HIGHER WAGES, LOWER RENT ALLIANCE

$4.70M 2025-2026 cycle

HIGHER WAGES, LOWER RENT ALLIANCE is a wages & payroll vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle HIGHER WAGES, LOWER RENT ALLIANCE was paid $4.70M across 10 client committees, of which $1.01M flowed through Independent Expenditures rather than direct committee payments.

Wages & Payroll ● Recent

Part I Identity

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

Source split

$4.90M = $3.89M (Schedule B) + $1.01M (Independent Expenditures)
Schedule B
direct committee payments
$3,891,318 278 rows 79.4%
Independent Expenditures
money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them
$1,006,503 19 rows 20.6%
Activity span ALL TIME
Sep 23, 2024 → Jul 31, 2026
spans 1.9 years
Disbursements ALL TIME
278
Schedule B + IE rows
Client committees ALL TIME
10
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
$1.97M 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 6

BRICENO FOR STATE ASSEMBLY 2026, SPON… $614K Field & Voter Contact · 14 txns STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 $200K Field & Voter Contact · 2 txns HIGHER WAGES LOWER RENT ALLIANCE PAC $170K Wages & Payroll · 15 txns ERICKSON FOR STATE SENATE 2026, SPONS… $23K Field & Voter Contact · 5 txns 981585 $10K Digital · 5 txns ACTBLUE CALIFORNIA $70 Contributions & Transfers · 5 txns HW HIGHER WAGES, LOWER RENT ALLIAN…
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Top buyers last 6 months · top 8

BRICENO FOR STATE ASSEMBLY 2026, SPON… $720K Field & Voter Contact · 21 txns YES ON PROP 3 TO PROTECT PUBLIC EDUCA… $352K Wages & Payroll · 2 txns STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 $200K Field & Voter Contact · 2 txns HIGHER WAGES LOWER RENT ALLIANCE PAC $171K Wages & Payroll · 71 txns ALLIANCE AGAINST CORPORATE ABUSE, SPO… $163K — · 2 txns ERICKSON FOR STATE SENATE 2026, SPONS… $35K Field & Voter Contact · 11 txns 981585 $10K Digital · 5 txns ACTBLUE CALIFORNIA $117 Contributions & Transfers · 12 txns HW HIGHER WAGES, LOWER RENT ALLIAN…
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Top buyers last 12 months · top 8

BRICENO FOR STATE ASSEMBLY 2026, SPON… $720K Field & Voter Contact · 21 txns HIGHER WAGES LOWER RENT ALLIANCE PAC $487K Wages & Payroll · 181 txns YES ON PROP 3 TO PROTECT PUBLIC EDUCA… $353K Wages & Payroll · 3 txns STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 $200K Field & Voter Contact · 2 txns ALLIANCE AGAINST CORPORATE ABUSE, SPO… $163K — · 2 txns ERICKSON FOR STATE SENATE 2026, SPONS… $35K Field & Voter Contact · 11 txns 981585 $10K Digital · 5 txns ACTBLUE CALIFORNIA $117 Contributions & Transfers · 12 txns HW HIGHER WAGES, LOWER RENT ALLIAN…
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Top buyers last 18 months · top 10

BRICENO FOR STATE ASSEMBLY 2026, SPON… $720K Field & Voter Contact · 21 txns HIGHER WAGES LOWER RENT ALLIANCE PAC $487K Wages & Payroll · 181 txns YES ON PROP 3 TO PROTECT PUBLIC EDUCA… $353K Wages & Payroll · 3 txns 981585 $260K Wages & Payroll · 10 txns STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 $200K Field & Voter Contact · 2 txns ALLIANCE AGAINST CORPORATE ABUSE, SPO… $163K — · 2 txns ERICKSON FOR STATE SENATE 2026, SPONS… $35K Field & Voter Contact · 11 txns RENTERS AND HOMEOWNERS FOR RENT CONTR… $21K Wages & Payroll · 1 txn WORKER POWER PAC $3K Field & Voter Contact · 1 txn ACTBLUE CALIFORNIA $117 Contributions & Transfers · 12 txns HW HIGHER WAGES, LOWER RENT ALLIAN…
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Top buyers last 24 months · top 10

WORKER POWER PAC $2.46M Wages & Payroll · 33 txns BRICENO FOR STATE ASSEMBLY 2026, SPON… $720K Field & Voter Contact · 21 txns HIGHER WAGES LOWER RENT ALLIANCE PAC $487K Wages & Payroll · 181 txns 981585 $391K Wages & Payroll · 28 txns YES ON PROP 3 TO PROTECT PUBLIC EDUCA… $353K Wages & Payroll · 3 txns STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 $200K Field & Voter Contact · 2 txns ALLIANCE AGAINST CORPORATE ABUSE, SPO… $163K — · 2 txns RENTERS AND HOMEOWNERS FOR RENT CONTR… $82K Wages & Payroll · 2 txns ERICKSON FOR STATE SENATE 2026, SPONS… $35K Field & Voter Contact · 11 txns UNITE HERE LOCAL 11 PAC $6K — · 2 txns HW HIGHER WAGES, LOWER RENT ALLIAN…

