Tasha Boerner

AT&T Services Inc. lobbied bills before Boerner-chaired Communications & Conveyance committee 2023-2025: AB 1714 (died no hearing), AB 768, AB 2239, AB 2797 (bypassed C&C), AB 470 (passed 7-0 Boerner AYE), AB 353. $2.44M paid to 12 outside firms over 12 quarters (Cal-Access F635 quarterly disclosures).

Cox Corporate Services Inc. lobbied bills before Boerner-chaired C&C committee 2023-2025: AB 1714, AB 768, AB 2239, AB 2765, AB 470, AB 353. $380K paid to outside firms (Coleman Advocates) plus in-house staff (Cal-Access F635 quarterly).

BPSC (Building and Protecting a Strong California) ran 2 F496 Late Independent Expenditures supporting Boerner AD-76 in October 2018: filing #2308117 ($119,092.12) + filing #2317905 ($38,194.80). 100% allocation to Boerner per CVR_CAMPAIGN_DISCLOSURE_CD records. Spend buckets: mailer design/data, printing/postage, voter research, consulting.

Uber Innovation Political Action Committee ran 4 F496 Late Independent Expenditure filings (#2890052, #2890604, #2892510, plus one) in February 2024 supporting Tasha Boerner for AD-77, totaling $96,427.58. Largest single line $45,657.56 (2024-02-12). This is INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE (not contribution to her committee) — it does not count against the per-cycle direct-donation limit and does not appear on her Form 460. Combined with $11,000 direct from Uber Technologies, the total 2024 cycle Uber-aligned value is ~$107,427.

CalBroadband (fka CCTA — rebranded 03/10/23 same day AB 1714 was referred to C&C) — VP Janus Norman named principal opponent of AB 1714 which died in Boerner-chaired C&C without hearing 01/31/24. Quarterly F635 filings cite "Attachment A" for bill list. $60K to outside firms in 2025 only; otherwise in-house.

San Diego Labor Coalition, Sponsored by Laborers International Union of North America Local 89, ran 4 F496 Late Independent Expenditure filings (#2888954, #2890789, #2893971, #2896303) in Feb-Mar 2024 supporting Tasha Boerner for AD-77, totaling $44,578.19 across 17 line items. This is INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE — appears nowhere on Boerner's Form 460. Pairs with $4,850 in direct LIUNA-affiliate giving in 2022.

17 behested payments by Women in California Leadership totaling ~$42,990 at Boerner's request, 2020–2025. Most are Minerva Scholarship awards to AD-77 / North County SD residents and "Women of Impact" district events. Note: Boerner also receives recurring food/beverage gifts from WiCL on Form 700 Schedule D — close working relationship beyond arms-length behest. Worth checking nonprofit ties / board overlap.

Lorena Gonzalez for Assembly committees transferred $23,100 total to Boerner committees across three cycles (2018, 2020, 2022). Per Cal-Access bulk extract: AD-76 2018: $8,800 (Nov 2017-May 2018, including $4,400 max-out on 5/19/2018). AD-76 2020: $9,400 (two $4,700 max-outs on 6/17 and 6/29/2019). AD-77 2022: $4,900 max-out 5/27/2022. Largest colleague-funder across cycles. Source: Cal-Access RCPT_CD.TSV; evidence id 25383.

Barona Band of Mission Indians made four behested payments totaling $20,000 at Boerner's request, all to San Diego-area elementary schools: Dewey Elementary 2x ($5,000 each in 2023), Washington Elementary ($5,000 in 2024-10-16), Cabrillo Elementary ($5,000 in 2025-10-16). Barona is a federally-recognized gaming tribe; tribal gaming policy is shaped by the Assembly Government Organization Committee.

