Lobbying reports name $756.70 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: CALIFORNIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE $350.36 (dinner/reception); LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS $347.28 (lodging covered for guest speaker); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS $59.06 (food/drink).
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 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE $350.36
- 2024-03-07 Dinner/Reception at The Lodge at Torrey Pines $350.36 (of $42,743.59 for everyone it lists) · lobbyist employer report
LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS $347.28
- 2024-11-07 Lodging covered for guest speaker at Asilomar Conference Center $347.28 (of $694.56 for everyone it lists) · lobbyist employer report
SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS $59.06
- 2024-04-23 FOOD/DRINK at RED HAWK CASINO' BANQUET DEPARTMENT $59.06 (of $472.50 for everyone it lists) · 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