As the 2024 Santa Clara election campaign ends, campaign donations all city races near $3 million, with spending reaching $2.8 million, according to reports filed as of Nov. 4 at 6 p.m. Donations to individual candidates for city council, city clerk and police chief were $232,268, while independent expenditure committees took in $2.75 million.
The 49ers donations to their four PACs remains at $2.4 million. Their spending over the past two weeks reached a total of $2.3 million.
The Santa Clara police union PAC has added a $70,000 donation from the Santa Clara police union, and a $5,000 donation from the California Real Estate PAC. This brings the police PAC’s total war chest to $223,000. The PAC’s expenditures reached $170,000.
It is notable that the police PAC has spent almost $37,000 on negative campaigning against Anthony Becker — more than twice what the PAC has spent on any other council candidate.
Related’s* four independent expenditure committee spent another $10,041, increasing their spending to $100,041. The developer’s reported donations are $49,000.
The Santa Clara firefighters union PAC has spent a total of $42,574, and reported donations of $9,237.
The Yes on I PAC (infrastructure bond) received another $2,000 donation from Local 393 Political Action Fund, bringing total donations to $52,000. The PAC’s other donation was $50,000 from DevCon Construction CEO, Gary Fillizetti. The PAC has spent $17,996.
The AFL-CIO Labor Council Committee on Education reported spending $21,848 in support of Measure I. The PAC hasn’t reported any receiving any donations in this election, and does not appear to have filed a summary report (460) with the city since 2018.
Individual candidates have received a total $232,268 in donations, and have spent $148,300.
Previous Follow the Money Updates:
- 2024 Follow The Money Update: Independent Expenditure Committees Spend $2.25M
- 2024 Follow The Money Update: 49ers Donate Another $576K
- 2024 Follow The Money Update: Gillmor And Santa Clara Police PAC Fund Campaign
- 2024 Follow The Money Update: 49ers Spend Another $243K, Police Union Deposits Another $70,000
2024 Follow the Money Update: Gillmor and Santa Clara Police PAC Fund Campaign Kickoffs, 49ers PAC War Chest Tops $1.5 Million
2024 Follow the Money: Related Opens the Checkbook, More 49ers Media Spending
Follow the Money 2024: 49ers Shovel in $930K, Chandra Raises Money Out of Town
*Since 2013, Related has had an exclusive negotiating agreement to build on Santa Clara’s former golf course across the street from Levi’s Stadium.