LA TIMES
$454K
2025-2026 cycle
LA TIMES is a media vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle LA TIMES was paid $454K across 32 client committees, of which $120K flowed through Independent Expenditures rather than direct committee payments.
Part I Identity
Stable facts about this entity. These figures do not change as you adjust the timeframe in Part II.
Source split
$454K
=
$334K
(Schedule B)
+
$120K
(Independent Expenditures)
| Schedule B direct committee payments |
$334,036 | 108 rows | 73.6% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$119,957 | 15 rows | 26.4% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Sep 4, 2002 → May 11, 2026
- spans 23.7 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 108
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 32
- distinct payers
Part II Activity in selected window
One timeframe control governs all three panels below. Change it once and the trajectory, top buyers, and party breakdown all update together.
Spend trajectory
Monthly spend to this vendor over the last 12 months.
Jun 2025
May 2026
$7K
across 12 months
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.
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 1 months · top 1
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| GIPSON FOR BOARD OF EQUALIZATION 2026 1471779 |
$1,417 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 3 months · top 2
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| GIPSON FOR BOARD OF EQUALIZATION 2026 1471779 |
$5,667 | 3 |
| CALDERON FOR ASSEMBLY 2026; LISA 1477264 |
$304 | 2 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 6 months · top 2
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| GIPSON FOR BOARD OF EQUALIZATION 2026 1471779 |
$5,667 | 3 |
| CALDERON FOR ASSEMBLY 2026; LISA 1477264 |
$550 | 4 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 12 months · top 3
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| GIPSON FOR BOARD OF EQUALIZATION 2026 1471779 |
$5,667 | 3 |
| UMBERG SENATE 2022 OFFICEHOLDER ACCOUNT; COLONEL (RET.) TOM 1461225 |
$934 | 1 |
| CALDERON FOR ASSEMBLY 2026; LISA 1477264 |
$754 | 6 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 18 months · top 3
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| GIPSON FOR BOARD OF EQUALIZATION 2026 1471779 |
$5,667 | 3 |
| UMBERG SENATE 2022 OFFICEHOLDER ACCOUNT; COLONEL (RET.) TOM 1461225 |
$934 | 1 |
| CALDERON FOR ASSEMBLY 2026; LISA 1477264 |
$754 | 6 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 24 months · top 7
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| CLOOBECK FOR GOVERNOR 2026 1476744 |
$35,000 | 1 |
| GIPSON FOR BOARD OF EQUALIZATION 2026 1471779 |
$5,667 | 3 |
| RODRIGUEZ FOR ASSEMBLY 2024; MICHELLE 1456740 |
$2,550 | 1 |
| UMBERG SENATE 2022 OFFICEHOLDER ACCOUNT; COLONEL (RET.) TOM 1461225 |
$1,188 | 3 |
| CALDERON FOR ASSEMBLY 2026; LISA 1477264 |
$754 | 6 |
| CALDERON FOR ASSEMBLY 2024; LISA 1456830 |
$489 | 6 |
| DUNCAN FOR ASSEMBLY 2024; CHRIS 1456888 |
$48 | 3 |
By party
Revenue by party
D · 100%
R · 0%
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $271 | 0.06% |
| Republican | $0 | 0.00% |
| Non-partisan | $453,722 | 99.94% |
Part III Reference tables
Full all-time and cycle-to-date data.
