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Findings
ContextTravel payments
Lists $15,460.52 in travel paid by others (3 payments)
Largest: Norway ($12,401.35, California Foundation on the Environment & the Economy), New York, NY ($2,000, The Climate Registry), Carmel-By-The-Sea, CA ($1,059.17, California Legislative Central Coast Caucus Foundation). 3 of 3 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.
Lobbying reports name $413.96 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: ST SHARED SERVICES LLC $413.96 (lodging).
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).
ST SHARED SERVICES LLC$413.96
2025-01-23 Lodging at Bernardus Lodge and Spa $413.96 (of $827.92 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 D · Gifts 1
From
Gifts
Total
California State Protocol Foundation 1901 Harrison Street, Ste. 1550, Oakland, CA, 94612
2025-08-20 · Food and Beverage · $115.74
$115.74
Schedule E · Travel paid by others 3
Paid by
Trip
Amount
California Legislative Central Coast Caucus Foundation · 501(c)(3) 445 S. Figueroa Street, Ste. 2400, Los Angeles, CA 90071
Carmel-By-The-Sea, CA · 2025-05-08 to 2025-05-09 · Lodging/Meals · Gift
$1,059.17
California Foundation on the Environment & the Economy · 501(c)(3) 920 11th Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
Norway · 2025-04-11 to 2025-04-19 · Airfare, meals, meetings, lodging, ground transport, reunion dinner, policy photo book · Gift
$12,401.35
The Climate Registry · 501(c)(3) 600 Wilshire Blvd, Ste. 202, Los Angeles, CA 90017
New York, NY · 2025-09-20 to 2025-09-24 · Lodging/Airfare · Gift