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Scott Wiener

Democrat, State Senate
District 11, San Francisco
Time in office:
  • Senate: 2016-present

Bio

Scott Wiener, 54, a former San Francisco Supervisor, is a long-time advocate for LGBTQ causes. Born in New Jersey, he has a bachelor’s degree from Duke University and a law degree from Harvard Law School. After graduating, he was a law clerk for the New Jersey Supreme Court, spent time in private practice and was a deputy San Francisco city attorney. He was elected to the San Francisco supervisors in 2010. In the Senate, he authored several bills focused on helping the LGBTQ community, legislation to address climate change and bills to create more affordable housing. 

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Ideology

Left

Moderate

Right

Bill Activity

0

Of 26 bills:
4 Passed
4 Failed
18 Pending

For this session year, this legislator initiated 26 bills: 4 passed, 4 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).

Agriculture

$7.8K

Candidate Contributions

$114.3K

Communications & Electronics

$86.1K

Construction

$36.7K

Defense

$1.0K

Energy & Natural Resources

$18.6K

Finance, Insurance & Real Estate

$146.2K

General Business

$40.5K

Government Agencies/Education/Other

$64.2K

Health

$102.4K

Ideology/Single Issue

$76.8K

Labor

$208.2K

Lawyers & Lobbyists

$44.9K

Party

$100.0

Transportation

$22.4K

Uncoded

$878.7K

Unitemized Contributions

$60.5K

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
$1.9M

153.0% 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
$9.9K

Grand Total for Elections

$1.9M

154.0% 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
Gordon Getty$243.08Dec 16, 2021SF Consular Corps tick
LSP Family Foundation$200Dec 12, 2021Gala Ticket
John's Grill$200Dec 1, 2021SF Travel Luncheon
CA Jewish Legislative Caucus Leadership Foundatiod$175.48Jan 29, 2021Patagonia Jacket
Museum of Tolerance$150Nov 2, 2021Dinner
San Francisco International Airport$120Dec 1, 2021Parking
San Francisco International Airport$120Aug 1, 2021Parking
Re-Elect Senator Atkins 2020 C/O Haley & Company$100Jul 9, 2021Flowers
Re-Elect Senator Atkins 2020 C/O Haley & Company$92.79May 11, 2021Dinner
Re-Elect Senator Atkins 2020 C/O Haley & Company$80.71Feb 23, 2021Jacket
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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
#5/120

This legislator is ranked 5th 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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Feb 3, 2025

SBX1 2

Budget Act of 2024.

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Jan 23, 2025

SBX1 2

Budget Act of 2024.

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Jan 23, 2025

SBX1 1

Budget Act of 2024.

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Jan 23, 2025

SBX1 3

Budget Act of 2024.

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Jan 22, 2025

SBX1 1

Budget Act of 2024.

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Jan 9, 2025

SRX1 1

No Bills Identified

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Aug 31, 2024

SB 1037

Planning and zoning: housing element: enforcement.

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Aug 31, 2024

SB 219

Greenhouse gases: climate corporate accountability: climate-related financial risk.

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Aug 31, 2024

SB 961

Vehicles: safety equipment.

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Aug 29, 2024

SB 219

Greenhouse gases: climate corporate accountability: climate-related financial risk.

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Aug 29, 2024

SB 532

Parking payment zones.

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Aug 29, 2024

SB 960

Transportation: planning: complete streets facilities: transit priority facilities.

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District

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.

District 11 is a Safe Democratic District
Democratic Party candidate has a very high likelihood of winning in an election

Previous Election:

Scott Wiener
77.8%
WON
Yvette Corkrean
22.2%

Party Registration

Census Data

Median age0102030

Median age