{"id":2654643,"date":"2026-09-04T13:33:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T17:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-congresswoman-did-not-disclose-husbands-nonprofit-payments\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T13:44:50","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T17:44:50","slug":"california-congresswoman-did-not-disclose-husbands-nonprofit-payments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-congresswoman-did-not-disclose-husbands-nonprofit-payments\/","title":{"rendered":"California congresswoman did not disclose husband\u2019s nonprofit payments"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcalifornia-congresswoman-did-not-disclose-husbands-nonprofit-payments%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2654643&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Rep. Young Kim (R-CA) has faced ongoing scrutiny over her financial disclosures,especially regarding her husband&#8217;s income and her own business claims. She has not reported any income from her husband as her initial run for Congress, despite records indicating he earned money from a South Korean nonprofit.This discrepancy adds to past disputes, including a 2018 lawsuit alleging she falsely presented herself as a small business owner and an ethics complaint for omitting nearly $50,000 in private travel expenses over two years.<\/p>\n<p>Kim\u2019s husband, Charles Joo Kim, reportedly earned up to $100,000 in 2017 from a south Korean organization, Dam Jae, yet he classified his income as volunteer reimbursements, which she did not disclose properly. Kim&#8217;s campaign asserts he is fully retired and that his income is exempt from reporting requirements, with no missing income owed.The couple has been together for 40 years.<\/p>\n<p>Kim is currently a vulnerable House Republican facing a primary challenge from fellow incumbent Rep. Ken Calvert.Both are running for the GOP nomination in California\u2019s newly redrawn districts, which could result in only one winning reelection in the upcoming general election. Their financial disclosures are under scrutiny, with each having amended previous filings amidst allegations of undisclosed assets and trips.<\/p>\n<p>Kim also previously disputed her designation as a \u201csmall business owner,\u201d with a lawsuit claiming she misrepresented her profession. She owned a consulting firm, YK Connections, which provided services like hosting talks and event coordination. A court upheld her designation, dismissing allegations of misrepresentation. however, she faced another ethics complaint for failing to disclose five private trips abroad, partially paid for by private organizations, which she initially did not fully report. Kim amended her disclosures after the complaint.<\/p>\n<p>Both candidates have had issues with undisclosed or improperly reported financial interests, including real estate holdings and travel expenses, which have been highlighted in their campaigns. Despite these controversies, both are favored to succeed in the upcoming election against Democratic opponents.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep. Young Kim (R-CA), the subject of past <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/finance\/\">financial<\/a> scrutiny surrounding her disclosure filings and how she characterized her <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/business\/\">business<\/a> interests to voters, has not reported any income for her husband since she first ran for <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Congress\/\">Congress<\/a> despite local records stating that he did earn money through a South Korean <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nonprofits\/\">nonprofit<\/a> organization.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The recently discovered discrepancy adds to Kim\u2019s history of disputes involving her finances, including a failed 2018 lawsuit claiming the congresswoman wrongly portrayed herself to be a small business owner on the ballot and an <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ethics\/\">ethics<\/a> complaint from 2025 alleging she omitted nearly $50,000 in privately funded travel over a two-year period.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4714019\/florida-kathy-castor-ad-house-race-democrat\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                               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href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4713580\/inside-elections-shifts-new-hampshire-senate-race-toss-up-john-sununu\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Inside Elections shifts New Hampshire Senate race to toss-up in favor of John Sununu<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<h2 id=\"h-husband-s-payments-from-nonprofit-organization-unreported\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Husband\u2019s payments from nonprofit organization unreported<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">House Ethics Committee <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/ethics.house.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/7-8-2026-2025-Published-Instruction-Guide.pdf\">rules<\/a> require that sitting members and congressional candidates report the source of all household income, including a spouse\u2019s earnings, exceeding $1,000.