Worth a look Lobbying · the statement
Lobbying reports name $88.32 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: California Professional Firefighters $88.32 (personalized cutting board).
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 Professional Firefighters $88.32- 2025-05-12 Personalized Cutting Board at Firefighters Print & Design $88.32 (of $794.96 for everyone it lists) · lobbyist employer report
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
Worth a look Lobbying · the statement
Lobbying reports name $84.67 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: Glydways, Inc. $84.67 (dinner).
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).
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 $9,306.53 in travel paid by others (2 payments)
Largest: Vancouver & Victoria Canada ($5,881.74, CA Foundation on the Environment & the Economy), Japan ($3,424.79, CalAsian Foundation). 2 of 2 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: CA Foundation on the Environment & the Economy $5,882 p.13Travel: CalAsian Foundation $3,425 p.13
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 Travel payments · the statement
Lists $12,348.34 in travel paid by others (2 payments)
Largest: Vietnam ($10,113.14, CA Foundation on the Environment & the Economy), Latvia & Riga ($2,235.20, CA State Friendship Committee). 2 of 2 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: CA Foundation on the Environment & the Economy $10,113 p.16Travel: CA State Friendship Committee $2,235 p.16
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 Fiona S Ma reported others paying at their request (FPPC Form 803) since 2024: $58,000 in 11 payments to 11 recipients. Officials report a source that pays $5,000 or more in a year; there is no limit.
Largest recipients: Regents of the Univ. of CA $15,000 · First Responder Support Network $10,000 · United Seniors of Oakland and Alameda County $10,000 · Annastacia Ausby $3,000 · Anette Severson $3,000
| Paid by | To, for | Amount |
|---|
Slashop, Inc.
New York | Regents of the Univ. of CA · UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, sponsorship of 75th anniversary gala.
Charitable · 2024-06-17 | $15,000 |
Lisa Gao
Moraga | First Responder Support Network · West coast post-trauma retreat for first responders
Charitable · 2025-03-07 | $10,000 |
Welcome Home Castro Valley, LLC
Castro Valley | United Seniors of Oakland and Alameda County · 22nd Annual Healthy Living Festival
Charitable · 2025-07-23 | $10,000 |
Women in California Leadership
Sacramento | Annastacia Ausby · Minerva Scholarship
Charitable · 2024-07-29 | $3,000 |
Women in California Leadership
Sacramento | Anette Severson · Minerva Scholarship
Charitable · 2024-07-29 | $3,000 |
Women in California Leadership
Sacramento | Ivonne Gonzalez · Minerva Scholarship
Charitable · 2025-08-04 | $3,000 |
Women in California Leadership
Sacramento | Isabel Zamary · Minerva Scholarship
Charitable · 2025-08-04 | $3,000 |
Women in California Leadership
Sacramento | Victoria Lopez Olvera · Minerva Scholarship recipient
Charitable · 2026-08-04 | $3,000 |
Women in California Leadership
Sacramento | Serah Fayad · Minerva Scholarship recipient
Charitable · 2026-08-04 | $3,000 |
Women in California Leadership
Sacramento | My Sister's House · Donation to a 501c3
Charitable · 2024-11-04 | $2,500 |
Women in California Leadership
Sacramento | Women In Politics Musuem · Donation to 501c3
Charitable · 2024-11-18 | $2,500 |
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.
Campaign money: Lieutenant Governor
$3,488,891itemized, 2,080 contributions
$105from the candidate (incl. loans)
Plus $138,970 in 46 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).
CA State Council of Laborers PAC $9,800 2026-10-07 · Duke Cooke $9,800 2026-10-03 · Jennifer Leeds $9,800 2026-09-28 · San Jose Water $8,800 2026-10-09 · California Democratic Party -- State $7,975 2026-10-01 · 1804 Euclid LLC(Ben He) $6,000 2026-09-25 · Naka Restaurant Inc dba Mayflower Restaurant $6,000 2026-09-25 · American Association of Chinese Medicine & Acupuncture (AACMA) $5,995 2026-09-29 · Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation $5,600 2026-09-25 · Zaeem Ali $5,200 2026-09-27
Where their outside money comes from
56%22%13%
IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsTribal governmentsPolitical partiesOther candidates and officeholders
Plus $105 of their own money and from their earlier campaigns' committees. Compare with all state candidates →
How it was spent: $6,044,459
TV and cable$3,271,918
Consultants$648,531
Legal and accounting$556,877
Other (described)$519,919
Staff salaries$218,310
Contributions to others$201,649
Office expenses$196,447
Civic donations$79,233
Fundraising events$77,392
Literature and mailings$74,771
Largest payees: Polaris Campaigns, Inc. $3,090,454 TV and cable · Kegeyan-Pappas Consulting, LLC $435,160 Consultants · CA Bank & Trust Bankcard Center $336,873 Other (described) · James R. Santos Bookkeeping Services $235,869 Legal and accounting · Paychex of New York LLC - Direct Deposit $218,310 Staff salaries · Bearstar Strategies Inc. $145,054 TV and cable · WS International Group, Inc. $135,914 Fundraising events · Larson LLP $92,022 Legal and accounting
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 |
|---|
Bearstar Strategies Inc.
San Francisco | Business/other | $72,527 |
Northern CA District Council of Laborers PAC SCC
Pleasanton | Small contributor cmte | $39,200 |
United Domestic Workers of America Action Fund-SCC
Sacramento | Small contributor cmte | $29,600 |
Southern CA Pipe Trades District Council #16
Los Angeles | Small contributor cmte | $28,700 |
Maqsood Ali
Civil Engineer · TSI Engineering Inc. · Loomis | Person | $22,620 |
Operating Engineers 3 Statewide PAC SCC
Concord | Small contributor cmte | $19,700 |
Black Eagle INC
Danville | Business/other | $19,600 |
Derrick Brown
Fire Fighter · Contra Costa County · Santa Rosa | Person | $19,600 |
CA State Council of Laborers PAC
Sacramento | Small contributor cmte | $19,600 |
CA State Council of Service Employees
Sacramento | Small contributor cmte | $19,600 |
CA Teachers Assn.--Assn. For Better Citizenship
Sacramento | Small contributor cmte | $19,600 |
Corn Next Holdings, Inc.
Irvine | Business/other | $19,600 |
GLCC Pharm
Ontario | Business/other | $19,600 |
ISEGSTAR LLC(Calia Lin)
Irvine | Business/other | $19,600 |
Hong Kinsey
CEO · Silk Home, Inc. · Armonk | Person | $19,600 |
Committees: Fiona Ma Legal Defense Fund, Fiona Ma for Assembly, #1238185, Re-Elect Fiona Ma, Fiona Ma for Assembly 2010, CALIFORNIA RISING BALLOT MEASURE COMMITTEE - FIONA MA, Fiona Ma for Senate 2014, Fiona Ma for State Board of Equalization 2014, Assemblymember Fiona Ma Officeholder Committee 2010-2012, Re-Elect Fiona Ma for State Treasurer 2022, FIONA MA FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR 2026, Re Elect Fiona Ma for State Board of Equalization 2018, Fiona Ma for State Treasurer 2018, Fiona Ma State Treasurer Officeholder Account Committee 2022. From the Secretary of State's Cal-Access export; reports covering 2025–2026.