By party

Revenue by party

100% D
D · 100%
R · 0%
PartyAmount%
Democratic $1,764,614 37.56%
Republican $0 0.00%
Non-partisan $2,933,207 62.44%

Part III Reference tables

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

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Money flow through this vendor

Where their ad buys point

IE payers (left) → races the buys targeted (right) · independent-expenditure filings only

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HIGHER WAGES, LOWER RENT ALLIAN… WORKER POWER PAC $1M UNITE HERE LOCAL 11 PAC $6K H8CA45148 (support) $609K Derek Tran (support) $359K Will Rollins (support) $21K George Whitesides (support) $11K Dave Min (support) $2K Unspecified races (1 filing… $4K Total in: $1.01M Total out: $1.01M
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Cycle-over-cycle trajectory

202420252026 Q3 2024 (2024 cycle): $772Q4 2024 (2024 cycle): $1.33MQ1 2025 (2024 cycle): $71KQ1 2025 (2026 cycle): $253KQ2 2025 (2024 cycle): $21KQ3 2025 (2024 cycle): $250KQ4 2025 (2024 cycle): $78KQ1 2026 (2026 cycle): $415KQ2 2026 (2026 cycle): $457KQ3 2026 (2026 cycle): $1.02M Q3Q1Q2Q4Q2Q3 $1.33M

current cycle earlier election cycle off-cycle year quarterly · 3 years

Per-quarter totals
Year Q Cycle Total Txns Top buyer · share Top category · share Cum. (cycle) YoY %
2024 Q3 2024 $772 4 981585 100% Wages & Payroll 100% $772
2024 Q4 2024 $1.33M 18 WORKER POWER PAC 91% Wages & Payroll 100% $1.33M
2025 Q1 2024 $71K 11 981585 100% Wages & Payroll 100% $1.4M
2025 Q1 2026 $253K 2 WORKER POWER PAC 100% Field & Voter Contact 100% $253K
2025 Q2 2024 $21K 1 RENTERS AND HOMEOWNERS FOR … 100% Wages & Payroll 100% $1.42M
2025 Q3 2024 $250K 5 981585 100% Wages & Payroll 100% $1.67M
2025 Q4 2024 $78K 70 HIGHER WAGES LOWER RENT ALL… 99% Wages & Payroll 98% $1.75M
2026 Q1 2026 $415K 42 HIGHER WAGES LOWER RENT ALL… 58% Wages & Payroll 69% $669K
2026 Q2 2026 $457K 84 YES ON PROP 3 TO PROTECT PU… 38% Wages & Payroll 13% $1.13M
2026 Q3 2026 $1.02M 41 BRICENO FOR STATE ASSEMBLY … 60% Field & Voter Contact 71% $2.14M +131553%
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Revenue by service category

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Revenue by service category

last 3 months · hover bars for cycle context
Field & Voter Contact — cycle-to-date Total: $1.03M across 23 disbursements (avg $45K/check) Top buyer: BRICENO FOR STATE ASSEMBLY 2026, SPONSORED BY UNITE HERE LOCAL 11; WORKING FAMILIES FOR ADA (46% of category) Last paid: 5w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Field & Voter Contact $726K Wages & Payroll — cycle-to-date Total: $2.37M across 62 disbursements (avg $38K/check) Top buyer: WORKER POWER PAC (51% of category) Last paid: 5w ago · +35% vs prior cycle Wages & Payroll $271K Digital — cycle-to-date Total: $10K across 5 disbursements (avg $2K/check) Top buyer: 981585 (100% of category) Last paid: 5w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Digital $10K Contributions & Transfers — cycle-to-date Total: $431 across 34 disbursements (avg $13/check) Top buyer: HIGHER WAGES LOWER RENT ALLIANCE PAC (73% of category) Last paid: 2mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Contributions & Transfers $167

