of a contest or sweepstakes.		Aye
2025-09-12		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($10,000 campaign); HABEMATOLEL POMO OF UPPER LAKE ($5,900 campaign); SOBOBA BAND OF LUISENO INDIANS ($5,900 campaign); BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($3,500 campaign, $51 gifts) and 2 more
AB 221
Tribal Nation Grant Fund.		Aye
2025-09-08		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($10,000 campaign); HABEMATOLEL POMO OF UPPER LAKE ($5,900 campaign); SOBOBA BAND OF LUISENO INDIANS ($5,900 campaign); BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($3,500 campaign, $51 gifts) and 2 more
AB 1004
Tribal financial information: public records: exemption.		Aye
2025-09-04		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($10,000 campaign); SOBOBA BAND OF LUISENO INDIANS ($5,900 campaign); HABEMATOLEL POMO OF UPPER LAKE ($5,900 campaign); SCOTTS VALLEY BAND OF POMO INDIANS ($3,000 campaign) and 1 more
AB 1378
Child welfare services: prevention services: Indian tribes.		Aye
2025-09-10		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($10,000 campaign); SOBOBA BAND OF LUISENO INDIANS ($5,900 campaign); HABEMATOLEL POMO OF UPPER LAKE ($5,900 campaign); SCOTTS VALLEY BAND OF POMO INDIANS ($3,000 campaign) and 1 more
AB 1369
Pupil rights: school graduation ceremonies and related events: adornments.		Aye
2025-09-04		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($10,000 campaign); HABEMATOLEL POMO OF UPPER LAKE ($5,900 campaign); SCOTTS VALLEY BAND OF POMO INDIANS ($3,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($2,000 campaign)
AB 31
Peace officers: tribal police.		Aye
2026-08-25		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($10,000 campaign); HABEMATOLEL POMO OF UPPER LAKE ($5,900 campaign); SCOTTS VALLEY BAND OF POMO INDIANS ($3,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($2,000 campaign)
AB 1581
Pupils: data reporting: American Indian and Alaska Native pupils.		Aye
2026-08-28		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($10,000 campaign); SOBOBA BAND OF LUISENO INDIANS ($5,900 campaign); SCOTTS VALLEY BAND OF POMO INDIANS ($3,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($2,000 campaign)
AB 1574
The Tribal Foster Care Prevention Program.		Aye
2026-05-21		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($10,000 campaign); SOBOBA BAND OF LUISENO INDIANS ($5,900 campaign); SCOTTS VALLEY BAND OF POMO INDIANS ($3,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($2,000 campaign)
AB 609
California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: housing development projects.		Aye
2025-05-19		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($10,000 campaign); SOBOBA BAND OF LUISENO INDIANS ($5,900 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($2,000 campaign); California Environmental Voters ($311 gifts)
AB 977
California Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 2001: California State University: burial sites: human remains.		Aye
2025-09-02		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($10,000 campaign); HABEMATOLEL POMO OF UPPER LAKE ($5,900 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($2,000 campaign)
AB 1824
Indian children: guardianship or conservatorship proceedings.		Aye
2026-08-25		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($10,000 campaign); SOBOBA BAND OF LUISENO INDIANS ($5,900 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($2,000 campaign)
AB 130
Housing.		Aye
2025-06-30		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($10,000 campaign); BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($3,500 campaign, $51 gifts); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($2,000 campaign)
AB 1592
California Indian Heritage Center support organization.		Aye
2026-05-22		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($10,000 campaign); SCOTTS VALLEY BAND OF POMO INDIANS ($3,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($2,000 campaign)
SB 891
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Justice Program.		Aye
2026-08-25		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($10,000 campaign); SCOTTS VALLEY BAND OF POMO INDIANS ($3,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($2,000 campaign)
SB 222
Residential heat pump water heater or heat pump HVAC systems.		Not voting
2026-08-24		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($10,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($2,000 campaign); California Environmental Voters ($311 gifts)
AB 379
Crimes: prostitution.		Aye
2025-05-15		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($10,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($2,000 campaign); EQUALITY CALIFORNIA ($59 gifts)
AB 131
Public Resources.		Aye
2025-03-20		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($10,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($2,000 campaign)
ACR 39
Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Awareness Month.		Aye
2025-05-08		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($10,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($2,000 campaign)
AB 1393
California Gambling Control Commission.		Aye
2025-04-10		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($10,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($2,000 campaign)
AB 77
Gaming Policy Advisory Committee.		Aye
2025-05-01		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($10,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($2,000 campaign)
AB 515
Trial: statement of decision. 		Aye
2025-09-10		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($10,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($2,000 campaign)
AB 817
Cold storage facilities.		Aye
2026-08-31		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($10,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($2,000 campaign)
SB 49
Tribal gaming: compact and amendment ratification.		Aye
2025-05-19		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($10,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($2,000 campaign)
AB 893
Housing development projects: objective standards: campus development zone.		Not voting
2025-09-08		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($10,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($2,000 campaign)
AB 1200
Emergency services: disaster preparedness.		Aye
2025-06-02		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($10,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($2,000 campaign)
AB 697
Protected species: authorized take: State Route 37 project.		Aye
2025-06-03		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($10,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($2,000 campaign)
SB 516
Enhanced infrastructure financing districts: California Capital City Downtown Revitalization Act. 		Aye
2025-09-08		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($10,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($2,000 campaign)

