CALIFORNIANS UNITED

California · CA-SOS · 1241102

$5.71M
Direct disbursements
217
Distinct vendors
882
Disbursement rows
$1.32M
Independent expenditures
Feb 2002 – Oct 2008
Activity window

$5.71M direct disbursements · $1.01M earmarked passthrough routed to recipients (202 rows where this committee acted as a conduit, with the recipient committee/candidate identified in row metadata)

$463Kacross 12 months

People paid by CALIFORNIANS UNITED top 20 · $2,859,427 · 0 of 20 linked to person profile

Individuals who received disbursements from this committee — salaried staff, consultants on personal-name contracts, and reimbursements for travel / mileage / per diem. Includes 20 names identified via state-data name-pattern fallback (entity_tp not populated on state filings).

Name Most-common purpose Payments Total paid Activity window
Californians United · CONTRIBUTION TO N… 84 $1,313,225 Feb 2002 → May 2008
Paul Kinney Productions · BROADCAST ADVERTI… 20 $620,339 Feb 2004 → Aug 2008
Adelphia Cable · BROADCAST ADVERTI… 5 $199,910 May 2006 → Oct 2006
Time Warner · BROADCAST ADVERTI… 3 $105,590 May 2006 → Oct 2006
Sandi Polka · MAILER 24 $92,152 Oct 2004 → Oct 2006
Pacific Print Resources · MAILER 22 $86,803 Dec 2004 → May 2006
Bruce Young · TRAVEL EXPENSES 38 $71,233 Jul 2002 → May 2008
Stefanie Hurst · 2 $61,601 Jul 2002 → Jan 2003
Mervyn Dymally · MEDIA BUY 1 $55,000 Jun 2008
Comcast Advertising · BROADCAST CABLE A… 7 $50,411 Feb 2004 → Jan 2005
Cabletime San Francisco · MEDIA BUY 1 $46,750 Jun 2008
Steve S. Kim · 5 $26,000 Feb 2004 → Jul 2005
Sue Morgan · TRAVEL EXPENSES 17 $25,585 Jul 2002 → Jun 2008
Advantage Marketing Solutions · POSTCARD 4 $23,591 Mar 2006 → Oct 2006
Connie Sanders Emerson · 3 $20,000 Jan 2003 → Jul 2005
California United · 5 $15,500 Nov 2003 → Oct 2006
Christopher Pierce Enterprises · MAILER 2 $11,987 Feb 2004 → Aug 2004
Charter Communications · BROADCAST CABLE A… 2 $11,680 Aug 2004
Douglas Scott Morrow · STAFF SERVICES 7 $11,571 Feb 2002 → Jul 2002
Sarah Zeiger · 3 $10,500 Apr 2008 → Jun 2008

Spend by category

all-cycle
Media $1.67M Print & Mail $896K Field & Voter Contact $151K Contributions & Transfers $130K Travel & Events $95K Strategy & Research $78K Software & Tech $34K Admin & Office $11K Wages & Payroll $11K Fundraising $1K Legal & Compliance $222

Spend by service category

Category Total spend Disbursements
Other / Unclassified $2,636,982 486
Media $1,669,623 87
Print & Mail $895,736 124
Field & Voter Contact $150,910 11
Contributions & Transfers $130,000 7
Travel & Events $94,789 121
Strategy & Research $77,750 6
Software & Tech $34,188 15
Admin & Office $11,102 17
Wages & Payroll $10,933 6
Fundraising $1,075 1
Legal & Compliance $222 1

Recent activity showing 20 of 882

Date Vendor Purpose Amount
Oct 19, 2008 Olson, Hagel & Fishburn, LLP $134
Oct 15, 2008 Olson, Hagel & Fishburn, LLP $240
Sep 15, 2008 Olson, Hagel & Fishburn, LLP $354
Aug 21, 2008 Paul Kinney Productions $2,500
Aug 19, 2008 U-Store-It $146
Aug 19, 2008 U.S. BANK $146
Aug 15, 2008 Olson, Hagel & Fishburn, LLP $950
Aug 4, 2008 U.S. BANK $146
Aug 4, 2008 U-Store-It $146
Jul 15, 2008 Olson, Hagel & Fishburn, LLP $1,025
Jul 8, 2008 U.S. BANK $146
Jun 24, 2008 Sarah Zeiger $3,500
Jun 13, 2008 Olson, Hagel & Fishburn, LLP $2,886
Jun 5, 2008 U.S. BANK $146
Jun 3, 2008 Action Media Inc Media Buy $2,750
Jun 3, 2008 Paul Kinney Productions Media Buy; Mervyn Dymally, SD 25, Oppose $55,000
Jun 3, 2008 Cabletime San Francisco Media Buy $46,750
Jun 2, 2008 Mervyn Dymally Media Buy $55,000
Jun 2, 2008 Paul Kinney Productions Media Buy $55,000
Jun 2, 2008 Sue Morgan $2,000