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Christopher L Cabaldon
Senator, State Senate
In the Legislature
Senate District 3 D · 3,677 floor votes this session, 2% not voting
Committees they vote in: Appropriations · Education · Housing · Local Government · Natural Resources and Water · Budget and Fiscal Review · Privacy, Digital Technologies, and Consumer Protection
Bills they lead: 56 (29 became law) — AB 1890, ACR 234, AJR 5, SB 1087, SB 1114, SB 1159, SB 1273, SB 1341, SB 1344, SB 226, SB 227, SB 278 …
Bills their donors lobbied on
Bills they voted on (latest floor vote) that were lobbied by employers that gave to their campaign, reported spending on them, or paid at their request: the largest first. A lobbying report names the bill, not the side the employer took.
| Bill | Their vote | Employers that lobbied on it, and what they gave |
|---|
SB 404
Hazardous materials: metal shredding facilities. | Aye
2025-09-13 | OAKLAND ATHLETICS ($380 gifts) |
SB 295
California Preventing Algorithmic Collusion Act of 2025. | Aye
2025-06-03 | OAKLAND ATHLETICS ($380 gifts) |
AB 1349
Consumer protection: ticket sellers. | Aye
2026-08-31 | OAKLAND ATHLETICS ($380 gifts) |
AB 52
Farmer equity: advisory committees. | Aye
2026-08-20 | CHUKCHANSI ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ($150 gifts); BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($17 gifts) |
AB 1485
Property tax: documentary transfer tax: exemptions: Native American tribes. | Aye
2025-09-11 | CHUKCHANSI ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ($150 gifts) |
SB 1326
California Environmental Quality Act: tribal cultural resources: mitigation measures. | Aye
2026-05-22 | CHUKCHANSI ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ($150 gifts) |
AB 1264
Pupil nutrition: restricted school foods and ultraprocessed foods of concern: prohibition. | Aye
2025-09-11 | FERRARA CANDY COMPANY ($60 gifts) |
ACR 218
The Huuc Atam Highway. | Aye
2026-08-20 | FERRARA CANDY COMPANY ($60 gifts) |
AB 130
Housing. | Aye
2025-06-30 | BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($17 gifts) |
AB 221
Tribal Nation Grant Fund. | Aye
2025-09-03 | BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($17 gifts) |
AB 831
Gambling: operation of a contest or sweepstakes. | Aye
2025-09-08 | BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($17 gifts) |
SB 840
Greenhouse gases: Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: studies. | Aye
2025-09-13 | CALIFORNIA BIOMASS ENERGY ALLIANCE ($8 gifts) |
SB 88
Air resources: carbon emissions: biomass. | Aye
2025-09-11 | CALIFORNIA BIOMASS ENERGY ALLIANCE ($8 gifts) |
SB 86
California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority Act: sales and use tax exclusion. | Aye
2025-09-09 | CALIFORNIA BIOMASS ENERGY ALLIANCE ($8 gifts) |
SB 899
Fire prevention: Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force: wildfire smoke. | Aye
2026-05-19 | CALIFORNIA BIOMASS ENERGY ALLIANCE ($8 gifts) |
AB 1666
Forest management: biomass innovation parks: wood products. | Aye
2026-08-26 | CALIFORNIA BIOMASS ENERGY ALLIANCE ($8 gifts) |
AB 706
Forest Organic Residue, Energy, and Safety Transformation (FOREST) and Wildfire Prevention Fund Act. | Aye
2026-08-26 | CALIFORNIA BIOMASS ENERGY ALLIANCE ($8 gifts) |
Form 700 statements
| Statement | Filed | What it lists |
|---|
2025 Annual
Senator, State Senate | 2026-03-02 | 1 businesses & trusts, 1 real property, 35 gifts, 9 travel |
2024 Annual
Senator, State Senate | 2025-03-03 | 2 businesses & trusts, 1 real property, 1 income, 4 gifts, 2 travel |
Findings
Worth a look Lobbying · the statement
Lobbying reports name $60 in gifts to them in 2025 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 2025, $50 or more from each of these sources, none named among the statement's gifts or travel: FERRARA CANDY COMPANY $60 (candy jar).
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).
FERRARA CANDY COMPANY $60 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 Travel payments · the statement
Lists $35,783.02 in travel paid by others (9 payments)
Largest: Auckland, New Zealand, and Sydney, Australia ($14,250.93, California YIMBY Education Fund), Spain ($13,119.37, California Foundation on the Environment and the Economy), Newport Beach, CA ($2,275.11, Alliance of California’s Farmers & Ranchers Community Fund). 9 of 9 are listed as gifts.
What to check- Who paid, and for what: speeches, conferences and nonprofit-paid travel are treated differently (Schedule E instructions).
- Whether the paying organizations have business before the office.
Travel: California YIMBY Education Fund $14,251 p.10Travel: California Foundation on the Environment and the Economy $13,119 p.9Travel: Alliance of California’s Farmers & Ranchers Community Fund $2,275 p.8
Rule: Travel paid by others
“Travel payments from third parties (not your employer).”Form 700 (2025/2026), Types of reportable interests ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works
Behested payments
What Christopher L Cabaldon reported others paying at their request (FPPC Form 803) since 2024: $10,000 in 2 payments to 2 recipients. Officials report a source that pays $5,000 or more in a year; there is no limit.
Largest recipients: Ya Yambao Yang $5,000 · Gabriela Castro Diaz $5,000
| Paid by | To, for | Amount |
|---|
California LGBTQ Foundation
Sacramento | Ya Yambao Yang · Scholarship Award
Charitable · 2025-08-22 | $5,000 |
California LGBTQ Foundation
Sacramento | Gabriela Castro Diaz · Scholarship Award
Charitable · 2026-08-27 | $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 Christopher L Cabaldon since 2024: $642 across 6 items from 6 sources. Each amount is their share as the report gives it. Matched by name and office.
| Reported by | What, when | To them |
|---|
OAKLAND ATHLETICS
$380 in all | Five Hats, Two Baseball game tickets, Food and Beverage at Christopher Cabaldon · 2025-03-31 · report | $380.27 |
CHUKCHANSI ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
$150 in all | GIFT BASKET at PICAYUNE RANCHERIA OF THE CHUKCHANSI INDIANS · 2026-02-10 · report | $150 |
FERRARA CANDY COMPANY
$60 in all | CANDY JAR at CREATIVE PROMOTIONAL PRODUCTS · 2025-06-15 · report | $60 |
CALIFORNIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
$27 in all | Drinks at Brasserie Du Monde · 2025-02-24 · report | $26.75 |
BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS
$17 in all | meal at Barona Resort and Casino · 2024-09-16 · report | $17.28 |
CALIFORNIA BIOMASS ENERGY ALLIANCE
$8 in all | BIOMASS TOUR LUNCH at PIONEER COMMUNITY ENERGY · 2025-03-07 · report | $7.74 |
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