Campaign money

Who gave money to the five council members’ campaign committees, how the campaigns spent it, and which donors or payees also do business with the City of Pico Rivera. Everything comes from the committees’ own public filings (Form 460 and Form 497) posted by the City Clerk.

Documented connection, not evidence of impropriety. Contributions and payments listed here were disclosed by the committees themselves on public filings. A donor or payee who also does business with the city is a public fact; this site draws no conclusion from it.

Every filing the city posted is a scanned paper form. Figures were read from the scans by text recognition (OCR) and checked against each page’s printed subtotal and the summary page arithmetic. Rows on pages whose subtotal matched are labeled documented; other OCR-read figures are labeled unverified. Contributions under $100 are not itemized on Form 460, so they appear only in totals. Street addresses are not shown; only city and ZIP.

Totals by member

Raised and spent are sums of each calendar year’s year-to-date totals (column B of the last statement posted for that year). Where column B leaves out earlier periods or repeats an old loan balance, the year’s statements are added up instead; each such year is noted in the table below, as are years with missing statements.

Donors with city business

Donors, payees and donors’ employers whose names match a city vendor or contract counterparty, a vendor’s listed officer or representative, or an organization already in this database. Each row links the city business and shows how this member voted on it.

documented exact entity name, or exact personal name plus a corroborating detail (same employer or city). unverified name match only; may be a different person or business.

Other donors who appear elsewhere in this research

These donors are not city contract counterparties, but they appear in other records in this database (a legal matter, a labor affiliation, or an election). Listed for completeness.

Totals by year

How to read a campaign filing

Form 460

The main campaign statement. Each committee files it twice a year (and before an election). The summary page gives totals for the period (column A) and the calendar year to date (column B).

Schedule A

Money the campaign received. Every donor who gave $100 or more in the year is listed with city, ZIP, occupation and employer. Gifts under $100 are only a lump sum.

Schedule B

Loans to the campaign, often from the candidate. Shows who lent, the balance and repayments.

Schedule C

In-kind (non-money) contributions: goods or services given for free, such as food or a venue for a fundraiser, at fair market value.

Schedule E

Payments the campaign made: who was paid, how much, and a three-letter code for the purpose (for example LIT = mailers, CNS = consultants). Payments a consultant made on the campaign’s behalf (“subvendors”) are listed under the consultant.

Form 497

A 24-hour report of any contribution of $1,000 or more received in the last 90 days before an election. The same money also appears later on Schedule A, so this site does not add the two together.

Form 410

The statement that registers a committee. None were posted on the city’s site for these members.

Filings reviewed

What is missing

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