Bicker, Castillo & Fairbanks

$8.02M 2025-2026 cycle

Bicker, Castillo & Fairbanks is a political services vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle Bicker, Castillo & Fairbanks was paid $8.02M across 31 client committees, of which $80K flowed through Independent Expenditures rather than direct committee payments.

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Part I Identity

Stable facts about this entity. These figures do not change as you adjust the timeframe in Part II.

Source split

$8.02M = $7.94M (Schedule B) + $80K (Independent Expenditures)
Schedule B
direct committee payments
$7,935,357 324 rows 99.0%
Independent Expenditures
money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them
$80,000 4 rows 1.0%
Activity span ALL TIME
Nov 12, 2003 → Jul 8, 2026
spans 22.7 years
Disbursements ALL TIME
324
Schedule B + IE rows
Client committees ALL TIME
31
distinct payers

Part II Activity in selected window

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Spend trajectory

Monthly spend to this vendor over the last 12 months.

Aug 2025 Jul 2026
$718K across 12 months
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Top buyers

Two views of the same data — diagram and table share the time-window control and the same top-buyers slice. Click "View all buyers in research" to drill in with the matching date range.

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VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 3 months · top 2

CALIFORNIANS FOR HEALTH CARE WORKERS'… $80K — · 3 txns CALIFORNIANS AGAINST THE HEALTH CARE … $66K — · 3 txns BC Bicker, Castillo & Fairbanks
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Top buyers last 6 months · top 4

YES ON 45 - BUILDING A MORE AFFORDABL… $180K Other / Unclassified · 6 txns CALIFORNIANS FOR HEALTH CARE WORKERS'… $166K Other / Unclassified · 6 txns CALIFORNIANS AGAINST THE HEALTH CARE … $98K — · 5 txns YES ON 38: CALIFORNIANS FOR LIFE-SAVI… $38K Other / Unclassified · 2 txns BC Bicker, Castillo & Fairbanks
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Top buyers last 12 months · top 5

YES ON 45 - BUILDING A MORE AFFORDABL… $274K Other / Unclassified · 11 txns CALIFORNIANS FOR HEALTH CARE WORKERS'… $211K Other / Unclassified · 8 txns CALIFORNIANS AGAINST THE HEALTH CARE … $98K — · 5 txns YES ON 38: CALIFORNIANS FOR LIFE-SAVI… $76K Other / Unclassified · 3 txns PARENTS AND KIDS SAFE AI COALITION, S… $60K Other / Unclassified · 1 txn BC Bicker, Castillo & Fairbanks
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Top buyers last 18 months · top 5

YES ON 45 - BUILDING A MORE AFFORDABL… $274K Other / Unclassified · 11 txns CALIFORNIANS FOR HEALTH CARE WORKERS'… $211K Other / Unclassified · 8 txns CALIFORNIANS AGAINST THE HEALTH CARE … $98K — · 5 txns YES ON 38: CALIFORNIANS FOR LIFE-SAVI… $76K Other / Unclassified · 3 txns PARENTS AND KIDS SAFE AI COALITION, S… $60K Other / Unclassified · 1 txn BC Bicker, Castillo & Fairbanks
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Top buyers last 24 months · top 6

YES ON 45 - BUILDING A MORE AFFORDABL… $274K Other / Unclassified · 11 txns CALIFORNIANS FOR HEALTH CARE WORKERS'… $211K Other / Unclassified · 8 txns CALIFORNIANS AGAINST THE HEALTH CARE … $98K — · 5 txns YES ON 38: CALIFORNIANS FOR LIFE-SAVI… $76K Other / Unclassified · 3 txns PARENTS AND KIDS SAFE AI COALITION, S… $60K Other / Unclassified · 1 txn PROTECTING LOCAL DEMOCRACY AND VITAL … $50K Other / Unclassified · 2 txns BC Bicker, Castillo & Fairbanks

By party

PartyAmount%
Democratic $0 0.00%
Republican $0 0.00%
Non-partisan $8,015,357 100.00%

Part III Reference tables

Full all-time and cycle-to-date data.

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Cycle-over-cycle trajectory

2017201820192020202120222023202420252026 Q4 2017 (2016 cycle): $23KQ1 2018 (2018 cycle): $114KQ2 2018 (2018 cycle): $244KQ3 2018 (2018 cycle): $181KQ4 2018 (2018 cycle): $155KQ1 2019 (2018 cycle): $9KQ4 2019 (2018 cycle): $87KQ1 2020 (2020 cycle): $263KQ2 2020 (2020 cycle): $374KQ3 2020 (2020 cycle): $206KQ4 2020 (2020 cycle): $1.23MQ1 2021 (2020 cycle): $3KQ3 2021 (2020 cycle): $45KQ4 2021 (2020 cycle): $91KQ1 2022 (2022 cycle): $343KQ2 2022 (2022 cycle): $327KQ3 2022 (2022 cycle): $135KQ4 2022 (2022 cycle): $816KQ2 2023 (2022 cycle): $528Q4 2023 (2022 cycle): $65KQ1 2024 (2024 cycle): $114KQ2 2024 (2024 cycle): $8KQ3 2024 (2024 cycle): $55KQ4 2024 (2024 cycle): $30KQ1 2025 (2024 cycle): $20KQ1 2026 (2026 cycle): $355KQ2 2026 (2026 cycle): $273KQ3 2026 (2026 cycle): $90K Q4Q2Q4Q4Q2Q4Q3Q1Q3Q2Q1Q3Q1Q2Q3 $1.23M

