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Mike A Gipson

Assembly Member, State Assembly

In the Legislature

Assembly District 65 D · 4,006 floor votes this session, 3% not voting

Committees they vote in: Revenue and Taxation · Governmental Organization · Insurance · Human Services

Bills they lead: 72 (35 became law) — AB 1127, AB 1138, AB 1263, AB 1519, AB 1633, AB 1795, AB 1904, AB 1943, AB 2054, AB 2172, AB 233, AB 2339 …

Bills their donors lobbied on

Bills they voted on (latest floor vote) that were lobbied by employers that gave to their campaign, reported spending on them, or paid at their request: the largest first. A lobbying report names the bill, not the side the employer took.

BillTheir voteEmployers that lobbied on it, and what they gave
AB 751
Rest periods: petroleum facilities: safety-sensitive positions.		Aye
2025-05-08		PHILLIPS 66 ($20,360 behested)
AB 839
California Environmental Quality Act: expedited judicial review: sustainable aviation fuel projects.		Aye
2025-05-23		PHILLIPS 66 ($20,360 behested)
SB 237
Oil spill prevention: gasoline specifications: suspension: California Environmental Quality Act: exemptions: County of Kern: transportation fuels assessment: coastal resources. 		Aye
2025-09-13		PHILLIPS 66 ($20,360 behested)
SB 222
Residential heat pump water heater or heat pump HVAC systems.		Aye
2026-08-24		PHILLIPS 66 ($20,360 behested)
AB 1331
Workplace surveillance.		Aye
2026-08-31		CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE OF FAMILY OWNED BUSINESSES ($5,000 behested); REYES HOLDINGS L.L.C. ($94 gifts)
SB 261
Division of Labor Standards Enforcement: orders, decisions, and awards.		Aye
2025-09-08		CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE OF FAMILY OWNED BUSINESSES ($5,000 behested); REYES HOLDINGS L.L.C. ($94 gifts)
SB 464
Employer pay data. 		Aye
2025-09-09		CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE OF FAMILY OWNED BUSINESSES ($5,000 behested); REYES HOLDINGS L.L.C. ($94 gifts)
SB 294
The Workplace Know Your Rights Act.		Aye
2025-09-12		CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE OF FAMILY OWNED BUSINESSES ($5,000 behested); REYES HOLDINGS L.L.C. ($94 gifts)
SB 869
Restaurant menus: added sugar warnings. 		Aye
2026-08-27		CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE OF FAMILY OWNED BUSINESSES ($5,000 behested); REYES HOLDINGS L.L.C. ($94 gifts)
SB 923
Consumer privacy requests: deletion request records and request submission methods.		Not voting
2026-08-26		CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE OF FAMILY OWNED BUSINESSES ($5,000 behested); MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION INC. ($13 gifts)
AB 179
Housing.		Aye
2026-06-29		City of Long Beach ($5,000 behested)
AB 306
California Building Standards Commission: appeals: code interpretations.		Aye
2026-08-27		City of Long Beach ($5,000 behested)
AB 379
Crimes: prostitution.		Aye
2025-05-15		City of Long Beach ($5,000 behested)
AB 596
Elections: ballot disclosures.		Not voting
2025-09-13		CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE OF FAMILY OWNED BUSINESSES ($5,000 behested)
AB 578
Food delivery platforms: customer service.		Aye
2025-09-04		CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE OF FAMILY OWNED BUSINESSES ($5,000 behested)
AB 609
California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: housing development projects.		Aye
2025-05-19		City of Long Beach ($5,000 behested)
AB 431
Advanced Air Mobility Infrastructure Act.		Aye
2026-08-24		City of Long Beach ($5,000 behested)
AB 649
Disability access: construction-related accessibility claim.		Aye
2025-06-02		City of Long Beach ($5,000 behested)
AB 564
Cannabis: excise tax: rate increase suspension: report.		Aye
2025-09-11		City of Long Beach ($5,000 behested)
AB 650
Planning and zoning: housing element: regional housing needs allocation.		Aye
2025-09-11		City of Long Beach ($5,000 behested)
AB 785
Community Violence Interdiction Grant Program.		Aye
2025-06-02		City of Long Beach ($5,000 behested)
AB 265
Small Business Recovery Fund Act.		Aye
2025-09-12		CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE OF FAMILY OWNED BUSINESSES ($5,000 behested)
AB 996
Public Resources: sea level rise plans.		Aye
2025-06-02		City of Long Beach ($5,000 behested)
AB 1288
Registered environmental health specialists.		Aye
2025-09-12		City of Long Beach ($5,000 behested)
AB 554
Health care coverage: antiretroviral drugs, drug devices, and drug products.		Aye
2025-09-10		City of Long Beach ($5,000 behested)
AB 1234
Employment: nonpayment of wages: complaints.		Aye
2025-06-04		CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE OF FAMILY OWNED BUSINESSES ($5,000 behested)
SB 764
Chain restaurants: children’s meals.		Aye
2025-08-28		CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE OF FAMILY OWNED BUSINESSES ($5,000 behested)
SB 68
Major food allergens.		Aye
2025-09-08		CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE OF FAMILY OWNED BUSINESSES ($5,000 behested)
SB 454
State Water Resources Control Board: PFAS Mitigation Program.		Aye
2025-09-08		City of Long Beach ($5,000 behested)
SB 263
International trade: tariffs: impact study.		Aye
2025-09-09		City of Long Beach ($5,000 behested)

