Worth a look Lobbying · the statement
Lobbying reports name $170.17 in gifts to them in 2025 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 2025, $50 or more from each of these sources, none named among the statement's gifts or travel: BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS $105.17 (meal); CALIFORNIA-HAWAII STATE CONFERENCE OF THE NAACP $65 (meal).
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).
BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS $105.17 CALIFORNIA-HAWAII STATE CONFERENCE OF THE NAACP $65 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 Gifts · the statement
Lists $670 in gifts from California Legislative Black Caucus in 2024; the limit from one source is $590
The statement lists 2 gift(s) from California Legislative Black Caucus dated in 2024, totalling $670. The gift limit from a single source was $590 for 2024 (Government Code 89503).
What to check- Whether part of it was returned, or paid back, in time to not count (the filer's comments often say).
- Whether the gifts are from one source (a couple is two sources) or are of a kind the limit doesn't cover (family, wedding gifts and the like).
- The FPPC's gift fact sheet and Regulation 18940.2 for the exceptions.
Gifts: California Legislative Black Caucus $579 2024-10-25 p.4Gifts: California Legislative Black Caucus $91 2024-10-25 p.4
Rule: Gifts from one source over the yearly limit
“The gift limit increased to $630 for calendar years 2025 and 2026. The gift limit in calendar year 2024 was $590.”Form 700 (2025/2026), What's New ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works
Worth a look Gifts · the statement
Lists $670 in gifts from California Legislative Black Caucus in 2024; the limit from one source is $590
The statement lists 2 gift(s) from California Legislative Black Caucus dated in 2024, totalling $670. The gift limit from a single source was $590 for 2024 (Government Code 89503). The filer's comment on that page: “I paid down $80.00 to the California Legislative Black Caucus.”.
What to check- Whether part of it was returned, or paid back, in time to not count (the filer's comments often say).
- Whether the gifts are from one source (a couple is two sources) or are of a kind the limit doesn't cover (family, wedding gifts and the like).
- The FPPC's gift fact sheet and Regulation 18940.2 for the exceptions.
Gifts: California Legislative Black Caucus $579 2024-10-25 p.2Gifts: California Legislative Black Caucus $91 2024-10-25 p.2
Rule: Gifts from one source over the yearly limit
“The gift limit increased to $630 for calendar years 2025 and 2026. The gift limit in calendar year 2024 was $590.”Form 700 (2025/2026), What's New ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works
Behested payments
What Shirley N Weber reported others paying at their request (FPPC Form 803) since 2024: $28,000 in 8 payments to 8 recipients. Officials report a source that pays $5,000 or more in a year; there is no limit.
Largest recipients: Juliet Johnson $5,000 · Serenity Furbert $5,000 · Jewel Baker $3,000 · Staci Cheatman $3,000 · Tanaya Friend $3,000
| Paid by | To, for | Amount |
|---|
California Legislative Black Caucus Policy Institute
Los Angeles | Juliet Johnson · Scholarship
Charitable · 2024-08-01 | $5,000 |
California Legislative Black Caucus Policy Institute
Los Angeles | Serenity Furbert · Scholarship
Charitable · 2024-08-01 | $5,000 |
Women in California Leadership
Sacramento, | Jewel Baker · high school senior college scholarship
Charitable · 2024-07-29 | $3,000 |
Women in California Leadership
Sacramento, | Staci Cheatman · high school senior collage scholarship
Charitable · 2024-07-29 | $3,000 |
Women in California Leadership
Sacramento | Tanaya Friend · College Scholarship
Charitable · 2025-08-04 | $3,000 |
Women in California Leadership
Sacramento | Sara Balanta · College Scholarship
Charitable · 2025-08-04 | $3,000 |
Women in California Leadership
Sacramento | LaKyra Hobbs · No Description
Charitable · 2026-08-04 | $3,000 |
Women in California Leadership
Sacramento | Naomi Hammonds · No Description
Charitable · 2026-08-04 | $3,000 |
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: Secretary of State
$786,498itemized, 652 contributions
$0from the candidate (incl. loans)
Plus $25,459 in 38 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 Democratic Party $11,159 2026-10-07 · United Nurses Associations of California / Union of Health Care Professionals PAC (UNAC PAC) $7,500 2026-10-07 · Marie Cruz $2,500 2026-09-27 · Rudolph Johnson $1,300 2026-09-30 · Helen Griffith $1,000 2026-09-28 · Randolph Ward $1,000 2026-09-29 · Dr David Wynn $1,000 2026-09-29
Where their outside money comes from
27%9%55%
IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsTribal governmentsPolitical partiesOther candidates and officeholders
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How it was spent: $405,900
Consultants$213,024
Print ads$50,000
Legal and accounting$42,068
Office expenses$30,939
Filing and ballot fees$24,728
Contributions to others$22,250
Literature and mailings$9,919
Internet and email$7,560
Meetings and appearances$3,052
Staff travel and meals$1,232
Largest payees: NSG Strategies $113,903 Consultants · LAC Inc $78,588 Consultants · Radicle Digital $50,000 Print ads · Martinez & Associates Inc $34,723 Legal and accounting · Makers Strategies LLC $27,836 Staff travel and meals · Secretary Of State $24,728 Filing and ballot fees · Integrated Solutions: Political $13,500 Office expenses · California Democratic Party $13,500 Contributions to others
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
Burlingame | Small contributor cmte | $39,200 |
Northern California Carpenters Regional Council Power PAC
Sacramento | Small contributor cmte | $39,200 |
SEIU California State Council Small Contributor Committee
Sacramento | Small contributor cmte | $39,200 |
United Domestic Workers of America Action Fund
Sacramento | Small contributor cmte | $39,200 |
Building a Stronger Future for California PAC, sponsored by Western States Regional Council of Carpenters
Sacramento | Small contributor cmte | $29,400 |
Service Employees International Union Local 721 CTW, CLC State & Local
Los Angeles | Small contributor cmte | $23,600 |
California Federation of Teachers COPE
Sacramento | Small contributor cmte | $20,000 |
American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees - CA People (AFSCME CA People) Small Contributor Committee
Sacramento | Small contributor cmte | $19,600 |
California Teachers Asscociation/Association for Better Citizenship
Sacramento | Small contributor cmte | $19,600 |
Progressive Era Pac
San Francisco | Committee | $19,600 |
State Building and Construction Trades Council of California PAC
Sacramento | Small contributor cmte | $19,600 |
Tony Atkins For Governor 2026
Encinitas | Committee | $19,600 |
California Democratic Party
Sacramento | Party | $11,695.71 |
Service Employees International Union Local 1000 Candidate PAC
Sacramento | Small contributor cmte | $10,100 |
American Federation of Teachers Guild, Local 1931 San Diego and Grossmont - Cuyamaca Community Colleges Committee on Political Education (AKA: AFT Guild, Local 1931 - COPE)
San Diego | Committee | $10,000 |
Committees: Shirley Weber for Secretary of State 2026, Dr. Weber For Assembly 2012 #1342819, Dr. Weber for Assembly 2014, Shirley Weber for Secretary of State 2022, Weber for Assembly 2020, WEBER FOR ASSEMBLY 2016; DR., #1396642, Dr. Weber for Assembly 2018, #1435571. From the Secretary of State's Cal-Access export; reports covering 2025–2026.