current cycle earlier election cycle off-cycle year quarterly · 10 years

Per-quarter totals
Year Q Cycle Total Txns Top buyer · share Top category · share Cum. (cycle) YoY %
2017 Q4 2016 $23K 2 NO ON PROPOSITION 8: STOP … 100% Other / Unclassified 100% $23K
2018 Q1 2018 $114K 6 NO ON PROPOSITION 8: STOP … 79% Other / Unclassified 80% $114K
2018 Q2 2018 $244K 13 NO ON PROPOSITION 8: STOP … 80% Other / Unclassified 88% $357K
2018 Q3 2018 $181K 8 NO ON PROPOSITION 8: STOP … 66% Other / Unclassified 98% $539K
2018 Q4 2018 $155K 8 NO ON PROPOSITION 8: STOP … 96% Other / Unclassified 98% $693K
2019 Q1 2018 $9K 2 NO ON PROPOSITION 8: STOP … 100% Digital 91% $702K
2019 Q4 2018 $87K 2 PROTECT APP-BASED DRIVERS A… 100% Other / Unclassified 100% $790K +278%
2020 Q1 2020 $263K 9 PROTECT APP-BASED DRIVERS A… 79% Other / Unclassified 100% $263K +131%
2020 Q2 2020 $374K 12 PROTECT APP-BASED DRIVERS A… 56% Other / Unclassified 100% $637K +54%
2020 Q3 2020 $206K 6 NO ON 23 - STOP THE DANGERO… 64% Other / Unclassified 97% $843K +13%
2020 Q4 2020 $1.23M 13 PROTECT APP-BASED DRIVERS A… 68% Other / Unclassified 100% $2.07M +693%
2021 Q1 2020 $3K 2 NO ON 23 - STOP THE DANGERO… 86% Other / Unclassified 86% $2.07M -64%
2021 Q3 2020 $45K 1 COALITION FOR SAFE, RESPONS… 100% Other / Unclassified 100% $2.12M
2021 Q4 2020 $91K 2 STOP YET ANOTHER DANGEROUS … 54% Other / Unclassified 100% $2.21M +4%
2022 Q1 2022 $343K 11 COALITION FOR SAFE, RESPONS… 45% Other / Unclassified 88% $343K +30%
2022 Q2 2022 $327K 10 STOP YET ANOTHER DANGEROUS … 51% Other / Unclassified 88% $671K -13%
2022 Q3 2022 $135K 4 STOP YET ANOTHER DANGEROUS … 51% Other / Unclassified 100% $806K -34%
2022 Q4 2022 $816K 9 STOP YET ANOTHER DANGEROUS … 80% Other / Unclassified 100% $1.62M -33%
2023 Q2 2022 $528 1 COALITION FOR SAFE, RESPONS… 100% Travel & Events 100% $1.62M
2023 Q4 2022 $65K 3 SAVE LOCAL RESTAURANTS, A C… 100% Other / Unclassified 100% $1.69M -28%
2024 Q1 2024 $114K 5 PROTECTING LOCAL DEMOCRACY … 54% Other / Unclassified 100% $114K -67%
2024 Q2 2024 $8K 4 CALIFORNIANS FOR FAIR PAY A… 92% Other / Unclassified 100% $122K -98%
2024 Q3 2024 $55K 3 PROTECTING LOCAL DEMOCRACY … 95% Other / Unclassified 100% $177K -59%
2024 Q4 2024 $30K 1 PROTECTING LOCAL DEMOCRACY … 100% Other / Unclassified 100% $207K -96%
2025 Q1 2024 $20K 1 PROTECTING LOCAL DEMOCRACY … 100% Other / Unclassified 100% $227K
2026 Q1 2026 $355K 13 YES ON 45 - BUILDING A MORE… 41% Other / Unclassified 100% $355K +212%
2026 Q2 2026 $273K 11 YES ON 45 - BUILDING A MORE… 47% Other / Unclassified 6% $628K +3255%
2026 Q3 2026 $90K 4 CALIFORNIANS AGAINST THE HE… 50% $718K +64%
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Revenue by service category

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Per-category breakdown · cycle-to-date
Category Total spend Txns Avg check % of total Top buyer · share Last paid
Other / Unclassified $6,830,502 253 $27K 90.0% PROTECT APP-BASED DRIVERS A… 21% 4mo ago
Strategy & Research $632,373 14 $45K 8.3% COALITION TO PROTECT CALIFO… 49% 4y ago
Travel & Events $57,096 11 $5K 0.8% NO ON PROP 6: STOP THE ATTA… 96% 3y ago
Admin & Office $43,388 5 $9K 0.6% COALITION AGAINST THE COSTL… 98% 6y ago
Print & Mail $9,418 4 $2K 0.1% NO ON 23 - STOP THE DANGERO… 62% 4y ago
Digital $8,169 1 $8K 0.1% NO ON PROPOSITION 8: STOP … 100% 7y ago
Contributions & Transfers $7,432 22 $338 0.1% STOP THE REINER INITIATIVE … 43% 2y ago
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Client retention

Sticky-relationship signal: how many clients keep coming back across cycles vs one-time buyers.

