One Day After Initial State Senate Election: Oil/Gas Industry Funded PAC That Spent $1.1 Mil To Support Gonzalez Swiftly Spent Thousands More For Consulting, Expenses & Digital Media; On Election Day And Day Before, Alan Lowenthal's Congressional Committee, L.A. County Firefighters And Others Gave Gonzalez Campaign Thousands

LBReport.com

News / Follow-the-Money

LBREPORT.com is reader and advertiser supported. Support independent news in LB similar to the way people support NPR and PBS stations. We're not non-profit so it's not tax deductible but $49.95 (less than an annual dollar a week) helps keep us online.

(Mar. 29, 2019, 3:55 p.m.) -- CA Secretary of State data show that on March 27, the day after state Senate candidate Lena Gonzalez (a Long Beach Councilwoman) was forced into a runoff with roughly 30% of district ballots cast despite over $1.1 million in supportive independent campaign spending by an oil/gas industry funded PAC, the PAC's "Coalition to Restore California's Middle Class, Including Energy Companies Who Produce Gas, Oil, Jobs and Pay Taxes" spent $15,259 in its independent campaign to support Gonzalez for additional "consulting and expenses" plus $2,000 (estimated) for "digital media."

A day earlier on election day (Mar. 26), the Gonzalez campaign received contributions from the L.A. County Firefighters Local 1014 ($3,500) and Farmers Group, Inc. ($2,000)...and on the day before the election the Gonzalez campaign received a $1,000 contribution from the "Alan Lowenthal for Congress" committee and along with the entities reported below:

Scroll down for further.]

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
FARMERS GROUP, INC.			WOODLAND HILLS	CA / 91367
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$2,000.00	INITIAL	3/26/2019	3/27/2019	2369250-INC533

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
LOS ANGELES COUNTY FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL 1014			EL MONTE	CA / 91731
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION
742008
AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$3,500.00	INITIAL	3/26/2019	3/27/2019	2369250-INC526

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
ALTAMED ACTION FUND STATE PAC			LOS ANGELES	CA / 90017
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION
1380598
AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$2,500.00	INITIAL	3/25/2019	3/26/2019	2368824-INC520

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
U.A. PLUMBERS & STEAMFITTERS LOCAL UNION NO. 582 PAC			ORANGE	CA / 92868
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION
890440
AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$2,500.00	INITIAL	3/25/2019	3/26/2019	2368824-INC519

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
UFCW LOCAL 770 PAC			LOS ANGELES	CA / 90005
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION
1414677
AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$2,500.00	INITIAL	3/25/2019	3/26/2019	2368824-INC517

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
EVA K. GROVE			LOS ALTOS	CA / 94022
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION
	N/A		HOMEMAKER
AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$2,000.00	INITIAL	3/25/2019	3/26/2019	2368824-INC515

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR			CITY	STATE/ZIP
ALAN LOWENTHAL FOR CONGRESS			ENCINO	CA / 91436
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION

AMOUNT	TYPE	TRANS. DATE	FILED DATE	TRANS #
$1,000.00	INITIAL	3/25/2019	3/26/2019	2368824-INC514

Second place finisher Jack Guerrero, a Harvard-Stanford degreed Cudahy CPA/Councilman (stresses conservative Republican economic themes, urges changing current Sacramento policies) received roughly 15% of the vote. The Guerrero campaign reported receiving a $4,200 contribution from Los Angeles based C & M Metals, Inc. a month before the election on Feb. 26.

Guerrero will face Gonzalez on a June 4 runoff ballot in the area below:

Sponsor

Support really independent news in Long Beach. No one in LBREPORT.com's ownership, reporting or editorial decision-making has ties to incumbent Long Beach officials, development interests, advocacy groups or other special interests; or is seeking or receiving benefits of City development-related decisions; or holds a City Hall appointive position; or has contributed sums to political campaigns for Long Beach incumbents or challengers. LBREPORT.com isn't part of an out of town corporate cluster and no one its ownership, editorial or publishing decisionmaking has been part of the governing board of any City government body or other entity on whose policies we report. LBREPORT.com is reader and advertiser supported. You can help keep really independent news in LB similar to the way people support NPR and PBS stations. We're not non-profit so it's not tax deductible but $49.95 (less than an annual dollar a week) helps keep us online.