Josh Becker
- Senate: 2020-present
Bio
Josh Becker, 57, is a former biotech company and non profit executive, who’s been a leader in the Legislature’s efforts to transition California to green energy. Becker has a law degree from Stanford University. In 2000, Becker founded Full Circle, an organization that funds nonprofits in the Bay Area. After his father died from brain cancer, he founded a biotech firm. He’s also the founder of a venture capital firm. Before being elected to the Senate, he was CEO of Lex Machina, a legal research company and a founding trustee of UC Merced. He’s married with two children and a dog named Percy.
Ideology
Bill Activity
For this session year, this legislator initiated 39 bills: 21 passed, 7 failed, and 11 are currently pending.
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Influence
There are three categories of donations to legislators after they are elected that encourage a working relationship between the donor and the legislator. The three categories are: 1-Gifts, 2-Travel, 3-Behests.
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Giver
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Value
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Date
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Description
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|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Bains | $200 | Feb 11, 2021 | sports ticket |
| CA Jewish Legislative Caucus Leadership | $175 | Jan 28, 2021 | jacket |
| Re-Elect Sen. Toni Atkins 2020 | $141 | Jun 21, 2021 | dinner |
| Danish Minister for the Environment | $104 | Dec 1, 2021 | food/beverage |
| Adam Gray for Asm. 2020 | $92 | Feb 25, 2021 | food/beverage |
| Re-Elect Sen. Toni Atkins 2020 | $81 | Feb 23, 2021 | jacket |
| CA Jewish Legislative Caucus Leadership | $67 | Jan 28, 2021 | Tzedakah Box |
| Los Angeles Clean Tech Incubator | $55 | Nov 5, 2021 | food/beverage |
| CA Tribal Alliance | $53 | Jul 14, 2021 | food/beverage |
| Democratic Activists for Woman Now | $50 | Mar 17, 2021 | gift certificate/food |
| Metropolitan Transportation Authority | $50 | Aug 9, 2021 | transit |
| CA Jewish Legislative Caucus Leadership | $33 | Jan 28, 2021 | food/beverage |
| CA Jewish Legislative Caucus Leadership | $32 | Jan 28, 2021 | yeti mug |
| CA Jewish Legislative Caucus Leadership | $27 | Jan 28, 2021 | gift bag |
| Metropolitan Transportation Authority | $21 | Aug 11, 2021 | food |
Gifts
Legislators are not allowed to accept gifts of more than $10 per month from registered lobbyists. Gifts from any other single source are limited to $590 in a calendar year.
Gift Received Rating
This legislator is ranked 26th highest for the amount of personal gifts received.
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Giver
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Value
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Date
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Description
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| Pela | $499 | Jul 19, 2022 | Lomi composter |
| CA Teachers Assn. | $409.73 | Mar 24, 2022 | food & bev & hotel |
| CA Farmers & Rancher | $400.88 | May 31, 2022 | food & beverages |
| California International Relations Foundation (CIRF) | $252.15 | Aug 16, 2022 | dinner |
| Global Medical Response | $245 | Dec 24, 2022 | game |
| Paramount | $243.23 | May 4, 2022 | food, beverage screening |
| UFCW | $184.61 | Mar 25, 2022 | food & bev & hotel |
| San Manuel Mission Band of Indians | $184.61 | Mar 24, 2022 | food & bev & hotel |
| Senator Bill Dodd | $160 | Aug 1, 2022 | SF Giants Tickets |
| CA Medical Assn. | $147.41 | Apr 18, 2022 | food & beverages |
| CA Democratic Party | $142.83 | Mar 16, 2022 | food |
| CA Democratic Party | $133.48 | Mar 15, 2022 | food |
| Winegrowers of Napa Co. | $114.65 | Aug 17, 2022 | dinner |
| Visit Napa Valley | $102.5 | Aug 17, 2022 | transport & gift bag |
| Napa Valley Vintners | $100 | Aug 17, 2022 | food/beverages/transportation |
| Equality CA | $90 | Apr 26, 2022 | food & beverages |
| RELX | $89.92 | Nov 16, 2022 | dinner |
| CA Special Districts Assn | $87 | May 17, 2022 | food & beverages |
| Microsoft Corp. | $84.21 | Mar 22, 2022 | food & beverages |
| Wine Institute of CA | $77.47 | Mar 7, 2022 | food & beverages |
| CA Jewish Caucus Leadership Foundation | $57.33 | Apr 20, 2022 | luncheon |
| Paramount | $55.67 | May 11, 2022 | food, beverage, movie |
| CA Democratic Party | $51.18 | Dec 4, 2022 | beverages/food |
| Jewish Public Affairs Committee | $44.55 | May 9, 2022 | reception |
| Dr. Pan for Senate 2018 | $30.34 | Aug 24, 2022 | brkfst |
| Treasury Wine Estates | $30 | Aug 17, 2022 | wine |
| California Labor Federation | $24.83 | Aug 9, 2022 | food |
| Re-Elect Senator Atkins 2020 | $19.15 | Dec 4, 2022 | notebook |
| CA Labor Fed | $11.32 | Dec 5, 2022 | food |
Gifts
Legislators are not allowed to accept gifts of more than $10 per month from registered lobbyists. Gifts from any other single source are limited to $590 in a calendar year.