Todd Gloria for Assembly 2018 + 2020 committees transferred $18,200 total to Boerner committees. Per Cal-Access bulk: AD-76 2018: $8,800 ($2,000 12/26/2017, $2,400 5/19/2018, $4,400 10/30/2019 wind-down). AD-76 2020: $9,400 ($4,700 6/7/2019 + $4,700 10/30/2019). Source: Cal-Access RCPT_CD.TSV; evidence id 25383.

CFEE-funded travel to Taiwan and Vietnam ($13,616.39, "travel related to policy trip"), reported on Boerner's 2024 Form 700 Schedule E. CFEE is a 501(c)(3) often used by California legislators for foreign-policy delegations.

CFEE Nov 8-20, 2024 Taiwan+Vietnam study tour: Boerner one of 6 CA legislator attendees per CalMatters Sep 2025 analysis. Value ~$13,000 per Form 700 Schedule E (ev 25376). Tour topics — HSR, EVs, disaster preparedness — overlap directly with bills heard by Boerner's Communications & Conveyance chair and Utilities & Energy committee assignments.

Uber Technologies Inc. contributed $11,000 directly to Boerner for Assembly 2024 across three payments: $2,000 (2023-06-29), $3,500 (2024-03-05), $5,500 (2024-08-26). Distinct from Uber Innovation PAC's $96,427.58 in 2024 primary IE spending on Boerner.

Sempra Energy 2021 corporate political contributions disclosure reports $9,800 cumulative contributions to Boerner Horvath for Assembly during the 2021-22 cycle. Sempra owns SDG&E (Boerner home-district IOU) and SoCalGas. Date is end-of-cycle aggregate; specific itemized dates not separable from corporate disclosure. Verified via Sempra 2021 PDF (evidence id 26211).

Cox Communications and Affiliated Entities contributed $9,800 to Boerner Horvath for Assembly 2022 (AD-77) across 6 line items. All-cycle Cox total = $32,250 (2018: $4,400; 2020: $7,050; 2022: $9,800; 2024: $11,000). Source: Cal-Access RCPT_CD.TSV; evidence id 25380.

Comcast Financial Agency Corporation contributed $9,800 to Boerner Horvath for Assembly 2022 (AD-77) across 5 line items. All-cycle Comcast total = $19,300 (Boerner received no Comcast money pre-2021; engagement begins exactly with her Assembly Comm & Conv committee role). Source: Cal-Access RCPT_CD.TSV; evidence id 25380.

AT&T Services Inc. and its Affiliates contributed $9,016.94 to Boerner for Assembly 2024 (AD-77) across 7 line items (including a $1,516.94 contribution from AT&T CA Employee PAC on 8/24/2023).

CREPAC (California Real Estate PAC, CA Association of Realtors Small Contributor Committee) contributed $8,800 max-out to Boerner Horvath for Assembly 2018 (AD-76) on 8/23/2018.

AT&T Services, Inc. and its Affiliates contributed $8,700 to Boerner Horvath for Assembly 2020 (AD-76) across 6 line items.

AT&T Services, Inc. and its Affiliates contributed $8,400 to Boerner Horvath for Assembly 2022 (AD-77 cycle) across 7 line items. This was during her tenure on the Assembly Communications & Conveyance Committee (Capital & Main 2022-07-04). AT&T's all-cycle total to Boerner = $29,116.94 (2018: $3,000; 2020: $8,700; 2022: $8,400; 2024: $9,016.94 — growth trajectory shows AT&T scaled up with her seniority). Source: Cal-Access RCPT_CD.TSV; evidence id 25380.

Lyft Inc. contributed $5,500 to Boerner for Assembly 2024: $2,000 (2024-05-06) + $3,500 (2024-10-15). Pairs with Uber Tech $11,000 direct and Uber Innovation PAC $96,427.58 IE for a combined gig-economy 2024-cycle total of ~$113K direct+IE.