Revenue by service category

last 6 months · hover bars for cycle context
Field & Voter Contact — cycle-to-date Total: $1.03M across 23 disbursements (avg $45K/check) Top buyer: BRICENO FOR STATE ASSEMBLY 2026, SPONSORED BY UNITE HERE LOCAL 11; WORKING FAMILIES FOR ADA (46% of category) Last paid: 5w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Field & Voter Contact $773K Wages & Payroll — cycle-to-date Total: $2.37M across 62 disbursements (avg $38K/check) Top buyer: WORKER POWER PAC (51% of category) Last paid: 5w ago · +35% vs prior cycle Wages & Payroll $508K Digital — cycle-to-date Total: $10K across 5 disbursements (avg $2K/check) Top buyer: 981585 (100% of category) Last paid: 5w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Digital $10K Fundraising — cycle-to-date Total: $3K across 146 disbursements (avg $21/check) Top buyer: HIGHER WAGES LOWER RENT ALLIANCE PAC (100% of category) Last paid: 4mo ago · +89% vs prior cycle Fundraising $932 Contributions & Transfers — cycle-to-date Total: $431 across 34 disbursements (avg $13/check) Top buyer: HIGHER WAGES LOWER RENT ALLIANCE PAC (73% of category) Last paid: 2mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Contributions & Transfers $431 Software & Tech — cycle-to-date Total: $242 across 2 disbursements (avg $121/check) Top buyer: ERICKSON FOR STATE SENATE 2026, SPONSORED BY UNITE HERE LOCAL 11; WORKING FAMILIES FOR JOHN (100% of category) Last paid: 4mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Software & Tech $242

Revenue by service category

last 12 months · hover bars for cycle context
Field & Voter Contact — cycle-to-date Total: $1.03M across 23 disbursements (avg $45K/check) Top buyer: BRICENO FOR STATE ASSEMBLY 2026, SPONSORED BY UNITE HERE LOCAL 11; WORKING FAMILIES FOR ADA (46% of category) Last paid: 5w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Field & Voter Contact $773K Wages & Payroll — cycle-to-date Total: $2.37M across 62 disbursements (avg $38K/check) Top buyer: WORKER POWER PAC (51% of category) Last paid: 5w ago · +35% vs prior cycle Wages & Payroll $694K Digital — cycle-to-date Total: $10K across 5 disbursements (avg $2K/check) Top buyer: 981585 (100% of category) Last paid: 5w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Digital $10K Fundraising — cycle-to-date Total: $3K across 146 disbursements (avg $21/check) Top buyer: HIGHER WAGES LOWER RENT ALLIANCE PAC (100% of category) Last paid: 4mo ago · +89% vs prior cycle Fundraising $3K Contributions & Transfers — cycle-to-date Total: $431 across 34 disbursements (avg $13/check) Top buyer: HIGHER WAGES LOWER RENT ALLIANCE PAC (73% of category) Last paid: 2mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Contributions & Transfers $431 Software & Tech — cycle-to-date Total: $242 across 2 disbursements (avg $121/check) Top buyer: ERICKSON FOR STATE SENATE 2026, SPONSORED BY UNITE HERE LOCAL 11; WORKING FAMILIES FOR JOHN (100% of category) Last paid: 4mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Software & Tech $242

Revenue by service category

last 18 months · hover bars for cycle context
Wages & Payroll — cycle-to-date Total: $2.37M across 62 disbursements (avg $38K/check) Top buyer: WORKER POWER PAC (51% of category) Last paid: 5w ago · +35% vs prior cycle Wages & Payroll $966K Field & Voter Contact — cycle-to-date Total: $1.03M across 23 disbursements (avg $45K/check) Top buyer: BRICENO FOR STATE ASSEMBLY 2026, SPONSORED BY UNITE HERE LOCAL 11; WORKING FAMILIES FOR ADA (46% of category) Last paid: 5w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Field & Voter Contact $776K Digital — cycle-to-date Total: $10K across 5 disbursements (avg $2K/check) Top buyer: 981585 (100% of category) Last paid: 5w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Digital $10K Fundraising — cycle-to-date Total: $3K across 146 disbursements (avg $21/check) Top buyer: HIGHER WAGES LOWER RENT ALLIANCE PAC (100% of category) Last paid: 4mo ago · +89% vs prior cycle Fundraising $3K Contributions & Transfers — cycle-to-date Total: $431 across 34 disbursements (avg $13/check) Top buyer: HIGHER WAGES LOWER RENT ALLIANCE PAC (73% of category) Last paid: 2mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Contributions & Transfers $431 Software & Tech — cycle-to-date Total: $242 across 2 disbursements (avg $121/check) Top buyer: ERICKSON FOR STATE SENATE 2026, SPONSORED BY UNITE HERE LOCAL 11; WORKING FAMILIES FOR JOHN (100% of category) Last paid: 4mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Software & Tech $242

