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Robert A. Rivas › Form 700

Robert A. Rivas: 2025 Annual statement

Annual 2025
Assembly Member, State Assembly · due 2026-03-02
Annual 2025
Governing Board, Earthquake Authority · due 2026-04-01
Filed
2026-03-02 · signed 03/02/2026 03:38 PM
Source
Read from the FPPC's structured data, checked against the PDF · the PDF (10 p.) · FPPC portal

Findings

Context Travel payments

Lists $5,775.82 in travel paid by others (6 payments)

Largest: Napa, CA ($2,307.49, California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation), Pebble Beach, CA ($1,277.15, California Legislative Black Caucus Policy Institute), Carmel, CA ($1,059.17, California Legislative Central Coast Caucus Foundation). 6 of 6 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

Worth a look Lobbying

Lobbying reports name $122.19 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: CALIFORNIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE $122.19 (lunch- speaker doesn't count towards limit).

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 $122.19
  • 2025-10-29 Lunch- Speaker doesn't count towards limit at Waldorf Astoria Monarch Beach $122.19 (of $244.38 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

Schedule C · Income and business positions 1

SourceIncome
Denham Plastics, LLC
Plastic Material Provider · Spouse's Salary · 1057 Pellet Avenue, Salinas, CA 93908
$10,001–$100,000
Spouse's or registered domestic partner's income

Schedule D · Gifts 25

FromGiftsTotal
Abundance Network Education
555 Montgomery Street, Suite 720, San Francisco, CA, 94111
2025-03-27 · Food & Drink · $114
$114
Papan for Assembly 2026
5445 Madison Avenue, Sacramento, CA, 95841
2025-01-29 · Cognac · $52.37
$52.37
Avelino Valencia for Assembly 2026
1700 Tribute Road, Suite 201, Sacramento, CA, 95815
2025-10-16 · Golf Tournament Ticket · $250
$250
AI & Geopolitics Project (AIxGEO)
7 West Road, Cambridge, UK, CB39DP
2025-07-22 · Meal · $89.47
$89.47
Lisa Calderon
1021 O Street, Suite 4650, Sacramento, CA, 95814
2025-01-13 · Jacket · $110
$110
Assembly International Relations Foundation
1021 O Street, Suite 8330, Sacramento, CA, 95814
2025-07-22 · Meal · $221.01
$221.01
Asian Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus Foundation
1787 Tribute Road, Suite 200, Sacramento, CA, 95815
2025-01-09 · LED Projector · $251.55
$251.55
Bay Area Host Committee
444 Castro Street, Suite 150, Mountainview, CA, 94041
2025-05-28 · Scarf · $10
$10
CA Association of Local Conservation Corps
1121 L Street, Suite 309, Sacramento, CA, 95814
2025-04-08 · Award · $275
$275
Bay Area Host Committee
444 Castro Street, Suite 150, Mountainview, CA, 94041
2025-01-23 · Soccer Ball · $20
2025-01-23 · Scarf · $10
2025-05-28 · Soccer Ball · $20
$50
CA Armenian Legislative Caucus Foundation
9458 Treelake Road, Granite Bay, CA, 95746
2025-02-11 · Jacket · $116.44
$116.44
CA Democratic Party
1830 9th Street, Sacramento, CA, 95811
2025-02-05 · Meal · $48.31
2025-05-28 · Meal · $69.47
2025-09-03 · Meal · $73.61
$191.39
CA Forestry Association
500 Capitol Mall, Suite 2360, Sacramento, CA, 95814
2025-09-04 · Award · $275
$275
Equality California
1150 S. Olive Street, Los Angeles, CA, 90015
2025-03-03 · Food & Drink · $62.68
$62.68
West Basin Municipal Water District
17140 S. Avalon Blvd., Carson, CA, 90746
2025-04-03 · Award · $368.10
$368.10
Elevate California
2350 Kerner Blvd., Suite 250, San Rafael, CA, 94901
2025-07-08 · Tickets · $185
$185
San Jose State Alumni Association
1 Washington Square, San Jose, CA, 95192
2025-02-20 · Tickets · $400
$400
Yes on Prop 4, CAs for Safe Drinking Water & Wildfire Prevention, sponsored by Environmental Orgs.
555 Capitol Mall, Suite 400, Sacramento, CA, 95814
2025-03-05 · Framed Poster · $260
$260
Girl Scouts of California's Central Coast
1500 Palma Drive, Suite 110, Ventura, CA, 93003
2025-06-30 · Water Bottles · $50
$50
California State Protocol Foundation
1901 Harrison Street, Ste 1550, Oakland, CA, 94612
2025-08-20 · Food & Drink · $115.74
$115.74
California Legislative Black Caucus Policy Institute
445 S. Figueroa Street, Suite 2400, Los Angeles, CA, 90071
2025-10-24 · Golf; Refreshments · $630
$630
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation
555 E. Ocean Blvd., Suite 420, Long Beach, CA 90802
2025-12-05 · Entertainment · $93
$93
Forty Niners Football Company LLC · from the PDF
4949 Marie P. Debartolo Way, Santa Clara, CA, 95054
2025-12-25 · Parking Pass · $100
$100
Bryan for Assembly 2026
445 S. Figueroa Street, Suite 2400, Los Angeles, CA, 90071
2025-10-24 · Event Apparel; Refreshments · $510
$510
Barona Band of Mission Indians · from the PDF
1095 Barona Rd, Lakeside, CA 92040
2025-02-21 · Meal · $218.78
$218.78

Schedule E · Travel paid by others 6

Paid byTripAmount
Asian and Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus Foundation · 501(c)(3)
1787 Tribute Road, Sacramento, CA, 95815
Sausalito, CA · 2025-01-09 to 2025-01-10 · Lodging and meals related to Bay Area Caucus Summit · Gift$509.29
California Forever (*)
5140 Business Center Drive Suite 240, Fairfield, CA, 94534
Sausalito, CA · 2025-01-09 to 2025-01-10 · Lodging and meals related to Bay Area Caucus Summit · Gift$178.94
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation · 501(c)(3)
555 E. Ocean Blvd., Suite 420, Long Beach, CA, 90802
Napa, CA · 2025-04-03 to 2025-04-04 · Lodging and meals related to Spring Policy Conference · Gift$2,307.49
California Legislative Black Caucus Policy Institute · 501(c)(3)
445 S. Figueroa Street, Suite 2400, Los Angeles, CA, 90071
Pebble Beach, CA · 2025-10-24 to 2025-10-25 · Lodging and meals related to Black Caucus Annual Policy Symposium · Gift$1,277.15
California Legislative Central Coast Caucus Foundation · 501(c)(3)
445 S. Figueroa Street, Suite 2400, Los Angeles, CA, 90071
Carmel, CA · 2025-05-08 to 2025-05-09 · Lodging and meals related to CLCCCF 2025 Retreat · Gift$1,059.17
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation · 501(c)(3)
555 E. Ocean Blvd., Suite 420, Long Beach, CA, 90802
Anaheim, CA · 2025-12-04 to 2025-12-07 · Lodging and meals related to Latino Caucus 2025 Policy Summit · Gift$443.78

The filer's comments

E (*) Asian and Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus Foundation (APILCF) served as intermediary for this payment.

Where the portal and the PDF differ

The FPPC's structured data and our reading of the PDF disagree on these. The page shows the portal's version; the PDF is the filed original.

WherePortalPDF
Gifts · gifts [{"date":"2025-02-11","value":116.44,"description":"Jacket"}][{"date":"02/11","value":null,"description":"Jacket"}]
Gifts · total 116.440