Marissa Roy
Nonpartisan · CA
Marissa Roy is a Deputy Attorney General in the California Department of Justice's consumer protection section and a candidate for Los Angeles City Attorney. A USC and Yale Law School graduate, she began her career in the LA City Attorney's Office leading wage-theft enforcement, and as outside counsel for Los Angeles County helped write more than a dozen briefs challenging Trump administration policies including the DACA rescission and attempts to defund sanctuary jurisdictions. She finished first in the June 2026 primary, eliminating incumbent Hydee Feldstein Soto, and faces John McKinney in the November runoff.
Campaign Finance Information — City Attorney
Campaign Finance Information · City Attorney · November 3, 2026
Data last updated July 27, 2026
- Raised
- $699,683
- Spent
- $1,042,693
- Cash on hand
- $241,285
- Public funds
- $697,800
Top disclosed occupations of direct donors
- Attorney$231,097
- Lawyer$79,576
- Not Employed$60,941
- Retired$13,569
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- Writer$8,104
- Homemaker$8,100
- Chief Executive Officer$6,528
- Professor$5,902
- Director$5,457
- Founder$4,607
- Partner$4,357
- Software Engineer$4,006
- Trial Lawyer$3,850
- Executive Director$3,813
- Psychologist$3,607
- Project Director$3,600
- Doctor$3,571
- Engineer$3,543
- President$3,282
- Senior Vice President$2,950
Direct contributions by size
- $5,000+$60,586
- $1,000-$4,999$486,094
- $500-$999$78,045
- $250-$499$73,290
- $100-$249$61,171
- $1-$99$7,379
Spending by outside groups
Money spent on this race by outside groups — such as PACs and super PACs — not by the candidate's own campaign. This spending is not coordinated with the candidate's campaign and does not go directly to the candidate.
Outside money spent supporting this candidate: $745,553
Groups that spent money supporting this candidate (5)
- Communities United for Change in Support of Marissa Roy for City Attorney 2026$647,646
Paid for by Smart Justice California (criminal-justice reform), the trial lawyers' group, and SEIU Local 2015. · data.lacity.org · smartjusticeca.org · en.wikipedia.org · seiu2015.org
- TEACHERS AND COMMUNITIES UNITED FOR ESTUARDO MAZARIEGOS FOR CITY COUNCIL AND MARISSA ROY FOR CITY ATTORNEY 2026, SPONSORED BY UNITED TEACHERS LOS ANGELES AND ACCE$55,949
Sponsored by United Teachers Los Angeles, the 35,000-member LA teachers' union, and the community group ACCE. · data.lacity.org · utla.net · acceaction.org
- Engineers and Architects Civic Betterment Association$30,000
The political arm of the union for 6,000+ engineers, architects and other Los Angeles city workers. · data.lacity.org · eaaunion.org
- California Working Families Party$8,709
The California branch of the Working Families Party, a progressive party started by labor unions and community groups. · caworkingfamilies.org · en.wikipedia.org
- Courage California State PAC$3,249
The campaign fund of Courage California, a progressive group that publishes a voter guide and grades lawmakers. · couragecalifornia.org · en.wikipedia.org
Outside money spent opposing this candidate: $356,846
Groups that spent money opposing this candidate (1)
- Los Angeles Police Protective League Independent Expenditure Committee$356,846
Police money: funded mainly by the LAPD officers' union, plus the real-estate firms Douglas Emmett and Kilroy Realty. · data.lacity.org · en.wikipedia.org
Member communications
Money organizations — such as unions or trade associations — reported spending to talk to their own members about this candidate. Disclosed separately from outside spending, and it does not go to the candidate.
Spent supporting this candidate: $203,457
Source: Los Angeles City Ethics · 2026 cycle · data.lacity.org
Track record
Civil Rights
· 1 record
As a Los Angeles deputy city attorney, led wage-theft enforcement cases recovering pay for workers; as outside counsel for Los Angeles County, helped write more than a dozen briefs challenging Trump administration policies including the DACA rescission and attempts to defund sanctuary jurisdictions; now serves as a California Deputy Attorney General in consumer protection.
April 30, 2026For
Source: patch.com · researched July 3, 2026
Elections
- City Attorney · November 3, 2026 · Los Angeles city, California
Profile last researched July 3, 2026.