Revenue by service category

last 24 months · hover bars for cycle context
Wages & Payroll — cycle-to-date Total: $2.37M across 62 disbursements (avg $38K/check) Top buyer: WORKER POWER PAC (51% of category) Last paid: 5w ago · +35% vs prior cycle Wages & Payroll $2.37M Field & Voter Contact — cycle-to-date Total: $1.03M across 23 disbursements (avg $45K/check) Top buyer: BRICENO FOR STATE ASSEMBLY 2026, SPONSORED BY UNITE HERE LOCAL 11; WORKING FAMILIES FOR ADA (46% of category) Last paid: 5w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Field & Voter Contact $1.03M Digital — cycle-to-date Total: $10K across 5 disbursements (avg $2K/check) Top buyer: 981585 (100% of category) Last paid: 5w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Digital $10K Fundraising — cycle-to-date Total: $3K across 146 disbursements (avg $21/check) Top buyer: HIGHER WAGES LOWER RENT ALLIANCE PAC (100% of category) Last paid: 4mo ago · +89% vs prior cycle Fundraising $3K Contributions & Transfers — cycle-to-date Total: $431 across 34 disbursements (avg $13/check) Top buyer: HIGHER WAGES LOWER RENT ALLIANCE PAC (73% of category) Last paid: 2mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Contributions & Transfers $431 Software & Tech — cycle-to-date Total: $242 across 2 disbursements (avg $121/check) Top buyer: ERICKSON FOR STATE SENATE 2026, SPONSORED BY UNITE HERE LOCAL 11; WORKING FAMILIES FOR JOHN (100% of category) Last paid: 4mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Software & Tech $242
Per-category breakdown · cycle-to-date
Category Total spend Txns Avg check % of total Top buyer · share Last paid
Wages & Payroll $2,365,669 62 $38K 66.9% WORKER POWER PAC 51% 5w ago
Field & Voter Contact $1,026,307 23 $45K 29.0% BRICENO FOR STATE ASSEMBLY … 46% 5w ago
Other / Unclassified $128,626 1 $129K 3.6% HIGHER WAGES LOWER RENT ALL… 100% 7mo ago
Digital $9,500 5 $2K 0.3% 981585 100% 5w ago
Fundraising $2,998 146 $21 0.1% HIGHER WAGES LOWER RENT ALL… 100% 4mo ago
Contributions & Transfers $431 34 $13 0.0% HIGHER WAGES LOWER RENT ALL… 73% 2mo ago
Software & Tech $242 2 $121 0.0% ERICKSON FOR STATE SENATE 2… 100% 4mo 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
$0 · 0% of revenue
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Repeat clients 2 cycles
$2,692,344 · 69% of revenue
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One-time clients 1 cycle
$1,198,974 · 31% of revenue
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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
$2,429,646 62.4% 9
AZ
$1,461,672 37.6% 1
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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 2024-10-15 WORKER POWER PAC Wages & Payroll FIELD CANVASSING EXPENSES $250,000
Largest all-time 2025-02-26 WORKER POWER PAC Field & Voter Contact FIELD CANVASSING EXPENSES $250,000
Largest all-time 2024-10-16 WORKER POWER PAC Wages & Payroll FIELD CANVASSING EXPENSES $250,000
Largest all-time 2026-07-31 BRICENO FOR STATE ASSEMBLY 2026, SPONSORED BY UNITE HERE LOCAL 11; WORKING FAMILIES FOR ADA Field & Voter Contact Field Program Expenses (Estimate)., Ada Brice?o for Assembly 2026, Support $183,932
Largest all-time 2024-10-22 WORKER POWER PAC Wages & Payroll FIELD CANVASSING EXPENSES $180,000
Largest this cycle 2026-03-24 YES ON PROP 3 TO PROTECT PUBLIC EDUCATION, HEALTH CARE AND BUDGET STABILITY, SPONSORED BY EDUCATION AND LABOR ORGANIZATIONS Wages & Payroll $176,000
Largest this cycle 2026-04-06 YES ON PROP 3 TO PROTECT PUBLIC EDUCATION, HEALTH CARE AND BUDGET STABILITY, SPONSORED BY EDUCATION AND LABOR ORGANIZATIONS $176,000
Largest this cycle 2026-07-31 STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 Field & Voter Contact Voter Contact $150,000
Recent 2026-07-31 ERICKSON FOR STATE SENATE 2026, SPONSORED BY UNITE HERE LOCAL 11; WORKING FAMILIES FOR JOHN Field & Voter Contact Field canvassing expenses. $9,675
Recent 2026-07-31 HIGHER WAGES LOWER RENT ALLIANCE PAC Field & Voter Contact Field canvassing expenses. $3,126
Recent 2026-07-31 BRICENO FOR STATE ASSEMBLY 2026, SPONSORED BY UNITE HERE LOCAL 11; WORKING FAMILIES FOR ADA Wages & Payroll Staff-Time $2,181
Recent 2026-07-31 981585 Digital Phone & Text Messaging Program (Estimate), Vivian Malauulu for Long Beach City Council 2026 District 7, Support $1,000
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