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Lateefah Simon

US Representative (D-CA-12)
Tracked because Sitting member of the House; tracked for votes, donor mapping, and committee oversight.
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Lateefah Simon is the Democratic U.S. Representative (CA's 12th congressional district). The platform has 4 voting records on file (2025-2026) and 42 verified facts on file covering this member's voting positions, financial disclosures, and stated platform commitments.

Facts on record37
Connections mapped51
Sources cited22
✦ Thin coverage gap +144 connected to 51 entities · only 37 facts on record · flagged for follow-up research
Evidence: 10P+2 27S+19
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Key Connections
← Carpenters Legislative Improvement Committee United Brotherhood Of Carpenters And Joiners organization
donor
$10,000 to Lateefah Simon's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00001016/
← Machinists Non Partisan Political League Of The International Association Of Machinists & Aerospace Workers organization
donor
$5,000 to Lateefah Simon's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00002469/
← United Food And Commercial Workers International Union Active Ballot Club organization
donor
$5,000 to Lateefah Simon's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00002766/
← Seiu Cope (Service Employees International Union Committee On Political Education) organization
donor
$10,000 to Lateefah Simon's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00004036/
← International Association Of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail And Transportation Workers Political Action League organization
donor
$10,000 to Lateefah Simon's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00007542/
← Culac The PAC Of Credit Union National Association organization
donor
$5,000 to Lateefah Simon's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00007880/
← American Association For Justice PAC organization
donor
$5,000 to Lateefah Simon's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00024521/
← International Brotherhood Of Electrical Workers Political Action Committee organization
donor
$10,000 to Lateefah Simon's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00027342/
Facts (37)
Data Freshness
Ageing Last update: 167d ago · Avg age: 181d
Confidence Tiers: Primary Source — cross-referenced government/corporate filings Pending Review — sourced but not independently verified AI Inference — analytical hypothesis from cross-referencing
✓ Verified Findings (37)
Independently re-checked: a second model read the source artifact and confirmed it supports the extracted claim.
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Unemployment rate: 5.9%
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Black population share: 15.2%
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Asian population share: 20.4%
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Hispanic population share: 23.7%
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: White (Non-Hispanic) population share: 35.7%
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Population: 748,393
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Public transit commuting share: 11.7%
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median home value: $1,019,900
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Bachelor's degree or higher: 54.1%
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Homeownership rate: 45.0%
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Poverty rate: 7.8%
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median household income: $108,648
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: California Proposition 12 — Farm Animal Confinement Initiative (statewide, 2018) (2018) — passed, margin 62.7% to 37.3%
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 61 - Educational Services (share 0.098)
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 54 - Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (share 0.122)
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 62 - Health Care and Social Assistance (share 0.143)
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Top employer: Port of Oakland (3500 employees)
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Top employer: Kaiser Permanente (Oakland headquarters) (12000 employees)
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Top employer: Alta Bates Summit Medical Center (Oakland/Berkeley) (5000 employees)
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Top employer: University of California, Berkeley (15000 employees)
✓ verified Pending Review [constituency_baseline] District summary: California's 12th Congressional District encompasses the East Bay region of Alameda County, including the cities of Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda, Albany, Piedmont, Emeryville, and most of San Leandro. With approximately 748,000 residents, it is the most Democratic-leaning district in California (Cook PVI D+40). The district has a median household income of $108,648 — nearly triple the national median — but also significant economic inequality with a 7.8% poverty rate and a homeownership rate of just 45%, reflecting the Bay Area housing affordability crisis. The population is majority-minority (White 35.7%, Hispanic 23.7%, Asian 20.4%, Black 15.2%). The economy is anchored by technology, healthcare, education (UC Berkeley), and the Port of Oakland. Public transit dependence is high: 11.7% of residents use public transit for commuting, and 44.2% drive alone. The district was previously represented by Barbara Lee from 1998 to 2025.
Added: 02 May 2026
✓ verified Primary Source Voted nay on H.R. 7147 (Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026 — On Agreeing to the Resolution) on 2026-03-27: Simon voted against DHS funding, citing the need for 'accountability and reforms for immigration enforcement agencies.' This vote aligned with progressive activist groups and contrasted with her earlier Laken Riley Act vote supporting expanded ICE enforcement. The competing pressures within her own voting record — supporting ICE detention expansion in one vote, opposing ICE funding in another — illustrates the cross-pressure between constituent-facing progressive rhetoric and selective bipartisan positioning.
