The forms linked below are easy to read. Page 3 of the pdf shows total amounts collected between July 1 and Dec. 31, 2016 and cash on hand on Dec. 31. Schedule A shows from whom the incumbents received money. Schedule E (some also filed Schedule D) shows how the incumbents used it.

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In Jan 2015, Councilmembers voted to triple allowable officeholder totals on a 5-3 vote (Austin, Price, Mungo dissenting, supported doubling the amounts.) This raised allowable officeholder totals from $10,000 to $30,000 per Councilmember...and from $25,000 to $75,000. for citywide electeds (largest beneficiary was Mayor Garcia.) Some Councilmembers said at the time that tripling the amounts would allow them to collect more money they could use to support neighborhood groups and community events. The records below speak for themselves.

• Councilwoman Lena Gonzalez (1st dist.)
• Councilwoman Suzie Price (3rd dist.)
• Councilwoman Stacy Mungo (5th dist.)
• Councilman Roberto Uranga (7th dist.)
• Councilman (Vice Mayor) Rex Richardson (9th dist.)
• Mayor Robert Garcia

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Later today (April 18), the Council is scheduled to take a decisional vote on whether to change LB law to let themselves and citywide electeds use sums from their "officeholder accounts" to give to candidates seeking Long Beach, state and federal offices.

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