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Sara Jacobs Democrat · CA-51

House of Representatives · in office · serving since 2021 · born February 1, 1989

Transactions 66 across 6 filings
Securities traded 45 1 active in 6 months
Disclosed range total $4,511,066 sum of filed minimums
Huddle pairings 0 none recorded

In plain language

Of 66 disclosed trades, 0 were flagged by the site's published rules.

None of these trades met the flagging rules. That is the ordinary result — most trades, by most members, are unremarkable.

Across the whole database, congressional trading beats the market by close to nothing on average, and only slightly more trades look unusual than chance alone would produce. Most members, most of the time, are unremarkable. That is the backdrop for anything you read here. A flag is a prompt to look at the record, never a finding about a person.

Seat & district history

SeatCongressesServedChange
CA-51 118th–119th 2023–2027 district renumbered from 53
CA-53 117th 2021–2023 first seat

District numbers change when a state is redistricted, so a renumbering here is not necessarily a move — the boundaries were redrawn around the member. Term records come from the public congress-legislators dataset.

Committees

Current (119th Congress)

CommitteePositionRankSideJurisdiction
House Committee on Armed Services Member 12 minority
House Committee on Foreign Affairs Member 8 minority

Earlier Congresses

CongressCommitteePositionObserved
118thHouse Committee on Armed Services Member 2023-02 → 2024-11
118thHouse Committee on Foreign Affairs Member 2023-02 → 2024-11
117thHouse Committee on Armed Services Member 2021-03 → 2022-11
117thHouse Committee on Foreign Affairs Member 2021-03 → 2022-11

The published roster covers only the sitting Congress, so earlier assignments are reconstructed from the dated version history of that same public dataset, sampled monthly back to 2012. Observed is the span across which we actually saw the seat held — it is evidence of tenure, not a precise start and end date, and a seat that changed hands between two monthly samples may be dated up to a month out. Committees with no history recorded are absent because no snapshot showed them, which is not evidence the member held no seat.

Currently trading — last 6 months

1 securities
TickerSecuritySectorTrades (period) Buys / SellsPeriod valueLast trade
QCOM QUALCOMM Incorporated - Common Stock (Q… Electronics 2 0 / 2 $1,500,001 2026-05-07

Values are the sum of filed range midpoints, not exact amounts — Congress discloses brackets. Because a transaction may be reported up to 45 days after it happens, this window reflects what has been disclosed, not necessarily everything already traded.

Previously traded

44 securities

Securities with disclosed transactions before this window and none since. A security leaving this list means no reported trading — not that a position was closed. Holdings themselves are not disclosed in these filings.