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When she first ran for Congress in 2018 and lost, Kim did not report dual income, nor has she in the eight years since, but financial statements say that her husband, Charles Joo Kim, supposedly earned up to six figures that same reporting year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Orange County records obtained by the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> state that he was earning as much as $100,000 from a South Korean nonprofit organization as its U.S. coordinator in 2017, the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/disclosures-clerk.house.gov\/public_disc\/financial-pdfs\/2018\/10036124.pdf\">first year<\/a> the three-term congresswoman was required to disclose spousal income.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Charles Kim reported on a personal-finance form receiving between $10,000 and $100,000 in \u201cgross income\u201d from the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.gov\/military\/veterans\/memorial-homes\/menlo-park\/activity-and-volunteer\/photo-gallery\/korean-war-veterans-honored-2018\/page-1\/\">Dam Jae Friends of Korean War Veterans<\/a>, a private foundation based in Seoul. Under the section denoting his \u201cbusiness position,\u201d he wrote \u201ccoordinator\u201d of U.S. veterans and marked the business activity as \u201dtravel &#038; event coordination.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\">Charles Kim\u2019s 2017 statement of economic interests form. (Orange County Clerk of the Board)<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; data-large-file=&#8221;https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigndemocrats-openly-declare-their-plans-to-infiltrate-rural-american-towns\/\" title=\"Democrats Openly Declare Plans To Infiltrate Rural America\">net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2026\/09\/localimages\/image<\/a>.png?w=696&#8243; height=&#8221;422&#8243; width=&#8221;1024&#8243; &#8220;https:><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Charles Kim\u2019s 2017 statement of economic interests form. (Orange County Clerk of the Board)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the time, Charles Kim was a member of the Orange County Waste Management Commission, an advisory body to the county\u2019s board of supervisors, and had to submit an annual <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/cob.oc.gov\/disclosure-activities\">statement of economic interests<\/a> signed under the penalty of perjury. His municipal position only paid a maximum monthly <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/cob.oc.gov\/sites\/cob\/files\/2026-01\/District%205.pdf\">stipend of $300<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, the payments from Dam Jae appear to have been improperly declared as income.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Dam Jae, they were reimbursements related to Charles Kim\u2019s volunteer work with the foundation, which travels around the world to thank the troops who were sent to defend South Korea and recognize those servicemembers with medals of appreciation. An <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ausa.org\/sites\/default\/files\/2018-Spring-Newsletter.pdf\">Association of the United States Army<\/a> newsletter from around that time identified Charles Kim as Dam Jae\u2019s \u201cAmerican Liaison.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A letter written by Ho Myung Shim, the chairman of Dam Jae, and provided to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> in response to an inquiry about the nature of his compensation, said Charles Kim \u201conly acted as a volunteer\u201d who helped the organization connect with Korean War veterans to honor their service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCharles Kim was not hired as an employee, did not receive employee wages or salary from the organization, and any payments made to him were solely to reimburse him for expenses and costs that he personally incurred on behalf of our organization,\u201d the chairman wrote.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\">Sept. 2 letter from Dam Jae\u2019s chairman<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; data-large-file=&#8221;https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2026\/09\/localimages\/image_373f1b<\/a>.png?w=613&#8243; &#8220;https:><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sept. 2 letter from Dam Jae\u2019s chairman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kim campaign spokesman Chris Pack said that Charles Kim has been fully retired since 2017 and that his income to date includes Social Security benefits, which House reporting requirements <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress-1275988-6249768.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/7-8-2026-2025-Published-Instruction-Guide.pdf\">expressly exempt<\/a> from reportable income.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere is therefore no missing employment income from Charles that Young needs to go back and add to her disclosures,\u201d Pack told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Charles and Young Kim, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/youngkim.house.gov\/about\/\">both grandparents<\/a>, have been together <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/YoungKimCA\/posts\/pfbid02YFqtsJqMTQ5bcmnDD1a4NoGFr4fC5qoPM1KB6mkLUWWQP1UPmQj8wfyNGYtS1Kp1l\">for 40 years<\/a>. Young Kim, 63, would have been in her mid-50s in 2017.