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Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA)
House · Democrat (most recent term) · CA-37 · in Congress 2011–2023 · Bioguide ID B001270
Party history: D 2011–2023. Source: term data in unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0); party shown is as recorded per term there.
Estimated net worth (from public disclosures)
| Estimate | Report year | Low | Mid | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) Estimated net worth at the earliest available report (2013); the member entered office earlier, in 2011 | 2013 | −$518,993 | $48,502 | $615,998 |
| (b) Latest net worth estimate | 2021 | −$1,099,997 | −$500,000 | $99,998 |
| (c) Estimated gain / loss, nominal dollars, 2013 → 2021 (8 years spanned) | 2013–2021 | −$1,715,995 | −$548,502 | +$618,991 |
Gain Low = latest Low − earliest High; Gain High = latest High − earliest Low (widest possible spread); Mid = latest Mid − earliest Mid.
Reliability flags (net worth): none for these two endpoints. Included in the recommended dollar-gain ranking.
Net worth by report year (mid; Low–High)
| Report year | Assets (mid) | Liabilities (mid) | Net worth mid | Low … High | Status / flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | $798,504 | $750,001 | $48,502 | −$518,993 … $615,998 | computed |
| 2014 | $798,003 | $750,001 | $48,002 | −$518,994 … $614,998 | computed |
| 2015 | $423,002 | $750,001 | −$326,998 | −$768,995 … $114,998 | computed |
| 2016 | $382,502 | $750,001 | −$367,500 | −$784,997 … $49,998 | computed |
| 2017 | $382,502 | $750,001 | −$367,500 | −$784,997 … $49,998 | computed |
| 2018 | $390,502 | $1,500,002 | −$1,109,500 | −$1,783,996 … −$435,003 | computed |
| 2019 | $582,502 | $1,125,001 | −$542,500 | −$1,134,997 … $49,998 | computed |
| 2020 | $625,002 | $1,125,001 | −$500,000 | −$1,099,997 … $99,998 | computed |
| 2021 | $625,002 | $1,125,001 | −$500,000 | −$1,099,997 … $99,998 | computed |
- What this is: Net worth = Schedule A assets (each value range at its midpoint; low–high range shown) minus Schedule D liabilities (midpoints / ranges). Low = assets at range floors minus liabilities at range ceilings; Mid = midpoints; High = assets at ceilings minus liabilities at floors. Low and High are outer bounds of the reported ranges, not likely outcomes.
- What it excludes / understates: exact values (only ranges are reported); a personal residence is not reported as an asset (although a mortgage on it may be listed as a liability, which then lowers the estimate); retirement and federal accounts (e.g. Thrift Savings Plan, defined-benefit pensions) are only partly or not reported; assets of excepted/blind trusts, cash held below reporting thresholds, vehicles, household goods and most spouse/dependent items exempt from reporting are not included; liabilities on a personal residence, revolving credit under thresholds and loans to family may be omitted by filers.
- Open-ended top ranges (e.g. “Over $50,000,000”) are counted at their lower bound and flagged, so such values are understated.
- The change is a change in estimated net worth in nominal dollars (no inflation adjustment). It includes salary, gifts, inheritances, business income and re-valuation as well as investment results, and it is subject to range-bracket noise; it is not an investment return and implies nothing about conduct.
Read this first. Members report asset values only as ranges (e.g. “$15,001 – $50,000”), never exact dollars. Every figure below is an estimate computed from range midpoints, not a measured return. Figures cannot be interpreted as investment performance, and they do not show wrongdoing or skill. Methodology and limitations are at the end and in the project README. Sources: public financial disclosure reports filed with the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and/or the Secretary of the Senate (Senate eFD), linked below.
Avg. annual change (geometric, est.)+1.5%
Simple average of years+1.5%
Years estimated3
Best / worst single year2014 +4%
2021 +0%
2021 +0%
Reliability flags: few years (3).
Sensitivity band for the average (all ranges at floor vs. all at ceiling, same holdings both years): +1.1% to +1.6%. This band is narrow because it moves both years together; the true uncertainty is larger — see the per-year “strict envelope” column and the limitations.
