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Steve Schwartz

Assembly Member, State Assembly

Running in 2026: State Assembly Member District 12 (June 2) “Non-profit Executive/Farmer”

Form 700 statements

Statement	Filed	What it lists
2026 Candidate Assembly Member, State Assembly	2026-03-31	2 businesses & trusts, 2 real property

Findings

Context Late or missing · the statement

Filed 25 days after its due date (2026-03-06)

This candidate statement for Assembly Member was due 2026-03-06 and filed 2026-03-31.

What to check

Whether the due date shown was extended, or the statement was filed on paper first.
The filing officer decides whether a late fine applies.

Rule: Filed after the due date

“The filing officer who retains originally-signed or electronically filed statements of economic interests may impose on an individual a fine for any statement that is filed late. The fine is $10 per”Form 700 (2025/2026), Late Filing ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works

Campaign money: State Assembly Member District 12

$134,007itemized, 344 contributions

$19,520from the candidate (incl. loans)

Where their outside money comes from

93%

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

Plus $7,020 of their own money and from their earlier campaigns' committees. Compare with all state candidates →

How it was spent: $130,841

Other (described)$32,006

Consultants$22,254

Legal and accounting$16,770

Literature and mailings$14,266

Postage and delivery$11,525

Staff salaries$10,640

Filing and ballot fees$7,232

Office expenses$6,866

Fundraising events$2,867

Internet and email$2,825

Largest payees: Jared Sclar and Associates LLC $26,890 Postage and delivery · Bank of America $25,256 Other (described) · CJ & Associates $15,234 Legal and accounting · Sousiva Ing $9,004 Staff travel and meals · Build the Wave LLC $8,154 Internet and email · Mark Squire $6,300 Fundraising events · LVB Centaur North Inc $5,050 Internet and email · CoMission, Inc. $4,511 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 contributors	Type	Total
Mark Squire Business Owner · Good Earth Natural Foods · Petaluma	Person	$11,800
Steven Schwartz Candidate · Candidate · Sebastopol	Person	$7,019.97
Ehud Merhav Retired · Retired · Sebastopol	Person	$6,750
D'Lynda Fischer Retired · Retired · Petaluma	Person	$5,900
Tara Smith Retired · Retired · Petaluma	Person	$5,900
Toni Symonds Business Owner · Policy Works California · Sacramento	Person	$5,800
Joseph Green Not Employed · N/A · San Francisco	Person	$4,000
Nathaniel S Merhav Student · N/A · Sebastopol	Person	$4,000
Ilana Gauss Adult ADHD Life Coach · Ilana Gauss · San Francisco	Person	$3,150
Irwin Jacobs Retired · Retired · La Jolla	Person	$3,000
Julia Parish Not Employed · n/a · San Francisco	Person	$2,500
Sustainably Green, LLC(Rick Williams) Sebastopol	Business/other	$2,500
James Totah Landlord · James Totah · Petaluma	Person	$2,400
Josh Becker for Senate 2028 Sacramento	Committee	$2,000
David Wechsler President · Maritime International Inc. · Little Compton	Person	$2,000

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

Outside spending for and against them

$1,000spent supporting them

$0spent opposing them

Spender		Amount
ACLU California Action Votes primary · latest report	for	$1,000

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
Mark Squire Grocer, Good Earth Natural Foods · Petaluma	$11,800	6
Ehud Merhav Retired, Retired · Sebastopol	$6,750	2
Joseph Green Not Employed, n/a · San Francisco	$4,000	3
Irwin Jacobs Not Employed, Not Employed · La Jolla	$3,000	2
Josh Becker for Senate 2028 Candidate or officeholder committee · Sacramento	$2,000	15
Robert Friedman Not Employed, N/A · San Mateo	$1,500	2
Derek Rusch Contractor, Derek Rusch Building · Oakland	$1,150	2
Marc Carrel Nonprofit Executive, Breathe Southern California · Beverly Hills	$1,000	5
Alan Steremberg Not Employed, N/A · San Francisco	$500	2
Michael Dimock Program Director, Public Health Institute · Santa Rosa	$500	5
Christina Isobel Poet, Christina Isobel · Sebastopol	$500	6
Rich Leib President, Dunleer Strategies · Solana Beach	$500	6
Scott Edelman Attorney, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP · Beverly Hills	$450	2
Julie Bornstein Not Employed, Not Employed · Indian Wells	$350	5
Stephen Harper Retired, Retired · Santa Rosa	$350	2