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Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court

Form 700 statements

StatementFiledWhat it lists
2025 Annual
Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court		2026-02-021 real property, 8 gifts, 3 travel
2024 Annual (amendment)
Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court		2025-02-261 real property, 3 gifts, 4 travel
2024 Annual
Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court		2025-02-031 real property, 3 gifts, 2 travel

Findings

Worth a look Gifts · the statement

Lists $850 in gifts from Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles in 2025; the limit from one source is $560

The statement lists 2 gift(s) from Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles dated in 2025, totalling $850. Judges may not accept gifts from one source worth more than $560 a year (Code of Civil Procedure 170.9).

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: Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles $250 2025-03-28 p.3Gifts: Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles $600 2025-08-08 p.3

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

Context Travel payments · the statement

Lists $5,123.26 in travel paid by others (4 payments)

Largest: Miami, FL ($2,200, George Mason Antonin Scalia Law School), Chicago, IL ($2,100, George Mason Antonin Scalia Law School), Sacramento, CA ($422.72, California Judges Association). 4 of 4 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: George Mason Antonin Scalia Law School $2,200 p.5Travel: George Mason Antonin Scalia Law School $2,100 p.4Travel: California Judges Association $423 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 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