Date: 2026-03-27 Added: 02 May 2026 ↗ SOURCE: Roll call: H.R. 7147
✓ verified Primary Source Voted nay on H.R. 1 (One Big Beautiful Bill Act — On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment) on 2025-07-03: Simon voted with all 212 Democrats against the landmark reconciliation bill (218-214). She was an outspoken critic, stating the bill would cause 'upwards of 40,000 people in her district to lose access to healthcare,' calling it 'an insidious attack on poor and working-class communities.' While a party-line vote is not inherently notable, her media visibility as a freshman opposing the bill on KPFA and KQED amplified the Democratic message in a safe blue district.
Date: 2025-07-03 Added: 02 May 2026 ↗ SOURCE: Roll call: H.R. 1 (119th)
✓ verified Primary Source Voted yea on H.R. 7567 (Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 (Farm Bill) — On Passage) on 2026-04-30: Simon was one of only 14 Democrats to vote for the GOP-led Farm Bill (224-200). She had publicly urged leadership one week earlier to oppose the bill unless Proposition 12 protections were preserved — but voted for final passage anyway. The vote aligned with agricultural committee interests, but 197 of 211 voting Democrats opposed the bill, isolating Simon among a small group of defectors. Her district has negligible agricultural employment, making the vote less about constituent economic interest and more about committee positioning or leadership aspirations.
✓ verified Primary Source Voted yea on S. 5 (Laken Riley Act — On Passage) on 2025-01-22: Simon was one of only 46 House Democrats (out of 202 voting) to join all 217 Republicans in passing this bill requiring mandatory ICE detention for undocumented immigrants charged with theft or violent crimes. Her vote defied overwhelming party opposition (156 Democrats voted Nay). Her district is one of the most Democratic in the nation (Cook PVI D+40) with a large immigrant population — constituent interest strongly opposed this enforcement expansion. The vote signaled an early willingness to break with the progressive wing on immigration enforcement, a notable shift from her activist background.
✓ verified Primary Source [vote] 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 contained Community Project Funding for her district that she subsequently claimed credit for securing.
✓ verified Pending Review [statement] In a press release one week before the Farm Bill vote, Simon led a coalition of California members urging Democratic leadership 'to oppose any Farm Bill provisions that would overturn or weaken California's Proposition 12' — a voter-approved animal welfare law.
Date: 2026-04-23 Added: 02 May 2026
✓ verified Primary Source [vote] 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 SNAP cuts and was opposed by the vast majority of her party (197 Democrats voted Nay).
✓ verified Primary Source [vote] Simon voted Yea on the Laken Riley Act (S. 5, Roll Call 23), which requires mandatory DHS detention of undocumented immigrants charged with theft or violent crimes. She was one of only 46 House Democrats to join all 217 Republicans in passing the bill.
✓ verified Primary Source [statement] 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 supporter of the Defund the Police movement.' She also pioneered BART's unarmed Transit Ambassador program as an alternative to armed law enforcement on transit.
✓ verified Partially Corroborated Simon was president of the Akonadi Foundation (2016-2024), an Oakland-based racial justice grantmaking organization, and later became board member. She also serves as president of MeadowFund, a donor-advised fund created by Patricia Quillin, wife of Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings.
✓ verified Partially Corroborated ActBlue processed $1,166,555 in payments to Lateefah for Congress across 5,479 transactions during the 2024 cycle — the campaign's largest payment processor by far.
✓ verified Partially Corroborated Simon accepts cryptocurrency donations to her campaign and has a campaign page dedicated to innovation including crypto, AI, and blockchain.
✓ verified Partially Corroborated 2026 Q1 fundraising: Disclosed $273,200 in a FEC Q1 disclosure on April 15, 2026, with 84.4% from individual donors; $712,400 cash on hand.
✓ verified Partially Corroborated 2025 Q2 fundraising: Disclosed $353,000 in a FEC Q2 filing on July 14, 2025, with 88.4% from individual donors — the 242nd most from all Q2 reports that year.
✓ verified Primary Source 2025-2026 election cycle (through 12/31/2025): Total receipts $916,197.51; total contributions $880,403.82; total individual contributions $715,403.82; itemized individual contributions $651,783.97; other committee contributions $165,000.00.
✓ verified Partially Corroborated 2023-2024 election cycle: Raised $1,385,493; spent $1,119,305; cash on hand $266,189. Source of funds: Large individual contributions 80.24% ($1,111,781), small individual contributions 10.83% ($150,093), PAC contributions 10.29% ($142,524).