Re-Elect Senator Atkins 2020 committee (the active Atkins committee in that window) transferred $5,500 to Boerner committees across cycles. AD-76 2018: $3,500 ($2,000 10/19/2018, $1,500 11/1/2019 wind-down). AD-76 2020: $2,000 (6/17/2019). Note: connection's linked org row 552 is "Toni Atkins for Assembly 2014" — actual transfers came from Atkins's state-Senate re-elect committee, not the 2014 Assembly committee. Source: Cal-Access RCPT_CD.TSV; evidence id 25383.

Charter Communications PAC and Operating LLC contributed $5,500 to Boerner Horvath for Assembly 2022 (AD-77) across 4 line items ($1,500 Charter Comm Operating 5/27/2021, $1,500 Charter Public Schools PAC 6/21/2021, $2,000 Charter Operating 2/18/2022, $500 Charter Public Schools PAC 8/1/2022). All-cycle Charter total = $25,000 across 12 contributions. Source: Cal-Access RCPT_CD.TSV; evidence id 25380.

Sunday Gover gave the maximum individual contribution of $4,700 to Boerner in 2019 while concurrently challenging Brian Maienschein and missing the July 31 disclosure deadline. Flagged as eyebrow-raising in Voice of San Diego 2019-08-02 reporting.

California American Water (CPUC-regulated investor-owned water utility) made a $3,040 behested payment to Father Joe's Village (San Diego) at Boerner's request. FLAG: Boerner sits on the Assembly Utilities & Energy Committee, which oversees the regulator that sets Cal-Am's water rates.

AT&T, Inc. and its Affiliates contributed $3,000 to Boerner Horvath for Assembly 2018 (AD-76) across 3 line items.

California Building Industry Association PAC contributed $3,000 to Boerner Horvath for Assembly 2020 (AD-76) across 2 line items.

Cox Communications (telecom/broadband) made a $2,500 behested payment to Boys & Girls Club of Northwest San Diego at Boerner's request. FLAG: Boerner sits on Communications & Conveyance Committee, which regulates telecom/broadband policy.

California Real Estate PAC (CREPAC) Small Contributor Committee contributed $2,000 to Boerner for Assembly 2026 on 2025-12-19. This is the first real-estate-PAC direct contribution to a Boerner committee since the 2022 cycle ($2,000), and signals that the $0 real-estate posture in the 2024 cycle was a tactical pause for the open AD-77 primary against Joe Kerr — not a permanent break with real-estate money.

Tech Summit at Carneros Resort in Sonoma, CA — travel/gift $1,520, paid by Foundation for California's Technology and Innovation Economy. Reported on 2025 Form 700 Schedule E.

FCATIE-funded travel to Carneros Sonoma policy summit ($1,520) per Boerner Form 700 2025. Same Carneros Resort & Spa venue documented by CalMatters Feb 2020 piece as the FCATIE pay-to-play summit location ($50K = panel topic).

FCATIE-funded travel to Napa policy summit ($1,160 + $325 gift bag) per Boerner Form 700 2024. FCATIE is Evan Low's tech-caucus pay-to-play vehicle, funded by Apple/AT&T/Facebook/Cox/Uber/Walmart per CalMatters investigation. FPPC found probable cause of behested-payment disclosure violations and used $227K of foundation money for Alec Baldwin (capradio Apr 2025).

CFEE Broadband and Housing Conference, Claremont Resort and Club, Berkeley — travel/gift $923.35. Reported on 2025 Form 700 Schedule E.

CFEE Water Conference, Palm Springs, CA — travel/gift $819.40 paid by California Foundation on the Environment and the Economy. Reported on 2025 Form 700 Schedule E.

FCATIE-funded travel to LA Tech Caucus event ($761.85) per Boerner Form 700 2025.

LA Tech Caucus Tour — travel/gift $761.85, paid by Foundation for California's Technology and Innovation Economy. Reported on 2025 Form 700 Schedule E.

FCATIE-funded travel to SF Tech Education Tour ($379.97) per Boerner Form 700 2025.