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Anchor clients 3+ cycles
$679,911 · 9% of revenue
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Repeat clients 2 cycles
$4,076,061 · 51% of revenue
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One-time clients 1 cycle
$3,179,385 · 40% of revenue
Top 2 anchor clients · all-time
Client Cycles All-time spend Txns First paid Last paid
COALITION FOR SAFE, RESPONSIBLE GAMING, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA INDIAN TRIBES 3 $645,911 12 2021-09-29 2024-02-01
CALIFORNIA BUSINESS PROPERTIES ASSOCIATION ISSUES PAC 3 $34,000 16 2005-11-02 2008-02-12
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Geographic concentration

Where this vendor's clients are based — federal committees by state, plus implicit jurisdiction for CA and TX state filers.

State   Total spend % of revenue Clients
CA
$7,935,357 100.0% 31
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Notable disbursements

5 largest all-time · 5 largest in the current cycle · 5 most recent. Each row earns its place.

Reason Date Filer Category Purpose Amount
Largest all-time 2020-11-13 PROTECT APP-BASED DRIVERS AND SERVICES, A COALITION OF ON-DEMAND DRIVERS AND NETWORK COMPANIES, SMALL BUSINESSES, COMMUNITY GROUPS AND PUBLIC SAFETY ORGANIZATIONS Other / Unclassified $750,000
Largest all-time 2022-11-10 STOP YET ANOTHER DANGEROUS DIALYSIS PROPOSITION, SPONSORED BY PATIENTS, DOCTORS, NURSES AND DIALYSIS PROVIDERS Other / Unclassified $500,000
Largest all-time 2020-11-18 NO ON 23 - STOP THE DANGEROUS & COSTLY DIALYSIS PROPOSITION, SPONSORED BY DIALYSIS PROVIDERS, NURSES, DOCTORS AND PATIENTS Other / Unclassified $250,000
Largest all-time 2012-09-21 COALITION AGAINST THE COSTLY FOOD LABELING PROPOSITION, SPONSORED BY FARMERS AND FOOD PRODUCERS Strategy & Research CNS, OFC, TRS, WEB $157,157
Largest all-time 2012-10-09 COALITION AGAINST THE COSTLY FOOD LABELING PROPOSITION, SPONSORED BY FARMERS AND FOOD PRODUCERS Other / Unclassified CNS, LIT, OFC, PRT, TRS $122,855
Largest this cycle 2026-02-18 PARENTS AND KIDS SAFE AI COALITION, SPONSORED BY OPENAI AND CHILD SAFETY ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS Other / Unclassified $60,000
Largest this cycle 2026-03-10 YES ON 45 - BUILDING A MORE AFFORDABLE CALIFORNIA, A COALITION OF WATER, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, CLEAN ENERGY, SMALL BUSINESS, HEALTHCARE & COMMUNITY LEADERS Other / Unclassified $50,422
Largest this cycle 2026-04-13 YES ON 45 - BUILDING A MORE AFFORDABLE CALIFORNIA, A COALITION OF WATER, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, CLEAN ENERGY, SMALL BUSINESS, HEALTHCARE & COMMUNITY LEADERS $50,000
Largest this cycle 2026-02-11 YES ON 45 - BUILDING A MORE AFFORDABLE CALIFORNIA, A COALITION OF WATER, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, CLEAN ENERGY, SMALL BUSINESS, HEALTHCARE & COMMUNITY LEADERS Other / Unclassified $50,000
Largest this cycle 2026-05-21 YES ON 45 - BUILDING A MORE AFFORDABLE CALIFORNIA, A COALITION OF WATER, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, CLEAN ENERGY, SMALL BUSINESS, HEALTHCARE & COMMUNITY LEADERS $50,000
Recent 2026-06-11 CALIFORNIANS FOR HEALTH CARE WORKERS' RIGHT TO VOTE, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF HOSPITALS AND HEALTH SYSTEMS CNS, LIT $35,035
Recent 2026-07-08 CALIFORNIANS AGAINST THE HEALTH CARE ENDANGERMENT ACT, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF HOSPITALS AND HEALTH SYSTEMS CNS, LIT $25,125
Recent 2026-07-08 CALIFORNIANS FOR HEALTH CARE WORKERS' RIGHT TO VOTE, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF HOSPITALS AND HEALTH SYSTEMS CNS, LIT $25,100
Recent 2026-07-08 CALIFORNIANS AGAINST THE HEALTH CARE ENDANGERMENT ACT, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF HOSPITALS AND HEALTH SYSTEMS $20,000
Recent 2026-07-08 CALIFORNIANS FOR HEALTH CARE WORKERS' RIGHT TO VOTE, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF HOSPITALS AND HEALTH SYSTEMS $20,000
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