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ContextTravel payments
Lists $8,613.93 in travel paid by others (8 payments)
Largest: Mexico City, MX ($2,199, California Border Issues Project), Newport Beach, CA ($1,665.47, Alliance of Californias Farmers and Ranchers Community Fund), Napa, CA ($1,520, Foundation for California's Technology and Innovation Economy). 8 of 8 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.
3 sources on this statement also gave to their campaign
Listed here and among the campaign's contributors in Cal-Access: California Border Issues Project ($500), Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians ($10,000), Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians ($10,000).
What to check
Context: a donor who is also an employer, client or gift-giver is public on both records.
Whether the official later acted on matters involving them (votes, contracts, recusals).