Elaine Lu: 2025 Annual statement

Annual 2025: Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court · due 2026-03-02
Filed: 2026-03-02 · signed 03/02/2026 04:01 PM
Source: Read from the FPPC's structured data, checked against the PDF · the PDF (8 p.) · FPPC portal

Findings

Context Travel payments

Lists $5,352.80 in travel paid by others (3 payments)

Largest: Maui ($3,572.18, Association of Business Trial Lawyers), Las Vegas ($1,217.52, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles), Coronado Island ($563.10, Association of Business Trial Lawyers). 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.

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

Schedule A-1 · Investments (under 10%) 4

Name	Business	Value
Federal Thrift Savings Plan Common Stock Index Investment Fund (C Fund)	Index fund designed to match performance of the S&P 500 index · Federal retirement savings & investment plan	over $1,000,000
Horizons Savings Stable Value Fund	Pool of insurance companies' contracts & actively managed fixed-income funds · Fixed income fund (L.A. County 401K Savings Plan)	$10,001–$100,000
Incyte Corp	Drug discovery and development	$10,001–$100,000
ScholarShare529 Principal Plus Interest Portfolio	Investment allocated to Funding Agreement by TIAA-CREF Life w/ guaranteed interest rate · California's 529 college savings plan	over $1,000,000

Schedule A-2 · Businesses & trusts (10% or more) 3

(Blank. Only using this page to add remainder of comments below.) trust · from the PDF

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Value — · gross income $0–$499

trust · from the PDF

Value — · gross income over $100,000

Sources of $10,000+: New York University; Burchell Nursery; Honda; Republic Services; Porsche; Attorney General of the State of California; Waste Connections; Geico; Sig Sauer; Roosevelt University

The Elaine Lu Family Trust trust

312 North Spring Street, Dept. 9, L.A., CA 90012

Value — · gross income over $100,000

Sources of $10,000+: Shay Belhassen; Eugenia Aleev; Barbara Chen; Samuel Lubell; Lisa Katz; Joe M. Floyd

Holds: 152 South Edinburgh Ave., L.A., CA 90048 - fair market value over $1,000,000; 927 & 929 16th Street, Santa Monica, CA 90403 - fair market value over $1,000,000 (See attached list for locations of real property.) · over $1,000,000 · Property Ownership/Deed of Trust

Schedule B · Real property 2

Property	Value	Rental income
152 South Edinburgh Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90048 Ownership/Deed of Trust	over $1,000,000	over $100,000 Shay Belhassen; Eugenia Aleev
927 and 929 16th Street, Santa Monica, CA 90403 Ownership/Deed of Trust	over $1,000,000	over $100,000 Samuel Lubell; Barbara Chen; Lisa Katz; Joe M. Floyd

Schedule D · Gifts 4

From	Gifts	Total
Los Angeles County Bar Association · from the PDF 444 S. Flower, Suite 2500, Los Angeles, CA 90071	2025-03-12 · Lunch · $30 2025-05-14 · Lunch · $30 2025-07-22 · Reception · $50	$110
Association of Business Trial Lawyers · from the PDF 8502 E. Chapman Avenue, Suite 443. Orange, CA 92869	2025-02-05 · Reception · $50 2025-04-10 · Reception · $50 2025-06-26 · Reception · $75	$175
Los Angeles County Bar Association · from the PDF 444 S. Flower, Suite 2500, Los Angeles, CA 90071	2025-09-19 · Lunch · $30 2025-10-08 · Reception · $50 2025-10-09 · Reception · $50	$130
Association of Business Trial Lawyers · from the PDF 8502 E. Chapman Avenue, Suite 443. Orange, CA 92869	2025-09-25 · Reception · $50 2025-11-05 · Reception · $50	$100

Schedule E · Travel paid by others 3

Paid by	Trip	Amount
Association of Business Trial Lawyers 8502 E. Chapman Avenue, Suite 443, Orange, CA 92869	Coronado Island · 2025-05-02 to 2025-05-04 · Travel Reimbursement (Joint Board Retreat) · Gift	$563.10
Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles 444 S. Flower Street, Suite 2340, Los Angeles, CA 90071	Las Vegas · 2025-08-28 to 2025-08-29 · made a speech / panel · Gift	$1,217.52
Association of Business Trial Lawyers 8502 E. Chapman Avenue, Suite 443, Orange, CA 92869	Maui · 2025-10-08 to 2025-10-12 · made a speech / panel · Gift	$3,572.18

The filer's comments

A-1 No longer reporting Invesco QQQ Trust, SPDR S&P 500 Trust , Horizons Large Cap Equity or Savings Large Cap Equity Fund holdings. Reg. 18237 does not require disclosure of EFTs .

A-2 Jon Tomlin is not a trust. Per FPPC instructions, marking trust box to allow form to be filed electronically.

A-2 Spouse's regularly received billings & finders fees. Stockbroker example in Ref Pamphlet p. 9

Other text on the statement

Typed on the statement but outside the form's boxes, or continuation lists that couldn't be matched to an entry: kept as written.

L.A., CA 90071