Catherine Blakespear
Democratic · CA · Member of the California State Senate, District 38
Catherine Blakespear is a Democratic member of the California State Senate for District 38 (coastal San Diego and Orange counties), first elected in 2022. A former Mayor of Encinitas, she authored California's 2024 law prohibiting thin plastic carryout bags at grocery checkout.
Campaign Finance Information — State Senator, District 38
Campaign Finance Information · State Senator, District 38 · November 3, 2026
Data last updated July 24, 2026
- Raised
- $1,295,550
Top disclosed occupations of direct donors
- Not Employed$73,770
- Chief Executive Officer$29,950
- Retired$19,570
- Scientist$14,100
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- Real Estate Investor$11,800
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: $26,389
Groups that spent money supporting this candidate (2)
- Advance California, Sponsored by California Apartment Association$22,167
Landlord money: funded almost entirely by the California Apartment Association, the state's biggest landlord group. · transparencyusa.org
- San Diego Labor Coalition, Sponsored by Laborers' International Union of North America Local 89$4,222
Union money: sponsored by Laborers' Local 89, the union for construction and public-service workers. · liuna.org
Source: California Secretary of State · 2026 cycle · campaignfinance.cdn.sos.ca.gov
Track record
Environment and Public Health
· 1 record
Authored Senate Bill 1053 (Chapter 453, Statutes of 2024), signed 2024, which prohibits grocery stores from providing thin single-use plastic carryout bags at checkout, tightening California's earlier bag-ban to curb plastic waste.
September 22, 2024For
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov · researched July 17, 2026
Elections
- State Senator, District 38 · November 3, 2026 · State Senate District 38; California · incumbent
Profile last researched July 17, 2026.