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Rebecca Beth Bauer-Kahan

Assembly Member, State Assembly

Running in 2026: State Assembly Member District 16 (June 2) “Assemblymember/Mother” · State Assembly Member District 16 (November 3) “Assemblymember/Mother”

In the Legislature

Assembly District 16 D · 4,006 floor votes this session, 10% not voting

Committees they vote in: Judiciary · Privacy and Consumer Protection · Business and Professions · Appropriations · Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials

Bills they lead: 50 (27 became law) — AB 1405, AB 1577, AB 1705, AB 1709, AB 2007, AB 2047, AB 2084, AB 2212, AB 2448, AB 2504, AB 2631, AB 2664 …

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 1018 Automated decision systems.	Aye 2025-06-02	WALMART INC. ($8,000 campaign); HABEMATOLEL POMO OF UPPER LAKE ($5,900 campaign); AIRBNB, INC. ($4,000 campaign); AT&T Services Inc. and its Affiliates ($3,000 campaign) and 4 more
AB 1776 Cartwright Act: violations.	Aye 2026-08-30	WALMART INC. ($8,000 campaign); BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY ($8,000 campaign); ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES ($5,900 campaign); EBAY, INC. ($2,500 campaign) and 2 more
AB 831 Gambling: operation of a contest or sweepstakes.	Aye 2025-09-12	Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($7,000 campaign); HABEMATOLEL POMO OF UPPER LAKE ($5,900 campaign); SCOTTS VALLEY BAND OF POMO INDIANS ($2,500 campaign); BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($2,500 campaign) and 1 more
AB 221 Tribal Nation Grant Fund.	Aye 2025-09-08	Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($7,000 campaign); HABEMATOLEL POMO OF UPPER LAKE ($5,900 campaign); SCOTTS VALLEY BAND OF POMO INDIANS ($2,500 campaign); BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($2,500 campaign) and 1 more
AB 1004 Tribal financial information: public records: exemption.	Aye 2025-09-04	Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($7,000 campaign); HABEMATOLEL POMO OF UPPER LAKE ($5,900 campaign); SCOTTS VALLEY BAND OF POMO INDIANS ($2,500 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($2,000 campaign)
AB 1369 Pupil rights: school graduation ceremonies and related events: adornments.	Aye 2025-09-04	Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($7,000 campaign); HABEMATOLEL POMO OF UPPER LAKE ($5,900 campaign); SCOTTS VALLEY BAND OF POMO INDIANS ($2,500 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($2,000 campaign)
AB 31 Peace officers: tribal police.	Aye 2026-08-25	Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($7,000 campaign); HABEMATOLEL POMO OF UPPER LAKE ($5,900 campaign); SCOTTS VALLEY BAND OF POMO INDIANS ($2,500 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($2,000 campaign)
AB 1378 Child welfare services: prevention services: Indian tribes.	Aye 2025-09-10	Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($7,000 campaign); HABEMATOLEL POMO OF UPPER LAKE ($5,900 campaign); SCOTTS VALLEY BAND OF POMO INDIANS ($2,500 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($2,000 campaign)
AB 1485 Property tax: documentary transfer tax: exemptions: Native American tribes.	Not voting 2026-01-29	Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($7,000 campaign); HABEMATOLEL POMO OF UPPER LAKE ($5,900 campaign); SCOTTS VALLEY BAND OF POMO INDIANS ($2,500 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($2,000 campaign)
AB 52 Farmer equity: advisory committees.	Aye 2026-01-26	Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($7,000 campaign); HABEMATOLEL POMO OF UPPER LAKE ($5,900 campaign); BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($2,500 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK 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	Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($7,000 campaign); HABEMATOLEL POMO OF UPPER LAKE ($5,900 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($2,000 campaign)
AB 380 Price gouging.	Aye 2025-06-04	WALMART INC. ($8,000 campaign); AIRBNB, INC. ($4,000 campaign); CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING LLC ($2,000 campaign)
AB 853 California AI Transparency Act.	Aye 2025-09-12	WALMART INC. ($8,000 campaign); ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION ($5,900 campaign); MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION INC. ($43 gifts)
SB 53 Artificial intelligence models: large developers.	Aye 2025-09-12	WALMART INC. ($8,000 campaign); Anthropic PBC ($5,900 campaign)
AB 1405 Artificial intelligence: auditors: registration.	Aye 2026-08-30	Anthropic PBC ($5,900 campaign); ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION ($5,900 campaign)
SB 420 Property tax: welfare exemption: detention facilities.	Aye 2026-08-25	Anthropic PBC ($5,900 campaign); ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION ($5,900 campaign)
AB 130 Housing.	Aye 2025-06-30	Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($7,000 campaign); BARONA 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.	Aye 2026-08-28	Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($7,000 campaign); SCOTTS VALLEY BAND OF POMO INDIANS ($2,500 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 ($7,000 campaign); SCOTTS VALLEY BAND OF POMO INDIANS ($2,500 campaign); 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 ($7,000 campaign); SCOTTS VALLEY BAND OF POMO INDIANS ($2,500 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 ($7,000 campaign); SCOTTS VALLEY BAND OF POMO INDIANS ($2,500 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($2,000 campaign)
AB 2564 Surveillance pricing.	Aye 2026-05-27	WALMART INC. ($8,000 campaign); AT&T Services Inc. and its Affiliates ($3,000 campaign)
AB 710 Electrical corporations: resiliency planning: microgrid projects.	Aye 2026-01-26	WALMART INC. ($8,000 campaign); NRG ENERGY, INC. ($2,500 campaign)
AB 2383 Electricity: data centers.	Aye 2026-08-31	WALMART INC. ($8,000 campaign); NRG ENERGY, INC. ($2,500 campaign)
AB 131 Public Resources.	Not voting 2025-03-20	Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($7,000 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 ($7,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($2,000 campaign)
AB 1393 California Gambling Control Commission.	Not voting 2025-04-10	Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($7,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($2,000 campaign)
AB 379 Crimes: prostitution.	Aye 2025-05-15	Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($7,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($2,000 campaign)
AB 77 Gaming Policy Advisory Committee.	Aye 2025-05-01	Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($7,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($2,000 campaign)
AB 515 Trial: statement of decision.	Aye 2025-09-10	Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($7,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($2,000 campaign)