Form 700 statements

StatementFiledWhat it lists
2025 Annual
Assembly Member, State Assembly		2026-03-0226 gifts, 9 travel
2024 Annual
Assembly Member, State Assembly		2025-03-0319 gifts, 5 travel

Findings

Worth a look Lobbying · the statement

Lobbying reports name $58.78 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: EQUALITY CALIFORNIA $58.78 (food / beverages).

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).
EQUALITY CALIFORNIA $58.78
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 Lobbying

27 of their donors and benefactors lobbied on 211 bills they voted on

Employers that lobbied on bills they voted on (as their lobbying reports name the bills) and that gave $91,950 to their campaign, $441 in gifts reported by lobbying interests. Largest: AIRBNB, INC. ($11,800); Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians ($11,800); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($10,000); HABEMATOLEL POMO OF UPPER LAKE ($5,900); Meta Platforms, Inc. ($5,900). They voted aye on 201 of the 211.

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 $8,268.64 in travel paid by others (9 payments)

Largest: Napa, CA ($1,739.06, Rodel Institute), Palm Springs, CA ($1,702.46, Rodel Institute), Napa, CA ($1,520, Foundation for CA's Tech and Innovation Economy). 9 of 9 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: Rodel Institute $1,739 p.7Travel: Rodel Institute $1,702 p.6Travel: Foundation for CA's Tech and Innovation Economy $1,520 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

4 sources on this statement also gave to their campaign

Listed here and among the campaign's contributors in Cal-Access: California Democratic Party ($271,114), California Democratic Party ($271,114), Barona Band of Mission Indians ($3,500), Robert Rivas for Assembly 2026 ($5,900).

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 Democratic Party p.2Gifts: California Democratic Party p.2Gifts: Barona Band of Mission Indians p.3Gifts: Robert Rivas for Assembly 2026 p.4

Rule: Campaign donors also on the statement

How this rule works

Context Travel payments · the statement

Lists $7,987.98 in travel paid by others (5 payments)

Largest: Colorado Springs, Colorado ($3,700.35, Council of State Governments), Yosemite, California ($1,889.07, Rural Advancement Institute), South Newport Coast, California ($1,184.73, California Association of Health plans). 5 of 5 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 $3,700 p.5Travel: Rural Advancement Institute $1,889 p.5Travel: California Association of Health plans $1,185 p.5

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 Democratic Party ($271,114).

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 Democratic Party p.2

Rule: Campaign donors also on the statement

How this rule works

Behested payments

What Pilar Schiavo reported others paying at their request (FPPC Form 803) since 2024: $18,000 in 6 payments to 6 recipients. Officials report a source that pays $5,000 or more in a year; there is no limit.