TickerSecuritySectorTrades Buys / SellsTotal valueActive
AAPL Apple Inc. - Common Stock (AAPL) Technology Hardware 1 0 / 1 $100,001 2021-07 → 2021-07
LW Lamb Weston Holdings Inc Food & Beverage 1 0 / 1 $15,001 2021-04 → 2021-04
JLL Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated Common … Real Estate 1 0 / 1 $32,501 2021-04 → 2021-04
LIN Linde plc - Ordinary Shares (LIN) Chemicals 1 0 / 1 $75,001 2021-04 → 2021-04
MKC McCormick & Company, Incorporated Commo… Food & Beverage 1 0 / 1 $32,501 2021-04 → 2021-04
MDT Medtronic plc. Ordinary Shares (MDT) Medical Devices 1 0 / 1 $75,001 2021-04 → 2021-04
MRK Merck & Company, Inc. Common Stock (MRK) Pharmaceuticals & Biotech 1 0 / 1 $75,001 2021-04 → 2021-04
NYT New York Times Company (NYT) 1 0 / 1 $75,001 2021-04 → 2021-04
OMCL Omnicell, Inc. (OMCL) 1 0 / 1 $75,001 2021-04 → 2021-04
ORA Ormat Technologies, Inc. (ORA) 1 0 / 1 $15,001 2021-04 → 2021-04
PG Procter & Gamble Company (PG) Chemicals 1 0 / 1 $75,001 2021-04 → 2021-04
DGX Quest Diagnostics Incorporated Common S… Healthcare Services 1 0 / 1 $75,001 2021-04 → 2021-04
RGA Reinsurance Group of America, Incorpora… Insurance 1 0 / 1 $32,501 2021-04 → 2021-04
SBAC SBA Communications Corporation - Class … Investment Funds 1 0 / 1 $75,001 2021-04 → 2021-04
SBUX Starbucks Corporation - Common Stock Retail & Consumer 1 0 / 1 $32,501 2021-04 → 2021-04
SYK Stryker Corporation Common Stock (SYK) Medical Devices 1 0 / 1 $32,501 2021-04 → 2021-04
TRV The Travelers Companies, Inc. Common St… Insurance 1 0 / 1 $75,001 2021-04 → 2021-04
TSCO Tractor Supply Company Retail & Consumer 1 0 / 1 $32,501 2021-04 → 2021-04
UL Unilever Plc ADR Chemicals 1 0 / 1 $32,501 2021-04 → 2021-04
UPS United Parcel Service, Inc. Common Stoc… Transportation 1 0 / 1 $32,501 2021-04 → 2021-04
VFC V.F. Corporation Common Stock Consumer Goods 1 0 / 1 $32,501 2021-04 → 2021-04
VZ Verizon Communications Inc. Common Stoc… Telecommunications 1 0 / 1 $75,001 2021-04 → 2021-04
IPG Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (I… 1 0 / 1 $32,501 2021-04 → 2021-04
FSLR First Solar, Inc. - Common Stock (FSLR) Semiconductors 2 0 / 2 $40,501 2021-02 → 2021-04
LPLA Lpl Financial Holdings Capital Markets 2 1 / 1 $65,001 2021-02 → 2021-04
PAYC Paycom Software, Inc. Common Stock (PAY… Software & IT Services 2 1 / 1 $47,502 2021-02 → 2021-04
TTEK Tetra Tech, Inc. (TTEK) 2 1 / 1 $47,502 2021-02 → 2021-04
ACN Accenture Plc Business Services 1 0 / 1 $75,001 2021-04 → 2021-04
AFL Aflac Inc Insurance 1 0 / 1 $50,001 2021-04 → 2021-04
ANTM Anthem, Inc. 1 0 / 1 $75,001 2021-04 → 2021-04
AZN AstraZeneca PLC - American Depositary S… Pharmaceuticals & Biotech 1 0 / 1 $32,501 2021-04 → 2021-04
AVB AvalonBay Communities, Inc. Common Stoc… Investment Funds 1 0 / 1 $32,501 2021-04 → 2021-04
AGR Avangrid, Inc. (AGR) 1 0 / 1 $32,501 2021-04 → 2021-04
BLKB Blackbaud, Inc. (BlKB) Software & IT Services 1 0 / 1 $15,001 2021-04 → 2021-04
CREE Cree, Inc. (CREE) 1 0 / 1 $15,001 2021-04 → 2021-04
GILD Gilead Sciences Inc Pharmaceuticals & Biotech 1 0 / 1 $32,501 2021-04 → 2021-04
HXL Hexcel Corporation Chemicals 1 0 / 1 $32,501 2021-04 → 2021-04
IFF International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc… Chemicals 1 0 / 1 $32,501 2021-04 → 2021-04
TJX TJX Companies Retail & Consumer 1 1 / 0 $32,501 2021-02 → 2021-02
BK The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation… 1 0 / 1 $32,501 2021-02 → 2021-02
PYPL Paypal Holdings Business Services 1 0 / 1 $15,001 2021-02 → 2021-02
LHCG LHC Group - common stock (LHCG) 1 1 / 0 $32,501 2021-02 → 2021-02
ADI Analog Devices Semiconductors 1 0 / 1 $75,001 2021-02 → 2021-02
ASML ASML Holding N.V. - New York Registry S… Industrials 1 0 / 1 $32,501 2021-02 → 2021-02

The Spread by year

YearSpreadTrades pricedDisclosed value
2021 -2.2% 35 $1,570,520

Transaction timing versus the market over 90 trading days — not portfolio return, which these filings cannot support. See Methodology and the Scoreboard for the population baseline.

