CALIFORNIA WATER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE

California · CA-SOS · 1268785

$477K
Direct disbursements
122
Distinct vendors
451
Disbursement rows
$45K
Independent expenditures
Sep 2004 – Sep 2025
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$477K direct disbursements · $145K earmarked passthrough routed to recipients (70 rows where this committee acted as a conduit, with the recipient committee/candidate identified in row metadata)

$8Kacross 12 months

Top vendors paid last 12 months · top 1

BELL, MCANDREWS & HILTACHK, LLP $1K Legal & Compliance · 4 txns CW CALIFORNIA WATER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE

People paid by CALIFORNIA WATER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE top 20 · $142,133 · 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
Victor Opincar Associates · CONTRACT ADMINIST… 77 $93,648 Jan 2006 → Jul 2014
Don Perata · CAMPAIGN CONTRIBU… 3 $9,000 Aug 2006
Bill Emmerson · CAMPAIGN CONTRIBU… 6 $9,000 Jul 2006 → Oct 2006
Dave Cogdill · CAMPAIGN CONTRIBU… 2 $4,000 May 2007 → Jul 2007
Victor Opincar · CONTRACT ADMINIST… 4 $3,611 Oct 2005 → Feb 2015
Michael Villines · VILLINES FOR ASSE… 2 $3,000 Jun 2006
Nicole Parra · CAMPAIGN CONTRIBU… 2 $3,000 May 2007 → Jul 2007
Bob Dutton · CAMPAIGN CONTRIBU… 2 $3,000 Aug 2006 → Sep 2007
Dave Cox · TAXPAYERS FOR DAV… 2 $3,000 Feb 2007 → Apr 2007
John Laird · COMMITTEE TO ELEC… 2 $2,000 Oct 2006
Victor E Opincar · CONTRACT ADMINIST… 2 $2,000 Oct 2005
Sam Aanestad · CAMPAIGN CONTRIBU… 1 $1,500 Aug 2006
Ambrosia Cater · RECEPTION 1 $1,462 Jul 2009
Bob Margett · CAMPAIGN CONTRIBU… 1 $1,250 Aug 2007
Sutter Club · MEMBERSHIP MEETING 1 $841 Jul 2007
Franchise Tax Board · FILING FEE 6 $494 Jun 2008 → Jan 2014
Capitol Webworks · ELECTRONIC FILING… 7 $455 Jul 2006 → Jan 2007
Capital Webworks · ELECTRONIC FILING 6 $390 Apr 2006 → Apr 2008
Albert A. Webb Associates · 3 $305 Jul 2015 → Jun 2016
Downey Brand · RECEPTION COST 1 $175 Jul 2009

Spend by category

all-cycle
Contributions & Transfers $142K Legal & Compliance $47K Admin & Office $24K Print & Mail $4K Fundraising $3K Wages & Payroll $10

Spend by service category

Category Total spend Disbursements
Other / Unclassified $258,583 208
Contributions & Transfers $141,559 83
Legal & Compliance $46,996 122
Admin & Office $23,980 15
Print & Mail $3,766 8
Fundraising $2,599 14
Wages & Payroll $10 1

Recent activity showing 20 of 451

Date Vendor Purpose Amount
Sep 11, 2025 BELL, MCANDREWS & HILTACHK, LLP $306
Aug 8, 2025 BELL, MCANDREWS & HILTACHK, LLP $306
Jul 18, 2025 BELL, MCANDREWS & HILTACHK, LLP $306
Jun 11, 2025 BELL, MCANDREWS & HILTACHK, LLP $306
May 9, 2025 BELL, MCANDREWS & HILTACHK, LLP $306
Apr 17, 2025 BELL, MCANDREWS & HILTACHK, LLP $306
Mar 12, 2025 BELL, MCANDREWS & HILTACHK, LLP $306
Feb 12, 2025 BELL, MCANDREWS & HILTACHK, LLP $306
Jan 23, 2025 Cal Water PAC $3,000
Jan 20, 2025 BELL, MCANDREWS & HILTACHK, LLP $606
Jan 13, 2025 Association of California Water Agencies $1,350
Dec 11, 2024 BELL, MCANDREWS & HILTACHK, LLP $306
Nov 15, 2024 BELL, MCANDREWS & HILTACHK, LLP $612
Sep 18, 2024 BELL, MCANDREWS & HILTACHK, LLP $306
Aug 12, 2024 BELL, MCANDREWS & HILTACHK, LLP $306
Jul 22, 2024 BELL, MCANDREWS & HILTACHK, LLP $306
Jun 28, 2024 BELL, MCANDREWS & HILTACHK, LLP $306
May 21, 2024 BELL, MCANDREWS & HILTACHK, LLP $306
Apr 15, 2024 BELL, MCANDREWS & HILTACHK, LLP $306
Mar 19, 2024 Cal Water PAC $6,000