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Christopher R Holden
Assembly Member, State Assembly
Form 700 statements
| Statement | Filed | What it lists |
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2024 Leaving office
Assembly Member, State Assembly | 2025-01-02 | 1 investments, 1 businesses & trusts, 2 real property |
Findings
Worth a look Lobbying · the statement
Lobbying reports name $271.36 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: EQUALITY CALIFORNIA $271.36 (food / beverages).
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).
EQUALITY CALIFORNIA $271.36 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 $42,058 paid at their request since 2024: 1 source ($32,058) is a registered lobbyist employer
Payments made at their request (Form 803) from sources that also appear in Cal-Access: Olson Remcho, LLP ($32,058 to Amicus Brief in State Public Defender v. Bonta; 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).
- Olson Remcho, LLP paid $32,058 to Amicus Brief in State Public Defender v. Bonta · 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 Christopher R Holden reported others paying at their request (FPPC Form 803) since 2024: $42,058 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: Amicus Brief in State Public Defender v. Bonta $32,058 · Gamma Zeta Boule Foundation $10,000
| Paid by | To, for | Amount |
|---|
Olson Remcho, LLP
Oakland · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor | Amicus Brief in State Public Defender v. Bonta · Amicus brief in Office of the State Public Defender v. Bonta (Case No. S284496)
Governmental · 2024-04-30 | $32,058 |
California Legislative Black Caucus Policy Institute
Los Angeles | Gamma Zeta Boule Foundation · Charitable Funding - L.A.M.P. Mentor Program
Charitable · 2024-05-13 | $10,000 |
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 R Holden since 2024: $318 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 |
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EQUALITY CALIFORNIA
$271 in all | FOOD / BEVERAGES at FAIRMONT CENTURY PLAZA · 2024-10-05 · report | $271.36 |
WALT DISNEY COMPANY AND ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES; THE
$47 in all | LUNCH at THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY · 2024-10-08 · report | $46.50 |
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