All transactions

DateTickerAssetActionAmount (as filed)OwnerFiling
2026-05-07 QCOM QUALCOMM Incorporated - Common Stock (QCOM) sell $500,001 – $1,000,000 self
2026-05-06 QCOM QUALCOMM Incorporated - Common Stock (QCOM) sell $500,001 – $1,000,000 self
2022-05-31 U.S. Treasury Bills buy $1,000,001 – $5,000,000 self
2021-07-06 AAPL Apple Inc. (AAPL) sell $100,001+ self
2021-05-03 San Marcos California Uni Sch Dist go Ref bonds 5.0% Due 8/1/2036 sell $100,001 – $250,000 self
2021-05-03 San Francisco California bart Dist Election of LT gO 5.0% Due 8/1/2035 sell $100,001 – $250,000 self
2021-05-03 San Diego CO CA RgL Transn Rev Sub Ltd bDS b 5.0%; Due sell $100,001 – $250,000 self
2021-05-03 Los Angeles California Waste sell $100,001+ self
2021-05-03 Los Angeles California Uni Sch sell $100,001+ self
2021-05-03 Los Angeles California Dept Water Works Rev bonds b 5.0% Due 7/1/2043 sell $100,001 – $250,000 self
2021-05-03 Los Angeles California Dept Water & Power Sys C 5.0% Due 10/1/2039 sell $100,001 – $250,000 self
2021-05-03 California St Var Purpose go sell $100,001 – $250,000 self
2021-05-03 California St gO Various Purpose sell $100,001+ self
2021-05-03 California St Dept Water Res Cent VY Proj Rev 5.0% Due 12/1/2029 gfedcb sell $100,001 – $250,000 self
2021-04-21 San Diego CO CA RgL Transn Rev Sub Ltd bDS b 5.0%; Due buy $100,001 – $250,000 self
2021-04-09 Westinghouse Air brake Technologies Corporation (WAb) sell $15,001 – $50,000 self
2021-04-09 VZ Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) sell $50,001 – $100,000 self
2021-04-09 VFC V.F. Corporation (VFC) sell $15,001 – $50,000 self
2021-04-09 UPS United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS) sell $15,001 – $50,000 self
2021-04-09 UL Unilever PLC (UL) sell $15,001 – $50,000 self
2021-04-09 TSCO Tractor Supply Company (TSCO) sell $15,001 – $50,000 self
2021-04-09 TRV The Travelers Companies, Inc. (TRV) sell $50,001 – $100,000 self
2021-04-09 TTEK Tetra Tech, Inc. (TTEK) sell $15,001 – $50,000 self
2021-04-09 Taiwan Semiconductor sell $50,001+ self
2021-04-09 SYK Stryker Corporation (SYK) sell $15,001 – $50,000 self
2021-04-09 SBUX Starbucks Corporation (SbUX) sell $15,001 – $50,000 self
2021-04-09 SBAC SbA Communications Corporation - Class A (SbAC) sell $50,001 – $100,000 self
2021-04-09 RGA Reinsurance group of America, Incorporated (RgA) sell $15,001 – $50,000 self
2021-04-09 DGX Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (DgX) sell $50,001 – $100,000 self
2021-04-09 PG Procter & gamble Company (Pg) sell $50,001 – $100,000 self
2021-04-09 PAYC Paycom Software, Inc. (PAYC) sell $15,001+ self
2021-04-09 ORA Ormat Technologies, Inc. (ORA) sell $15,001+ self
2021-04-09 OMCL Omnicell, Inc. (OMCL) sell $50,001 – $100,000 self
2021-04-09 NYT New York Times Company (NYT) sell $50,001 – $100,000 self
2021-04-09 MRK Merck & Company, Inc. Common Stock (MRK) sell $50,001 – $100,000 self
2021-04-09 MDT Medtronic plc. Ordinary Shares (MDT) sell $50,001 – $100,000 self
2021-04-09 MKC McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC) sell $15,001 – $50,000 self
2021-04-09 LPLA LPL Financial Holdings Inc. (LPLA) sell $15,001 – $50,000 self
2021-04-09 LIN Linde plc Ordinary Share (LIN) cdefgb sell $50,001 – $100,000 self
2021-04-09 LHC group - common stock sell $50,001+ self
2021-04-09 LW Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. (LW) sell $15,001+ self
2021-04-09 JLL Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (JLL) sell $15,001 – $50,000 self
2021-04-09 IPG Interpublic group of Companies, Inc. (IPg) sell $15,001 – $50,000 self
2021-04-09 IFF Internationa Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. (IFF) sell $15,001 – $50,000 self
2021-04-09 HXL Hexcel Corporation (HXL) sell $15,001 – $50,000 self
2021-04-09 GILD gilead Sciences, Inc. (gILD) sell $15,001 – $50,000 self
2021-04-09 FSLR First Solar, Inc. (FSLR) sell $15,001 – $50,000 self
2021-04-09 CREE Cree, Inc. (CREE) sell $15,001+ self
2021-04-09 BLKB blackbaud, Inc. (bLKb) sell $15,001+ self
2021-04-09 becton, Dickinson and Company sell $15,001+ self
2021-04-09 AGR Avangrid, Inc. (AgR) sell $15,001 – $50,000 self
2021-04-09 AVB Avalonbay Communities, Inc. (AVb) sell $15,001 – $50,000 self
2021-04-09 AZN AstraZeneca PLC - American Depositary Shares (AZN) sell $15,001 – $50,000 self
2021-04-09 ANTM Anthem, Inc. (ANTM) sell $50,001 – $100,000 self
2021-04-09 AFL AFLAC Incorporated (AFL) sell $50,001+ self
2021-04-09 ACN Accenture plc Class A Ordinary Shares (ACN) dcegfb sell $50,001 – $100,000 self
2021-02-19 TJX TJX Companies, Inc. (TJX) buy $15,001 – $50,000 self
2021-02-19 BK The bank of New York Mellon Corporation (bK) sell $15,001 – $50,000 self
2021-02-19 TTEK Tetra Tech, Inc. (TTEK) buy $15,001+ self
2021-02-19 PYPL PayPal holdings, Inc. (PYPL) sell $15,001+ self
2021-02-19 PAYC Paycom Software, Inc. (PAYC) buy $15,001 – $50,000 self
2021-02-19 LPLA LPL Financial holdings Inc. (LPLA) buy $15,001 – $50,000 self
2021-02-19 LHCG LhC group - common stock (LhCg) buy $15,001 – $50,000 self
2021-02-19 FSLR First Solar, Inc. (FSLR) sell $1,001 – $15,000 self
2021-02-19 ASML ASML holding N.V. - New York Registry Shares (ASML) sell $15,001 – $50,000 self
2021-02-19 ADI Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) sell $50,001 – $100,000 self