Estimated year-over-year change
Bars: midpoint estimate; whisker: same-position floor/ceiling band. Axis clipped to −100%…+150%. Years with insufficient traceable holdings are omitted.
| Year (t−1 → t) | Opening value (mid) | Closing value (mid) | Income (mid) | Buys (mid) | Sales (mid) | Est. gain | Same-position band | Strict envelope | Traced coverage | Status / flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013→2014 | $798,003 | $798,003 | $33,702 | $0 | $0 | +4.2% | +3.2% … +4.7% | -78% … +86% | 100% | counted |
| 2014→2015 | $623,002 | $248,002 | $1,201 | $0 | $375,000 | +0.2% | +0.1% … +0.2% | -78% … +78% | 78% | counted |
| 2015→2016 | $40,501 | $32,500 | $0 | $0 | $32,500 | +60.5% | +53.8% … +87.5% | -86% … +207% | 10% | excluded; not eligible: traced prior-year value below $50,000 |
| 2016→2017 | $32,500 | $32,500 | $0 | $0 | $0 | +0.0% | +0.0% … +0.0% | -108% … +108% | 8% | excluded; not eligible: traced prior-year value below $50,000 |
| 2017→2018 | $32,500 | $32,500 | $0 | $0 | $0 | +0.0% | +0.0% … +0.0% | -108% … +108% | 8% | excluded; not eligible: traced prior-year value below $50,000 |
| 2018→2019 | $32,500 | $32,500 | $0 | $0 | $0 | +0.0% | +0.0% … +0.0% | -108% … +108% | 8% | excluded; not eligible: traced prior-year value below $50,000 |
| 2019→2020 | $32,500 | $75,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | +130.8% | +100.0% … +233.3% | +0% … +262% | 6% | excluded; not eligible: traced prior-year value below $50,000 |
| 2020→2021 | $625,002 | $625,002 | $0 | $0 | $0 | +0.0% | +0.0% … +0.0% | -72% … +72% | 100% | counted |
Filings used
Each annual-report year uses one filing (most recently filed version among originals/amendments whose Schedule A row count is ≥ 40% of the largest). Electronic (text) PDFs are parsed. Scanned/image-only filings are OCR-read and used only if they pass the explicit validation gates described in the project README (value/income coverage, two-engine agreement, exact bracket snapping, page completeness, year-to-year position continuity); such years are labelled OCR-derived below. Scanned filings that fail validation are listed as “insufficient data – scanned”.
| Report year | Doc ID | Type | Filed | Schedule A rows | Rows with unparsed value | Source (official filing) / SHA-256 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 10028908 | House amendment | 10/16/2019 | 7 | 0 | 10028908.pdff4071f9fbd062f779287ee003181125d83cd7dd086498690c071e16b3192be17 |
| 2014 | 10028909 | House amendment | 10/16/2019 | 6 | 0 | 10028909.pdf8ce78e441752729ea3ddf9b7d29d75cba7ee1795ec5718f03e3eb2e58f801ac7 |
| 2015 | 10028910 | House amendment | 10/16/2019 | 5 | 0 | 10028910.pdfb6a1a1552f51cc7ad10e8fcb6221fc070503bdabe7662223a90b52391259c55f |
| 2016 | 10029595 | House amendment | 10/16/2019 | 4 | 0 | 10029595.pdf3edc9bcc39eb416382ce565c767110c90409148c1231e6819a10155ad0a56934 |
| 2017 | 10029596 | House amendment | 10/16/2019 | 4 | 0 | 10029596.pdf632b03389171976eb0fe328f172a7ed25f4a3ce44cc0aa887a93c5a7828dba46 |
| 2018 | 10031237 | House amendment | 12/13/2019 | 5 | 0 | 10031237.pdf1b56dbff98800bbe259f8378429d5f7ca5b08216ec9279221b9014ae97d27438 |
| 2019 | 10037829 | House annual | 8/13/2020 | 4 | 0 | 10037829.pdf54bb6b5a18d6ef3db3f40e1a354d2a3cf54102c1639c5820d8edd66593834801 |
| 2020 | 10042592 | House annual | 8/13/2021 | 4 | 0 | 10042592.pdf3ef4430d80de86e7c849fdf7bc9ceac4da4acb020710200e73255b936e7c30c4 |
| 2021 | 10048274 | House annual | 8/12/2022 | 4 | 0 | 10048274.pdf9fff3ab591ff8c305c5fe6524683810a3455188466d9bfbb0cebaa8ddfbc3063 |
Largest movers 2013→2014
| Position (as written in filing) | Owner | Kind | Opening range(s) | Closing range(s) | Buys (mid) | Sales (mid) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TIAA CREF ⇒ TIAA CREF-Traditional Account [MF] | — | held | $100,001 - $250,000 | $100,001 - $250,000 | $0 | $0 |
| UsC Retirement savings ⇒ UsC Retirement savings 403(b)-Fidelity Magellan [IH] | — | held | $15,001 - $50,000 | $15,001 - $50,000 | $0 | $0 |
| TIAA CREF ⇒ TIAA CREF-CREF stock [MF] | — | held | $100,001 - $250,000 | $100,001 - $250,000 | $0 | $0 |
| UsC Retirement savings-Fidelity Cash Reserve [IH] | — | held | $1,001 - $15,000 | $1,001 - $15,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Residential Rental Property Located in sacramento, CA [RP] | — | held | $250,001 - $500,000 | $250,001 - $500,000 | $0 | $0 |
