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Findings
ContextTravel payments
Lists $20,066.60 in travel paid by others (5 payments)
Largest: United Kingdom ($13,177.12, California Foundation on the Environment & the Economy), Maui, Hawaii ($4,736.50, Independent Voter Project), Napa, CA ($1,290.65, California Foundation on the Environment & the Economy). 5 of 5 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 $82.90 in gifts to them in 2024 from 1 source 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: EQUALITY CALIFORNIA $82.90 (food / beverages).
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).
“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 A-2 · Businesses & trusts (10% or more) 1
Charles M. Calderon, INCSole Proprietorship
Law & Consulting · 1165 Banyan Rim Dr., Whittier, CA 90601 · Owner
Value $10,001–$100,000 · gross income $10,001–$100,000
Sources of $10,000+: Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Schedule D · Gifts 13
From
Gifts
Total
California Armenian Legislative Caucus Foundation 9458 Treelake Road, Granite Bay, CA 95746
2024-08-01 · Jacket · $115.15
$115.15
UC Berkeley 200 California Hall #1500, Berkeley, CA 94720
2024-10-19 · Game Tickets · $589
$589
California Chamber of Commerce 1215 K Street, 14th Floor Sacramento, CA 95814
2024-11-12 · Lunch · $107.61
$107.61
CA Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation 777 S. Figueroa Street, Suite 4050, Los Angeles, CA 90017
2024-08-31 · T-Shirt · $20.93
2024-03-13 · Jacket · $178.08
$199.01
Los Angeles Dodgers · from the PDF 1000 Vin Scully Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90012
2024-11-01 · Tickets · $270
$270
Sempra · from the PDF 925 L Street, Suite 650, Sacramento, CA
2024-11-20 · Lunch · $92.56
$92.56
California Democratic Party 1830 9th Street, Sacramento, CA 95811
2024-01-16 · Policy Retreat · $27.03
2024-01-17 · Policy Retreat · $66.55
2024-11-07 · Caucus Lunch · $164.54
$258.12
Corey Jackson 1 W. Manchester Blvd., Suite 700 Inglewood, CA 90301
2024-01-25 · Flowers · $66.08
$66.08
Building Decarbonization Coalition 33594 Herring View Drive, Lewes, DE 19958
2024-06-05 · Reception & Dinner · $259
$259
Avelino Valencia for Assembly 2024 1700 Tribute Rd. Ste 201 Sacramento CA, 95815
2024-01-23 · Dinner · $74
2024-07-02 · Honey · $5.50
$79.50
Alliance of California's Farmers & Ranchers Community Fund 1415 L Street, Suite 460 Sacramento, CA 95814
2024-04-08 · Dinner & Apron · $273.82
$273.82
Willie L. Brown Jr., Inc. 100 Embarcadero, 4th Floor San Francisco, CA 94105
2024-06-26 · Flowers · $233.81
$233.81
Los Angeles World Airports 6053 W. Century Blvd., Suite 500, Los Angeles, CA 90045
2024-04-15 · Parking & Shuttle Services · $60
$60
Schedule E · Travel paid by others 5
Paid by
Trip
Amount
California Foundation on the Environment & the Economy · 501(c)(3) 920 11th Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
Napa, CA · 2024-02-08 to 2024-02-09 · made a speech / panel · Gift
$1,290.65
Independent Voter Project 2700 Adams Avenue, Suite 202, San Diego, CA 92116
Maui, Hawaii · 2024-11-17 to 2024-11-22 · IVP Business and Leadership Policy Conference - panelist each day · Gift
$4,736.50
California Foundation on the Environment & the Economy · 501(c)(3) 920 11th Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
United Kingdom · 2024-03-22 to 2024-03-30 · Study Travel Tour to the UK · Gift
$13,177.12
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation · 501(c)(3) 777 S. Figueroa Street, Suite 4050, Los Angeles, CA 90017
Anaheim, CA · 2024-12-06 · CLLCF Policy Conference · Gift
$121.59
California Foundation on the Environment & the Economy · 501(c)(3) 920 11th Street, Sacramento, CA 95814, Sacramento, CA
Palm Springs, CA · 2024-12-12 to 2024-12-13 · CFEE Water Conference · Gift