Lorena Gonzalez (then AD-80, later Cal Labor Fed CEO) backed Tasha Boerner Horvath in the AD-76 2018 open primary and "did everything possible to raise money for Tasha" (SD Reader, 2018-08-28). Endorsement was paired with maxed-out $4,400 committee transfer 3 weeks pre-primary plus $23,100 lifetime in colleague-money support across 2018/2020/2022 cycles.

Tasha Boerner served on the Encinitas City Council from late 2016 until taking her Assembly seat 2018-12-03. During this tenure she also represented Encinitas on the SANDAG board and the League of California Cities Housing committee.

Boerner's self-described pre-political role: Senior Communications Manager at INTO University Partnerships (a for-profit international student recruitment partner). Approximate single-source dates from Ballotpedia.

Pre-political consulting/communications role at Deutsche Telekom AG (parent of T-Mobile US), including work on Apple and Google partnerships per her self-published campaign bio. Boerner now chairs the Assembly Communications & Conveyance Committee (telecom/cable jurisdiction). NEEDS INDEPENDENT CONFIRMATION in Round 2 — campaign self-claim only.

Boerner represented Encinitas on the SANDAG (San Diego Association of Governments) board during her city council tenure.

Boerner served on the League of California Cities Housing, Community and Economic Development Policy Committee while on Encinitas City Council.

Tasha Boerner has served in the California State Assembly continuously since 2018-12-03. Originally elected in AD-76 (2018, 2020), then re-elected in AD-77 after the 2021 redistricting (2022, 2024). Current term ends 2026-12-07.

Boerner has chaired the Assembly Standing Committee on Communications and Conveyance for two consecutive sessions: 2023-24 (appointed by Speaker Rendon, Dec 2022) and 2025-26 (reappointed by Speaker Rivas, Dec 2024). The committee writes telecom, cable, broadband, ride-share, and franchise law in California — STRUCTURAL TIER-1 COI given $37,900 in 2021-22 industry donations and pre-political Deutsche Telekom tie.

Boerner chairs the Assembly Select Committee on Sea Level Rise and the California Economy. Her AD-77 is overwhelmingly coastal SD County — high-stakes for coastal property/hospitality interests.

Sierra Club San Diego endorsed Boerner for AD-77 in the 2024 general election.

San Diego Union-Tribune editorial board endorsed Boerner in 2022. Praised climate leadership and Tri-City Medical Center psychiatric-bed advocacy. Quote: "moderate views on state taxes."

AFSCME Local 3299 endorsed Boerner in 2024.

California Federation of Teachers endorsed Boerner in 2024. Note: distinct from the larger CTA-NEA, though her CTA voting alignment score is 92%.

California Environmental Voters endorsed Boerner in 2024.

Equality California endorsed Boerner in 2024. Voting alignment: 100%.

Sierra Club California endorsed Boerner in 2024 (state chapter, distinct from SD chapter endorsement).

NEGATIVE FINDING (Lane B Round 2): The hypothesis that WSPA / Coalition to Restore California's Middle Class (CRMC, Cal-Access filer 1365275) ran direct Form 496 IEs supporting Boerner in AD-76 2018 is NOT supported by Cal-Access. Zero F496 filings filed by CRMC name Boerner across all cycles. POSITIVE FINDING: a parallel IE committee, Building and Protecting a Strong California (BPSC, filer 1363266), filed 2 F496 IEs supporting Boerner for AD-76 on 10/17/2018 and 10/30/2018. BPSC's 2017-2018 cycle was funded by Chevron $590K, PG&E $414K, CREPAC $400K, Edison Intl $100K, Sempra $12.7K (and several union PACs). So oil/utility/real-estate money DID flow into pro-Boerner IEs — just routed through BPSC, not CRMC. Specific dollar IE spend on her race requires S496_CD.TSV (not in current bulk snapshot) or pulling individual F496 PDFs. Recommend connecting Chevron / PG&E / Edison / Sempra → BPSC → Boerner as separate connections once IE spend is itemized.