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now a vulnerable House Republican fighting to keep her seat in California\u2019s newly redrawn 40th Congressional District, she is fending off a challenge this election cycle from fellow longtime Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA), whose neighboring district was diced up by last year\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3872419\/california-proposition-50-redistricting-everything-to-know\/\">Democrat-initiated redistricting effort<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-26\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Calvert\u2019s old 41st District was radically redrawn to take in liberal areas of Los Angeles County and Orange County, while most of its conservative core was moved into the district over into Kim\u2019s turf. With his competitive home district turning <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cookpolitical.com\/house\/race\/482021\">a deeper blue<\/a>, Calvert decided to run in Kim\u2019s district, which remains <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cookpolitical.com\/house\/race\/482016\">safely red<\/a> and even gained more Republican ground.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kim and Calvert <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4593967\/california-vulnerable-republican-redistricting-victims-primaries\/\">advanced from the nonpartisan primary<\/a> as the top two candidates and will face off in the general election. Calvert claimed about 35% of the vote, and Kim garnered around 21%. The collision between the two Republican incumbents in November will result in only one winning reelection, while the other will be forced out of office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/4539232\/ken-calvert-young-kim-fight-california-40th-district\/\"><strong>GOP HOUSE INCUMBENTS FIGHT FOR SAME INLAND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SEAT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both their finances are becoming a line of attack in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/4539232\/ken-calvert-young-kim-fight-california-40th-district\/\">bitter GOP showdown<\/a>, as Calvert is carrying some financial-disclosure baggage of his own.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf amended financial disclosures are going to be part of a story about the race between Young Kim and Ken Calvert,\u201d said Pack, \u201cit would be journalistic malpractice to ignore Calvert\u2019s record in this space.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Addressing an ethics complaint against Kim in early December that flagged a series of trips missing from her disclosure forms, Pack said, \u201cYoung simply acknowledged an oversight and corrected it,\u201d referring to the congresswoman swiftly amending three years of financial filings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCalvert, meanwhile,\u201d he continued, \u201camended six consecutive years of disclosures only after the <em>Los Angeles Times<\/em> uncovered an undisclosed commercial real estate investment near a project that received a $2 million taxpayer-funded earmark at Calvert\u2019s direction.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\">Rep. Young Kim (R-CA) and Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA) are both running for the Republican spot in California\u2019s June 2 all-party primary for the newly-fashioned 40th Congressional District. Whether it\u2019s Young or Calvert, they\u2019re favored to win in the November ballot against a democratic candidate. (Ken Cedeno\/Pool via AP; Jose Luis Magana\/AP)<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; data-large-file=&#8221;https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2026\/09\/localimages\/WB.Congress.042926.jpg?w=696&#8243; &#8220;https:><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rep. Young Kim (R-CA) and Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA) are both running for the Republican spot in California\u2019s June 2 all-party primary for the newly-fashioned 40th Congressional District. Whether it\u2019s Young or Calvert, they\u2019re favored to win in the November ballot against a democratic candidate. (Ken Cedeno\/Pool via AP; Jose Luis Magana\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2024, the <em>Los Angeles Times<\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/politics\/story\/2024-07-22\/ken-calvert-earmarks-riverside-county\">reported<\/a> that Calvert failed to disclose his 2016 purchase of a commercial rental property in Corona. The property, according to the report, is about one mile from a bridge that received $2 million in earmarked funds through Calvert\u2019s office. Following the <em>Times<\/em>\u2019s article, Calvert <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/politics\/story\/2024-08-07\/calvert-campaign-finance-investigation-request-end-citizens-united\">amended<\/a> his disclosure reports, covering 2016 through 2021, to disclose the property.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThose revelations also prompted an ethics complaint over Calvert\u2019s undisclosed real estate holdings and potential conflicts involving taxpayer-funded earmarks,\u201d Pack told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. \u201cSo, if Calvert wants to scrutinize amended filings, let\u2019s scrutinize them.