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Sasha Renée Pérez

Senator, State Senate

In the Legislature

Senate District 25 D · 3,677 floor votes this session, 4% not voting

Committees they vote in: Public Safety · Education · Human Services · Health · Environmental Quality · Budget and Fiscal Review · Emergency Management · Housing

Bills they lead: 93 (44 became law) — AB 1138, AB 1806, AB 1842, AB 1847, AB 2329, AB 2576, ACR 216, ACR 45, ACR 92, SB 1004, SB 1083, SB 1090 …

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 1776
Cartwright Act: violations.
Aye
2026-08-30
RECORDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA ($576 gifts); California Environmental Voters ($34 gifts)
SB 863
Taxation.
Aye
2025-09-08
RECORDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA ($576 gifts)
SB 25
Antitrust: premerger notification.
Aye
2026-02-02
RECORDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA ($576 gifts)
SB 11
Artificial intelligence technology.
Aye
2025-09-13
RECORDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA ($576 gifts)
SB 763
Conspiracy against trade: punishment.
Aye
2025-09-13
RECORDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA ($576 gifts)
AB 325
Cartwright Act: violations.
Aye
2025-09-11
RECORDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA ($576 gifts)
AB 853
California AI Transparency Act.
Aye
2025-09-11
RECORDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA ($576 gifts)
SB 1000
California AI Transparency Act.
Aye
2026-08-27
RECORDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA ($576 gifts)
AB 2713
California AI Transparency Act: system provenance data.
Aye
2026-08-27
RECORDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA ($576 gifts)
SB 504
Communicable diseases: HIV reporting.
Aye
2025-09-09
EQUALITY CALIFORNIA ($63 gifts)
SB 418
Health care coverage: prescription hormone therapy and nondiscrimination.
Aye
2025-09-11
EQUALITY CALIFORNIA ($63 gifts)
SB 590
Paid family leave: eligibility: care for designated persons.
Aye
2025-09-10
EQUALITY CALIFORNIA ($63 gifts)
SB 450
Adoption.
Aye
2025-09-11
EQUALITY CALIFORNIA ($63 gifts)
SB 278
Health data: HIV test results.
Aye
2025-09-09
EQUALITY CALIFORNIA ($63 gifts)
SB 48
Educational equity: discrimination prevention coordinators.
Aye
2025-09-13
EQUALITY CALIFORNIA ($63 gifts)
SB 497
Legally protected health care activity.
Aye
2025-09-10
EQUALITY CALIFORNIA ($63 gifts)
SB 59
Change of name or gender and sex identifier.
Aye
2025-09-13
EQUALITY CALIFORNIA ($63 gifts)
AB 379
Crimes: prostitution.
Aye
2025-07-14
EQUALITY CALIFORNIA ($63 gifts)
AB 309
Hypodermic needles and syringes.
Aye
2025-09-03
EQUALITY CALIFORNIA ($63 gifts)
AB 822
Commission on the State of Hate.
Aye
2025-09-08
EQUALITY CALIFORNIA ($63 gifts)
AB 449
Civil Rights Department: antidiscrimination campaigns.
Aye
2025-09-08
EQUALITY CALIFORNIA ($63 gifts)
AB 727
Pupil and student safety: identification cards.
Aye
2025-09-09
EQUALITY CALIFORNIA ($63 gifts)
AB 554
Health care coverage: antiretroviral drugs, drug devices, and drug products.
Aye
2025-09-09
EQUALITY CALIFORNIA ($63 gifts)
AB 678
Interagency Council on Homelessness.
Aye
2025-09-10
EQUALITY CALIFORNIA ($63 gifts)
AB 1084
Change of name and gender and sex identifier.
Aye
2025-09-12
EQUALITY CALIFORNIA ($63 gifts)
AB 715
Educational equity: discrimination: antisemitism prevention.
Aye
2025-09-12
EQUALITY CALIFORNIA ($63 gifts)
AB 82
Health care: legally protected health care activity.
Aye
2025-09-09
EQUALITY CALIFORNIA ($63 gifts)
SB 608
Sexual health.
Aye
2026-08-26
EQUALITY CALIFORNIA ($63 gifts)
SB 237
Oil spill prevention: gasoline specifications: suspension: California Environmental Quality Act: exemptions: County of Kern: transportation fuels assessment: coastal resources.
Not voting
2025-09-13
California Environmental Voters ($34 gifts)
SB 840
Greenhouse gases: Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: studies.
Aye
2025-09-13
California Environmental Voters ($34 gifts)