Form 700 statements

Statement	Filed	What it lists
2025 Annual Assembly Member, State Assembly	2026-03-02	3 investments, 1 real property, 1 income, 29 gifts, 8 travel
2024 Annual (amendment) Assembly Member, State Assembly	2025-07-03	1 travel
2024 Annual Assembly Member, State Assembly	2025-03-03	4 investments, 1 real property, 1 income, 23 gifts, 10 travel

Findings

Worth a look Lobbying · the statement

Lobbying reports name $470 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: STANFORD UNIVERSITY $470 (cal vs. stanford game two tickets and refreshments).

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).

STANFORD UNIVERSITY $470

2025-11-22 Cal vs. Stanford Game two tickets and refreshments at Stanford University $470 (of $940 for everyone it lists) · 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

Worth a look Gifts · the statement

Lists $593.48 in gifts from California Democratic Party in 2024; the limit from one source is $590

The statement lists 6 gift(s) from California Democratic Party dated in 2024, totalling $593.48. The gift limit from a single source was $590 for 2024 (Government Code 89503). The filer's comment on that page: “* California Democratic Party. Listing total gifts of $493.48, overage of $3.48. Referencing full amount as $3.48 reimbursement was not paid within 30 days after receipt. Reimbursement check is in the mail today.”.

What to check

Whether part of it was returned, or paid back, in time to not count (the filer's comments often say).
Whether the gifts are from one source (a couple is two sources) or are of a kind the limit doesn't cover (family, wedding gifts and the like).
The FPPC's gift fact sheet and Regulation 18940.2 for the exceptions.

