In Final Push, Grassroots LB Reform Coalition PAC Receives $5,200 In Contribs From Four Contributors, Incl. Retired Councilwoman Gabelich

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(October 30, 2018. updated 11:30 a.m.) -- The Long Beach Reform Coalition PAC opposing Measure BBB reports recently receiving an additional $5,200 from four contributors -- including a second $1,000 contribution from retired Councilwoman Rae Gabelich. The recent contributions bring its total in just over two months to over $30,000 in cash and in-kind contributions, an unprecedented sum for a recently organized grassroots PAC. The group's initial target is defeat of Measure BBB that would let the incumbent Mayor/Councilmembers avoid a write-in requirement in seeking a third term. The Reform Coalition's most recent contributors are:

Date	Contributor	Amount
Oct 24	Rae Gabelich	$1,000 [second $1,000 contribution]
Oct 24	Seascape, Inc.	$1,000
Oct. 24	Helena Segelhorst	$1,200
Oct. 24	Christine Zion	$2,000

A financial disclosure form previously filed with the City Clerk's office shows that between Oct. 1 and Oct 20, the Long Beach Reform Coalition PAC spent $16,565 -- including $7,332 for a bluntly worded mailer ("City Hall is Lying To You About Term Limits") and reported $10,831 cash as of Oct. 20 (that it may have already spent by now) entering the final days leading up to the special Nov. 6 citywide election sought by the Mayor and approved by the City Council.

It's facing a Mayor Garcia/Auditor Doud titled "Good Government" Committee supporting Measure AAA-DDD that most recently reported roughly $42,000 cash on hand, bolstered by $22,500 in contributions from Edison Int'l, PG&E and Panattoni Development (LBREPORT.com follow the money coverage here) plus a new committee that surfaced on Oct. 18 supporting BBB and DDD armed with on Oct. 19 with a $10,000 contribution from the L.A.-based "Southern California Pipe Trades, District Council #16" union. (LBREPORT.com follow-the-money coverage here.)

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Among the Reform Coalition's salient contributors between Oct 1 and Oct. 20 were:

Date	Contributor	Amount
Oct 3	Dave Lanham	$2,500
Oct 3	AJP Real Estate, LLC	$1,000
Oct 9	Pat Bliss	$1,000

During the reporting period, other contributors provided sums from less than $100 to $500.

Previous Reform Coalition contributors include:

Date	Contributor	Amount
Aug 16	Rae Gabelich [Retired 8th dist. Councilwoman, co-founder LBHUSH2]	$1,000
Aug. 16	Joe Mello Mr. Mello founded the Los Altos Center Adjacent Neighborhoods group	$500
Aug. 23	Fox Enterprises [Robert Fox is Exec. Dir of the LB Council Neighborhood Organizations]	$1,500
Aug . 23	Joe Sopo, Ltd. [Mr. Sopo founded Neighborhoods First]	$1,000
Aug 23	Corliss Lee [Ms. Lee was a 5th dist. Council candidate, April 2018]	$500
Aug 23	Joe Weinstein [Dr. Weinstein heads Citizens About Responsible Planning]	$575
Aug 24	Richard Treece	$300
Aug 30	Citizens About Responsible Planning	$2,000
Sep 6	Fox Enterprises	$242.94 [in-kind, rented equipment for Town Hall meeting
Sep 11	Christine Dosland	$300
Sep 16	Jane Nadeau	$500
Sep 22	Kevin Kayse	$500
Sep 22	David Osborn	$500
Sep 22	Jeffrey Patterson	$500
Sep 22	Karey Sharp	$250
Sep 14	L&L Mortgage	$700
Sep 20	Christian Ovalle	$250
Sep 20	John Deats	$600 [in-kind contribution to host bar tab for Reform Coalition's Sept. fundraiser
Sep 27	LBHUSH2, Inc	$2,000
Sep 27	Linda Tomita	$1,000

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In its previous August-September reporting period, the Reform Coalition reported over two dozen individual contributions of $100 each from LB residents including: Richard Dines [5th dist. runoff candidate, June 2018], Melinda Cotton [shoreline/environmental issues], Kerrie Aley [neighborhood issues], Elizabeth Guzman, Gordana Kajer [shoreline/environmental issues], Charles Nicholas, Kristie Manelli [active in "No Kill Long Beach"] and Tom Stout [co-founder LB Taxpayers Ass'n]

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