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(May 25, 2016, 10:15 a.m., updated 11:50 p.m.) -- Campaign contributions from organized labor, development and corporate interests (the vast majority officed outside Long Beach) have now brought the total sum collected through May 21 by the pro-Measure A-sales-tax-increase campaign committee to over $350,000 (cash + in-kind contributions). $140,000 came in early May from three union PACs (on top of $10,000 previously reported from another union PAC) in addition to $150,000 from LB's police and firefighter unions in monetary contributions in April plus roughly $20,000 in a non-monetary contribution (voter survey contending public would support measure if told it was for police, fire and infrastructure.)
Documents recently filed with the City Clerk's office also show that in addition to mailings, the committee has hired and paid salary sums (mainly a few hundred dollars each, some a bit more) to roughly three dozen individuals to perform unspecified campaign work. [Scroll down for further.] |
Sums given to: "Mayor Garcia, Foster & O'Neill Committee to Support Measures A & B to Protect Police & Fire and Repair Infrastructure in Long Beach. Major Funding by Long Beach Police Officers Association PAC and Long Beach Firefighters PAC, Local 372" include:
As previously reported by LBREPORT.com, other sums received by the Committee in May include:
Nearly half of the over $358,191 cash and non-monetary contributions collected by the pro-Measure A Committee has come from the PACs operated by two unions that represent LB's Police Officers and Firefighters as they prepare to negotiate new contracts with the City after the election. In addition, LB's police and fire PACs also contributed nearly $21,000 as "kind-kind" contributions that paid for a survey that contended the public would support a sales tax increase if were told that it would fund police, fire and infrastructure.
Measure A itself doesn't mention police, fire, infrastructure of any specific items. It is legally a general tax that the current and future Council can spend on any general fund items. In putting the measure on th ballot, the Council approved a non-binding resolution stating the Council's "intent" to prioritize spending of the tax revenue on police, fire and infrastructure; it will also create a "citizen advisory committee" (chosen by the Mayor) that can review but not change Mayor recommended and Council approved spending. Vote by mail ballots began flying May 9. Election Day is June 7.
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