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These lines begin with each campaign or ballot measure's last reported cash-on-hand and then adds late contributions. This provides a measure of the resources a campaign has at its disposal. But, keep in mind that campaigns are always spending money, which we can't see. This also does not include all contributions, as campaigns are only required to report contributions over $1,000 in the final stretch of an election. For ballot measures, all committees supporting or opposing a measure are summed together. See the Notes tab for more information.
Past Three Days' Reported Contributions
| Committee | Donor | Amount | Details |
| (none) |
Top Late Contributors - Support
| Donor | Amount |
| CA Teachers Association Issues PAC (cta) | $10,132,132.92 |
| Democratic State Central Committee Of Ca | $5,085,176.18 |
| CA State Council Of Service Employees Issues Committee (seiu) | $4,369,998.25 |
| CA State Council Of Service Employees Issues Committee | $3,462,023.32 |
| CA Hospitals Committee On Issues, Sponsored By Cahhs | $2,000,000.00 |
| CA Federation Of Teachers Cope Prop/ballot Committee | $1,855,000.00 |
| Ca Teachers Assn. Issues Pac | $1,548,420.02 |
| American Federation Of Teachers | $1,450,000.00 |
| Service Employees International Union | $1,282,523.97 |
| CA Statewide Law Enforcement Association | $1,279,656.00 |
Top Late Contributors - Oppose
| Donor | Amount |
| Charles Thomas Munger, Jr. | $57,974,907.50 |
| Small Business Action Committee Pac | $11,575,226.00 |
| Americans For Responsible Leadership | $11,000,000.00 |
| William Oberndorf | $2,000,000.00 |
| John Scully | $1,000,000.00 |
| The New Majority Pac | $700,000.00 |
| Yes On 32 - Stop Special Interest Money Now | $650,000.00 |
| John Murray Pasquesi | $600,000.00 |
| Protect Prop. 13, A Project Of The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association | $300,000.00 |
| Craig Mccaw | $270,000.00 |
IEs supporting a candidate or ballot measure are counted as positive dollar amounts; IEs opposing a candidate are counted as negative dollar amounts. An initial expenditure in support raises a candidate's line, but a if some other group spends in opposition to that candidate, it knocks that candidate's line back down.
Past Three Days' Reported IEs
| Spender | Position | Amount | More |
| (none) |
Top Independent Spenders
| Donor | Amount |
| SEIU - United Long Term Care Workers Local 6434 State Pac | $244,844.35 |
| CA For Informed Voting - Yes On 30, 34, 35, 36, 37, And 39 And No On 31 And 32 Sponsored By Ballot Initiative Strategy Center | $244,709.00 |
| We Are CA, A Sponsored Committee Of Mobilize The Immigrant Vote Action Fund | $201,209.80 |
| Independent Voter Pac | $52,500.00 |
| CA Association Of Psychiatric Technicians Pac | $50,000.00 |
| Professional Engineers In CA Government (pecg-pac) | $41,000.00 |
| Voto Latino Action Fund Pac | $32,885.56 |
| South Bay Afl-cio Labor Council Issues Account Sponsored By South Bay Afl-cio Labor Council | $25,911.36 |
| Lee For San Francisco Committee, Mayor Ed | $25,000.00 |
| Padilla's Ballot Measure Committee, CA 2020 Senator Alex | $23,499.31 |
- There is no partisan angle to Dollar, Dollar, Bill. It's true that I work in state politics as a Democrat, but this project is completely objective and without commentary.
- The data driving these charts is derived from the Secretary of State's website. So the quality of my data is only as good as what I can get from them, and they are known for making mistakes. Additionally, filers often make mistakes and/or report late. Sometimes dustups like this happen, which can skew data. But -- if you see an error and really think it's my fault, let me know.
- Data in the Campaign Resources tab does not represent all of the money a campaign has on a given day, but it is the best estimate we can make. Campaigns are periodically required to disclose the amount of cash-on-hand they have (schedule). In addition to those reports, during the 90 days before Election Day, campaigns must report contributions totaling $1,000 or more within 24 hours of receiving them. These are commonly referred to as "late contributions." The Campaign Resources chart plots each campaign's last official cash-on-hand amount and adds each day's reported late contributions. This gives the best possible estimate of how much cash a campaign has on a given day. For ballot measures in that tab, all of the committees supporting or opposing a ballot measure are summed together and the same summation is done.
- This project is wholly unconnected with my job at the Legislature. It's also run on my own server and received no public money.
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