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Pilar Schiavo

D

Assembly Democrat

District 40, Santa Clarita Valley

Time in office

Assembly: 2022—Present

Background

Nurses Advocate / Businessperson

Campaign contributions

Assemblymember Pilar Schiavo has taken at least $922,000 from the Party sector since she was elected to the legislature. That represents 70% of her total campaign contributions.

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Capitol office

1021 O Street, Suite 4140
P.O. Box 942849, Sacramento, CA 94249-0040; (916) 319-2040

District office(s)

27441 Tourney Road, Suite 160, Santa Clarita, CA 91355; (661) 286-1565

Biographical information

Birth Place

Strawberry, CA

Race/Ethnicity

White

Residence

Chatsworth, CA

Gender

Female

Born

January 22, 1975

Identifies as

Straight

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How this legislator voted in 2021-2022

This legislator was not in the Legislature last session, so we don’t have enough data on how they vote yet. Check back next year!

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Campaign contributions received by sector

OpenSecrets and CalMatters have categorized campaign contributions to legislators based on the economic sector that the donor represents. Methodology →

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

Broad sector Amount Percent
Party
$922,081 $922k 70%
Labor
$124,086 $124k 9%
Ideology/Single Issue
$43,275 $43k 3%
Lawyers & Lobbyists
$25,850 $25k 2%
Finance, Insurance & Real Estate
$20,830 $20k 2%
Unitemized Contributions
$14,006 $14k 1%
Government Agencies/Education/Other
$13,350 $13k 1%
Candidate Contributions
$11,900 $11k <1%
Health
$11,118 $11k <1%
General Business
$7,750 $7k <1%
Communications & Electronics
$2,275 $2k <1%
Construction
$1,000 $1,000 <1%
Transportation
$800 $800 <1%
Energy & Natural Resources
$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.

Emergency Management
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Bills involving emergency declarations, homeland security and victim services programs, earthquake mitigation, seismic safety, State Fire Marshal, fire prevention and suppression programs, mutual aid systems, Statewide and local government emergency or disaster response, emergency medical services, and emergency communications and evacuations.
Public Employment and Retirement
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Bills involving state and local government employees, classified school employees, employer-employee relations, public employee retirement.
Utilities and Energy
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Bills involving the California Energy Commission; California Independent System Operator; California Public Utilities Commission; Electric generation; Electric grid; Energy providers; utility rates; water utilities.
Water, Parks, and Wildlife
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Bills involving water resources, flood management, fish and game, parks and recreation, and wildlife.

How special interest groups rate this legislator

Special interest groups are organizations that advocate on behalf of shared interests, such as protecting the environment. Many interest groups rate politicians on how well their voting records agree with each group's goals. See a selection of these ratings for this legislator. Methodology →

This legislator was not in the Legislature last session, so special interest groups have not rated them recently. Check back next year!

Sponsored travel in 2022

Gifts reported in 2022

Assembly District 40 demographics

Assembly District 40 map
D

Safe Democratic district

Next election: 2024

How to read these charts

District
State

Voter registration

Dem
42%
47%
GOP
29%
24%
No party
22%
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

Pilar Schiavo

Democratic
50.2%
R

Suzette Martinez Valladares (Incumbent)

Republican
49.8%

CalMatters coverage about this legislator

Legislative Survivor: Which big California bills were shelved in ‘suspense file?’

By Alexei Koseff and Sameea Kamal, May 18, 2023

Newsom slaps down Senate Democrats’ tax hike

By Lynn La, April 27, 2023

Uber, Lyft defeat unions in CA Prop. 22 fight

By Lynn La, March 14, 2023

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