Gifts: California Democratic Party $71 2024-03-19 p.5 Gifts: California Democratic Party $200 2024-11-06 p.5 Gifts: California Democratic Party $165 2024-11-07 p.5 Gifts: California Democratic Party * $27 2024-01-16 p.5 Gifts: California Democratic Party * $67 2024-01-17 p.5 Gifts: California Democratic Party * $65 2024-01-25 p.5

Rule: Gifts from one source over the yearly limit

“The gift limit increased to $630 for calendar years 2025 and 2026. The gift limit in calendar year 2024 was $590.”Form 700 (2025/2026), What's New ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works

Context Lobbying

32 of their donors and benefactors lobbied on 253 bills they voted on

Employers that lobbied on bills they voted on (as their lobbying reports name the bills) and that gave $111,500 to their campaign, $513 in gifts reported by lobbying interests. Largest: StubHub ($9,000); WALMART INC. ($8,000); BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY ($8,000); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($7,000); HABEMATOLEL POMO OF UPPER LAKE ($5,900). They voted aye on 233 of the 253.

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 $5,771.41 in travel paid by others (8 payments)

Largest: Montgomery, Alabama ($1,624.70, JK Irwin Foundation EIN 56-2678107), Asilomar, California ($1,524.64, Center for Human Compatible Artificial Intelligence, UC Berkeley), La Jolla, California ($1,123.59, CA Issues Forum). 8 of 8 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: JK Irwin Foundation EIN 56-2678107 $1,625 p.9 Travel: Center for Human Compatible Artificial Intelligence, UC Berkeley $1,525 p.9 Travel: CA Issues Forum $1,124 p.9

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 $12,678.27 in travel paid by others (10 payments)

Largest: Maui, HI ($5,986.50, Independent Voter Project (IVP)), Dubai, United Arab Emirates ($2,622.35, The Climate Registry*), La Jolla, CA ($1,389, California Issues Forum). 10 of 10 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: Independent Voter Project (IVP) $5,987 p.9 Travel: The Climate Registry* $2,622 p.8 Travel: California Issues Forum $1,389 p.10

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

Behested payments

What Rebecca Beth Bauer-Kahan reported others paying at their request (FPPC Form 803) since 2024: $48,000 in 9 payments to 9 recipients. Officials report a source that pays $5,000 or more in a year; there is no limit.

Largest recipients: Contra Costa Crisis Center $25,000 · Mahi Jariwala $3,000 · Lara Wiedemeier $3,000 · Surabhi Verma $3,000 · Anna Carrel $3,000

Paid by	To, for	Amount
Matthew Perry Foundation Woodland Hills	Contra Costa Crisis Center · Grant for a nonprofit organization Charitable · 2024-07-09	$25,000
Women in California Leadership Sacramento	Mahi Jariwala · Scholarship Charitable · 2024-07-29	$3,000
Women in California Leadership Sacramento	Lara Wiedemeier · scholarship Charitable · 2024-07-29	$3,000
Women in California Leadership Sacramento	Surabhi Verma · Scholarship Charitable · 2025-08-04	$3,000
Women in California Leadership Sacramento	Anna Carrel · Scholarship Charitable · 2025-08-04	$3,000
Women in California Leadership Sacramento	Alice Zhou · Recipient of the Minerva Scholarship award. Charitable · 2026-08-04	$3,000
Women in California Leadership Sacramento	Francesca Romero · Recipient of the Minerva Scholarship award. Charitable · 2026-08-04	$3,000
Women in California Leadership Sacramento	Lafayette Partners in Education · Donation to a nonprofit organization Charitable · 2025-11-03	$2,500
Women in California Leadership Sacramento	Orinda Network for Education (ONE) · Donation to a nonprofit organization Charitable · 2025-11-03	$2,500

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 Rebecca Beth Bauer-Kahan since 2024: $513 across 2 items from 2 sources. Each amount is their share as the report gives it. Matched by name and office.

Reported by	What, when	To them
STANFORD UNIVERSITY $470 in all	Cal vs. Stanford Game two tickets and refreshments at Stanford University · 2025-11-22 · report	$470
MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION INC. $43 in all	POPCORN POPPER / HAT at BROADWAY MARKETING LTD. · 2024-02-26 · report	$42.74

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Campaign money: State Assembly Member District 16

$1,181,540itemized, 211 contributions

$0from the candidate (incl. loans)

Plus $31,100 in 7 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 New Car Dealers Association PAC $5,900 2026-09-29 · Comcast Financial Agency Corporation $5,900 2026-09-24 · M. Quinn Delaney $5,900 2026-09-20 · Elizabeth D. Simons $5,900 2026-09-29 · AT&T Services, Inc. and its Affiliates $3,000 2026-10-06 · CEMEX Materials, LLC $2,500 2026-09-30 · Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians $2,000 2026-09-29

