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Joshua R Hoover › Form 700

Joshua R Hoover: 2025 Annual statement

Annual 2025
Assembly Member, State Assembly · due 2026-03-02
Filed
2026-02-27 · signed 02/27/2026 04:10 PM
Source
Read from the FPPC's structured data, checked against the PDF · the PDF (7 p.) · FPPC portal

Findings

Context Travel payments

Lists $13,766.18 in travel paid by others (7 payments)

Largest: Hawaii, USA ($6,067.12, Independent Voter Project), Half Moon Bay, CA ($1,863.60, Rodel Institute), Napa, CA ($1,739.06, Rodel Institute). 7 of 7 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

Context Campaign money

1 source on this statement also gave to their campaign

Listed here and among the campaign's contributors in Cal-Access: University of Southern California ($329).

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).

Rule: Campaign donors also on the statement

How this rule works

Worth a look Lobbying

Lobbying reports name $502.51 in gifts to them in 2025 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 2025, $50 or more from each of these sources, none named among the statement's gifts or travel: SIDEPRIZE LLC AND ITS AFFILIATES D/B/A PRIZEPICKS $502.51 (food & beverage, food, beverage & entertainment).

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).
SIDEPRIZE LLC AND ITS AFFILIATES D/B/A PRIZEPICKS $502.51
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

Schedule C · Income and business positions 3

SourceIncome
Bayside Church
Church · Connections Director · 890 Glenn Drive, Folsom, CA 95630		$10,001–$100,000
Spouse's or registered domestic partner's income
Twin Lakes Food Bank
Event Planning · Event Chair · 327 Montrose Drive, Folsom, CA 95630		$1,001–$10,000
Spouse's or registered domestic partner's income
California Building Industry Association
Conference · Nonemployee Contracted Event Coordinator · 1215 K Street, Suite 1200, Sacramento, CA 95814		$1,001–$10,000
Spouse's or registered domestic partner's income

Schedule D · Gifts 12

FromGiftsTotal
Robert Rivas for Assembly 2026
1700 Tribute Road, Suite 201
2025-02-04 · Reception · $108.69
$108.69
Prize Picks · from the PDF
1201 K Street, Suite 1610
2025-02-10 · Meal · $59.18
2025-03-10 · Sporting Event Tickets and Meal · $443.33
$502.51
California Business Properties Association
1121 L Street, Suite 501
2025-03-19 · Meal · $86.60
$86.60
Personal Care Products Council
555 13th Street, NW Suite 300W
2025-03-18 · Gift Bag · $95.87
$95.87
California Alliance for Progress and Education
455 Capitol Mall, Suite 600
2025-04-10 · Meal · $87.27
$87.27
Urban Associates, Inc. · from the PDF
1121 L Street, Suite 406
2025-05-13 · Meal · $207
$207
TechNet
915 L Street, Suite 1270
2025-06-10 · Meal · $69.27
$69.27
Foundation for California's Technology and Innovation Economy
445 South Figueroa Street, Suite 2400
2025-07-10 · Gift Bag · $325
$325
Legislative Action California
1215 K Street, Suite 1750
2025-09-27 · Activities · $580
$580
North State Building Industry Association
1536 Eureka Road
2025-10-29 · Reception · $150
$150
University of Southern California
3720 Flower Street
2025-11-29 · Sporting Event Tickets · $630
$630
The Problem Solvers Foundation
1215 K Street, Suite 1750
2025-12-10 · Meals · $379.24
$379.24

Schedule E · Travel paid by others 7

Paid byTripAmount
Rodel Institute · 501(c)(3)
PO Box 15799, Phoenix, Arizona		Half Moon Bay, CA · 2025-01-10 to 2025-01-12 · Travel related to a policy conference. · Gift$1,863.60
Foundation for California's Technology and Innovation Economy · 501(c)(3)
445 South Figueroa Street, Suite 2400, Los Angeles, CA		Napa, CA · 2025-07-10 to 2025-07-11 · Travel related to a technology conference. · Gift$1,520
Rodel Institute · 501(c)(3)
PO Box 15799, Phoenix, Arizona		Napa, CA · 2025-07-11 to 2025-07-13 · Travel related to a policy conference. · Gift$1,739.06
Legislative Action California
1415 L Street, Suite 920, Sacramento, CA		Palos Verdes, CA · 2025-09-26 to 2025-09-28 · made a speech / panel · Gift$1,046.52
California Retailers Association
1121 L Street, Suite 607, Sacramento, CA		Napa, CA · 2025-10-26 to 2025-10-27 · made a speech / panel · Gift$527.98
Independent Voter Project · 501(c)(3)
2700 Adams Avenue, Suite 202, San Diego, CA		Hawaii, USA · 2025-11-16 to 2025-11-21 · Travel related to a policy conference. · Gift$6,067.12
California Foundation on the Environment and the Economy · 501(c)(3)
1029 J Street, Suite 300, Sacramento, CA		San Francisco, CA · 2025-12-04 to 2025-12-05 · Travel related to an AI conference. · Gift$1,001.90

The filer's comments

E Independent Voter Project: Total gift amount is $6,095.77 but reimbursed $28.65 on 02/26/26.