Worth a look Lobbying · the statement
Lobbying reports name $79.30 in gifts to them in 2025 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 2025, $50 or more from each of these sources, none named among the statement's gifts or travel: CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC HOSPITALS & HEALTH SYSTEMS $79.30 (food and beverages).
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).
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC HOSPITALS & HEALTH SYSTEMS $79.30 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
Behested payments
What Rob Bonta reported others paying at their request (FPPC Form 803) since 2024: $1,739,950 in 12 payments to 8 recipients. Officials report a source that pays $5,000 or more in a year; there is no limit.
Largest recipients: Farella Braun + Martell LLP $1,000,000 · Noam Kantor $340,000 · Project on Predatory Student Lending (PPSL) $225,000 · Public Law Center $100,000 · La Raza Centro Legal $40,000
| Paid by | To, for | Amount |
|---|
Arnold Ventures LLC / Action Now, Inc.
Houston | Farella Braun + Martell LLP · Assist in investigations subject to the direction and control of office attorneys.
Governmental · 2024-05-02 | $500,000 |
Arnold Ventures LLC / Action Now, Inc.
Houston | Farella Braun + Martell LLP · Assist in antitrust investigations and litigation subject to the direction and control of office attorneys.
Governmental · 2026-02-26 | $500,000 |
Princeton University
Princeton | Noam Kantor · To support the Department of Justice’s artificial intelligence policy work.
Governmental · 2025-12-09 | $170,000 |
Princeton University
Princeton | Noam Kantor · One-year salary for fellowship to support the Department of Justice’s artificial intelligence policy work, to be paid in monthly installment…
Governmental · 2025-12-09 | $170,000 |
The Special Committee, Sears Consumer Protection and Education Fund
Boston | Public Law Center · Costs for consumer-education custom software
Charitable · 2026-07-23 | $100,000 |
The Special Committee, Sears Consumer Protection and Education Fund
Boston | Project on Predatory Student Lending (PPSL) · Consumer educational materials via enhanced on-line materials, tools, and trainings.
Charitable · 2026-08-04 | $85,000 |
The Special Committee, Sears Consumer Protection and Education Fund
Boston | Project on Predatory Student Lending (PPSL) · Enhance PPSL's communication and outreach tools and to deepen its consumer contacts.
Charitable · 2025-08-04 | $75,000 |
The Special Committee, Sears Consumer Protection and Education Fund
Boston | Project on Predatory Student Lending (PPSL) · Enhance PPSL's communication and outreach tools and to deepen its consumer contacts.
Charitable · 2024-08-15 | $65,000 |
The Special Committee, Sears Consumer Protection and Education Fund
Boston | La Raza Centro Legal · Costs for consumer-education bulletins
Charitable · 2026-07-20 | $40,000 |
The Special Committee, Sears Consumer Protection and Education Fund
Boston | Public Counsel · Costs for consumer-education guides
Charitable · 2026-07-23 | $24,950 |
The Special Committee, Sears Consumer Protection and Education Fund
Boston | Housing and Economic Rights Advocates · Expand consumer-rights outreach to people who are deaf and hard of hearing.
Charitable · 2024-08-01 | $5,000 |
Mike and Corky Hale Stoller Foundation
Los Angeles | California Fire Foundation · Support CFF's catastrophe relief and aid work in response to LA wildfires.
Charitable · 2025-01-10 | $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.
Campaign money: Attorney General
$3,051,734itemized, 8,901 contributions
$623from the candidate (incl. loans)
Plus $208,472 in 48 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).
California State Council of Laborers PAC Small Contributor Committee $19,600 2026-10-07 · International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 595 PAC Small Contributor Committee $10,000 2026-10-06 · Urvi Dunnington $9,800 2026-10-04 · Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund $9,800 2026-10-06 · Paramjit K. Kaur $9,800 2026-10-08 · Cristina Wallach $9,800 2026-10-03 · Debra Abbaszadeh $9,200 2026-10-06 · Cameron Forni $9,100 2026-09-27 · California New Car Dealers Association PAC $8,900 2026-10-01 · California Democratic Party $7,975 2026-10-01
Where their outside money comes from
58%13%20%
IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsTribal governmentsPolitical partiesOther candidates and officeholders
Plus $623 of their own money and from their earlier campaigns' committees. Compare with all state candidates →
How it was spent: $2,970,629
Legal and accounting$643,644
Fundraising events$521,772
Other (described)$509,898
Office expenses$506,199
Consultants$488,166
Polling$175,750
Internet and email$54,354
Literature and mailings$32,523
Contributions to others$15,500
Staff travel and meals$9,867
Largest payees: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, PC $468,259 Legal and accounting · LaMont Digital, LLC $320,000 Literature and mailings · Sunny Day Strategies $311,698 Office expenses · Hilltop Public Solutions, LLC $178,887 Staff travel and meals · NGP Van dba EveryAction, Inc. $173,711 Office expenses · Bertolina & Barnato, Inc. $168,790 Staff travel and meals · Blue Wave Political Partners, LLC $157,500 Fundraising events · SGR Consulting, LLC $135,000 Fundraising events
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 |
|---|
First Foundation Bank
Irvine | Business/other | $71,188.32 |
IntraFi (ICS)
Arlington | Business/other | $66,881.79 |
California State Council of Service Employees Small Contributor Committee
Sacramento | Small contributor cmte | $39,200 |
California Teachers Association/Association for Better Citizenship Small Contributor Committee
Sacramento | Small contributor cmte | $39,200 |
Service Employees International Union Local 1000 Candidate PAC Small Contributor Committee
Sacramento | Small contributor cmte | $39,200 |
Service Employees International Union SEIU Local 2015 State PAC Small Contributor Committee
Los Angeles | Small contributor cmte | $39,200 |
United Domestic Workers of America Action Fund Small Contributor Committee
Sacramento | Small contributor cmte | $30,100 |
California Federation of Teachers COPE Small Contributor Committee
Sacramento | Small contributor cmte | $29,200 |
Faculty for our University's Future, a Committee Sponsored by the California Faculty Association Small Contributor Committee
Sacramento | Small contributor cmte | $27,600 |
Smart Justice California Action Fund
Sacramento | Committee | $24,000 |
Association of California School Administrators PAC Small Contributor Committee
Sacramento | Small contributor cmte | $21,000 |
California Professional Firefighters PAC Small Contributor Committee
Sacramento | Small contributor cmte | $20,000 |
Northern California District Council of Laborers PAC Small Contributor Committee
Pleasanton | Small contributor cmte | $19,800 |
Service Employees International Union Local 1021 Candidate PAC Small Contributor Committee
Sacramento | Small contributor cmte | $19,800 |
Reza Abbaszadeh
Not Employed · n/a · Aspen | Person | $19,600 |
Committees: Rob Bonta for CA Attorney General 2026, Rob Bonta for State Assembly 2012, Rob Bonta for City Council 2010, Committee Against the Recall of Rob Bonta, Rob Bonta for Assembly 2014, Rob Bonta Advancing CA Ballot Measure Committee, Rob Bonta for CA Attorney General 2022, Rob Bonta for Assembly 2020, Rob Bonta for Assembly 2016, Rob Bonta for Assembly 2018, Rob Bonta for Assembly 2022. From the Secretary of State's Cal-Access export; reports covering 2025–2026.