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For more information, including how to file by email, <a href="https://prd.cdn.sos.ca.gov/pdf/lobbying-renewal-letter-2025-2026.pdf">read the renewal notice</a>. <p><a href="https://prd.cdn.sos.ca.gov/pdf/lobbyist-photo-submission-form-2024.pdf">Lobbyist Photo Submission Form</a></p> <strong>The Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) has updated the <a href="https://fppc.ca.gov/content/dam/fppc/NS-Documents/TAD/all-forms/410 ADA.pdf">Statement of Organization (Form 410)</a></strong> to accommodate new requirements to include the names of those authorized to obtain the bank records and email addresses of the committee's treasurer, assistant treasurer, and principal officer(s).</div> <p>The Political Reform Division administers provisions of California's Political Reform Act, including the law's most fundamental purpose of ensuring that "receipts and expenditures in election campaigns should be fully and truthfully disclosed in order that the voters may be fully informed and the activities of lobbyists should be regulated" and "their finances disclosed..." (Gov. Code § 81002)</p> <p>The Political Reform Act was adopted as a statewide initiative (Proposition 9) by an overwhelming vote of the electorate in 1974. The law requires detailed disclosure of the role of money in California politics. This includes the disclosure of contributions and expenditures in connection with campaigns supporting or opposing state and local candidates and ballot measures as well as the disclosure of expenditures made in connection with lobbying the State Legislature and attempting to influence administrative decisions of state government. Electronic data received by the California Secretary of State is published on the California Automated Lobbying and Campaign Contribution Electronic Search System (CAL-ACCESS) website. <a href="https://cal-access.sos.ca.gov/">CAL-ACCESS</a> is the state’s campaign and lobbying information system where candidates, political committees, and lobbyists file detailed financial disclosures.</p> <p><a href="https://www.sos.ca.gov/campaign-lobbying/about-the-political-reform-division">History of the Political Reform Division</a></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div> <h2 id="second"> Campaign & Lobbying Filing </h2> <p>Filing obligations may vary by entity type:</p> <ul class="blts"> <li><a href="https://www.fppc.ca.gov/learn/campaign-rules/where-and-when-to-file-campaign-statements.html">When and Where to File Campaign Statements</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.fppc.ca.gov/learn/lobbyist-rules/lobbying-registration-reporting-and-ethics-training.html">When and Where to File Lobbying Statements</a></li> </ul> <h4>How to File</h4> <p>If the FPPC instructions direct you to file your documents with the Secretary of State with original ink signature(s) or verified digital signature(s) you may:</p> <ul class="blts"> <li>Mail your statement with original ink signature(s) to Political Reform Division, Secretary of State, 1500 11th Street, Room 495, Sacramento, CA 95814.</li> <li>Drop off your statement with original ink signature in the box labeled “Political Reform Division” located in the first-floor rotunda lobby at 1500 11th Street, Sacramento, CA 95814.</li> <li>Email a digitally signed statement following the detailed guidelines on our website:  <ul class="blts"> <li><a href="https://www.sos.ca.gov/campaign-lobbying/campaign-filing/digital-signature-filing-instructions-campaign-filings" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Digital Signature Filing Instructions for Campaign Filings</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.sos.ca.gov/campaign-lobbying/lobbying-filing/digital-signature-filing-instructions-lobbying-filings" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Digital Signature Filing Instructions for Lobbying Filings</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.sos.ca.gov/campaign-lobbying/contact-us/frequently-asked-questions">Digital Filing Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p>If FPPC Guidance directs you to file your statements electronically:</p> <ul class="blts"> <li><a href="https://www.sos.ca.gov/campaign-lobbying/helpful-resources/how-to-file-electronically">How to File Electronically</a></li> </ul> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div> <h2 id="third"> Digital Signature Filing Instructions </h2> <p><a href="https://www.sos.ca.gov/campaign-lobbying/campaign-filing/digital-signature-filing-instructions-campaign-filings">Digital Signature Filing Instructions for Campaign Filings</a><br /> <a href="https://www.sos.ca.gov/campaign-lobbying/lobbying-filing/digital-signature-filing-instructions-lobbying-filings">Digital Signature Filing Instructions for Lobbying Filings</a><br /> <a href="https://www.sos.ca.gov/campaign-lobbying/contact-us/frequently-asked-questions">Digital Filing Frequently Asked Questions</a></p> <p><strong>Beginning January 1, 2023</strong>, filers required by the Political Reform Act of 1974 to file a report or statement by paper with the Secretary of State may instead file the paper report or statement by email. Additionally, the requirement that a copy must accompany an original report or statement filed with the SOS in paper format has been eliminated.</p> <p>All statements must be signed using a verified digital signature consistent with FPPC Regulation 18104(b) (2). To comply with this requirement, see <u><a href="https://www.fppc.ca.gov/content/dam/fppc/NS-Documents/TAD/new-laws/Filing_With_A_Digital_Signature_Final.pdf">FPPC guidance</a></u>.</p> <p><strong>**IMPORTANT:</strong> <a href="https://www.sos.ca.gov/campaign-lobbying/helpful-resources/how-to-file-electronically">If you are required to file electronically or online</a>, that obligation and method of filing remains unchanged. <b>This guidance pertains only to filings previously required to be filed by paper</b>. Filing statements by email does not satisfy the online filing requirement under GC 84605 (Political Reform Act) to file electronically with the Secretary of State in CAL-ACCESS. If your filing is received and filed by email, it only fulfills your obligation to file a report or statement by paper.