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Jesse Gabriel

Democrat, State Assembly
District 46, Encino
Time in office:
  • Assembly: 2018-present

Bio

Jesse Gabriel, 43, is an attorney and former advisor to former U.S. Sen. Evan Bayh who chairs the powerful Budget Committee. A graduate of UC Berkeley and Harvard Law School, he worked as a constitutional rights and general litigation attorney for the multinational law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He filed two suits against the Trump administration to protect “Dreamers” from deportation. He’s an advocate for environmentalist causes, efforts to enact tougher gun control and force tech companies to police hate speech online. He’s married to an affordable housing attorney. The couple has three sons.

Ideology

Left

Moderate

Right

Bill Activity

0

Of 129 bills:
 Passed
 Failed
129 Pending

For this session year, this legislator initiated 129 bills: None passed, None failed, and 129 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

$6.0K

Candidate Contributions

$500.0

Communications & Electronics

$45.3K

Construction

$15.5K

Energy & Natural Resources

$7.0K

Finance, Insurance & Real Estate

$137.3K

General Business

$71.8K

Government Agencies/Education/Other

$78.0K

Health

$70.0K

Ideology/Single Issue

$22.9K

Labor

$293.6K

Lawyers & Lobbyists

$23.6K

Party

$250.0

Transportation

$28.0K

Uncoded

$360.2K

Unitemized Contributions

$139.4

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
$1.2M

54.0% higher than the average legislators

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
$385.0

Grand Total for Elections

$1.2M

54.0% 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
California Jewish Legislative Caucus Foundation$309.95Jan 28, 2021Meal, Mug, Box, Jacket
Equality California$240Oct 2, 2021Event Tickets
UCLA$159Nov 27, 2021Football ticket and parking
Chip Robertson$125Dec 2, 2021gift basket
Evan Low for Assembly 2022$117.65Jun 16, 2021meal
California Armenian Legislative Caucus$106Aug 27, 2021jacket
Rendon for Assembly 2020$69.36Sep 24, 2021whiskey
California Democratic Party$60.99Aug 24, 2021lunch
California Democratic Party$56.93May 4, 2021lunch
Rendon for Assembly 2020$35Apr 29, 2021wine
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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
#22/120

This legislator is ranked 22nd highest for the amount of personal gifts received.

Policy

Bills Authored by Jesse Gabriel

SBX1 4
Budget Act of 2024.

Committee: Senate Standing Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review

In Progress
Budget Act of 2024.Committee: Senate Standing Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review
SBX1 3
Budget Act of 2024.

Committee: Senate Standing Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review

In Progress
Budget Act of 2024.Committee: Senate Standing Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review
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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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Jan 22, 2025

ABX1 5

Budget Act of 2024.

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Aug 31, 2024

AB 180

Budget Act of 2024.

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Aug 31, 2024

AB 2455

Whistleblower protection: state and local government procedures.

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Aug 30, 2024

AB 3160

Insurance, income, and corporation taxes: credits: low-income housing.

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Aug 29, 2024

AB 2621

Law enforcement training.

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Aug 29, 2024

AB 157

Budget Act of 2024.

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Aug 29, 2024

AB 2316

Pupil nutrition: substances: prohibition.

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Aug 29, 2024

AB 158

Budget Acts of 2022 and 2023.

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Aug 28, 2024

AB 1053

Housing programs: multifamily housing programs: expenditure of loan proceeds.

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Aug 27, 2024

AB 2432

California Victims of Crime Act.

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Aug 26, 2024

AB 2505

Attorneys: pro bono legal services.

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Aug 22, 2024

AB 2822

Domestic violence.

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District

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District 46 is a Safe Democratic District
Democratic Party candidate has a very high likelihood of winning in an election

Previous Election:

Jesse Gabriel
62.9%
WON
Tracey Schroeder
37.1%

Party Registration

Census Data

Median age0102030

Median age