Context Travel payments · the statement
Lists $24,750.88 in travel paid by others (10 payments)
Largest: Newport Beach, CA ($5,657.66, Alliance of California’s Farmers & Ranchers Community Fund), Portugal ($4,629.89, ideateLABS), Nayarit, Mexico ($4,011.52, Independent Voter Project). 10 of 10 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: Alliance of California’s Farmers & Ranchers Community Fund $5,658 p.15Travel: ideateLABS $4,630 p.16Travel: Independent Voter Project $4,012 p.17
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
Context Campaign money · the statement
3 sources on this statement also gave to their campaign
Listed here and among the campaign's contributors in Cal-Access: Barona Band of Mission Indians ($17,700), California Democratic Party ($1,043), Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians ($11,800).
What to check- Context: a donor who is also an employer, client or gift-giver is public on both records.
- Whether the official later acted on matters involving them (votes, contracts, recusals).
Gifts: Barona Band of Mission Indians p.10Gifts: California Democratic Party p.11Gifts: Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians p.14
Rule: Campaign donors also on the statement
How this rule works
Campaign money: State Senate District 14
$2,600,975itemized, 1,165 contributions
$0from the candidate (incl. loans)
Plus $108,184 in 57 contributions reported within 24 hours since their latest full report, which ends 2026-09-19: not yet in the totals above (they'll move into them, not be added twice, when the next full report comes in).
California Real Estate PAC (CREPAC) - California Association of Realtors Small Contributor Committee $11,800 2026-09-24 · Operating Engineers Local Union 3 Statewide PAC Small Contributor Committee $11,800 2026-10-05 · California Professional Firefighters PAC Small Contributor Committee $5,900 2026-10-07 · California State Council of Laborers PAC Small Contributor Committee $5,900 2026-10-07 · Oportun, Inc. $5,900 2026-10-05 · Re-Elect Pacheco for Supervisor 2026 $5,900 2026-10-05 · Statewide California Coalition PAC $5,900 2026-10-01 · Steve Padilla for State Senate 2026 $5,900 2026-09-28 · United Nurses Association of California/Union of Health Care Professionals PAC (UNAC PAC) Small Contributor Committee $5,900 2026-10-06 · PG&E Corporation $3,900 2026-09-22
Where their outside money comes from
10%33%30%19%
IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsTribal governmentsPolitical partiesOther candidates and officeholders
Plus $43,622 of their own money and from their earlier campaigns' committees. Compare with all state candidates →
How it was spent: $2,011,209
Other (described)$714,475
Legal defense$357,035
Contributions to others$213,062
Fundraising events$212,403
Consultants$162,975
Legal and accounting$111,548
Office expenses$111,537
Civic donations$44,455
Polling$39,360
Campaign paraphernalia, misc.$12,968
Largest payees: Street Level Strategy, LLC $415,023 Internet and email · McCormick Barstow, LLP $287,393 Legal defense · Pruitt, LLC $181,568 Fundraising events · Thematic Campaigns, LLC $157,027 Other (described) · Deane & Company $97,904 Legal and accounting · American Express $93,200 Other (described) · Soria for Assembly 2026 $78,622 Fundraising events · California Democratic Party $75,000 Contributions to others
Payments on their full reports (Form 460 Schedule E) covering 2025–2026, by the FPPC's expense codes; a consultant's payments to others (ads, mail) show under the consultant.
| Top contributors | Type | Total |
|---|
Soria for Assembly 2026
Sacramento | Committee | $40,000 |
Faculty for our University's Future, a committee sponsored by the California Faculty Association Small Contributor Committee
Sacramento | Small contributor cmte | $33,600 |
Association of California School Administrators PAC Small Contributor Committee
Sacramento | Small contributor cmte | $29,500 |
Peace Officers Research Association of California PAC (PORAC PAC) Small Contributor Committee
Sacramento | Small contributor cmte | $28,200 |
California Apartment Association PAC
Sacramento | Committee | $26,800 |
California Correctional Peace Officers Association PAC
Sacramento | Committee | $23,600 |
SEIU California State Council of Service Employees Small Contributor Committee
Sacramento | Small contributor cmte | $23,600 |
State Building and Construction Trades Council of California PAC Small Contributor Committee
Sacramento | Small contributor cmte | $23,600 |
Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation
Brooks | Business/other | $20,000 |
Barona Band of Mission Indians
Lakeside | Business/other | $17,700 |
California State Council of Laborers PAC Small Contributor Committee
Sacramento | Small contributor cmte | $17,700 |
Edison International and Affiliated Entities/Southern California Edison
Rosemead | Business/other | $17,700 |
Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi Indians
Oakhurst | Business/other | $17,700 |
First Foundation Bank
Irvine | Business/other | $17,572.10 |
Californians for Jobs and a Strong Economy
Sacramento | Committee | $16,864 |
Committees: Soria for Assembly 2024, Soria for Senate 2026, Esmeralda Soria Legal Defense Fund, Soria for Assembly 2026, Soria for Assembly 2022, Esmeralda Soria Assembly 2024 Officeholder Account. From the Secretary of State's Cal-Access export; reports covering 2025–2026.