Form 700 statements

StatementFiledWhat it lists
2025 Annual
Assembly Member, State Assembly		2026-03-0214 gifts, 9 travel
2024 Annual
Assembly Member, State Assembly		2025-03-0329 gifts, 6 travel

Findings

Worth a look Lobbying · the statement

Lobbying reports name $429.07 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: FanDuel Group, Inc $204.84 (food, beverage & entertainment); DRAFTKINGS, INC. AND ITS AFFILIATES $135.19 (food, beverage & entertainment); WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY (FKA WARNERMEDIA AND WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC.) $89.04 (screening).

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).
FanDuel Group, Inc $204.84
DRAFTKINGS, INC. AND ITS AFFILIATES $135.19
WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY (FKA WARNERMEDIA AND WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC.) $89.04
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 Behested payments

Of $160,900 paid at their request since 2024: 4 sources ($35,360) are registered lobbyist employers

Payments made at their request (Form 803) from sources that also appear in Cal-Access: Phillips 66 ($20,360 to Challenging Minds, Long Beach Public Library Foundation; lobbyist employer); Children's Institute ($5,000 to Challenging Minds; lobbyist employer); City of Long Beach ($5,000 to Challenging Minds; lobbyist employer); California Alliance of Family Owned Businesses ($5,000 to Challenging Minds; lobbyist employer).

What to check
  • Context: behested payments are legal and public; this puts two public records side by side.
  • Whether the official later acted on matters involving these sources.
  • The full Form 803 reports (available from the FPPC on request).
Rule: Behested payments from donors or lobbyist employers
“Unlike gifts and contributions, there are no limits on the amount of payments an official may behest.”FPPC, Reporting Behested Payments – Form 803 ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works

Context Lobbying

9 of their donors and benefactors lobbied on 120 bills they voted on

Employers that lobbied on bills they voted on (as their lobbying reports name the bills) and that gave $1,123 in gifts reported by lobbying interests, $30,360 in payments at their request. Largest: PHILLIPS 66 ($20,360); City of Long Beach ($5,000); CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE OF FAMILY OWNED BUSINESSES ($5,000); RECORDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA ($613); WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY (FKA WARNERMEDIA AND WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC.) ($184). They voted aye on 109 of the 120.

What to check
  • Context: lobbying a bill and funding a member are both legal and public.
  • A report names the bills an employer lobbied on, not which side it took: read the bill and the employer's position before drawing anything from a vote.
  • The bills on their page, sorted by how much these interests gave.
Rule: Bills their donors lobbied on

How this rule works

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.4

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 $14,093.64 in travel paid by others (6 payments)

Largest: Athens, Greece/ Mikonos, Greece ($4,745.06, The Council of State Governments), Uplift Delegation Trip to Philippines Manilla & Cebu ($3,950, FLYPRO), Portland, OR ($2,092.16, The Council of State Governments West). 6 of 6 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: The Council of State Governments $4,745 p.5Travel: FLYPRO $3,950 p.5Travel: The Council of State Governments West $2,092 p.6

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 Mike A Gipson reported others paying at their request (FPPC Form 803) since 2024: $160,900 in 24 payments to 7 recipients. Officials report a source that pays $5,000 or more in a year; there is no limit.

Largest recipients: Long Beach Public Library Foundation $95,900 · Challenging Minds $30,000 · Church One Ministries $10,000 · California State University Dominguez Hills Philanthropic Foundation $10,000 · Murdock Community and Care Services $5,000

