Gov. Gavin Newsom agreed Friday to pay a $13,000 fine for failing to timely report more than a dozen charitable payments made on his request to notable foundations and companies, including Microsoft, Amazon and T-Mobile, between 2018 and 2024.

California’s political ethics law requires elected officials to report donations made on their behalf within 30 days. On 18 separate occasions, the Fair Political Practices Commission said, Newsom and his 2018 campaign committee failed to complete those reports on time, often submitting them months late.

The commission noted that Newsom, who has held public office for more than 25 years, should have known better than to lose track of what amounted to more than $14 million in payments. Newsom filed more than 1,100 such reports since 2011, totaling more than $300 million, and ultimately filed all of the reports before being confronted by enforcement officials.

One payment from T-Mobile was more than $12 million — others ranged from $5,000 to nearly $500,000 from Amazon. The Newsom campaign said some filings were delayed because they had to rely on third parties to track down necessary filing information.

“There is an inherent public harm in not disclosing the payments because the public is deprived of important information and the timely opportunity to scrutinize the payments,” FPPC wrote in its settlement agreement with the governor.

The commission did not fine Newsom for missing deadlines for several payments he requested to help the state through the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

It is common for elected officials to ask companies to make charitable donations to certain organizations, and such payments are not subject to the limits that apply to direct campaign donations. The reporting requirements are intended to allow for timely public scrutiny of these “solicited payments,” which may be an attempt to curry favor with elected officials.

Concerns were raised when Newsom reported requested payments that were six times more in 2020 such as those reported by former Gov. Jerry Brown in his last eight years combined.

A spokesman for Newsom defended the governor’s record of soliciting charitable donations.

“This work, connecting private resources to public needs, is what we need more of across government,” Nathan Click said in a statement.

Click noted that Newsom filed another 1,000 reports on time and said, “Many of those identified in the report were filed just a few weeks late and due to late notification of payment receipt by recipients.”