AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES LOCAL 3299 INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE COMMITTEE

California · CA-SOS · 1459641

$5.43M
Direct disbursements
21
Distinct vendors
103
Disbursement rows
Jan 2024 – Apr 2026
Activity window

$5.43M direct disbursements · $3.29M earmarked passthrough routed to recipients (52 rows where this committee acted as a conduit, with the recipient committee/candidate identified in row metadata)

$29Kacross 12 months

Top vendors paid last 12 months · top 3

KAUFMAN LEGAL GROUP $19K Legal & Compliance · 11 txns SECRETARY OF STATE $6K Other / Unclassified · 4 txns BryMar CPA LLP $4K Other / Unclassified · 2 txns AF AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STA… COMMITTEE

People paid by AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES LOCAL 3299 INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE COMMITTEE top 7 · $641,147 · 0 of 7 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 7 names identified via state-data name-pattern fallback (entity_tp not populated on state filings).

Name Most-common purpose Payments Total paid Activity window
Ross Communications · TEL, JOSH NEWMAN … 1 $500,000 Oct 2024
Seiji Carpenter · POL, JOSH NEWMAN … 3 $90,800 Jul 2024 → Oct 2024
Joint Medias Design · LIT, JOSH NEWMAN … 4 $27,500 Feb 2024 → Oct 2024
World Journal · PRT, KATHRYN LYBA… 3 $12,480 Feb 2024 → Jul 2024
Stones Phones · 1 $5,412 Jul 2024
The Brae · 1 $3,155 Sep 2024
Mystery Machine Creative · PRT 1 $1,800 Jul 2024

Spend by category

all-cycle
Print & Mail $2.38M Strategy & Research $1.04M Admin & Office $400K Field & Voter Contact $98K Legal & Compliance $30K Contributions & Transfers $10K Fundraising $5K Software & Tech $5K

Spend by service category

Category Total spend Disbursements
Print & Mail $2,375,080 33
Other / Unclassified $1,459,991 41
Strategy & Research $1,044,065 9
Admin & Office $399,910 2
Field & Voter Contact $97,800 2
Legal & Compliance $30,030 12
Contributions & Transfers $10,000 1
Fundraising $5,412 1
Software & Tech $4,859 2

Recent activity showing 20 of 103

Date Vendor Purpose Amount
Apr 23, 2026 KAUFMAN LEGAL GROUP $413
Apr 23, 2026 KAUFMAN LEGAL GROUP $460
Apr 23, 2026 KAUFMAN LEGAL GROUP $1,217
Apr 23, 2026 KAUFMAN LEGAL GROUP $1,095
Apr 23, 2026 KAUFMAN LEGAL GROUP $2,319
Apr 23, 2026 KAUFMAN LEGAL GROUP $1,404
Jan 31, 2026 KAUFMAN LEGAL GROUP $646
Jan 31, 2026 SECRETARY OF STATE $310
Jan 31, 2026 BryMar CPA LLP $3,000
Jan 31, 2026 SECRETARY OF STATE $620
Jan 31, 2026 KAUFMAN LEGAL GROUP $573
Jan 31, 2026 BryMar CPA LLP $1,250
Jan 31, 2026 KAUFMAN LEGAL GROUP $9,580
Jul 31, 2025 KAUFMAN LEGAL GROUP $1,108
Jul 31, 2025 KAUFMAN LEGAL GROUP $650
Jul 31, 2025 SECRETARY OF STATE $4,310
Jul 31, 2025 SECRETARY OF STATE $280
Jan 31, 2025 JOAQUIN ROSS MEDIA LIT & POS, Josh Newman for State Senate 2024, Oppose $77,962
Jan 31, 2025 JOAQUIN ROSS MEDIA LIT & POS, Josh Newman for State Senate 2024, Oppose $77,962
Jan 10, 2025 American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 Independent Expenditure Committee $1,525