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Steven Bradford › Form 700

Steven Bradford: 2024 Leaving office (amendment) statement

Leaving 2024
Senator, State Senate · due 2024-12-30
Filed
2024-12-23 · signed 11/12/2024
Source
Read from the PDF (the portal has no structured data for it) · the PDF (1 p.) · FPPC portal

Findings

Context Amendments

Amends an earlier statement

This is an amendment. The original stays on file; what changed is in the amendment itself.

What to check
  • Compare with the original statement for the same year.
Rule: An amended statement

How this rule works

Worth a look Lobbying

Lobbying reports name $2,544.15 in gifts to them in 2024 from 4 sources 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: Association of California Life & Health Insurance Companies $2,224.14 (food, beverage & lodging (speaker exception), golf); CALIFORNIA NEW CAR DEALERS ASSOCIATION $167.30 (food and drink); AMERICAN RECYCLABLE PLASTIC BAG ALLIANCE $100 (reception); ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC AND ITS AFFILIATES $52.71 (food and beverage).

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).
Association of California Life & Health Insurance Companies $2,224.14
CALIFORNIA NEW CAR DEALERS ASSOCIATION $167.30
AMERICAN RECYCLABLE PLASTIC BAG ALLIANCE $100
ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC AND ITS AFFILIATES $52.71
  • 2024-02-17 food and beverage at The Grill on the Alley $52.71 (of $252.29 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