Gift Received Rating
This legislator is ranked 6th highest for the amount of personal gifts received.
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Giver
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Value
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Date
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Description
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| CA International Relations Foundation | $254.4 | May 16, 2023 | food/beverage |
| Citrus Mutual | $237.22 | May 2, 2023 | food/beverage |
| San Mateo Medical Association | $219.43 | Apr 18, 2023 | food/beverage |
| California Jewish Legislative Caucus Leadership Foundation | $184.9 | Jun 15, 2023 | vest |
| Palmaz Vineyards | $165 | Aug 15, 2023 | food/beverage |
| CA State Council of Laborers | $115.32 | Mar 7, 2023 | food/beverage |
| CA Farmers & Ranchers | $104 | May 22, 2023 | food/beverage |
| California Democratic Party | $101.42 | Feb 7, 2023 | Budget Policy Retreat at Sierra Health Fnd. |
| Port of Long Beach | $98.49 | Apr 11, 2023 | food/beverage |
| Re-Elect Senator Atkins 2020 | $91.25 | Feb 7, 2023 | jacket |
| California Democratic Party | $82.72 | Jan 24, 2023 | Senate Caucus Budget Retreat at Stanford Mansion |
| Visit Napa Valley | $66.48 | Aug 15, 2023 | transportation |
| CA Life Sciences | $60 | Mar 1, 2023 | gift bag |
| Planned Parenthood | $56 | May 9, 2023 | food/beverage |
| California Environmental Voters | $54.3 | Sep 18, 2023 | food/beverages |
| California Jewish Legislative Caucus Leadership Foundation | $51.27 | Jan 31, 2023 | food/beverage |
| Schleswig-Holstein Government Delegation | $49.87 | Jun 7, 2023 | Pen |
| California Environmental Voters | $48.98 | Aug 20, 2023 | food/beverages |
| California Democratic Party | $48.74 | Feb 8, 2023 | Budget Policy Retreat at Sierra Health Fnd. |
| Disney | $37.68 | May 10, 2023 | personalized D100 ear hat |
| California Chamber of Commerce | $35.75 | May 17, 2023 | food/beverage |
| Senator Dahle 2020 | $19.5 | Jul 10, 2023 | book |
| Mike McGuire for State Senate 2022 | $12 | Mar 15, 2023 | St. Pat's gift bag |
| SEIU 1000 | $11.67 | Feb 14, 2023 | chocolates/card |
| California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation | $10.16 | Mar 30, 2023 | Cesar Chavez print |
| California Jewish Legislative Caucus Leadership Foundation | $7 | Mar 6, 2023 | hamentaschen (cookies) |
| Re-Elect Senator Atkins 2020 | $4.09 | Mar 20, 2023 | candy |
Gifts
Legislators are not allowed to accept gifts of more than $10 per month from registered lobbyists. Gifts from any other single source are limited to $590 in a calendar year.
Gift Received Rating
This legislator is ranked 64th highest for the amount of personal gifts received.
