Malia M. Cohen

Office

Office

State Controller

Body

California's statewide elected offices

Website

Official site ↗

Source

Last verified Oct 5, 2026.

Record

State Controller, elected statewide. ThePillory tracks the President's and the Governor's executive orders and bill actions; other executive offices have no separate record here yet.

Totals

• Raised

  9 statements, Summary Page line 5
  $1,799,790
• Spent

  Summary Page line 11
  $618,827
• From individuals (itemized)

  489 contributions of $100 or more, net of refunds
  $702,745 39%

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
  $480,470
• Real estate
  $88,897
• Construction and engineering
  $87,625
• Education
  $77,746
• Finance, insurance and banking
  $65,500
• Lawyers and lobbyists
  $62,392
• Issue and advocacy groups
  $48,159
• Health care
  $34,054

Approximate. Industries are assigned by keywords in organizations' names and in the employers individual donors named; 65% of these itemized dollars matched an industry, and the rest are left unclassified rather than guessed.

Top employers of individual donors

• RYAN LLC

  23 donors · Not classified
  $40,600
• THE PACIFIC COMPANIES

  6 donors · Not classified
  $30,100
• HIGHRIDGE COSTA

  4 donors · Not classified
  $14,500
• ALEXIS GEVORGIAN

  4 donors · Not classified
  $10,500
• UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO

  3 donors · Education
  $5,300
• LOEB & LOEB LLP

  3 donors · Lawyers and lobbyists
  $5,250
• THE RICHMAN GROUP

  3 donors · Not classified
  $3,500
• STATE OF CALIFORNIA

  8 donors · Government and public sector
  $2,963
• ALAMEDA COUNTY

  4 donors · Not classified
  $1,372
• SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY

  3 donors · Education
  $704

The employers individual donors named, summed; an employer is listed only when 3 or more people named it. $118,721 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

• California Teachers Association/Association For Better Citizenship Small Contributor Committee

  2 contributions · small contributor committee · Education
  $39,200
• Steamfitters & Refrigeration U.A. Local 250 PAC Small Contributor Committee

  2 contributions · small contributor committee · Not classified
  $39,200
• United Domestic Workers of America Action Fund Small Contributor Committee

  3 contributions · small contributor committee · Labor unions
  $30,100
• Building a Stronger Future for CA PAC, sponsored by Western States Regional Council of Carpenters Small Contributor Committee

  2 contributions · small contributor committee · Labor unions
  $29,400
• Northern California Carpenters Regional Council (POWER PAC) Small Contributor Committee

  2 contributions · small contributor committee · Labor unions
  $21,000
• California Federation of Teachers COPE Small Contributor Committee

  2 contributions · small contributor committee · Labor unions
  $20,000
• Service Employees International Union SEIU Local 2015 State PAC Small Contributor Committee

  2 contributions · small contributor committee · Labor unions
  $19,800
• Operating Engineers Local No. 3 Statewide PAC Small Contributor Committee

  3 contributions · small contributor committee · Labor unions
  $19,700
• California Nurses Association PAC Small Contributor Committee

  1 contribution · small contributor committee · Labor unions
  $19,600
• California State Council of Service Employees Small Contributor Committee

  1 contribution · small contributor committee · Issue and advocacy groups
  $19,600

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

Independent expenditures for and against

Spending on ads and outreach about Malia M. Cohen 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.