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Mike A Gipson › Form 700

Mike A Gipson: 2025 Annual statement

Annual 2025
Assembly Member, State Assembly · due 2026-03-02
Filed
2026-03-02 · signed 03/02/2026 04:48 PM
Source
Read from the FPPC's structured data, checked against the PDF · the PDF (6 p.) · FPPC portal

Findings

Context Travel payments

Lists $30,383.33 in travel paid by others (9 payments)

Largest: Madrid, Spain ($14,423.71, California Foundation on the Environment & the Economy), Maui, Hawaii ($4,783.32, Independent Voter Project), Nayarit, Mexico ($4,011.52, Independent Voter Project). 9 of 9 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 $429.07 in gifts to them in 2025 from 3 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: FanDuel Group, Inc $204.84 (food, beverage & entertainment); DRAFTKINGS, INC. AND ITS AFFILIATES $135.19 (food, beverage & entertainment); WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY (FKA WARNERMEDIA AND WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC.) $89.04 (screening).

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).
FanDuel Group, Inc $204.84
DRAFTKINGS, INC. AND ITS AFFILIATES $135.19
WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY (FKA WARNERMEDIA AND WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC.) $89.04
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 D · Gifts 11

FromGiftsTotal
Recording Industry Association of America
1135 N. Poinsettia Place, Hollywood, CA 90026
2025-02-22 · Food and beverage · $224.09
$224.09
Wine Institute
915 L Street, Suite 1190, Sacramento, CA 95814
2025-03-10 · Food and beverage · $57.05
$57.05
Kat Taylor
111 Sutter Street, 10th Floor San Francisco, CA 94104
2025-03-24 · Food and beverage · $161.33
$161.33
California Democratic Party
1830 9th Street, Sacramento, CA 95811
2025-02-05 · Food and beverage · $48.31
2025-05-28 · Food and beverage · $69.47
2025-09-03 · Food and beverage · $73.61
$191.39
California Democratic Party
1830 9th Street, Sacramento, CA 95811
2025-12-02 · Wine from Bernardus Winery · $54.48
$54.48
MN8 Energy LLC · from the PDF
200 West St, New York, NY 10282
2025-11-17 · Food and beverage · $172.21
$172.21
Western States Petroleum Association
1415 L St #900, Sacramento, CA 95814
2025-05-07 · Food and beverage · $131.56
$131.56
California Association of REALTORS
915 L Street, Suite 1460 Sacramento, CA 95814
2025-04-29 · Food and beverage · $144.58
$144.58
Smart Justice California
2443 Fillmore Street, Suite 134, San Francisco, CA 94115
2025-01-07 · Food and beverage · $130.20
2025-08-25 · Food and beverage · $129.15
$259.35
Hispanas Organized for Political Equality
634 South Spring Street, Suite 920 Los Angeles, CA 90014
2025-03-07 · Food · $72.31
$72.31
California-Nevada Conference of Operating Engineers
555 Capitol Mall, Suite 400 Sacramento, CA 95814
2025-04-23 · Food and beverage · $74.59
$74.59

Schedule E · Travel paid by others 9

Paid byTripAmount
Independent Voter Project
PO Box 34431, San Diego, CA 92163		Nayarit, Mexico · 2025-07-27 to 2025-07-31 · made a speech / panel · Gift$4,011.52
Shared Energy Future Foundation · 501(c)(3)
1415 L ST #900, Sacramento, CA		Richmond, CA · 2025-08-07 to 2025-08-08 · Gift$704.79
California Foundation on the Environment & the Economy · 501(c)(3)
920 11th Street, Sacramento, CA		Madrid, Spain · 2025-10-17 to 2025-10-29 · Gift$14,423.71
Council of State Governments · 501(c)(3)
1776 Avenue of the States, Chicago, IL		Chicago, IL · 2025-12-09 to 2025-12-13 · made a speech / panel · Gift$1,971.96
Independent Voter Project
PO Box 34431, San Diego, CA 92163		Maui, Hawaii · 2025-11-16 to 2025-11-21 · made a speech / panel · Gift$4,783.32
California Independent Petroleum Association
1001 K Street, Sixth Floor, Sacramento, CA		Newport Beach, CA · 2025-12-17 to 2025-12-18 · made a speech / panel · Gift$1,254.58
JK Irwin Foundation* · 501(c)(3)
1100 N. Street, Suite 6D, Sacramento, CA		Montgomery, AL · 2025-10-07 to 2025-10-11 · Gift$1,510.73
CalChamber
1215 K. St. Suite 1400, Sacramento, CA 95814		Dana Point, CA · 2025-10-29 to 2025-10-30 · made a speech / panel · Gift$481.72
California Issues Forum · 501(c)(3)
1717 I Street, Sacramento, CA		La Jolla, CA · 2025-12-15 to 2025-12-17 · made a speech / panel · Gift$1,241

The filer's comments

E Smart Justice, a project of Tides Advocacy, served as intermediary for JK Irwin Foundation*