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-up-to-50-000-in-undisclosed-travel\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Up to $50,000 in undisclosed travel<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kim was hit late last year with <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.endcitizensunited.org\/young-kim-occ-complaint\">an ethics complaint<\/a> from End Citizens United, a left-leaning campaign finance reform group, accusing her of violating federal disclosure law by failing to report on her financial forms five privately sponsored trips she took between 2022 and 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two of them were paid trips abroad, including <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/youngkim.house.gov\/2022\/03\/11\/lawmakers-reflect-trips-israel\/\">one to Israel<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/youngkim.house.gov\/2024\/04\/08\/rep-young-kim-meets-with-elected-officials-business-leaders-on-bipartisan-trip-to-south-korea\/\">another to South Korea<\/a>. Kim\u2019s husband had accompanied her on both overseas trips, which cost a combined $44,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/disclosures-clerk.house.gov\/gtimages\/MT\/2022\/500024083.pdf\">Travel<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/disclosures-clerk.house.gov\/gtimages\/MT\/2024\/500028184.pdf\">itineraries<\/a> show that during their trip to Israel, paid for by the AIPAC-affiliated American Israel Education Foundation, the Kims stayed at Jerusalem\u2019s leading luxury hotel, a five-star locale. While they were in South Korea, the Korea Society and the U.S. Association of Former Members of Congress jointly footed the bill for the couple\u2019s overnight stays at two other five-star hotels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCongresswoman Kim didn\u2019t just slip up once; she blatantly disregarded federal disclosure law five separate times, hiding the source of nearly $50,000 used to fund multiple trips, including business class flights and luxury hotel accommodations,\u201d Tiffany Muller, the president of End Citizens United, said in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.endcitizensunited.org\/news\/following-complaint-by-ecu-rep-kim-admits-to-50k-in-undisclosed-luxury-travel\">a press release<\/a>. \u201cThese laws exist to protect the public by exposing conflicts of interest and preventing public officials from letting perks influence their votes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lawmakers may accept <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/ethics.house.gov\/manual\/officially-connected-travel-paid-for-by-a-private-source-ethics-committee-travel-regulations\/\">paid trips covered by private entities<\/a> as long as the travel is connected to official congressional business and provided they secure advance authorization from the House Ethics Committee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/3873257\/california-gop-redistricting-survivors-proposition-50\/\"><strong>THE LIKELY HOUSE GOP CALIFORNIA REDISTRICTING SURVIVORS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kim indeed sought and received prior permission for each trip, disclosing the trip sponsors each time, but did not name any of them on her <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/disclosures-clerk.house.gov\/public_disc\/financial-pdfs\/2022\/10053963.pdf\">financial<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/disclosures-clerk.house.gov\/public_disc\/financial-pdfs\/2023\/10057252.pdf\">disclosure<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/disclosures-clerk.house.gov\/public_disc\/financial-pdfs\/2024\/10067055.pdf\">reports<\/a>, due annually, as she was <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/disclosures-clerk.house.gov\/gtimages\/MT\/2022\/500024083.pdf\">instructed<\/a> in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/disclosures-clerk.house.gov\/gtimages\/MT\/2024\/500028184.pdf\">letters of approval<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Days after the Dec. 4 complaint\u2019s submission to the Office of Congressional Conduct, demanding an \u201cimmediate\u201d investigation, Kim amended her <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/disclosures-clerk.house.gov\/public_disc\/financial-pdfs\/2022\/10072958.pdf\">yearly<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/disclosures-clerk.house.gov\/public_disc\/financial-pdfs\/2023\/10072959.pdf\">disclosure<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/disclosures-clerk.house.gov\/public_disc\/financial-pdfs\/2024\/10072940.pdf\">filings<\/a> to mention those five trips and acknowledged failing to properly disclose the travel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cRep. Kim always acts in accordance with House rules, and as soon as this oversight was identified, she corrected it,\u201d a spokeswoman for Kim <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/2025\/12\/10\/rep-young-kim-didnt-disclose-all-of-her-sponsored-travel-complaint-alleges\/\">told<\/a> the <em>Orange County Register<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2024, End Citizens United also asked the Office of Congressional Ethics to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/politics\/story\/2024-08-07\/calvert-campaign-finance-investigation-request-end-citizens-united\">investigate Calvert<\/a> over his undisclosed real estate holdings and potential conflicts of interest involving the federal funding he reportedly helped direct to projects near the property in which he had financial interests. Calvert\u2019s campaign disputed the allegations.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-small-business-owner-status-disputed\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Small business owner status disputed<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2018, a lawsuit disputed <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov\/statewide-elections\/2018-general\/cert-list-candidates.pdf\">Kim\u2019s self-description<\/a> on the ballot as a \u201csmall business owner,\u201d claiming that she was misleading voters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In California, candidates can declare what they do for a living <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sos.ca.gov\/administration\/regulations\/current-regulations\/elections\/ballot-designations\">within a three-word limit<\/a>, and the profession they pick appears beneath their names on the ballot. The paperwork quirk functions as a last-minute pitch at the ballot box that tells voters additional and sometimes surprising biographical information completely different from a candidate\u2019s public image.