Context Travel payments · the statement
Lists $30,383.33 in travel paid by others (9 payments)
Largest: Madrid, Spain ($14,423.71, California Foundation on the Environment & the Economy), Maui, Hawaii ($4,783.32, Independent Voter Project), Nayarit, Mexico ($4,011.52, Independent Voter Project). 9 of 9 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: California Foundation on the Environment & the Economy $14,424 p.4Travel: Independent Voter Project $4,783 p.5Travel: Independent Voter Project $4,012 p.5
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
2 sources on this statement also gave to their campaign
Listed here and among the campaign's contributors in Cal-Access: California Democratic Party ($9,061), California Democratic Party ($9,061).
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: California Democratic Party p.2Gifts: California Democratic Party p.2
Rule: Campaign donors also on the statement
How this rule works
Campaign money: Board of Equalization Member District 3
$1,099,088itemized, 396 contributions
$0from the candidate (incl. loans)
Plus $68,123 in 20 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).
Comcast Financial Agency Corporation $9,800 2026-10-06 · Novo Nordisk Inc. $8,000 2026-10-02 · Los Angeles Police Protective League PAC $7,000 2026-09-29 · California Professional Firefighters PAC $5,500 2026-10-06 · Bill Dodd for Lt. Governor 2030 $5,000 2026-09-30 · PBF Holding Company LLC(Trecia Canty) $5,000 2026-09-30 · Steven Roth $5,000 2026-09-21 · Ryan LLC $5,000 2026-09-30 · California Dental Association PAC (CDA PAC) $3,000 2026-09-22 · Mary E. Brown $2,500 2026-10-06
Where their outside money comes from
31%28%31%
IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsTribal governmentsPolitical partiesOther candidates and officeholders
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How it was spent: $1,279,274
Internet and email$280,695
Consultants$246,078
Campaign paraphernalia, misc.$221,791
Transfers to their other committees$201,399
Literature and mailings$85,100
Legal and accounting$78,831
Office expenses$41,300
Polling$31,500
Fundraising events$31,281
Civic donations$19,071
Largest payees: Jacobson & Zilber Strategies LLC $369,044 Internet and email · Gipson for Board of Equalization 2026 $201,399 Transfers to their other committees · Card Service Center $115,117 Campaign paraphernalia, misc. · American Express $112,680 Fundraising events · McKinley Pillows & Associates LLC $93,947 Office expenses · Gould & Orellana, LLC $75,277 Legal and accounting · Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin, Metz, & Associates $31,500 Polling · Kegeyan-Pappas Consulting $23,107 Office expenses
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 |
|---|
SEIU California State Council
Sacramento | Small contributor cmte | $39,200 |
Southern California Pipe Trades District Council #16 PAC
Los Angeles | Small contributor cmte | $28,900 |
California Correctional Peace Officers Association PAC
Sacramento | Small contributor cmte | $24,400 |
UA Journeymen & Apprentices Local #250 PAC
Gardena | Small contributor cmte | $20,900 |
California Real Estate Political Action Committee (CREPAC)
Los Angeles | Small contributor cmte | $19,600 |
Watson Land Company
Carson | Small contributor cmte | $19,600 |
Los Angeles Police Protective League PAC
Sacramento | Small contributor cmte | $16,500 |
California Association of Highway Patrolmen PAC
Sacramento | Small contributor cmte | $15,800 |
California State Council of Laborers PAC
Sacramento | Small contributor cmte | $15,300 |
State Building and Construction Trades Council of California PAC
Sacramento | Small contributor cmte | $14,800 |
Phillips 66 Company
Bartlesville | Business/other | $14,100 |
California Professional Firefighters PAC
Sacramento | Small contributor cmte | $13,500 |
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers Local 92 PAC
Sacramento | Committee | $12,800 |
Laborer's International Union of North America Local 1309 PAC
Lakewood | Committee | $10,900 |
Altria Client Services LLC( )
Sacramento | Business/other | $10,500 |
Committees: Gipson for Board of Equalization 2026, Gipson for Assembly, Mike Gipson for Carson City Council 2013, GIPSON FOR ASSEMBLY 2012, GIPSON FOR ASSEMBLY 2014, Gipson for Assembly 2022, GIPSON FOR ASSEMBLY 2016, California First a Controlled Committee by Assembly Member Mike Gipson (A Ballot Measure Committee), GIPSON FOR ASSEMBLY LEGAL DEFENSE FUND, GIPSON FOR ASSEMBLY 2018, Gipson for Assembly 2024, GIPSON FOR ASSEMBLY 2020. From the Secretary of State's Cal-Access export; reports covering 2025–2026.