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Carlos Villapudua
Assembly Member, State Assembly
Form 700 statements
| Statement | Filed | What it lists |
|---|
2024 Leaving office
Assembly Member, State Assembly | 2025-01-02 | 3 businesses & trusts, 2 real property, 6 income, 9 gifts |
Findings
Worth a look Lobbying · the statement
Lobbying reports name $400 in gifts to them in 2024 from 1 source this statement doesn't list
Lobbyist employers' reports to the Secretary of State (Cal-Access) list activity expenses that benefited them in 2024, $50 or more from each of these sources, none named among the statement's gifts or travel: CALIFORNIA BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION $400 (unspecified).
What to check- Whether they attended or accepted it: the report is the lobbyist employer's account.
- What Schedule D doesn't require (Form 700 instructions): gifts returned within 30 days; free admission and food at an event where they made a speech, from its organizer; up to two tickets to a campaign or 501(c)(3) fundraiser from the organization holding it; informational material; plaques worth less than $250.
- Whether it's on the statement under another name.
- That the report's beneficiary is this person (matched by name and office).
CALIFORNIA BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION $400 Rule: Lobbying gifts not on the statement
“A gift is reportable if its fair market value is $50 or more. In addition, multiple gifts totaling $50 or more received during the reporting period from a single source must be reported.”Form 700 (2025/2026), Instructions – Schedule D ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works
Context Behested payments
Of $38,000 paid at their request since 2024: 2 sources ($15,000) are registered lobbyist employers
Payments made at their request (Form 803) from sources that also appear in Cal-Access: California Charter Schools Association ($10,000 to California Problem Solvers Action Fund; lobbyist employer); Barona Band of Mission Indians ($5,000 to Oakwood Elementary; lobbyist employer).
What to check- Context: behested payments are legal and public; this puts two public records side by side.
- Whether the official later acted on matters involving these sources.
- The full Form 803 reports (available from the FPPC on request).
- California Charter Schools Association paid $10,000 to California Problem Solvers Action Fund · registered lobbyist employer
- Barona Band of Mission Indians paid $5,000 to Oakwood Elementary · registered lobbyist employer
Rule: Behested payments from donors or lobbyist employers
“Unlike gifts and contributions, there are no limits on the amount of payments an official may behest.”FPPC, Reporting Behested Payments – Form 803 ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works
Behested payments
What Carlos Villapudua reported others paying at their request (FPPC Form 803) since 2024: $38,000 in 5 payments to 4 recipients. Officials report a source that pays $5,000 or more in a year; there is no limit.
Largest recipients: California Problem Solvers Action Fund $20,000 · Olivia Miranda $6,500 · Esmeralda Mosqueda $6,500 · Oakwood Elementary $5,000
| Paid by | To, for | Amount |
|---|
California Charter Schools Association
Sacramento · registered lobbyist employer | California Problem Solvers Action Fund · Charitable Purposes
Charitable · 2024-04-20 | $10,000 |
California Chamber of Commerce (CalChamber)
Sacramento | California Problem Solvers Action Fund · Charitable Purposes
Charitable · 2024-05-08 | $10,000 |
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation
Los Angeles | Olivia Miranda · Academic Scholarship
Charitable · 2024-07-23 | $6,500 |
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation
Los Angeles | Esmeralda Mosqueda · Academic Scholarship
Charitable · 2024-07-23 | $6,500 |
Barona Band of Mission Indians
Lakeside · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor | Oakwood Elementary · Charitable Donation to School
Charitable · 2024-09-26 | $5,000 |
From the FPPC's Form 803 data (search and download). “Campaign donor” links to a donor who gave to two or more 2026 state candidates.
Reported by lobbying interests
What lobbyist employers, lobbyists and lobbying firms told the Secretary of State they spent on Carlos Villapudua since 2024: $412 across 2 items from 2 sources. Each amount is their share as the report gives it. Matched by name and office.
| Reported by | What, when | To them |
|---|
CALIFORNIA BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION
$400 in all | unspecified at GOLDEN 1 CENTER · 2024-04-07 · report | $400 |
PANDA RESTAURANT GROUP, INC.
$12 in all | LUNCH EVENT at VALLEY LUXURY EVENTS · 2024-05-20 · report | $12 |
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