Largest recipients: Kimberly Phillips $3,000 · Valeria Aguayo Guzman-Parra $3,000 · Ma Regina Anne Carpio $3,000 · Kayla Cha $3,000 · Valeria Tiznado Medrano $3,000

Paid byTo, forAmount
Women in California Leadership
Sacramento		Kimberly Phillips · scholarship
Charitable · 2024-07-29		$3,000
Women in California Leadership
Sacramento		Valeria Aguayo Guzman-Parra · scholarship
Charitable · 2024-07-29		$3,000
Women in California Leadership
Sacramento		Ma Regina Anne Carpio · Scholarship
Charitable · 2025-08-04		$3,000
Women in California Leadership
Sacramento		Kayla Cha · Scholarship
Charitable · 2025-08-04		$3,000
Women in California Leadership
Sacramento		Valeria Tiznado Medrano · scholarship
Charitable · 2026-08-04		$3,000
Women in California Leadership
Sacramento		Kelly Puhawan · 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 Pilar Schiavo since 2024: $568 across 16 items from 7 sources. Each amount is their share as the report gives it. Matched by name and office.

Reported byWhat, whenTo them
California Environmental Voters
$311 in all		Meal at California Environmental Voters · 2026-05-18 · report$15.20
Meal at Frank Fat's · 2026-04-15 · report$37.97
Meal at Frank Fat's · 2026-01-21 · report$20.50
Meal at Frank Fat's · 2025-06-18 · report$52.58
Meal at Frank Fat's · 2025-05-21 · report$33.74
Meal at Frank Fat's · 2025-03-19 · report$20.94
Meal at Frank Fat's · 2025-02-19 · report$33.24
Meal at Hyatt Regency · 2024-06-18 · report$39.90
Meal for Staff Member at Hyatt Regency · 2024-06-18 · report$39.90
Meal at Frank Fat's · 2024-01-17 · report$17.25
EQUALITY CALIFORNIA
$59 in all		FOOD / BEVERAGES at TIGER RESTAURANT & LOUNGE · 2024-06-04 · report$58.78
PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
$54 in all		FOOD AND BEVERAGES at FIELD TO TABLE EVENTS LLC · 2025-09-17 · report$54.25
BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS
$51 in all		MEAL at BARONA RESORT AND CASINO · 2025-02-28 · report$51.03
Sempra and its Affiliates: San Diego Gas & Electric Company and Southern California Gas Company
$41 in all		Meal and beverage at breakfast meeting at Fox & Goose · 2025-07-15 · report$40.55
Food Solutions Action
$32 in all		Food & Beverage at La Bou · 2024-08-27 · report$32.29
AMERICAN EV JOBS ALLIANCE; THE
$20 in all		Promotional swag (hat and koozie) at EV Jobs Alliance · 2025-11-24 · report$19.60

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Campaign money: State Assembly Member District 40

$1,998,069itemized, 467 contributions
$0from the candidate (incl. loans)

Plus $354,979 in 55 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 Democratic Party $224,779 2026-10-08 · California Real Estate PAC (CREPAC) Small Contributor Committee $11,800 2026-10-02 · SEIU California State Council Small Contributor Committee $11,800 2026-10-02 · Service Employees International Union Local 1000 Candidate PAC Small Contributor Committee $11,800 2026-09-20 · United Domestic Workers of America Action Fund Small Contributor Committee $11,800 2026-09-25 · California Apartment Association PAC $5,900 2026-10-01 · California Conference Board, Amalgamated Transit Union PAC Small Contributor Committee $5,900 2026-10-06 · California State Council of Laborers PAC Small Contributor Committee $5,900 2026-10-07 · Mia Bonta for Assembly 2026 $5,900 2026-09-21 · Papan for Assembly 2026 $5,900 2026-10-02

Where their outside money comes from

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

Plus $406,333 of their own money and from their earlier campaigns' committees. Compare with all state candidates →