Form 700 statements

StatementFiledWhat it lists
2025 Annual
Senator, State Senate
2026-03-0230 gifts, 4 travel
2024 Annual
Senator, State Senate
2025-03-032 income, 3 gifts, 2 travel

Findings

Context Travel payments · the statement

Lists $19,023.12 in travel paid by others (4 payments)

Largest: Auckland, New Zealand and Sydney, Australia ($15,477.48, California YIMBY Education Fund), Harlem, New York ($1,721.89, GRACE, also known as End Poverty California), Napa, California ($1,363.85, California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation). 4 of 4 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: California YIMBY Education Fund $15,477 p.6Travel: GRACE, also known as End Poverty California $1,722 p.6Travel: California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation $1,364 p.6

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 $8,262.47 in travel paid by others (2 payments)

Largest: Scotland, Ireland ($4,400.73, Women in California Leadership Caucus), Norway ($3,861.74, JK Irwin Foundation, through intermediary, Tides Advocacy/Smart Justice California). 2 of 2 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: Women in California Leadership Caucus $4,401 p.4Travel: JK Irwin Foundation, through intermediary, Tides Advocacy/Smart Justice California $3,862 p.4

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

Behested payments

What Sasha Renée Pérez reported others paying at their request (FPPC Form 803) since 2024: $53,387 in 13 payments to 11 recipients. Officials report a source that pays $5,000 or more in a year; there is no limit.

Largest recipients: Amelia Garrison $6,000 · Judith Cedeno Guardado $6,000 · SD 25 Back to School Events $5,387 · Abel Eduardo Macall $5,000 · Michae De La Cuadra $5,000

Paid byTo, forAmount
Automobile Club of Southern California
Costa Mesa
SD 25 Back to School Events · Backpack giveaway and legislative update event
Charitable · 2026-07-06
$5,387
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation
Long Beach
Abel Eduardo Macall · Academic Scholarship
Charitable · 2025-07-15
$5,000
California LCBTQ Foundation
Sacramento
Michae De La Cuadra · Academic Scholarship
Charitable · 2025-08-22
$5,000
California LGBTQ Foundation
Sacramento
Michaé De La Cuadra · Academic Scholarship
Charitable · 2025-08-22
$5,000
Sage Strategies LLC / META
Sacramento
Clergy Community Coalition Inc · Turkey Giveaway Event
Charitable · 2025-12-11
$5,000
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation
Long Beach
Lucien Garron Nicholls · Academic Scholarship
Charitable · 2026-07-22
$5,000
California LGBTQ Foundation
Sacramento
Ryo Goodman · Academic Scholarship
Charitable · 2026-08-27
$5,000
Woman in California Leadership
Sacramento
Amelia Garrison · Academic Scholarship
Charitable · 2025-08-04
$3,000
Women in California Leadership
Sacramento
Judith Cedeno Guardado · Academic Scholarship
Charitable · 2025-08-04
$3,000
Women in California Leadership
Sacramento
Judith Cedeno Guardado · Academic Scholarship
Charitable · 2025-08-04
$3,000
Women in California Leadership
Sacramento
Amelia Garrison · Academic Scholarship
Charitable · 2025-08-04
$3,000
Women in California Leadership
Sacramento
Cinthya Reyes · Academic Scholarship
Charitable · 2026-08-04
$3,000
Women in California Leadership
Sacramento
Destiny Neal Mathieu · 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 Sasha Renée Pérez since 2024: $683 across 4 items from 4 sources. Each amount is their share as the report gives it. Matched by name and office.

Reported byWhat, whenTo them
RECORDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
$576 in all
PERSONALIZED PLAQUE at JEWEL BOX PLATINUM · 2026-03-10 · report$576.38
EQUALITY CALIFORNIA
$63 in all
FOOD / BEVERAGES at GOLDEN 1 CENTER · 2025-03-03 · report$62.68
California Environmental Voters
$34 in all
Meal at Frank Fat's · 2025-05-21 · report$33.74
PANDA RESTAURANT GROUP, INC.
$10 in all
LUNCH at PANDA EXPRESS · 2024-10-29 · report$10

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