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Lateefah Simon

U.S. Representative, CA-12

Democratic California since Jan 3, 2025

Office record: unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

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Issue areas

Derived from issue-tagged bills they sponsored and stated positions — each links to the underlying record. AI-derived tags

Offices & terms

OfficePartyFromToSource
U.S. Representative, CA-12 current
California
Democratic Jan 3, 2025 Jan 3, 2027 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District CA-12 current
United States
Democratic Jan 3, 2025 Jan 1, 2030 openstates/people CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. -0.574, social dim. -0.360. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (583 recorded)

VotePositionDateResultSource
HR 4016 — Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026 Nay Jul 18, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4016 — Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026 Nay Jul 18, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4016 — Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026 Nay Jul 18, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4016 — Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026 Nay Jul 18, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4016 — Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026 Nay Jul 18, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4016 — Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026 Nay Jul 18, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 590 — Relating to consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 4) to rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in… Nay Jul 18, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 590 — Relating to consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 4) to rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in… Nay Jul 17, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1919 — Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act Nay Jul 17, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 1582 — GENIUS Act Nay Jul 17, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3633 — Digital Asset Market Clarity Act Yea Jul 17, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 580 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4016) making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending… Nay Jul 16, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 580 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4016) making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending… Nay Jul 16, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1717 — Communications Security Act Yea Jul 15, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 580 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4016) making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending… Nay Jul 15, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 580 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4016) making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending… Nay Jul 15, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 1596 — Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge Act Yea Jul 14, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1770 — Consumer Safety Technology Act Yea Jul 14, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1709 — Understanding Cybersecurity of Mobile Networks Act Not voting Jul 14, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1 — An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14. Nay Jul 3, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 566 — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 1) to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res… Nay Jul 3, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 566 — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 1) to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res… Nay Jul 2, 2025 Agreed to U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 566 — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 1) to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res… Nay Jul 2, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 566 — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 1) to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res… Nay Jul 2, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 516 — Condemning the violent June 2025 riots in Los Angeles, California. Nay Jun 27, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Campaign funding

1,022 recorded contributions totalling $2,405,574. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 286 of 1022 classified so far.

Funding typeContributionsTotalShare
Big donor 263 $925,926 38%
Corporate PAC 1 $44,456 2%
Super PAC 22 $13,253 1%
Unclassified 736 $1,421,938 59%

Largest contributions

AmountDonorTo committeeTypeDateSource
$44,456 POLARIS STRATEGIES, INC. LATEEFAH FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Dec 23, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$6,600 ACTBLUE LATEEFAH FOR CONGRESS unclassified Aug 22, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$6,600 ACTBLUE LATEEFAH FOR CONGRESS unclassified May 28, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$6,600 ACTBLUE LATEEFAH FOR CONGRESS unclassified Aug 27, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$6,600 ACTBLUE LATEEFAH FOR CONGRESS unclassified Sep 28, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$6,600 ACTBLUE LATEEFAH FOR CONGRESS unclassified Jun 4, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$6,600 ACTBLUE LATEEFAH FOR CONGRESS unclassified Jul 16, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$6,600 ACTBLUE LATEEFAH FOR CONGRESS unclassified Jun 4, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$6,600 ACTBLUE LATEEFAH FOR CONGRESS unclassified Jun 25, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$6,600 ACTBLUE LATEEFAH FOR CONGRESS unclassified Jun 25, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$6,600 ACTBLUE LATEEFAH FOR CONGRESS unclassified Feb 29, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$6,600 ACTBLUE LATEEFAH FOR CONGRESS unclassified Mar 5, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$6,600 ACTBLUE LATEEFAH FOR CONGRESS unclassified Mar 5, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$6,600 HELM, NELSON JR LATEEFAH FOR CONGRESS Big donor Mar 5, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$6,600 ACTBLUE LATEEFAH FOR CONGRESS unclassified Aug 31, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD

Largest by amount; not the full set. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.

Sponsored legislation (1 as lead sponsor)

Social media

Recent posts

  • While I've been in D.C. voting against President Trump's reckless budget reconciliation bill and defending immigrant communities against attacks as the top Democrat on the Oversight Committee --my team in the district has been hard at work. Take a look at how they've been…
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  • On the 19th of June, 1865 troops rode into Galveston to announce slavery had ended, more than 2 years after enslaved people of Texas had by law already been freed. Freedom here has never been given to us. It has been claimed, with every generation, by people who refused to wait…
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  • Communities in West Oakland have been dealing with the health impacts of environmental racism for decades. A coal terminal in their backyards and trains carrying coal along the Bay will only exacerbate an already deadly problem. I am using every tool available to me to stop this…
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  • Pride was born out of an act of resistance, a fight for liberation. It was, and remains, a movement built by and for those of us who believe a more just, equal, and liberated society is possible.
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  • I led my @demwomencaucus.bsky.social colleagues to demand that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. prioritize funding for Head Start by withdrawing a proposed rule to repeal higher wages and expanded benefits for Head Start workers.
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  • Our West Oakland communities have been clear: no coal in Oakland. Today, I filed an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2027 Energy and Water Appropriations bill that would prohibit funding for the proposed Oakland coal export terminal project.
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  • The Trump administration is claiming fraud in California's elections with no evidence. While Trump points fingers at California, this president is redrawing maps to silence Black voters and take the House by force.
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  • Republicans called a hearing on immigration, but refused to answer basic questions about the Trump admin’s role in driving chaos, abuse, and state-funded violence. Instead, they resorted to scapegoating immigrants for the economic challenges that the Trump Administration is…
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  • Devastated to hear of the passing of Lartey Solomon, a nurse, a caregiver, a son, a brother, a father, and a life lost too soon to gun violence.
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  • During National Gun Violence Awareness Month we are saying loud and clear: it’s time to act. We must strengthen federal gun control regulations and invest in local violence intervention programs. Our communities deserve nothing less.
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  • The residents of West Oakland are clear, they do not want a coal terminal in their backyard. I will use every tool in the toolbox to fight this reckless and illogical policy and protect communities in West Oakland from further environmental racism.
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  • Today, I voted against the Republican reconciliation bill, which would provide $70 billion more for the Trump Administration’s immigration enforcement machine.
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