These numbers are as of the reports filed by 7 a.m. Monday, Oct. 14.
The four 49ers independent expenditure committees added $5,000 to their committees, boosting their total donations to $1,574,000. The PACs spent another $243,000, to total $771,000. All donations to these committees come from the 49ers.
The police union PAC received another $70,000, bringing their total contributions to $137,810.00. Last week, the PAC received $50,000 from the Santa Clara police union and $20,000 from Devcon Construction executives and their families.
Since 2016, Historically, the police union PAC has gotten most of the money to finance its political campaigns from developers. Sometimes called “gray money,” this practice enables donors to hide behind entities that have more public trust.
For example, committees with names like “Neighbors for Responsible…” are often fronts for real estate organizations, developers or unions — groups that wouldn’t elicit the kind of trust that “neighbors” would.
Although mailers from the Santa Clara Firefighters Union PAC appeared in mailboxes last week, the PAC doesn’t appear to have filed any financial reports with the city or county for this election cycle.
Last week saw no new candidate financial reports, leaving their campaign war chests unchanged since Oct. 6.
City Clerk
Pornima Gopi: $1,346
Steve Kelly: $4,000
Bob O’Keefe: $1,060
Paul Tacci: $0
District 1
Harbir Bhatia: $7,666
Satish Chandra: $15,803
Albert Gonzalez: $2,105
District 4
Teresa O’Neill: $18,597
Kevin Park: $16,299
District 5
Suds Jain: $26,330
David Kertes: $22,404
District 6
Anthony Becker: $1,452
Kelly Cox: $7,034
George Guerra: $2,760
To date, $1.8 million has been donated in this election cycle.
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