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Chris Ward

State Assemblymember · Assembly District 78 · Party: Democratic

3950 final-passage votes on record.

Record at a glance

3950
Final-passage votes
4678
All recorded votes

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OfficeDemocratic
Office
State Assemblymember
District
Assembly District 78
Party
Democratic
SourceOct 9, 2026

Last verified Oct 9, 2026.

Official source ↗

Photo: Photo via Open States

Today
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Chris Ward's website (a78.asmdc.org ↗) has no page titled Issues, Priorities or Platform that ThePillory could find, as of Oct 8, 2026. It's searched again every few months.

This tab shows Chris Ward's platform in their own words (a short excerpt, word for word, from their own Issues or Priorities page, and statements their office submits) and specific commitments, checked word for word against their source, with a status that changes only with evidence. How the platform is recorded

Showing every recorded vote. Procedural, amendment, committee, and nomination votes are labeled.

  • SB 119

    Public social services trailer bill.

    SB 119 Budget and Fiscal Review Senate Third Reading By GABRIEL

    Jul 7, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 54

    Relative to San Francisco Bar Pilots.

    Be adopted. To Consent Calendar.

    Jul 7, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 727

    The Great Redwood Trail Agency.

    Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    Jul 7, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AJR 15

    The Major Richard Star Act.

    AJR 15 Alanis Consent Calendar Second Day

    Jul 7, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 695

    Transportation: climate resiliency: projects of statewide and regional significance.

    Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    Jul 7, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 63

    San Francisco Bay area: local revenue measure: public transit funding.

    Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Revenue and Taxation]

    Jul 7, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AJR 16

    Tijuana River: transboundary flow pollution.

    AJR 16 Alvarez Consent Calendar Second Day

    Jul 7, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 78

    Department of Transportation: report: state highway system: safety enhancements.

    Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    Jul 7, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 86

    California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority Act: sales and use tax exclusion.

    Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Revenue and Taxation]

    Jul 7, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 274

    Automated license plate recognition systems.

    Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection]

    Jul 7, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • ACR 81

    Relative to the Border Patrol Agent Daniel H. Salazar Memorial Highway.

    Be adopted. To Consent Calendar.

    Jul 7, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 586

    Off-highway electric motorcycles.

    Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Water, Parks, and Wildlife] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    Jul 7, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SCR 87

    Relative to focal segmental glomerulosclerosis.

    SCR 87 Weber Pierson Consent Calendar Second Day

    Jul 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 25

    Relative to nuclear fusion.

    SCR 25 Blakespear Consent Calendar Second Day

    Jul 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 369

    Emergency services: liability.

    AB 369 Michelle Rodriguez Concurrence in Senate Amendments

    Jul 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 83

    Relative to Hypertension Awareness Month.

    SCR 83 Stern Consent Calendar Second Day

    Jul 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 313

    Student financial aid: application deadlines: extension.

    AB 313 Ortega Concurrence in Senate Amendments

    Jul 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 75

    Relative to Alzheimer's Disease and Brain Awareness Month and The Longest Day.

    SCR 75 Weber Pierson Consent Calendar Second Day

    Jul 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SJR 2

    Relative to classified workers.

    SJR 2 Cortese Senate Third Reading By Ortega

    Jul 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 81

    Relative to Chiari Malformation Awareness Month.

    SCR 81 Niello Consent Calendar Second Day

    Jul 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 74

    Relative to Flag Day.

    SCR 74 Ochoa Bogh Consent Calendar Second Day

    Jul 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 94

    Relative to California Mountain Biking and Trail Stewardship Month.

    SCR 94 Blakespear Consent Calendar Second Day

    Jul 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 86

    Relative to Juneteenth.

    SCR 86 Weber Pierson Consent Calendar Second Day

    Jul 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1138

    Income and corporate taxes: tax credits: motion pictures.

    AB 1138 ZBUR Concurrence - Urgency Added

    Jul 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 625

    Housing developments: disasters: reconstruction of destroyed or damaged structures.

    Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]

    Jul 2, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 749

    Mobilehome parks: closure, cessation, or change of use.

    Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]

    Jul 2, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 92

    Housing development: density bonuses.

    Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government]

    Jul 2, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 485

    County public defender: appointment.

    Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety]

    Jul 2, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 499

    Residential projects: fees and charges.

    Do pass as amended.

    Jul 2, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 21

    Single-room occupancy units: demolition and replacement: housing assistance programs: eligibility for homeless individuals and families.

    Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government]

    Jul 2, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 346

    Local agencies: transient occupancy taxes: short-term rental facilitator.

    Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]

    Jul 2, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 276

    City and County of San Francisco: merchandising sales.

    Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety]

    Jul 2, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 262

    Housing element: prohousing designations: prohousing local policies.

    Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government]

    Jul 2, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 595

    Local government: investments and financial reports.

    Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    Jul 2, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 358

    Mitigation Fee Act: mitigating vehicular traffic impacts.

    Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    Jul 2, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 598

    Public contracts: local water infrastructure projects: Construction Manager/General Contractor project delivery method.

    Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    Jul 2, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 340

    General plans: housing element: emergency shelter.

    Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government]

    Jul 2, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 392

    Regional park districts: East Bay Regional Park District: East Bay Hills Conservation Program.

    Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    Jul 2, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 634

    Local government: homelessness.

    Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Housing and Community Development]

    Jul 2, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 606

    Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program: reporting requirements: functional zero unsheltered.

    Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Human Services]

    Jul 2, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 610

    Disaster assistance: tenants, mobilehome parks, and mortgages.

    Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]

    Jul 2, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 322

    Urban equestrian inclusion zones.

    Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    Jul 2, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 482

    Roster of public officials: local government.

    Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    Jul 2, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 786

    Planning and zoning: general plan: judicial challenges.

    Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]

    Jul 2, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 79

    Housing development: transit-oriented development.

    Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government]

    Jul 2, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 750

    California Housing Finance Agency: credit enhancement mechanisms study.

    Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]

    Jul 2, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 515

    Local government: collection of demographic data.

    Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    Jul 2, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 635

    Food vendors and facilities: enforcement activities.

    Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety]

    Jul 2, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 507

    Planning and zoning: regional housing needs allocation.

    Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    Jul 2, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 130

    Housing.

    AB 130 BUDGET Concurrence in Senate Amendments By GABRIEL

    Jul 1, 2025 · Result: Passed

Older votes

Money raised and spent by the campaign committees Chris Ward controls in 2025–2026, as reported to the California Secretary of State. These are facts about money; they don't explain any vote or action in office.

Raised · 2025–2026

$652,889

Spent $767,728

Totals

  • Raised
    12 statements, Summary Page line 5
    $652,889
  • Spent
    Summary Page line 11
    $767,728
  • From individuals (itemized)
    55 contributions of $100 or more, net of refunds
    $41,701 6%

Sums of each statement's own figures for its period. Contributions under $100 aren't itemized, so they're in "Raised" but not in the lists below.

Top contributing industries (approximate)

  • Labor unions
    $93,400
  • Education
    $59,150
  • Finance, insurance and banking
    $42,800
  • Health care
    $39,900
  • Tribal governments
    $34,500
  • Pharmaceuticals and medical products
    $32,450
  • Real estate
    $27,400
  • Technology and telecommunications
    $27,300

Approximate. Industries are assigned by keywords in organizations' names and in the employers individual donors named; 72% of these itemized dollars matched an industry, and the rest are left unclassified rather than guessed.

How industries are assigned

Top employers of individual donors

  • A NEW WAY OF LIFE REENTRY PROJECT
    7 donors · Issue and advocacy groups
    $275

The employers individual donors named, summed; an employer is listed only when 3 or more people named it. $31,200 came from people who listed no employer (retired, not employed or self-employed). Individual donors are never named on ThePillory, at any amount.