Paid byTo, forAmount
Clark Construction Group
Costa Mesa		Long Beach Public Library Foundation · Support of Long Beach, California public libraries.
Charitable · 2025-07-09		$25,000
Belcastro Construction Management
Rancho Dominguez		Long Beach Public Library Foundation · Support of Long Beach, California public libraries.
Charitable · 2025-07-30		$10,360
California Legislative Black Caucus Policy Institute
Los Angeles		Church One Ministries · Charitable Funding
Charitable · 2024-05-10		$10,000
Murray Company
Rancho Dominguez		Long Beach Public Library Foundation · Support of Long Beach, California public libraries.
Charitable · 2025-08-05		$10,000
California Legislative Black Caucus Policy Institute
Los Angeles		California State University Dominguez Hills Philanthropic Foundation · California State Dominguez Hills Scholarship Gala Contribution
Charitable · 2025-11-19		$10,000
Phillips 66
Wilmington · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor		Long Beach Public Library Foundation · Support of Long Beach, California public libraries.
Charitable · 2025-05-21		$5,180
Phillips 66
Wilmington · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor		Long Beach Public Library Foundation · Support of Long Beach, California public libraries.
Charitable · 2025-05-21		$5,180
Northern Trust
Los Angeles		Long Beach Public Library Foundation · Support of Long Beach, California public libraries.
Charitable · 2025-08-13		$5,180
Children's Institute
Los Angeles · registered lobbyist employer		Challenging Minds · Fatherhood Conference with Legislative Update
Legislative · 2024-08-09		$5,000
City of Long Beach
Long Beach · registered lobbyist employer		Challenging Minds · Fatherhood Conference with Legislative Update
Legislative · 2024-09-05		$5,000
California Alliance of Family Owned Businesses
Sacramento · registered lobbyist employer		Challenging Minds · Fatherhood Conference with Legislative Update
Legislative · 2024-08-09		$5,000
Marathon Petroleum Corportation
Carson		Challenging Minds · Building Leadership and Uplifting Sisterhood Young Women's Conference with leg. update
Legislative · 2024-10-18		$5,000
Beauchamp Distributing Company
Compton		Challenging Minds · Building Leaders and Uplifting Sisterhood Young Women's Conference with legislative update
Legislative · 2024-10-05		$5,000
Phillips 66
Sacramento · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor		Challenging Minds · Provided access to government and community resources for the special needs community via resource fair at the Autism Awareness 5K Run/Walk
Legislative · 2025-04-16		$5,000
James A. Reep Family Foundation
Long Beach		Long Beach Public Library Foundation · Support of Long Beach, California public libraries.
Charitable · 2025-06-03		$5,000
James A. Reep Family Foundation
Long Beach		Long Beach Public Library Foundation · Support of Long Beach, California public libraries.
Charitable · 2025-06-03		$5,000
Jacobsen Pilot Service Inc.
Long Beach		Long Beach Public Library Foundation · Support of Long Beach, California public libraries.
Charitable · 2025-07-22		$5,000
Edison International
Rosemead · campaign donor		Long Beach Public Library Foundation · Support of Long Beach, California public libraries.
Charitable · 2025-07-18		$5,000
St. Mary Medical Center Foundation
Long Beach		Long Beach Public Library Foundation · Support of Long Beach, California public libraries.
Charitable · 2025-07-22		$5,000
Morrow-Meadows Corporation
City of Industry		Long Beach Public Library Foundation · Support of Long Beach, California public libraries.
Charitable · 2025-07-28		$5,000
John Fielder
Long Beach		Long Beach Public Library Foundation · Support of Long Beach, California public libraries.
Charitable · 2025-08-04		$5,000
Plains All American Pipeline
Long Beach		Murdock Community and Care Services · Scholarship
Charitable · 2025-10-10		$5,000
Meta
Menlo Park		Southern California Crossroads · Food distribution
Charitable · 2026-01-22		$5,000
Phillips 66
Sacramento · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor		Murdock Community and Care Services, Inc · Support for Autism Awareness 5k Run/ Walk
Legislative · 2026-05-13		$5,000

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.

Reported by lobbying interests

What lobbyist employers, lobbyists and lobbying firms told the Secretary of State they spent on Mike A Gipson since 2024: $1,767 across 15 items from 10 sources. Each amount is their share as the report gives it. Matched by name and office.

Reported byWhat, whenTo them
RECORDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
$613 in all		FOOD AND BEVERAGE at MEROIS · 2025-02-22 · report$224.09
FOOD AND BEVERAGE at ECHO & RIG · 2024-05-27 · report$116.94
FOOD AND BEVERAGE at KATSUYA @ LA LIVE · 2024-02-04 · report$182
FOOD AND BEVERAGE at KIMPTON LA PEER HOTEL · 2024-02-03 · report$90
PERSONAL INSURANCE FEDERATION OF CALIFORNIA
$246 in all		DINNER at FLEMING'S PRIME STEAKHOUSE · 2024-11-13 · report$201.84
BEVERAGES at BRASSERIE DU MONDE · 2024-05-15 · report$43.98
FanDuel Group, Inc
$205 in all		Food, Beverage & Entertainment at California Tribal Business Association · 2025-01-16 · report$204.84
WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY (FKA WARNERMEDIA AND WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC.)
$184 in all		SCREENING at WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY · 2025-07-10 · report$89.04
SCREENING at WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY · 2024-09-03 · report$95
DRAFTKINGS, INC. AND ITS AFFILIATES
$135 in all		Food, Beverage & Entertainment at California Tribal Business Association · 2025-01-16 · report$135.19
WESTERN STATES PETROLEUM ASSOCIATION
$132 in all		MEAL at TABLEVINE · 2025-05-07 · report$131.56
Reyes Holdings L.L.C.
$94 in all		Food, Beverage, Glassware at Cafeteria 15L · 2024-08-20 · report$94
CALIFORNIA NEW CAR DEALERS ASSOCIATION
$84 in all		FOOD AND BEVERAGE at CAFETERIA 15L · 2026-04-07 · report$83.59
SUPPLY CHAIN COUNCIL
$63 in all		FOOD AND BEVERAGES at THE MIX DOWNTOWN · 2024-08-07 · report$62.63
MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION INC.
$13 in all		HAT at BROADWAY MARKETING LTD. · 2024-02-26 · report$12.79

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