How it was spent: $1,165,549

Other (described)$688,858
Fundraising events$133,337
Consultants$130,000
Legal and accounting$63,182
Literature and mailings$41,548
Polling$40,800
Office expenses$29,045
Civic donations$12,035
Contributions to others$10,310
Campaign paraphernalia, misc.$9,928

Largest payees: Pilar Schiavo for Assembly 2026 $406,333 Other (described) · Lindsay Bubar Consulting, Inc. $131,165 Staff travel and meals · Chase Card Services $121,510 Other (described) · The Dover Group, Inc. $94,295 Staff travel and meals · Armour Evans Media, LLC $80,000 Other (described) · The Ward Group, LLC $68,000 Fundraising events · Julie Sandino dba Sandino Consulting $64,187 Fundraising events · Deane & Company $63,182 Legal and accounting

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
Pilar Schiavo for Assembly 2024
Sacramento		Committee$406,333.15
California Democratic Party
Sacramento		Party$271,114.36
Association of California School Administrators PAC Small Contributor Committee
Sacramento		Small contributor cmte$23,600
First Foundation Bank
Irvine		Business/other$22,668.26
American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees - CA People (AFSCME CA People) Small Contributor Committee
Sacramento		Small contributor cmte$17,700
California Professional Firefighters PAC Small Contributor Committee
Sacramento		Small contributor cmte$17,700
Airbnb, Inc.
San Francisco		Business/other$11,800
Ash Kalra for Assembly 2026
Oakland		Committee$11,800
Avila Farias for State Assembly 2026
Sacramento		Committee$11,800
Bryan for Assembly 2026
Los Angeles		Committee$11,800
Buffy Wicks for Assembly 2026
San Francisco		Committee$11,800
Building a Stronger Future for California PAC, sponsored by Western States Regional Council of Carpenters SCC
Sacramento		Small contributor cmte$11,800
CALPAC - California Medical Association PAC
Sacramento		Committee$11,800
California Real Estate PAC (CREPAC) Small Contributor Committee
Los Angeles		Small contributor cmte$11,800
California State Council of Laborers PAC Small Contributor Committee
Sacramento		Small contributor cmte$11,800

Committees: Pilar Schiavo for Assembly 2026, Pilar Schiavo for Assembly 2024, Pilar Schiavo for Assembly 2022. From the Secretary of State's Cal-Access export; reports covering 2025–2026.

Outside spending for and against them

$59,913spent supporting them
$0spent opposing them
SpenderAmount
Advance California, Sponsored by California Apartment Association
primary · latest report		for$59,913

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.

DonorTo themCandidates fundedBy party
California Democratic Party
Party committee · Sacramento		$271,11437
Association of California School Administrators PAC Small Contributor Committee
Group or PAC · Sacramento		$23,60038
First Foundation Bank
Business · Irvine		$22,66857
American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees - CA People (AFSCME CA People) Small Contributor Committee
Labor union · Sacramento		$17,70039
California Professional Firefighters PAC Small Contributor Committee
Labor union · Sacramento		$17,70040
Marc Berman for Assembly 2026
Candidate or officeholder committee · Sacramento		$11,8009
Mark Gonzalez for Assembly 2026
Candidate or officeholder committee · Norwalk		$11,80015
Matt Haney for Assembly 2026
Candidate or officeholder committee · Oakland		$11,8007
Mike Fong for Assembly 2026
Candidate or officeholder committee · Encino		$11,80012
National Union of Healthcare Workers Candidate Committee for Quality Patient Care and Union Democracy
Labor union · Sacramento		$11,80061
Nick Schultz for Assembly 2026
Candidate or officeholder committee · Encino		$11,8009
Patrick Ahrens for Assembly 2026
Candidate or officeholder committee · Sacramento		$11,80024
Pechanga Band of Indians
Tribal government · Temecula · registered lobbyist employer		$11,800103
Plumbers and Steamfitters Local Union No. 761 PAC Small Contributor Committee
Labor union · Burbank		$11,8003
Patty Quillin
Homemaker, n/a · Santa Cruz		$11,80068