[CAPTURE PORTAL] 119TH CONGRESS

// Legislative Integrity Monitor

Goblin House Intelligence

Lateefah Simon

Democratic · Representative, CA ·12

Score Components

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Connection Density 20%

0 → 0

Donor Influence 10%

0 → 0

Silence Risk 25%

10 → 3

Contradiction Risk 25%

54 → 14

Intelligence Volume 10%

52 → 5

Constituency Deviation 5%

0 → 0

Voting Misalignment 5%

0 → 0

% = weight in composite score · Raw component 0–100 × weight = weighted contribution (→) · Sum of contributions = overall score. Hover a row for details.

[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Unemployment rate: 5.9%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Black population share: 15.2%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Asian population share: 20.4%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Hispanic population share: 23.7%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: White (Non-Hispanic) population share: 35.7%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Population: 748,393

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Public transit commuting share: 11.7%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median home value: $1,019,900

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Bachelor's degree or higher: 54.1%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Homeownership rate: 45.0%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Poverty rate: 7.8%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median household income: $108,648

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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: California Proposition 12 — Farm Animal Confinement Initiative (statewide, 2018) (2018) — passed, margin 62.7% to 37.3%

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 61 - Educational Services (share 0.098)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 54 - Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (share 0.122)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 62 - Health Care and Social Assistance (share 0.143)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Port of Oakland (3500 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Kaiser Permanente (Oakland headquarters) (12000 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Alta Bates Summit Medical Center (Oakland/Berkeley) (5000 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: University of California, Berkeley (15000 employees)

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No connections mapped

Bill	Vote	Date	Alignment
Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 (Farm Bill) — On Passage	yea	2026-04-30	deviating
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026 — On Agreeing to the Re	nay	2026-03-27	mixed
One Big Beautiful Bill Act — On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment	nay	2025-07-03	aligned
Laken Riley Act — On Passage	yea	2025-01-22	deviating

Last contradiction analysis: Never

position_evolution 60/100

Platform: "Simon was a vocal critic of police practices. She stated policing was 'born of a structure put in place to oppress' and was described as a 'ferocious "

Vote: on "Simon voted Yea on the Laken Riley Act (S. 5, Roll Call 23), which requires mandatory DHS detention "

Simon moved from a defund-the-police position in 2020 to voting for the Laken Riley Act in 2025 — a bill that expands mandatory ICE detention authority. The vote placed her among the 46 most immigration-enforcement-friendly Democrats, a departure fro

statement_vs_disclosure 60/100

Platform: "Simon voted Yea on final passage of the Farm Bill (H.R. 7567, Roll Call 154), joining only 13 other Democrats and 209 Republicans. The bill included S"

Vote: on "In a press release one week before the Farm Bill vote, Simon led a coalition of California members u"

Simon publicly urged Democratic leadership to oppose the Farm Bill unless it protected Proposition 12. One week later, she voted for the same Farm Bill on final passage — joining only 13 other Democrats. The final bill retained provisions that Califo

statement_vs_disclosure 30/100

Platform: "Simon voted Nay on the continuing resolution (H.R. 5371, Roll Call 285) and the earlier March 2025 continuing resolution (H.R. 1968) — both of which c"

Vote: on "In a press release one week before the Farm Bill vote, Simon led a coalition of California members u"

Both claims are documented in congressional voting records and Simon's own official press releases. The pattern of voting against funding bills and then claiming credit for earmarks within them is a well-documented congressional practice, but the pub

Last silence detection: Never

BART fiscal crisis and looming transit service cuts in her district following expiration of federal COVID emergency funds

189d silent

Expected position: As a former BART Board President (2020-2024) and current representative of a district heavily reliant on BART, Simon would be expected to proactively address the transit agency's fi

No donor interests mapped

No constituency baseline modelled

No platform commitments archived

No committee memberships recorded

Scoring Methodology

The Capture Risk Score is a composite 0–100 index measuring potential regulatory capture of elected officials. It is computed from seven weighted components:

Component	Weight	Signal
Silence Risk	25%	Topics where donors have interests but the official is silent
Contradiction Risk	25%	Stated positions contradicted by voting record (recent findings boosted)
Connection Density	20%	Mapped relationships to lobbyists, contractors, interest groups
Intelligence Volume	10%	Documented facts from verified sources (logarithmic scale)
Donor Influence	10%	Distinct donors with interests overlapping committee jurisdiction
Constituency Deviation	5%	Gap between district priorities and legislative focus
Voting Misalignment	5%	Floor votes contradicting stated platform positions

Each component produces a raw score 0–100. The weighted sum yields the overall score. Tier thresholds: Critical ≥ 45, High ≥ 36, Elevated ≥ 22, Moderate ≥ 10, Low < 10.

Officials without at least 2 documented facts, 1 contradiction analysis, 1 voting record, or 1 constituency baseline are marked Insufficient Evidence and excluded from numeric ranking.

Contradiction findings from the last 180 days receive a recency boost. High-severity contradictions (score ≥ 70) receive additional weight.

Full methodology: /congress/methodology

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