Worth a look Lobbying · the statement
Lobbying reports name $825.32 in gifts to them in 2025 from 3 sources 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: THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY AND ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES $492 (disneyland tickets); CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE OF TAXPAYER ADVOCATES $245 (dinner); 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).
THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY AND ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES $492 CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE OF TAXPAYER ADVOCATES $245 California Professional Firefighters $88.32 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 $119.90 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: MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION $119.90 (admission tickets).
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).
MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION $119.90 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 Campaign money · the statement
1 source on this statement also gave to their campaign
Listed here and among the campaign's contributors in Cal-Access: Boxer and Gerson, LLP ($9,800).
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).
Income: Boxer and Gerson, LLP p.4
Rule: Campaign donors also on the statement
How this rule works
Context Campaign money · the statement
1 source on this statement also gave to their campaign
Listed here and among the campaign's contributors in Cal-Access: Boxer and Gerson, LLP ($9,800).
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).
Income: Boxer and Gerson, LLP p.4
Rule: Campaign donors also on the statement
How this rule works
Behested payments
What Malia Michelle Cohen reported others paying at their request (FPPC Form 803) since 2024: $10,000 in 1 payment to 1 recipient. Officials report a source that pays $5,000 or more in a year; there is no limit.
Largest recipients: Southeast Vision Project $10,000
| Paid by | To, for | Amount |
|---|
Kaiser Permanente, Kaiser Health Foundation Plan, Inc
Pasadena | Southeast Vision Project · Sponsored a reception honoring Black elected leaders
Governmental · 2024-01-02 | $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.
Campaign money: Controller
$1,821,705itemized, 813 contributions
$2,500from the candidate (incl. loans)
Plus $93,067 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).
Southern California Pipe Trade District Council No. 16 PAC Small Contributor Committee $19,600 2026-09-29 · California Democratic Party $11,367 2026-10-08 · California State Council of Laborers PAC Small Contributor Committee $9,800 2026-10-08 · Christian Larsen $9,800 2026-10-05 · United Nurses Associations of California / Union of Health Care Professionals PAC (UNAC PAC) Small Contributor Committee $7,500 2026-10-06 · Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians $5,000 2026-10-06 · Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union No. 582 PAC Small Contributor Committee $5,000 2026-09-22 · Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 467 State Political Action Fund Small Contributor Committee $5,000 2026-10-06 · Union of American Physicians and Dentists Small Contributor Committee $5,000 2026-09-30 · Womens Federal Political Committee $5,000 2026-09-25
Where their outside money comes from
39%11%10%37%
IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsTribal governmentsPolitical partiesOther candidates and officeholders
Plus $3,414 of their own money and from their earlier campaigns' committees. Compare with all state candidates →
How it was spent: $605,219
Fundraising events$189,960
Consultants$163,680
Other (described)$79,067
Legal and accounting$65,582
Internet and email$36,323
Office expenses$32,383
Contributions to others$19,600
Filing and ballot fees$14,660
Civic donations$2,569
Candidate travel and meals$896
Largest payees: Annie Eagan Consulting $171,684 Postage and delivery · Lisa Thompson $121,432 Staff travel and meals · Card Services Center $69,593 Other (described) · Deane & Company $57,615 Legal and accounting · Carolyn Wysinger $29,123 Internet and email · Kimberly Smith $25,000 Consultants · Numero, Inc. $18,561 Office expenses · P. Navalta Content Strategies, LLC $17,000 Consultants
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 |
|---|
California Teachers Association/Association For Better Citizenship Small Contributor Committee
Sacramento | Small contributor cmte | $39,200 |
Steamfitters & Refrigeration U.A. Local 250 PAC Small Contributor Committee
Gardena | Small contributor cmte | $39,200 |
United Domestic Workers of America Action Fund Small Contributor Committee
Sacramento | Small contributor cmte | $30,100 |
Building a Stronger Future for CA PAC, sponsored by Western States Regional Council of Carpenters Small Contributor Committee
Sacramento | Small contributor cmte | $29,400 |
First Foundation Bank
Irvine | Business/other | $25,110.77 |
Northern California Carpenters Regional Council (POWER PAC) Small Contributor Committee
Sacramento | Small contributor cmte | $21,000 |
California Federation of Teachers COPE Small Contributor Committee
Sacramento | Small contributor cmte | $20,000 |
Service Employees International Union SEIU Local 2015 State PAC Small Contributor Committee
Los Angeles | Small contributor cmte | $19,800 |
Operating Engineers Local No. 3 Statewide PAC Small Contributor Committee
Concord | Small contributor cmte | $19,700 |
American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees - CA People (AFSCME CA People) Small Contributor Committee
Sacramento | Small contributor cmte | $19,600 |
Ankur Bindal
Physician · KAB Medical Group, Inc. · Del Mar | Person | $19,600 |
California Nurses Association PAC Small Contributor Committee
Sacramento | Small contributor cmte | $19,600 |
California State Council of Service Employees Small Contributor Committee
Sacramento | Small contributor cmte | $19,600 |
California Statewide Law Enforcement Association PAC
Sacramento | Committee | $19,600 |
Faculty for our University's Future, a committee sponsored by the California Faculty Association Small Contributor Committee
Sacramento | Small contributor cmte | $19,600 |
Committees: Malia Cohen for Controller 2026, Malia Cohen for Democratic County Central Committee 2016, Malia Cohen for Controller 2022, Malia Cohen for State Board of Equalization 2018, Empower California: Malia Cohen's Ballot Measure Committee, Malia Cohen for State Board of Equalization 2022. From the Secretary of State's Cal-Access export; reports covering 2025–2026.