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Gregg Hart

Democrat, State Assembly
District 37, Santa Barbara
Time in office:
  • Assembly: 2022-present

Bio

Gregg Hart, 65, has spent much of life in the Santa Barbara political scene. He’s a former planning commissioner, city council member, California coastal commissioner and Santa Barbara County supervisor. He has a degree from U.C. Santa Barbara, and he owned and operated a preschool for 20 years. Elected to the Assembly in 2022, he authored bills to speed up disaster recovery and keep local governments running during crises as well as a bill that strengthens enforcement against oil companies after major spills or other hazards.

Ideology

Left

Moderate

Right

Bill Activity

0

Of 1 bills:
 Passed
 Failed
1 Pending

For this session year, this legislator initiated 1 bills: None passed, None failed, and 1 are currently pending.

Alignment Meter

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Financials

This feature tracks three sources of money intended to help a candidate win election: 1-Money given directly to a candidate’s committee, 2-Money given to an Independent Expenditure Committee, 3-Money given to a political party. (NOTE: Senators are elected every four years. Twenty of the 40 Senators are on the ballot in even-numbered years, so Senators may do little or no fundraising in the first two-year session of their Senate term).

Election

This display shows money given directly to the incumbent’s campaign committee (NOTE: The industry categories for donors come from Open Secrets, a nonpartisan research organization for campaign finance. Some contributions are “uncoded,” meaning they have not been assigned to an industry sector. As a result, the total for each sector is also an estimate).

Agriculture

$10.3K

Communications & Electronics

$19.5K

Construction

$14.0K

Defense

$100.0

Energy & Natural Resources

$35.5K

Finance, Insurance & Real Estate

$55.9K

General Business

$42.5K

Government Agencies/Education/Other

$69.4K

Health

$68.0K

Ideology/Single Issue

$6.0K

Labor

$241.5K

Lawyers & Lobbyists

$19.5K

Transportation

$21.5K

Uncoded

$206.0K

Unitemized Contributions

$456.0

Candidate Donations

Individuals, corporations, organizations and committees are limited to a maximum donation to candidates of $5,500 for the primary and for the general elections.

Total
$810.0K

7.0% higher than the average legislators

Party Committees

This is independent expenditure money spent by political parties for advertising, grassroots mobilization or other activities targeting this candidate. Separately, political parties can give an unlimited amount of money directly to a candidate's campaign committee. Digital Democracy tallies that money under "candidate donations".

Total
$466.0

Independent Expenditures

Money from Independent Expenditure Committees (IEC) for advertising or grassroots activity to help a candidate win office is unlimited, but it cannot be spent in coordination with the candidate or the candidate's campaign.

Total
$431.0

Grand Total for Elections

$810.9K

7.0% higher than the average legislators

This is a total of the money to help this legislator win office including direct donations to the candidate, money from Independent Expenditure Committees and money from political parties.


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.

Giver
Value
Date
Description
Beth Collins$300May 14, 2022event ticket
Santa Barbara Symphony $200Apr 23, 2022event tickets
California Democratic Party $199.24Nov 9, 2022meals
Marni Cooney $150May 21, 2022event ticket
Santa Barbara Chamber of Commerce$150Apr 27, 2022event ticket
Tom Patton$125Feb 25, 2022event ticket
Christopher D. Harris $100May 22, 2022event ticket

Personal 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
#52/120

This legislator is ranked 52nd highest for the amount of personal gifts received.

Committees

Most of the policy work in the state Capitol is done in “Standing” committees. Legislators also work on budget subcommittees. There are also “Special” and “Select” committees with a more narrow topic focus. And there are “Joint” committees with members from the Senate and Assembly.

Hearings

Featured Comments

Below are links to the video and transcript of recent, substantive comments by this legislator in committee hearings or floor sessions.

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Oct 14, 2024

ABX2 1

Energy: transportation fuels: inventories: turnaround and maintenance.

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Oct 8, 2024

ABX2 1

Energy: transportation fuels: inventories: turnaround and maintenance.

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Oct 7, 2024

ABX2 1

Energy: transportation fuels: inventories: turnaround and maintenance.

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Oct 1, 2024

ABX2 1

Energy: transportation fuels: inventories: turnaround and maintenance.

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Sep 26, 2024

ABX2 1

Energy: transportation fuels: inventories: turnaround and maintenance.

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Aug 31, 2024

AB 2310

Parole hearings: language access.

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Aug 29, 2024

AB 1866

Oil and gas: idle wells.

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Aug 28, 2024

AB 3077

Criminal procedure: borderline personality disorder.

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Aug 22, 2024

AB 2628

California State Auditor: internet website.

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Aug 19, 2024

AB 3017

State-funded assistance grants and contracts: advance payments.

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Jul 3, 2024

AB 2298

Coastal resources: Protecting Blue Whales and Blue Skies Program.

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Jun 11, 2024

AB 3077

Criminal procedure: borderline personality disorder.

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District

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District 37 is a Safe Democratic District
Democratic Party candidate has a very high likelihood of winning in an election

Previous Election:

Gregg Hart
60.7%
WON
Sari M. Domingues
39.3%

Party Registration

Census Data

Median age0102030

Median age