Tasha Boerner is married to Istvan Horvath (Hungarian; couple lived in Europe ~12 years; two children born there).

Senior Communication Manager, Corporate Communications, T-Mobile International (2006-2008). Pre-political telecom industry role; she now chairs the CA Assembly Communications & Conveyance Committee.

Senior Communications Manager, Human Resources Europe/Technology, Deutsche Telekom (2010-2012). Confirms SECOND telecom industry employer; she collaborated with Apple/Google in this role per her campaign bio. Now chairs CA Assembly Communications & Conveyance Committee — direct revolving-door pattern.

Boerner endorsed fellow San Diego state senator Toni Atkins for California governor before Atkins withdrew on 2025-09-29.

Boerner holds Pfizer Inc. stock via "Pfizer Stock Match" (employer stock-match plan). FMV $2,000-$10,000 every year. Recurring identical disclosure on Form 700 Schedule A-1 across EIGHT consecutive years: CY2018 Leaving (Encinitas), CY2018 Annual, CY2019 Candidate, CY2019 Annual, CY2020 Annual, CY2021 Annual, CY2022 Candidate, CY2022 Annual, CY2023 Annual, CY2024 Annual, CY2025 Annual. Sole Schedule A-1 investment in every filing. Stock was retained continuously through divorce judgment (2022-07-25) — did NOT change pre vs. post-divorce. Falsifies the "post-divorce date-stamp" hypothesis: Pfizer stock did not appear AFTER the divorce, it has been there since her City of Encinitas tenure.

Building and Protecting a Strong California (BPSC, Cal-Access filer 1363266) filed 2 Form 496 independent expenditure reports supporting Tasha Boerner Horvath for AD-76 in the closing weeks of the 2018 general election (filings 2308117 filed 10/17/2018 amended 4x, and 2317905 filed 10/30/2018). BPSC was funded in the 2017-2018 cycle by Chevron Corporation ($590,000), PG&E Corporation ($414,000), California Real Estate PAC (CREPAC, $400,000), Edison International ($100,000), Sempra Energy ($12,700), plus correctional officers and firefighter union PACs. So oil / utility / real-estate / union money flowed via BPSC into late IE support for Boerner's first Assembly race. Dollar amount of IE spending specifically on AD-76 race not present in current Cal-Access bulk snapshot (S496_CD.TSV missing); requires F496 PDF pull to itemize.

Tasha Boerner served on the Encinitas Planning Commission (appointed June 2015) before her City Council run.

California Labor Federation (CEO: Lorena Gonzalez since Jan 2022) is an ongoing endorser and labor-side institutional backer of Boerner. Boerner's Cal Labor-aligned record (AB 257 yes, pro-PLA bills, labor endorsements 2018-2024) maps to a Gonzalez-built alliance that survives her exit from elected office.

Marriage — Tasha Boerner (then Tasha Boerner Horvath) married to Istvan Boerner Horvath. Children: Máté and Maya Kate, born in Europe. Marriage formally ended 2022-07-25 by judgment in San Diego County Superior Court case Boerner Horvath v. Boerner Horvath (Judge Sara Kirby). She subsequently dropped "Horvath" from her professional name.

Spouse-employer relationship: Istvan Boerner Horvath was a Pfizer bioinformatician at 10646 Science Center Drive, San Diego CA 92121, with gross income OVER $100,000 disclosed on Form 700 Schedule C every year from CY2018 (Leaving Encinitas council) through CY2022 (her final pre-divorce annual filing, filed 2023-03-01). Spouse Pfizer income FIRST DROPPED OFF Schedule C beginning with the 2023 Candidate filing (2023-12-05) and the 2023 Annual filing (2024-02-29), coinciding with the divorce judgment dated 2022-07-25. KEY ALIGNMENT: Boerner was appointed Communications & Conveyance Committee chair 2022-12-22 — the FIRST annual filing covering her chairship year (the 2023 Annual, filed 2024-02-29) is also the FIRST without Pfizer spouse income disclosure. She still sits on the Select Cmte on Biotechnology and Medical Technology, where Pfizer is a direct subject-matter interest. The Schedule A-1 Pfizer stock match remains.