</p> <p><em>Filings received with a scanned copy of a signature or without a digital signature that qualifies as a “secure electronic signature” pursuant to the FPPC regulation and guidance referenced above will not be processed.</em></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div> <h2 id="fourth"> How to Navigate this Site </h2> <p>Below are various resources for filers and public users gathered from across our website, the Fair Political Practices Commission and other partner agencies, as well as filing officers of all levels of jurisdiction, including but not limited to Campaign Filing, Lobbying Filing, What's New, Helpful Resources, About the Political Reform Division, and how to Contact Us. For quick navigation, the Quick Links section offers direct access to commonly accessed areas and tools. These Quick Links include:</p> <p><a href="https://cafile.sos.ca.gov/CalOnline/">Cal-Online</a> allows state candidates, campaign committees, and lobbying entities to electronically submit registration and disclosure reports mandated by California's Political Reform Act to the Secretary of State free of charge.</p> <p><a href="https://cal-access.sos.ca.gov/">CAL-ACCESS</a> provides financial and registration information supplied by state candidates, donors, lobbyists, and others.</p> <p><a href="https://powersearch.sos.ca.gov/quick-search.php">Power Search</a> provides useful summaries and allows users to search information at the contributor, candidate, ballot measure and campaign committee levels with options for sorting, filtering and further exploring statewide campaign contribution data. The <a href="http://powersearch.sos.ca.gov:3000/">Independent Expenditures Search</a> provides data on campaign spending by individuals or committees that make expenditures to support or oppose state candidates or ballot measures without directly coordinating with the target candidate or measure proponents or committees.</p> <p><a href="https://www.sos.ca.gov/campaign-lobbying/helpful-resources/fines-late-filing-disclosure-statements-and-reports">Fines for Late Filings</a> provides information on how to pay fines and how to request a waiver.</p> <p><a href="https://www.sos.ca.gov/campaign-lobbying/contact-us/frequently-asked-questions">Frequently Asked Questions</a> offers responses to common questions regarding digital signature filing, electronic filing, and requests for waivers of liability.</p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="container"> <div id="boxes-wrapper" class="row"> <div id="boxes" class="col-xs-12"> <div class="row"> <div 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</div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-12"> <div class="box-row row"> <div class="bxScnd"> <h2 class="togLnk">What's New</h2> <div class="togCont"> <p><strong><a href="https://www.sos.ca.gov/campaign-lobbying/helpful-resources/electronic-filing">Electronic Filing Password Request Forms (Updated 2024)</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://prd.cdn.sos.ca.gov/forms/prd-1-form-with-instructions-2024.pdf">Waiver Request Form PRD-1 (Updated 2024)</a></strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.sos.ca.gov/campaign-lobbying/helpful-resources/cal-access-replacement-system-project-cars-updates"><strong>CAL-ACCESS Replacement System Project Updates</strong></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.sos.ca.gov/campaign-lobbying/helpful-resources/political-reform-division-program-updates"><strong>Political Reform Division Quarterly Program Updates</strong></a></p> <p> </p> </div> </div> <div class="catlgLnks clearfix"> <h2 class="togLnk">Helpful Resources</h2> <div class="togCont"> <ul class="btns"> <li><a href="https://www.sos.ca.gov/campaign-lobbying/helpful-resources/how-to-file-electronically">How to File Electronically</a></li><li><a href="https://www.sos.ca.gov/campaign-lobbying/helpful-resources/electronic-filing">Electronic Filing Password Request</a></li><li><a href="https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/">Elections Division</a></li><li><a href="https://www.sos.ca.gov/campaign-lobbying/helpful-resources/federal-election-commission">Federal Election Commission</a></li><li><a href="https://www.sos.ca.gov/campaign-lobbying/helpful-resources/fair-political-practices-commission">Fair Political Practices Commission</a></li><li><a href="https://www.sos.ca.gov/campaign-lobbying/helpful-resources/political-reform-audit-program-california-franchise-tax-board">Political Reform Audit Program for the California Franchise Tax Board</a></li><li><a href="https://www.sos.ca.gov/campaign-lobbying/helpful-resources/cal-access-replacement-system-project-cars-updates">CAL-ACCESS Replacement System Project</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-12"> <div class="box-row row"> <div class="bxScnd"> <h2 class="togLnk">About the Political Reform Division</h2> <div class="togCont"> <p><strong><a href="https://www.sos.ca.gov/campaign-lobbying/about-the-political-reform-division"><span>History of the Political Reform Division</span></a></strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.sos.ca.gov/campaign-lobbying/about-the-political-reform-division/historical-campaign-reports"><strong><span>Historical Campaign Reports</span></strong></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.sos.ca.gov/campaign-lobbying/about-the-political-reform-division/historical-lobbying-reports"><strong><span>Historical Lobbying Reports</span></strong></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.sos.ca.gov/campaign-lobbying/about-the-political-reform-division/services-and-responsibilities"><strong><span>Services & Responsibilities</span></strong></a></p> <p> </p> </div> </div> <div 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