| UsC Retirement savings ⇒ UsC Retirement savings 401(a)-Fidelity Magellan [IH] | — | held | $15,001 - $50,000 | $15,001 - $50,000 | $0 | $0 |
Largest movers 2014→2015
| Position (as written in filing) | Owner | Kind | Opening range(s) | Closing range(s) | Buys (mid) | Sales (mid) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TIAA CREF ⇒ TIAA CREF-Traditional Account [MF] | — | held | $100,001 - $250,000 | $100,001 - $250,000 | $0 | $0 |
| UsC Retirement savings ⇒ UsC Retirement savings 403(b)-Fidelity Magellan [IH] | — | held | $15,001 - $50,000 | $15,001 - $50,000 | $0 | $0 |
| UsC Retirement savings -Fidelity Cash Reserve [IH] | — | held | $1,001 - $15,000 | $1,001 - $15,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Residential Rental Property Located in sacramento, CA [RP] | — | exited | $250,001 - $500,000 | — | $0 | $375,000 |
| UsC Retirement savings ⇒ UsC Retirement savings 401(a)-Fidelity Magellan [IH] | — | held | $15,001 - $50,000 | $15,001 - $50,000 | $0 | $0 |
Largest movers 2020→2021
| Position (as written in filing) | Owner | Kind | Opening range(s) | Closing range(s) | Buys (mid) | Sales (mid) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TIAA CREF ⇒ TIAA CREF-CREF Stock [MF] | — | held | $250,001 - $500,000 | $250,001 - $500,000 | $0 | $0 |
| USC Retirement Savings - Fidelity Cash Reserve [IH] | — | held | None | None | $0 | $0 |
| TIAA CREF ⇒ TIAA Traditional Account [MF] | — | held | $100,001 - $250,000 | $100,001 - $250,000 | $0 | $0 |
| USC Retirement Savings ⇒ USC Retirement Savings 401(a) - Fidelity Magellan [IH] | — | held | $50,001 - $100,000 | $50,001 - $100,000 | $0 | $0 |
Method (summary)
- Schedule A asset rows are read from each annual report; the dollar range for each row is converted to its midpoint. Open-ended top ranges (“Over $50,000,000”) are excluded from the traced set and counted as a coverage loss.
- Positions are matched year to year by owner code (self/SP/DC/JT) + normalised asset name. A position that appears only in year t is included only if Schedule B shows a purchase of it in year t (opening value 0); a position that disappears is included only if Schedule B shows a sale (closing value 0). Otherwise it is excluded as unexplained.
- Estimated gain = (closing − opening + reported income − purchases + sale proceeds) ÷ opening, all at midpoints, for the traced positions. “Capital gains” income is not added again (it is already in value change and sale proceeds).
- A year counts only if traced opening value ≥ $50,000 and traced coverage ≥ 60% of the opening midpoint. A member is ranked only with ≥ 3 such years (exactly 2 = “limited data”, shown but unranked). Average = geometric mean of (1+yearly estimate).
Limitations
- Ranges are wide (up to a factor of 5 or more, and up to $50M+ open-ended); a holding can move between ranges without any real change in value, and stay in a range while moving materially. Yearly estimates are therefore noisy; the “strict envelope” shows the mathematical worst/best case and is typically wider than ±100%.
- Purchases and sales are only disclosed as ranges and only for transactions over $1,000; partial sales, dividend reinvestment, spousal/dependent accounts and retirement-plan funds are reported inconsistently. Excepted/blind trusts, personal residences and certain pensions are not reported at all.
- Filers sometimes change how they list assets (e.g. listing a brokerage account vs. its individual holdings), which can make positions untraceable across years; these are excluded rather than guessed.
- Asset values in an annual report are as of Dec 31 of the reporting year; the report year t−1→t covers that calendar year. Late or amended filings are used when filed; extensions can delay them.
- The text of these reports is machine-parsed from PDFs; parse errors are possible. Every number links back to the cited filing. This is not investment advice.
- Use of these filings is restricted by 5 U.S.C. § 105(c) (no unlawful, commercial or credit-rating purpose, and none for solicitation of money).
Generated 2026-10-01 by an automated pipeline. Data: Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives (disclosures-clerk.house.gov); member roster: unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0).