Committees, parties and organizations

  • Association of CA School Administrators PAC - SCC
    2 contributions · small contributor committee · Education
    $23,600
  • United Domestic Workers of America Action Fund - SCC
    2 contributions · small contributor committee · Labor unions
    $17,700
  • Airbnb Inc.
    3 contributions · organization · Not classified
    $11,800
  • Building a Stronger Future for CA PAC, sponsored by Western States Reg Council of Carpenters
    2 contributions · small contributor committee · Labor unions
    $11,800
  • CA Council for Affordable Housing PAC
    2 contributions · committee · Real estate
    $11,800
  • CA State Council of Service Employees SCC
    2 contributions · small contributor committee · Issue and advocacy groups
    $11,800
  • Faculty for Our University's Future Sponsored by CFA - SCC
    2 contributions · small contributor committee · Education
    $11,800
  • LGBT Caucus Leadership Fund
    2 contributions · committee · Finance, insurance and banking
    $11,800
  • Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians
    2 contributions · organization · Tribal governments
    $11,800
  • Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians
    2 contributions · organization · Tribal governments
    $11,800

Contributions itemized on Schedule A from political committees, parties, businesses and other organizations, by the name reported. Transfers between Chris Ward's own committees aren't counted.

Independent expenditures for and against

Spent to support: $4,222

  • San Diego Labor Coalition, Sponsored by Laborers' International Union of North America Local 89
    race: State Assembly · 1 report · May 26, 2026 to May 27, 2026
    $4,222

Spent to oppose: $0

None reported.

Spending on ads and outreach about Chris Ward by committees that don't coordinate with the campaign; this money isn't given to the campaign. From Form 496 reports, which are filed for independent expenditures of $1,000 or more made in the 90 days before an election; spending outside that window isn't included. Each spender links to its committee record, where its own donors are listed.

Campaign committees and statements (2)

The committees Chris Ward controls, and each campaign statement (Form 460) with its own totals for its period. A committee can be for another office or a future race, or an officeholder account; each is listed under its own name.

Chris Ward for Assembly 2026

  • Jul 1, 2026 to Sep 19, 2026
    Spent $206,862 · cash at end $381,205 Statement ↗
    $133,204 received
  • May 17, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026
    Spent $65,246 · cash at end $496,903 Statement ↗
    $62,950 received
  • Apr 19, 2026 to May 16, 2026
    Spent $41,757 · cash at end $456,483 Statement ↗
    $29,050 received
  • Jan 1, 2026 to Apr 18, 2026
    Spent $126,595 · cash at end $471,242 Statement ↗
    $88,363 received
Committee record ↗

Supporting California's Communities: Asm. Chris Ward's Ballot Measure Committee

  • Jul 1, 2026 to Sep 19, 2026
    Spent $620 · cash at end $5,064 Statement ↗
    $0 received
  • May 17, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026
    Spent $590 · cash at end $6,274 Statement ↗
    $0 received
  • Apr 19, 2026 to May 16, 2026
    Spent $0 · cash at end $6,274 Statement ↗
    $0 received
  • Jan 1, 2026 to Apr 18, 2026
    Spent $764 · cash at end $6,274 Statement ↗
    $0 received
Committee record ↗

From the Cal-Access export of Mon, 05 Oct 2026 08:54:52 GMT. California replaces Cal-Access with a new disclosure system after the November 2026 election.

Methodology
Disclosures

Statements of economic interests (Form 700)

California officials file a Statement of Economic Interests (Form 700) each year: their investments, real property, income and gifts. Statewide officers and members of the Legislature file theirs with the Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC), which publishes them.

  • Form 700, Annual Assembly Member · State Assembly Filed Mar 19, 2026 · covers 2025 · amendment Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Annual Assembly Member · State Assembly Filed Feb 20, 2026 · covers 2025 Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Annual Assembly Member · State Assembly Filed Mar 17, 2025 · covers 2024 · amendment Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Annual Assembly Member · State Assembly Filed Mar 3, 2025 · covers 2024 Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Annual Assembly Member · State Assembly Filed Feb 28, 2024 · covers 2023 Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Candidate Assembly Member · State Assembly Filed Dec 28, 2023 · covers 2023 · amendment Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Candidate Assembly Member · State Assembly Filed Nov 30, 2023 · covers 2023 Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Annual Assembly Member · State Assembly Filed Mar 1, 2023 · covers 2022 Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Annual Assembly Member · State Assembly Filed Feb 28, 2022 · covers 2021 Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Annual Assembly Member · State Assembly Filed Mar 1, 2021 · covers 2020 · amendment Statement (PDF) ↗

Source: FPPC Form 700 search ↗, searched Oct 6, 2026. How

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