AB 1714 (Wood) — would have classified broadband providers as public utilities, the single biggest regulatory threat to ISPs (including AT&T) in 2023-24. As chair of Communications & Conveyance, Boerner controlled hearing scheduling. The bill received NO hearing under her chairmanship and died in her committee 01/31/24. Beneficiary: AT&T and other large ISPs. Telecom money flow to Boerner: $158K lifetime / $58K in 2024 alone (per R1/R2 baseline). This connection records the structural kill, not a floor vote.

AB 2749 (Quirk-Silva) committee vote 04/27/22 — Boerner voted AYE 12-0-1 in Communications & Conveyance to advance bill that EFF characterized as banning state affordability rules for broadband, backed by AT&T and telecom interests. Comcast is the industry's second-largest California ISP and a primary beneficiary of CASF rule limits. Per R2, Comcast giving to Boerner went from $0 pre-2021 to $19.3K starting 2021 (i.e., starting when she joined this committee). The 2022 vote came roughly 1 year into the Comcast donation flow.

CTIA-aligned voting pattern through Boerner's Communications & Conveyance tenure: AYE on AB 2749 (CTIA-supported affordability-rule restriction, 2022); chair-killed AB 1714 (CTIA-opposed broadband-as-utility, 2024 no-hearing); NVR on AB 2797 (AT&T COLR retreat, 2024). Pattern is consistent with industry trade-association preferences in three of three contested bills. CTIA filed a public letter of support for AB 2749 dated 2022-03-31.

California Federation of Labor Unions formally endorsed Tasha Boerner for AD-77 in the 2024 general election (endorsement document dated 7/17/2024). 4th consecutive cycle of Cal Labor Fed support (2018/2020/2022/2024). Endorsement triggers eligibility for IE/coordinated spending from the federation's Committee for Working Families PAC (org_id 3965) and COPE small-contributor committee (org_id 14418).

California Labor Federation (Cal-Access employer ID 1142838) maintains in-house lobbying corps (Caitlin Vega, Sara Flocks, Fernandez family) that testify regularly before Assembly committees Boerner sits on (Communications & Conveyance chair; Utilities & Energy member; Labor & Employment). Cal-Access Form 635 quarterly bill-position records require FPPC portal scrape (currently blocked from container). Per CalMatters Digital Democracy, Boerner's alignment with Cal Labor Fed scored bills is 96% — among the highest in the Assembly.

Boerner voted YES on AB 257 (Holden) — Fast Food Sector Council, the Cal Labor Federation's flagship 2022 bill. Assembly third reading 47-19, Senate 21-12. Newsom signed Sept 5, 2022. Vote came 7 months after Gonzalez took the Cal Labor Fed CEO role and during the same Assembly session Boerner received the bulk of colleague-money transfers documented at ev 25383.

CalBroadband (formerly CCTA — primary California cable trade body representing Cox, Charter, Comcast) was the named opposition to AB 1714 (Wood, public-utility classification of broadband). After AB 1714 was referred to Boerner-chaired Communications & Conveyance 03/09/23 (the same day CCTA rebranded as CalBroadband), the bill never received a hearing. It died pursuant to Art. IV Sec. 10(c) on 01/31/24. The chair controls hearing scheduling. Outcome aligns with CalBroadband's industry-opposition position.

AT&T California VP Terri Baca on-record thanked "Chair Boerner and the committee staff" for "their dedication to this important legislation" during the AB 470 (McKinnor) hearing 2025-06-23, immediately before Boerner-chaired C&C voted 7-0 to Do Pass the AT&T-supported COLR-retreat bill over named opposition from TURN, CWA, CADE, and county boards. R2 Lane B build-out of R1 finding (evidence 26225 captured the parallel 04/30/25 hearing).