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LaShae Sharp-Collins

Democrat, State Assembly
District 79, La Mesa
Time in office:
  • Assembly: 2024-present

News coverage of LaShae Sharp-Collins

Bio

LaShae Sharp-Collins, 45, worked for the San Diego County Office of Education as a community engagement specialist, working on curriculum and connecting students and their families to services such as health care and job training. She was the district director for then-Assemblymember Shirley Weber, who is now secretary of state. She assumed the Assembly seat of her former secondary school classmate and Weber’s daughter, Sen. Akilah Weber. Sharp-Collins has served on the boards of Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest and the San Diego NAACP, and is a board member of the Black Women Institute for Leadership Development. Sharp-Collins has two children. She coaches youth softball and a cheer squad.

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Assistant Majority Leader For Policy and Research Rank Badge

Bill Activity

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Of 36 bills:
6 Passed
12 Failed
18 Pending

For this session year, this legislator initiated 36 bills: 6 passed, 12 failed, and 18 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).

Candidate Contributions

$2.0K

Communications & Electronics

$7.7K

Defense

$100.0

Energy & Natural Resources

$575.0

Finance, Insurance & Real Estate

$6.9K

General Business

$2.0K

Government Agencies/Education/Other

$38.9K

Health

$14.3K

Ideology/Single Issue

$63.6K

Labor

$86.1K

Lawyers & Lobbyists

$1.0K

Transportation

$3.0K

Uncoded

$169.2K

Unitemized Contributions

$109.7K

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
$505.2K

7.0% 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
$315.0

100.0% lower than the average legislators

Grand Total for Elections

$505.5K

10.0% lower 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.

No personal gifts data found

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.

Interest Group Rankings

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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Sep 12, 2025

AB 847

Peace officers: confidentiality of records.

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Sep 12, 2025

AB 1392

Elections: voter registration information: elected officials and candidates.

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Sep 12, 2025

AB 1392

Elections: voter registration information: elected officials and candidates.

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Sep 11, 2025

AB 1324

CalWORKs.

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Sep 11, 2025

AB 766

State agencies and departments: strategic plans: diversity, equity, and inclusion.

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Sep 10, 2025

AB 1411

Voter education and outreach plans.

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Sep 8, 2025

AB 987

Vehicles: storage and towing.

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Aug 25, 2025

ACR 111

Military Sexual Trauma Awareness Day.

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Aug 18, 2025

AB 829

Richard Paul Hemann Parkinson’s Disease Program: Parkinson’s Disease Research Voluntary Tax Contribution...

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Jul 15, 2025

AB 1411

Voter education and outreach plans.

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Jul 15, 2025

AB 1392

Elections: voter registration information: elected officials and candidates.

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Jul 14, 2025

AB 1027

Cannabis: testing: quality assurance.

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District

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District 79 is a Safe Democratic District
Democratic Party candidate has a very high likelihood of winning in an election

Previous Election (2024):

Colin Parent
46%
LaShae Sharp-Collins
54%
WON

Party Registration

Census Data

Median age0102030

Median age