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Josh Lowenthal

Democrat, State Assembly

District 69, Long Beach

Time in office:

Assembly: 2022-present

Official Website

News coverage of Josh Lowenthal

Bio

Josh Lowenthal, 56, is the latest Lowenthal from Long Beach to assume public office. His mother is Bonnie Lowenthal, a former member of the Assembly. His father is recently retired U.S. Rep. Alan Lowenthal, also a former member of the Legislature. His brother, Daniel, is a Superior Court judge. He originally didn’t follow his family into politics and instead worked as a teacher and owned local restaurants and a conference calling company. He ran unsuccessfully in his first try for an Assembly seat in 2018. He has three daughters.

Leader Badges

Ideology

Left

Moderate

Right

Bill Activity

Of 34 bills:

4 Passed

3 Failed

27 Pending

For this session year, this legislator initiated 34 bills: 4 passed, 3 failed, and 27 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

Candidate Contributions

Communications & Electronics

Construction

Energy & Natural Resources

Finance, Insurance & Real Estate

General Business

Government Agencies/Education/Other

Health

Ideology/Single Issue

Labor

Lawyers & Lobbyists

Party

Transportation

Uncoded

Unitemized Contributions

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

158.0% 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 money directly to a candidate's campaign committee. Digital Democracy tallies that money under "candidate donations".

Total

$2.6K

412.0% higher than the average legislators

Independent Expenditures

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

Total

$385.0

100.0% lower than the average legislators

Grand Total for Elections

$1.2M

117.0% higher than the average legislators

This is a total of the money targeting this legislator's campaign(s) including direct donations to the candidate, money spent by 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
CalChamber	$418.44	Nov 29, 2022	dinner reception
Rendon for Assembly 2022	$207.66	Dec 9, 2022	holiday party-LA
California Democratic Party	$137.46	Nov 10, 2022	Dinner
California Democratic Party	$61.68	Nov 9, 2022	Lunch

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

#73/120

This legislator is ranked 73rd highest for the amount of personal gifts received.

Policy

Bills Authored by Josh Lowenthal

AB 2594

Voluntary employees’ beneficiary association pilot program.

Committee: Assembly Standing Committee on Health

In Progress

Voluntary employees’ beneficiary association pilot program. Committee: Assembly Standing Committee on Health

AB 2169

Social media platforms: artificial intelligence models.

Committee: Assembly Standing Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection

In Progress

Social media platforms: artificial intelligence models.Committee: Assembly Standing Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection

AB 1858

California State University: Joint Associate’s Degree Pilot Program.

Committee: Assembly Standing Committee on Higher Education

In Progress

California State University: Joint Associate’s Degree Pilot Program.Committee: Assembly Standing Committee on Higher Education

AB 1709

Covered platforms: age restriction: e-Safety Advisory Commission.

Committee: Assembly Standing Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection

In Progress

Covered platforms: age restriction: e-Safety Advisory Commission.Committee: Assembly Standing Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection

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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.

Standing