All Connections (51)
oversight primary since 2025
Voted Yea on the Laken Riley Act (S. 5) mandating mandatory DHS detention of undocumented immigrants charged with theft or violent crimes, expanding ICE enforcement scope
→ OpenAI company
policy_interest inferential since 2025
Simon accepts cryptocurrency donations and has a campaign page dedicated to innovation including crypto, AI, and blockchain (AI overlap with OpenAI's domain)
← Amalgamated Transit Union organization
donor secondary
2024: $10,000 via ATU PAC
← Carpenters & Joiners Union organization
donor secondary
2024: $10,000 via Carpenters & Joiners Union PAC
donor secondary
2024: $10,000 via NUHW PAC
← Operating Engineers Union organization
donor secondary
2024: $6,000 via Operating Engineers Union PAC
donor secondary
2024: $10,000 via SEIU PAC
donor primary since 2024
$10,000 to Lateefah Simon's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00001016/
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to Lateefah Simon's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00002469/
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to Lateefah Simon's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00002766/
donor primary since 2026
$10,000 to Lateefah Simon's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00003632/
donor primary since 2024
$10,000 to Lateefah Simon's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00004036/
donor primary since 2024
$10,000 to Lateefah Simon's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00007542/
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to Lateefah Simon's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00007880/
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to Lateefah Simon's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00024521/
donor primary since 2024
$10,000 to Lateefah Simon's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00027342/
donor primary since 2024
$10,000 to Lateefah Simon's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00032995/
donor primary since 2026
$5,000 to Lateefah Simon's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00073056/
donor primary since 2026
$10,000 to Lateefah Simon's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00110338/
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to Lateefah Simon's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00188193/
donor primary since 2026
$5,000 to Lateefah Simon's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00194746/
← Elect Democratic Women organization
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to Lateefah Simon's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00685297/
donor primary since 2026
$7,500 to Lateefah Simon's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00721811/
← No Dem Left Behind PAC organization
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to Lateefah Simon's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00758219/
← Jane Fonda Climate PAC organization
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to Lateefah Simon's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00806893/
donor primary since 2026
$5,000 to Lateefah Simon's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00002089/
donor primary since 2026
$6,000 to Lateefah Simon's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00003251/
← Transport Workers Union PAC organization
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to Lateefah Simon's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00008268/
donor primary since 2026
$10,000 to Lateefah Simon's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (4 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00011114/
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to Lateefah Simon's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00028860/
donor primary since 2024
$7,500 to Lateefah Simon's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00029447/
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to Lateefah Simon's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00030718/
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to Lateefah Simon's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00035451/
donor primary since 2026
$7,500 to Lateefah Simon's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00113241/
donor primary since 2026
$10,000 to Lateefah Simon's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00238725/
← PAC To The Future organization
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to Lateefah Simon's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00344234/
← Amalgamated Bank PAC organization
donor primary since 2026
$5,000 to Lateefah Simon's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00379693/
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to Lateefah Simon's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00399196/
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to Lateefah Simon's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00513176/
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to Lateefah Simon's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00617803/
← Up PAC organization
donor primary since 2026
$5,000 to Lateefah Simon's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (4 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00630699/
← Medicare For All organization
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to Lateefah Simon's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00685552/
← Defend The Vote organization
donor primary since 2026
$5,000 to Lateefah Simon's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00764233/
donor primary since 2026
$5,000 to Lateefah Simon's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00832006/
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to Lateefah Simon's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00007922/
donor primary since 2026
$7,500 to Lateefah Simon's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00023580/
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to Lateefah Simon's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00024968/
donor primary since 2024
$6,000 to Lateefah Simon's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00029504/
donor primary since 2024
$10,000 to Lateefah Simon's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00461418/
← The Collective PAC organization
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to Lateefah Simon's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00617381/
← EMILY's List organization
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to Lateefah Simon's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00193433/
Sources (22)
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Lateefah Simon — Court records (no results) court_document Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Lateefah Simon — FEC donations (no results) fec_record Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Lateefah Simon — SEC filings (no results) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Lateefah Simon — Parliamentary records (no results) parliamentary_record Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Lateefah Simon — Lobbying disclosures (no results) government_disclosure Processed 📜 Receipt
— ↗ Constituency baseline: Top employer congress_handoff Processed 📜 Receipt
— ↗ Constituency baseline: Top employer congress_handoff Processed 📜 Receipt
— ↗ Roll call: H.R. 7147 congress_handoff Processed 📜 Receipt
2026-04-23 UNVERIFIED SEARCH_ERROR: Lateefah Simon not found in fec claim_flag Processed 📜 Receipt