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Diane Papan

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Assembly Democrat

District 21, San Mateo

Time in office

Assembly: 2022—Present

Background

San Mateo Deputy Mayor

Campaign contributions

Assemblymember Diane Papan has taken at least $70,300 from the Labor sector since she was elected to the legislature. That represents 17% of her total campaign contributions.

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Capitol office

1021 O Street, Suite 4220
P.O. Box 942849, Sacramento, CA 94249-0021; (916) 319-2021

District office(s)

1528 South El Camino Real, Suite 302, San Mateo, CA 94402; (650) 349-2200

Biographical information

Birth Place

San Francisco, CA

Race/Ethnicity

White

Residence

San Mateo, CA

Gender

Female

Born

August 22, 1963

Identifies as

Straight

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How this legislator voted in 2021-2022

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Campaign contributions received by sector

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This is how much money Diane Papan has taken from the various sectors since she was elected to the legislature.

Broad sector Amount Percent
Labor
$70,300 $70k 17%
Finance, Insurance & Real Estate
$57,500 $57k 14%
Health
$49,800 $49k 12%
General Business
$31,050 $31k 8%
Government Agencies/Education/Other
$23,450 $23k 6%
Ideology/Single Issue
$19,300 $19k 5%
Energy & Natural Resources
$18,200 $18k 4%
Agriculture
$13,050 $13k 3%
Construction
$9,750 $9k 2%
Communications & Electronics
$8,850 $8k 2%
Candidate Contributions
$5,150 $5k 1%
Transportation
$4,920 $4k 1%
Unitemized Contributions
$1,686 $1k <1%
Lawyers & Lobbyists
$900 $900 <1%
Defense
$100 $100 <1%
Note: The above percentages might not add up to exactly 100% because we are not displaying any contributions that have not yet been classified.

Committees this legislator serves on

Being on a policy committee means the legislator works on these issues by considering bills relevant to the policy topic. The committee “chair” , chosen by the chamber leader, oversees the discussions of these bills. Members also serve on additional special, select, joint and sub committees, which can be found here.

Appropriations
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Fiscal bills, including bonds and alternative public financing.
Communications and Conveyance
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Bills including emergency communication networks, broadband, telecommunications, electronic privacy, electric vehicles
Judiciary
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Bills involving family law, product liability, tort liability, Civil Code, and Evidence Code.
Privacy and Consumer Protection
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Bills involving technology-related issues, consumer protection, personal information, data security, false advertising, charitable solicitations; oversight of the Department of Technology.
Rules
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Responsible for matters relating to the business of the Legislature; assigning bills to committees.

How special interest groups rate this legislator

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Sponsored travel in 2022

Gifts reported in 2022

Assembly District 21 demographics

Assembly District 21 map
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Safe Democratic district

Next election: 2024

How to read these charts

District
State

Voter registration

Dem
56%
47%
GOP
14%
24%
No party
25%
23%

Census data on race/ethnicity, household income, age, poverty rate, and education level will be provided when available.

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Most recent election

2022 General
D

Diane Papan

Democratic
72.4%
D

Giselle Hale

Democratic
27.6%

CalMatters coverage about this legislator

California backlog persists on illegal guns

By Lynn La, April 4, 2023

Family business: Meet the Legacy Caucus in the California Legislature

By Ben Christopher, February 8, 2023

Fight escalates between Newsom, oil industry

By Emily Hoeven, October 3, 2022

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