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many contenders, even elected officials, ditch their official title and opt for an occupational marker that leaves a final impression that they are an average working-class citizen. For instance, the selected label below California gubernatorial hopeful Xavier Becerra\u2019s name reads <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov\/statewide-elections\/2026-general\/cert-list-candidates.pdf\">\u201cvoting rights attorney,\u201d<\/a> though he is best known as former President Joe Biden\u2019s U.S. secretary of Health and Human Services.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kim, then a former state legislator who had just served in the California Assembly, chose to identify herself as a \u201csmall business owner.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\">Rep. Young Kim (R-CA) speaks on April 15, 2024, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite)<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; data-large-file=&#8221;https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2026\/09\/localimages\/AP26139691393530-e1780953157443.jpg?w=696&#8243; &#8220;https:><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rep. Young Kim (R-CA) speaks on April 15, 2024, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two constituents in Kim\u2019s congressional district sued over the descriptor, calling it a mischaracterization. The small business in question was YK Connections, her consulting firm, and the lawsuit alleged that Kim did not disclose income from the company on her <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/disclosures-clerk.house.gov\/public_disc\/financial-pdfs\/2018\/10019908.pdf\">2018 financial disclosure form<\/a>, which covered all earnings she made the previous year. Thus, it must be \u201cdefunct,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ultimately, the complainants unsuccessfully challenged Kim\u2019s \u201csmall business owner\u201d status, with <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/2959-TR-Election-Writ.pdf\">a California judge finding<\/a> that two sources of revenue she reported in the 2018 filing were actually clients of YK Connections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kim originally reported KBS America, the Korean Broadcasting System\u2019s U.S. subsidiary, paying her $10,800 to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.law.uci.edu\/centers\/korea-law-center\/events\/conferences\/peer-mentorship-2017\/government\/bio-young-kim.html\">host a weekly talk show<\/a> and making $4,000 from South Baylo University for a commencement speech. She would <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/disclosures-clerk.house.gov\/public_disc\/financial-pdfs\/2018\/10036121.pdf\">amend<\/a> the 2018 report two years later to consolidate that income as $14,800 in general \u201cconsulting services\u201d provided by YK Connections. Consistent with federal disclosure guidance, Kim reclassified the specific income sources, which she initially listed out as individual clients, as income from YK Connections, the business through which the income was earned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe court is not convinced petitioners have even made a prima facie showing Kim\u2019s \u2018small business owner\u2019 ballot designation is either false or misleading,\u201d Superior Court Judge Allen Sumner ruled back in 2018. \u201cAssuming they did, Kim\u2019s declaration sufficiently rebuts any such showing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kim\u2019s campaign suspected the \u201cfrivolous\u201d case was brought by her Democratic opponent, Gil Cisneros. \u201cThe judge saw right through this false lawsuit and outright rejected this attempt to smear Young Kim\u2019s well-documented history as a local small-business owner,\u201d the Kim campaign said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4473418\/california-house-republicans-swap-districts-strategize\/?itm_source=parsely-api\"><strong>CALIFORNIA\u2019S VULNERABLE HOUSE REPUBLICANS SWAP DISTRICTS AND STRATEGIZE AHEAD OF PRIMARY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A spokesman for the Cisneros campaign <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/judge-rejects-lawsuit-challenging-gop-candidates-small-business-owner-status\/\">told<\/a> the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> that two small business owners filed the complaint, not Cisneros, but ignored inquiries about whether he helped mount the legal challenge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYoung reported $0 in income from the business, she did not report having a position with the company, she did not report having a business of any value, and she has not registered to pay business taxes with the city of Fullerton,\u201d the Cisneros spokesman said. \u201cThe question is if Young Kim does, in fact, own a small business, then why has she not paid taxes?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The judge who denied the petition noted in his ruling that YK Connections was structured as <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/businesses\/small-businesses-self-employed\/sole-proprietorships\">a sole proprietorship<\/a>, meaning she reported profits on her personal income tax returns. 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