Nov. 1 Update: Devcon, SCS Finance Police PAC
Developers Devcon and SCS jumped into the campaign during the last week of October with donations of $20,000 and $10,000 respectively to the Santa Clara Police Officers Association PAC.
A new PAC, Yes on Measure H, received $4,000 in donations from Council Member Suds Jain. A No on H committee has received no donations and doesn’t appear to even have an FPPC committee ID.
Candidates Lisa Gillmor and Karen Hardy reported new donations of $7,735 and $5,510 respectively; bringing their total direct donations to $27,771 for Gillmor and $12,780 for Hardy.
The 49ers upped their donations to their independent expenditure PACs by another $1.05 million, which brings their total donations for this election to $4.1 million.
Throughout the election, Silicon Valley Voice will endeavor to keep up with the campaign donations in Santa Clara’s political races. This Follow the Money 2022 article is as of Nov.1, 2022.
Follow the Money 2022 update: Oct. 17
As of Oct. 17, the 49ers put another $105,000 into their six independent expenditure committees to bring the total spending to $3.1 million. No other donations were recorded this week.
Editor’s Note:
Due to a double reporting on documents downloaded by the Silicon Valley Voice, some of our previous numbers need correction. Follow the Money is a compilation of data from different sources. As such, we sometimes make mistakes.
Oct. 5 Follow the Money 2022 Update Correction
On Oct. 5, 2022, this news agency reported:
“In the last week, they put another $583,000 into their six independent expenditure committees supporting Anthony Becker for Mayor, and Karen Hardy and Raj Chahal for re-election to the City Council and opposing council candidates Larry McColloch and Christian Pellecchia and Gillmor for re-election. This brings the 49ers’ PACs’ war chest to $3.8 million.”
However, the statement should be corrected to read:
“In the last week, they put another $453,000 into their six independent expenditure committees supporting Anthony Becker for Mayor, and Karen Hardy and Raj Chahal for re-election to the City Council and opposing council candidates Larry McColloch and Christian Pellecchia and Gillmor for re-election. This brings the 49ers’ PACs’ war chest to $2.5 million.”
Sept. 27 Correction
On Sept. 27, 2022, this news agency reported:
“As of the same date, the 49ers have put $2.5 million into six PACs. Three of these PACs oppose Santa Clara mayor Lisa Gillmor and two first-time City Council candidates: Larry McColloch and Christian Pellecchia. The second three PACs support candidate for mayor and District 6 City Council Member Anthony Becker, and incumbent Council Members Raj Chahal (District 2) and Karen Hardy (District 3).
The 49ers PACs have spent $709,000 on independent expenditures supporting the three candidates. They have also spent $1.8 million opposing Gillmor and the two council challengers; $828,000 alone on anti-Gillmor TV ads and mailers.”
However, the statement should be corrected to read:
“As of the same date, the 49ers have put $2.1 million into six PACs. Three of these PACs oppose Santa Clara mayor Lisa Gillmor and two first-time City Council candidates: Larry McColloch and Christian Pellecchia. The second three PACs support candidate for mayor and District 6 City Council Member Anthony Becker, and incumbent Council Members Raj Chahal (District 2) and Karen Hardy (District 3).
The 49ers PACs have spent $1.4 million on independent expenditures supporting the three candidates. They have also spent $728,000 opposing Gillmor and the two council challengers; $419,000 alone on anti-Gillmor TV ads and mailers.”