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Giver
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Value
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Date
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Description
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| CA Plumbing Manufacturing Contract Association | $590 | Nov 24, 2024 | Four tickets to L.A. Rams game(2) |
| Alliance of California's Farmers & Ranchers Community Fund | $429.85 | May 13, 2024 | Dinner @ Darling Aviary |
| California Environmental Voters | $429.06 | Apr 11, 2024 | Climate Summit reception & dinner |
| California Democratic Party | $293.96 | Aug 7, 2024 | Departing Members Dinner on Delta King (1) |
| Stanford University | $241.5 | Sep 26, 2024 | Jonathan Levin Inauguration Dinner |
| California Legislative Jewish Caucus Foundation | $229.77 | Jan 10, 2024 | Policy Retreat |
| Jewish Public Affairs Committee of California | $199.88 | Dec 9, 2024 | Jewish Caucus dinner |
| MN8 Energy | $164.4 | Sep 25, 2024 | Climate Week Reception |
| California Democratic Party | $139.52 | Feb 27, 2024 | Policy Retreat Day 1, Stanford Mansion |
| Josh Newman for Senate 2024 | $131 | Apr 15, 2024 | Dinner |
| Antinori Napa Valley | $125 | Aug 6, 2024 | wine & appetizers |
| Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund | $111.96 | Jun 25, 2024 | SV2 dinner |
| Visit Napa Valley | $110.51 | Aug 6, 2024 | Transportation |
| Wine Institute of California | $103 | Aug 6, 2024 | Dinner & Entertainment |
| South Bay AFL-CIO Labor Council | $100 | Mar 18, 2024 | Unionize CA Joint Legislative Conference |
| Stanford University Human-Centered Artifical Intelligence | $94.33 | May 29, 2024 | Joint CA Summit on Generative AI: food & beverage |
| Hall Wines | $75 | Aug 6, 2024 | Wine reception |
| Masaji Matsuyama Member, House of Councillors | $73 | Mar 25, 2024 | Lunch |
| American Clean Power California | $69.2 | Feb 26, 2024 | Reception; food & beverage |
| California Democratic Party | $65 | Jan 25, 2024 | V.P. Harris VIP Reception |
| Hirofumi Ichisaka | $65 | Mar 27, 2024 | Dinner |
| Ministry of Foreign Affairs | $64 | Mar 25, 2024 | Dinner |
| California Legislative Jewish Caucus Foundation | $60.21 | Apr 3, 2024 | Caucus Purim event |
| Mike McGuire for State Senate 2022 | $58 | Feb 28, 2024 | Engraved Stanley tumbler |
| California Environmental Voters | $57.05 | Aug 7, 2024 | Reception Green California |
| Keidanren, Japan Business Foundation | $53 | Mar 26, 2024 | Dinner |
| Stanford University | $49 | Oct 17, 2024 | Rep Anna Eshoo Reception |
| California Legislative Jewish Caucus Foundation | $48.45 | Apr 29, 2024 | Yom HaShaoh Event |
| California Chamber of Commerce | $46.98 | May 15, 2024 | Dinner |
| California Chamber of Commerce | $44.38 | May 7, 2024 | Host Reception @ Sutter Club |
| California Democratic Party | $38.4 | Feb 28, 2024 | Policy Retreat Day 2, Stanford Mansion |
| Ministry of Foreign Affairs | $33 | Mar 26, 2024 | Lunch |
| California Chamber of Commerce | $32.9 | Aug 12, 2024 | Drinks with Jennifer Barrera |
| California Environmental Voters | $30.26 | Feb 21, 2024 | Meeting @ Frank Fat's |
| California Environmental Voters | $29.69 | May 9, 2024 | Tour: Heirloom's Carbon Facility: meal |
| California Democratic Party | $27.45 | Jul 3, 2024 | Fork of July @ Capitol Grounds |
| California Democratic Party | $25.66 | Apr 9, 2024 | Caucus Lunch @ UC Center Sacramento |
| Visit Napa Valley | $9.56 | Aug 6, 2024 | Gift bag |
Gifts
Legislators are not allowed to accept gifts of more than $10 per month from registered lobbyists. Gifts from any other single source are limited to $590 in a calendar year.
Gift Received Rating
This legislator is ranked 10th highest for the amount of personal gifts received.
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Giver
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Value
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Date
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Description
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| CA Foundation on the Environment & Economy | $13,161.25 | Oct 15, 2021 | |
| CA Foundation on the Environment & Economy | $596 | Apr 22, 2021 |
Sponsored Travel
Legislators are allowed to have their expenses paid for domestic and international travel that is related to their work including, for example, trips to conferences or to tour places facing issues similar to California. There is no limit on the amount of travel expenses a legislator can accept. The trips are often funded by companies or organizations with interest in state policy.
Travel Received Rating
This legislator is ranked 4th highest for the amount of sponsored travel received.
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Giver
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Value
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Date
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Description
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| New South Wales Parliament | $1,041 | Dec 8, 2022 | |
| Technet | $975.58 | Nov 16, 2022 | |
| California Foundation on the Environment and the Economy | $769.11 | Mar 3, 2022 | |
| California Foundation on the Environment and the Economy | $761.55 | Feb 3, 2022 | |
| Technet | $173 | Nov 16, 2022 | |
| New Zealand Parliament | $61.4 | Dec 13, 2022 |
Sponsored Travel
Legislators are allowed to have their expenses paid for domestic and international travel that is related to their work including, for example, trips to conferences or to tour places facing issues similar to California. There is no limit on the amount of travel expenses a legislator can accept. The trips are often funded by companies or organizations with interest in state policy.
Travel Received Rating
This legislator is ranked 54th highest for the amount of sponsored travel received.
