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Findings
ContextTravel payments
Lists $11,444.61 in travel paid by others (3 payments)
Largest: Vietnam ($10,623.14, California Foundation on the Environment & the Economy), Las Vegas, NV ($448, Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA)), Lake Tahoe, CA ($373.47, Institute of Governmental Advocates (IGA)). 3 of 3 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.
Lobbying reports name $726.93 in gifts to them in 2024 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 2024, $50 or more from each of these sources, none named among the statement's gifts or travel: WESTERN STATES PETROLEUM ASSOCIATION $459.63 (lodging); CALIFORNIA RESOURCES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES $202.30 (dinner); Sempra and its Affiliates: San Diego Gas & Electric Company and Southern California Gas Company $65 (holiday wreath sent to district office).
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).
Sempra and its Affiliates: San Diego Gas & Electric Company and Southern California Gas Company$65
2024-12-06 Holiday Wreath Sent to District Office at Southern California Gas $65 · 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
Schedule E · Travel paid by others 3
Paid by
Trip
Amount
Institute of Governmental Advocates (IGA) 455 Capitol Mall, Suite 600, Sacramento, CA 95814
Lake Tahoe, CA · 2024-09-25 to 2024-09-26 · made a speech / panel · Gift
$373.47
Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) 1575 S. Valley Vista Dr., Diamond Bar, CA 91765
Las Vegas, NV · 2024-11-06 to 2024-11-07 · Annual Legislative Caucus dinner · Gift
$448
California Foundation on the Environment & the Economy · 501(c)(3) 920 11th Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
Vietnam · 2024-11-12 to 2024-11-20 · made a speech / panel · Gift