Lobbying reports name $459.18 in gifts to them in 2025 from 5 sources this statement doesn't list
Lobbyist employers' reports to the Secretary of State (Cal-Access) list activity expenses that benefited them in 2025, $50 or more from each of these sources, none named among the statement's gifts or travel: CALIFORNIA BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION $129.47 (coalition reception, reception); CALIFORNIA STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES $102.02 (reception and dinner); CALIFORNIA BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE $95.50 (lunch, reception); BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS $74.69 (meal); and more.
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 BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION $129.47
- 2025-03-04 COALITION RECEPTION at CALIFORNIA MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATION $2.09 · lobbyist employer report
- 2025-03-18 RECEPTION at KIMPTON SAWYER HOTEL $127.38 · lobbyist employer report
CALIFORNIA STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES $102.02
- 2025-02-13 Reception and dinner at Crisp Catering/Gold Rush Grille $102.02 · lobbyist employer report
CALIFORNIA BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE $95.50
- 2025-02-24 LUNCH at RURAL COUNTY REPRESENTATIVES OF CALIFORNIA $58 · lobbyist employer report
- 2025-09-03 Reception at CAFE A COTE $37.50 · lobbyist employer report
BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS $74.69
- 2025-08-07 meal at Barona Resort and Casino $74.69 (of $448.13 for everyone it lists) · lobbyist employer report
CIVIL JUSTICE ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA $57.50
- 2025-02-11 NEW LEGISLATOR WELCOME BREAKFAST at CIVIL JUSTICE ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA $38.37 (of $4,604.04 for everyone it lists) · lobbyist employer report
- 2025-06-18 CALIFORNIA PROJECT LUNCHEON at CIVIL JUSTICE ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA $19.13 (of $554.63 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