Goodwin H Liu: 2025 Annual statement

Annual 2025: Judge, Supreme Court of California · due 2026-03-02
Filed: 2026-02-22 · signed 02/22/2026 10:38 PM
Source: Read from the FPPC's structured data, checked against the PDF · the PDF (7 p.) · FPPC portal

Findings

Context Travel payments

Lists $28,411.99 in travel paid by others (16 payments)

Largest: New Haven, CT ($6,988.96, Yale University), Cambridge, MA ($5,666.86, Harvard University), Seoul, South Korea ($5,290.51, Korea Legislation Research Institute). 16 of 16 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

Schedule C · Income and business positions 4

Source	Income
Columbia University Educational institution · Lecturer · Columbia Law School	$10,001–$100,000 Salary
Harvard University Educational institution · Lecturer · Harvard Law School	$10,001–$100,000 Salary
James Irvine Foundation Charitable foundation · Director · 1 Bush Street #800, San Francisco, CA 94104	$1,001–$10,000 Salary
Stanford University Educational institution · Lecturer · Stanford Law School	$1,001–$10,000 Salary

Schedule E · Travel paid by others 16

Paid by	Trip	Amount
American Philosophical Society · 501(c)(3) 104 S. Fifth Street, Philadelphia, PA	San Diego, CA · 2025-11-13 to 2025-11-14 · made a speech / panel · Gift	$208.11
Vietnamese Bar Assn of Southern California 3129 S. Hacienda Blvd., #662, Hacienda Heights, CA	Garden Grove, CA · 2025-11-14 · made a speech / panel · Gift	$229.44
Brennan Center for Justice · 501(c)(3) 120 Broadway, Suite 1750, New York, NY	Denver, CO · 2025-11-06 to 2025-11-08 · made a speech / panel · Gift	$1,640.81
Harvard University · 501(c)(3) Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA	Cambridge, MA · 2025-09-13 · made a speech / panel · Gift	$345.51
Yale University · 501(c)(3) Yale University, New Haven, CT	New Haven, CT · 2025-09-19 · made a speech / panel · Gift	$344.17
Harvard University · 501(c)(3) Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA	Cambridge, MA · 2025-09-15 to 2025-09-25 · Travel reimb - teaching at HLS · Gift	$5,666.86
UCLA · 501(c)(3) 10920 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles, CA · 2025-11-13 · made a speech / panel · Gift	$412.45
Korea Legislation Research Institute 15 Gukchaegyeonguwon-ro, Sejong-si, South Korea	Seoul, South Korea · 2025-05-26 to 2025-05-29 · made a speech / panel · Gift	$5,290.51
Yale University · 501(c)(3) Yale Law School, New Haven, CT	New Haven, CT · 2025-09-11 to 2025-09-13 · made a speech / panel · Gift	$6,988.96
University of San Diego · 501(c)(3) USD Law School, San Diego, CA	San Diego, CA · 2025-05-17 · made a speech / panel · Gift	$985.80
Chinese American Lawyers Assn of Orange County 2160 Barranca Parkway 1131, Irvine, CA	Santa Ana, CA · 2025-05-16 · made a speech / panel · Gift	$298.49
Chinese American Lawyers Forum 27 Bleeker Street, Suite 202, Millburn, NJ	Redondo Beach, CA · 2025-04-25 · made a speech / panel · Gift	$132.97
Columbia University · 501(c)(3) Columbia Law School, New York, NY	New York, NY · 2025-01-13 to 2025-01-17 · Travel reimb - teaching at Columbia Law School · Gift	$2,764.17
American Academy of Political and Social Science · 501(c)(3) P.O. Box 30732, Philadelphia, PA	Washington, DC · 2025-10-29 to 2025-10-30 · made a speech / panel · Gift	$1,315.78
George Mason University Foundation · 501(c)(3) 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA	Marathon, FL · 2025-01-27 to 2025-01-28 · made a speech / panel · Gift	$669.10
Aspen Institute · 501(c)(3) 2300 N Street, Suite 700, Washington, DC	Aspen, CO · 2025-06-16 to 2025-06-20 · Travel reimb - Justice & Society seminar · Gift	$1,118.86