Where their outside money comes from

37%31%18%

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

Plus $729,781 of their own money and from their earlier campaigns' committees. Compare with all state candidates →

How it was spent: $1,254,274

Other (described)$795,190

Consultants$116,000

Contributions to others$90,325

Fundraising events$81,967

Candidate travel and meals$65,776

Legal and accounting$50,067

Office expenses$20,581

Filing and ballot fees$18,226

Civic donations$7,460

Staff travel and meals$3,639

Largest payees: Rebecca Bauer-Kahan for Assembly 2026 $729,781 Other (described) · Bertolina & Barnato, Inc. $81,321 Fundraising events · Card Services Center $65,291 Other (described) · Darren Bauer-Kahan $64,886 Candidate travel and meals · Deane & Company $50,067 Legal and accounting · California Democratic Party $49,000 Contributions to others · Michelle W. Henry $47,002 Office expenses · Michelle W. Henry Consulting $36,000 Consultants

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
Rebecca Bauer-Kahan for Assembly 2024 Sacramento	Committee	$729,780.53
First Foundation Bank Irvine	Business/other	$25,863.18
Bay Area Legislative Leaders PAC Sacramento	Committee	$11,800
Californians for Responsible Artificial Intelligence, sponsored by Encode AI Corporation San Rafael	Committee	$11,800
Jan Leike Member of Technical Staff · Anthropic · San Francisco	Person	$11,800
Northern California Carpenters Regional Council POWER PAC Small Contributor Committee Sacramento	Small contributor cmte	$11,800
State Building and Construction Trades Council of California PAC Small Contributor Committee Sacramento	Small contributor cmte	$11,800
The Doctors Company PAC AKA DOCPAC Napa	Committee	$11,800
StubHub, Inc. San Francisco	Business/other	$9,000
Bristol Myers Squibb Washington	Business/other	$8,000
Walmart, Inc. Bentonville	Business/other	$8,000
California Dental Association PAC (CDA PAC) Sacramento	Committee	$7,000
Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation Brooks	Business/other	$7,000
CALPAC - California Medical Association PAC Sacramento	Committee	$6,500
California Professional Firefighters PAC Small Contributor Committee Sacramento	Small contributor cmte	$6,500

Committees: Rebecca Bauer-Kahan for Assembly 2026, Rebecca Bauer-Kahan for Assembly 2018, Rebecca Bauer-Kahan for Assembly 2020, Rebecca Bauer-Kahan for Assembly 2022, Rebecca Bauer-Kahan for Assembly 2024. 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.

Donor	To them	Candidates funded
First Foundation Bank Business · Irvine	$25,863	57
Bay Area Legislative Leaders PAC Group or PAC · Sacramento	$11,800	18
The Doctors Company PAC AKA DOCPAC Group or PAC · Napa	$11,800	62
State Building and Construction Trades Council of California PAC Small Contributor Committee Labor union · Sacramento	$11,800	36
Northern California Carpenters Regional Council POWER PAC Small Contributor Committee Labor union · Sacramento	$11,800	14
Californians for Responsible Artificial Intelligence, Sponsored by Encode AI Corporation Group or PAC · San Rafael	$11,800	6
Jan Leike Member of Technical Staff, Anthropic · San Francisco	$11,800	11
StubHub, Inc. Business · San Francisco · registered lobbyist employer	$9,000	35
Walmart Inc. Business · Bentonville · registered lobbyist employer	$8,000	37
Bristol Myers Squibb Business · Washington · registered lobbyist employer	$8,000	20
California Dental Association PAC (CDA PAC) Group or PAC · Sacramento	$7,000	82
Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation Tribal government · Brooks · registered lobbyist employer	$7,000	99
California Professional Firefighters PAC Small Contributor Committee Labor union · Sacramento	$6,500	40
CALPAC - California Medical Association PAC Group or PAC · Sacramento	$6,500	82
California Building Industry Association PAC Group or PAC · Sacramento	$6,400	74