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Ricardo Lara

Insurance Commissioner

Form 700 statements

Statement	Filed	What it lists
2025 Annual (amendment) Insurance Commissioner	2026-03-04	1 gifts
2025 Annual Insurance Commissioner	2026-02-27	5 gifts
2024 Annual (amendment) Insurance Commissioner	2025-08-19	1 gifts
2024 Annual Insurance Commissioner	2025-02-27	16 gifts

Findings

Worth a look Lobbying · the statement

Lobbying reports name $423.28 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: SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY $270 (tickets - sdsu men's basketball game); Sempra and its Affiliates: San Diego Gas & Electric Company and Southern California Gas Company $153.28 (dinner, snack on cfee study tour spring 2024).

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).

SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY $270

2024-03-15 Tickets - SDSU Men's Basketball Game at San Diego State University $270 · lobbyist employer report

Sempra and its Affiliates: San Diego Gas & Electric Company and Southern California Gas Company $153.28

2024-03-23 Snack on CFEE Study Tour Spring 2024 at The Langham Hotel $16 · lobbyist employer report
2024-03-29 Snack on CFEE Study Tour Spring 2024 at The Green Man $12 · lobbyist employer report
2024-04-22 Dinner at Bavel $125.28 · 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

Context Behested payments

Of $428,955 paid at their request since 2024: 4 sources ($37,500) are registered lobbyist employers

Payments made at their request (Form 803) from sources that also appear in Cal-Access: Barona Band of Mission Indians ($10,000 to Ceres, Eastman Elementary School; lobbyist employer); California Building Industry Association ($10,000 to Ceres; lobbyist employer); California Community Foundation ($10,000 to Ceres Inc.; lobbyist employer); City of Long Beach ($7,500 to Newstart Housing Corporation; 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).

Barona Band of Mission Indians paid $10,000 to Ceres, Eastman Elementary School · registered lobbyist employer
California Building Industry Association paid $10,000 to Ceres · registered lobbyist employer
California Community Foundation paid $10,000 to Ceres Inc. · registered lobbyist employer
City of Long Beach paid $7,500 to Newstart Housing Corporation · registered lobbyist employer

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 Amendments · the statement

Amends an earlier statement

This is an amendment. The original stays on file; what changed is in the amendment itself.

What to check

Compare with the original statement for the same year.

Rule: An amended statement

How this rule works

Context Amendments · the statement

Amends an earlier statement

This is an amendment. The original stays on file; what changed is in the amendment itself.

What to check

Compare with the original statement for the same year.

Rule: An amended statement

How this rule works

Behested payments

What Ricardo Lara reported others paying at their request (FPPC Form 803) since 2024: $428,955 in 23 payments to 12 recipients. Officials report a source that pays $5,000 or more in a year; there is no limit.

Largest recipients: InnSure Corporation $144,000 · Ceres Inc. $115,000 · Ceres $100,000 · Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center $19,455 · Newstart Housing Corporation $12,500

Paid by	To, for	Amount
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Princeton	InnSure Corporation · This planning grant supports exploration of microinsurance for homeowners as a means of closing insurance protection gap. The grant funds ef… Governmental · 2024-10-17	$144,000
Southern California Edison Rosemead · campaign donor	Ceres · Sponsor Global Sustainable Insurance Summit Governmental · 2024-02-27	$25,000
Uber San Francisco	Ceres · Sponsor of the Global Sustainable Insurance Summit. Governmental · 2024-02-27	$25,000
PG&E Oakland · campaign donor	Ceres · Sponsorship of the Global Sustainable Insurance Summit Charitable · 2024-06-20	$25,000
California Real Estate Political Action Committee (CREPAC) Los Angeles · campaign donor	Ceres Inc. · Sponsor for the Global Sustainable Insurance Summit Charitable · 2025-02-25	$25,000
Southern California Edison Rosemead · campaign donor	Ceres Inc. · Sponsor the Global Sustainable Insurance Summit Governmental · 2025-03-10	$25,000
Utopia Albany	Ceres Inc. · Sponsor Global Sustainable Insurance Summit Charitable · 2025-03-27	$25,000
San Manuel Entertainment Authority Highland	Ceres Inc. · Sponsorship of Global Sustainable Insurance Summit Charitable · 2025-05-12	$25,000
Visit Long Beach Long Beach	Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center · Sponsor of Insurance Diversity Summit Charitable · 2024-11-06	$19,455
California Building Industry Association Sacramento · registered lobbyist employer	Ceres · Sponsor, Global Sustainable Insurance Summit Governmental · 2024-03-18	$10,000
California Realtors Association Sacramento	Ceres · Sponsorship of the Global Sustainable Insurance Summit Charitable · 2024-04-03	$10,000
California Community Foundation Los Angeles · registered lobbyist employer	Ceres Inc. · Sponsor of the Global Sustainable Insurance Summit Charitable · 2025-05-23	$10,000
City of Long Beach Long Beach · registered lobbyist employer	Newstart Housing Corporation · Sponsor Insurance Diversity Summit Charitable · 2024-10-11	$7,500
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation Los Angeles	Alexandra Izarraras Cervantes · Academic Scholarship Charitable · 2024-07-07	$6,500
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation Los Angeles	Axel Aguilar · Academic Scholarship Charitable · 2024-07-23	$6,500
Barona Band of Mission Indians Lakeside · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor	Ceres · Sponsor Global Sustainable Insurance Summit Governmental · 2024-03-05	$5,000
Barona Band of Mission Indians Lakeside · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor	Eastman Elementary School · Purchase resources for "Tapping Into Your Potential Music Enrichment Program" Charitable · 2024-08-22	$5,000
Somos Group Los Angeles	Newstart Housing Corporation · Food for staff and volunteers at Insurance Support Workshops Charitable · 2025-03-10	$5,000
Meet Long Beach Long Beach	Ceres Inc. · Sponsorship of Global Sustainable Insurance Summit Charitable · 2025-05-05	$5,000
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation Long Beach	Abigail Verrando · Academic Scholarship Charitable · 2025-07-15	$5,000
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation Long Beach	Diego Sandoval · Academic Scholarship Charitable · 2025-07-15	$5,000
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation Long Beach	Itzel Bustamante Velazquez · Academic Scholarship Charitable · 2026-07-22	$5,000
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation Long Beach	Aaron Hildalgo · Academic Scholarship Charitable · 2026-07-22	$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 Ricardo Lara since 2024: $574 across 7 items from 4 sources. Each amount is their share as the report gives it. Matched by name and office.

Reported by	What, when	To them
SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY $270 in all	Tickets - SDSU Men's Basketball Game at San Diego State University · 2024-03-15 · report	$270
Sempra and its Affiliates: San Diego Gas & Electric Company and Southern California Gas Company $153 in all	Dinner at Bavel · 2024-04-22 · report	$125.28
	Snack on CFEE Study Tour Spring 2024 at The Green Man · 2024-03-29 · report	$12
	Snack on CFEE Study Tour Spring 2024 at The Langham Hotel · 2024-03-23 · report	$16
California Professional Firefighters $88 in all	Personalized Cutting Board at Firefighters Print & Design · 2025-05-12 · report	$88.32
BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS $62 in all	meal at Casa de Pico · 2026-03-13 · report	$50.09
BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS $62 in all	beverage at Casa Gabriela · 2024-01-31 · report	$12

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