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Jean M. Nelson

Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court

Form 700 statements

StatementFiledWhat it lists
2025 Annual
Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
2026-02-271 businesses & trusts, 2 income, 1 gifts
2024 Annual
Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
2025-02-271 investments, 1 businesses & trusts

Findings

Worth a look Gifts · the statement

Lists $22,500 in gifts from Polytechnic School in 2025; the limit from one source is $560

The statement lists 1 gift(s) from Polytechnic School dated in 2025, totalling $22,500. Judges may not accept gifts from one source worth more than $560 a year (Code of Civil Procedure 170.9). The filer's comment on that page: “We applied for financial aid after our home burned down; the school discounted the tuition by $22,500.”.

What to check
  • Whether part of it was returned, or paid back, in time to not count (the filer's comments often say).
  • Whether the gifts are from one source (a couple is two sources) or are of a kind the limit doesn't cover (family, wedding gifts and the like).
  • The FPPC's gift fact sheet and Regulation 18940.2 for the exceptions.

Gifts: Polytechnic School $22,500 2025-06-30 p.4

Rule: Gifts from one source over the yearly limit
“The gift limit increased to $630 for calendar years 2025 and 2026. The gift limit in calendar year 2024 was $590.”Form 700 (2025/2026), What's New ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works