Lobbying reports name $144.37 in gifts to them in 2024 from 2 sources 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: PERSONAL INSURANCE FEDERATION OF CALIFORNIA $79.12 (reception); CALIFORNIA FORESTRY ASSOCIATION $65.25 (challenge coin).
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).
PERSONAL INSURANCE FEDERATION OF CALIFORNIA $79.12
- 2024-03-11 RECEPTION at THE SUTTER CLUB $79.12 · lobbyist employer report
CALIFORNIA FORESTRY ASSOCIATION $65.25
- 2024-04-05 CHALLENGE COIN at A4 PROMOTIONS & INCENTIVES $65.25 · 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