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Giver
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Value
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Date
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Description
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| California Environmental Voters | $517.43 | Apr 28, 2023 | Lodging |
| Ideate Labs | $500.7 | Oct 14, 2023 | Roundtrip Flight |
| California Foundation on the Environment and the Economy | $466.68 | Feb 9, 2023 | Accomodations |
| California Foundation on the Environment and the Economy | $444.61 | Feb 9, 2023 | food/beverage |
| Ideate Labs | $396.48 | Oct 14, 2023 | Hotel Accommodation |
| California Life Sciences Association | $380 | Mar 1, 2023 | accommodations /food/beverage |
| Energy Action Fund | $342.44 | Aug 7, 2023 | Lodging |
| Ideate Labs | $194.81 | Oct 14, 2023 | Dinners |
| Foundation for California's Technology and Innovation Economy | $184 | Aug 17, 2023 | Dinner |
| Energy Action Fund | $162.11 | Aug 8, 2023 | food/beverages |
| California Environmental Voters | $157.57 | Apr 29, 2023 | food/beverage |
| Energy Action Fund | $143.75 | Aug 7, 2023 | food/beverages |
| California Foundation on the Environment and the Economy | $96.2 | Feb 9, 2023 | food/beverage |
Sponsored Travel
Legislators are allowed to have their expenses paid for domestic and international travel that is related to their work including, for example, trips to conferences or to tour places facing issues similar to California. There is no limit on the amount of travel expenses a legislator can accept. The trips are often funded by companies or organizations with interest in state policy.
Travel Received Rating
This legislator is ranked 28th highest for the amount of sponsored travel received.
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Giver
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Value
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Date
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Description
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| Foundation for California's Technology and Innovation Economy | $1,160 | Aug 24, 2024 | Napa, CA: |
Sponsored Travel
Legislators are allowed to have their expenses paid for domestic and international travel that is related to their work including, for example, trips to conferences or to tour places facing issues similar to California. There is no limit on the amount of travel expenses a legislator can accept. The trips are often funded by companies or organizations with interest in state policy.
Travel Received Rating
This legislator is ranked 82nd highest for the amount of sponsored travel received.
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Giver
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Value
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Date
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Description
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| $49,500 | Jan 12, 2021 | Donation in support of childcare providers impacted by COVID-19 |
Behests
These are unlimited payments made “at the behest” — or request — of a legislator to a third party. The behest might involve, for example, a legislator requesting a donation be made to a school district or a job fair. Behests must be reported if they exceed $5,000 from a single source in a year.
Behests Received Rating
This legislator is ranked 23rd highest for the amount of behests received.
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Giver
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Value
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Date
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Description
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| Sutter Health | $25,000 | Jul 17, 2023 | Charitable Funding |
| Molson Coors Beverage Company | $15,000 | Jul 17, 2023 | Charitable Funding |
Behests
These are unlimited payments made “at the behest” — or request — of a legislator to a third party. The behest might involve, for example, a legislator requesting a donation be made to a school district or a job fair. Behests must be reported if they exceed $5,000 from a single source in a year.
Behests Received Rating
This legislator is ranked 26th highest for the amount of behests received.
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Giver
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Value
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Date
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Description
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| PhRMA | $25,000 | Jul 30, 2024 | Charitable Funding. |
Behests
These are unlimited payments made “at the behest” — or request — of a legislator to a third party. The behest might involve, for example, a legislator requesting a donation be made to a school district or a job fair. Behests must be reported if they exceed $5,000 from a single source in a year.
Behests Received Rating
This legislator is ranked 41st highest for the amount of behests received.
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Giver
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Value
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Date
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Description
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| Sheryl Sandberg, Chief Operating Officer-Facebook | $50,000 | Aug 15, 2025 | To support JPAC's advocacy on Jewish community priorities, including efforts related to bills addressing antisemitism. |
Behests
These are unlimited payments made “at the behest” — or request — of a legislator to a third party. The behest might involve, for example, a legislator requesting a donation be made to a school district or a job fair. Behests must be reported if they exceed $5,000 from a single source in a year.
Behests Received Rating
This legislator is ranked 41st highest for the amount of behests received.
Featured Comments
Below are links to the video and transcript of recent, substantive comments by this legislator in committee hearings or floor sessions.
1MIN
SB 457
Housing element compliance: committed assistance: in-kind services: realistic capacity formula.
11MIN
SB 457
Housing element compliance: committed assistance: in-kind services: realistic capacity formula.
1MIN
SB 923
Consumer privacy requests: deletion request records and request submission methods.
The maps and information about this district reflect the boundaries when this Senator was last elected in 2020. Since then legislative districts have been redrawn according to the latest US Census. This district will change after the 2024 election.
Previous Election (2024):