Cycle-over-cycle trajectory
current cycle earlier election cycle off-cycle year quarterly · 9 years
Per-quarter totals
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Q2 | 2018 | $10K | 2 | 980162 100% | Legal & Compliance 100% | $10K | — |
| 2018 | Q3 | 2018 | $3K | 1 | C00671784 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $13K | — |
| 2019 | Q3 | 2018 | $48 | 3 | GROVE FOR SENATE 2022 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $13K | — |
| 2019 | Q4 | 2018 | $64 | 4 | GROVE FOR SENATE 2022 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $13K | — |
| 2020 | Q1 | 2020 | $52 | 4 | LINDERMAN, HANK 61% | Software & Tech 61% | $52 | — |
| 2020 | Q2 | 2020 | $72 | 4 | LINDERMAN, HANK 100% | Software & Tech 67% | $124 | -99% |
| 2020 | Q3 | 2020 | $72 | 3 | LINDERMAN, HANK 100% | Software & Tech 100% | $196 | -97% |
| 2020 | Q4 | 2020 | $24 | 1 | LINDERMAN, HANK 100% | Software & Tech 100% | $220 | — |
| 2021 | Q2 | 2020 | $116 | 1 | POWERED BY PEOPLE 100% | Software & Tech 100% | $336 | — |
| 2021 | Q3 | 2020 | $52K | 1 | NEWSOM; STOP THE REPUBLICAN… 100% | Digital 100% | $52K | +107461% |
| 2022 | Q1 | 2022 | $16 | 1 | CALDERON FOR ASSEMBLY 2022;… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $16 | -69% |
| 2022 | Q2 | 2022 | $83 | 3 | CALDERON FOR ASSEMBLY 2022;… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $99 | +16% |
| 2022 | Q3 | 2022 | $218 | 5 | CALDERON FOR ASSEMBLY 2022;… 74% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $317 | +203% |
| 2022 | Q4 | 2022 | $3K | 1 | QUIRK-SILVA FOR ASSEMBLY 20… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $3K | +10543% |
| 2023 | Q1 | 2022 | $238 | 4 | CALDERON FOR ASSEMBLY 2022;… 56% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $3K | — |
| 2023 | Q3 | 2022 | $160 | 3 | CALDERON FOR ASSEMBLY 2024;… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $3K | -100% |
| 2023 | Q4 | 2022 | $173 | 3 | CALDERON FOR ASSEMBLY 2024;… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $3K | — |
| 2024 | Q1 | 2024 | $490 | 7 | UMBERG SENATE 2022 OFFICEHO… 52% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $490 | +2961% |
| 2024 | Q2 | 2024 | $175 | 4 | UMBERG SENATE 2022 OFFICEHO… 73% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $665 | +111% |
| 2024 | Q3 | 2024 | $775 | 10 | CALDERON FOR ASSEMBLY 2024;… 63% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $1K | +255% |
| 2024 | Q4 | 2024 | $38K | 2 | CLOOBECK FOR GOVERNOR 2026 93% | Digital 100% | $39K | +1373% |
| 2025 | Q3 | 2024 | $204 | 2 | CALDERON FOR ASSEMBLY 2026;… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $39K | +27% |
| 2025 | Q4 | 2024 | $934 | 1 | UMBERG SENATE 2022 OFFICEHO… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $40K | +439% |
| 2026 | Q1 | 2026 | $246 | 2 | CALDERON FOR ASSEMBLY 2026;… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $246 | -50% |
| 2026 | Q2 | 2026 | $6K | 5 | GIPSON FOR BOARD OF EQUALIZ… 95% | Other / Unclassified 5% | $6K | +3309% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digital | $191,118 | 6 | $32K | 58.2% | BROWN FOR GOVERNOR 2010, A … 47% | 19mo ago |
| Print & Mail | $70,603 | 10 | $7K | 21.5% | CENTURY HOUSING CORPORATION 51% | 19y ago |
| Other / Unclassified | $52,222 | 72 | $725 | 15.9% | CALIFORNIANS AGAINST HIGHER… 79% | 7w ago |
| Legal & Compliance | $10,000 | 1 | $10K | 3.0% | 980162 100% | 8y ago |
| Media | $2,214 | 4 | $554 | 0.7% | 770923 100% | 13y ago |
| Contributions & Transfers | $1,920 | 1 | $2K | 0.6% | ALLIANCE FOR CALIFORNIA'S T… 100% | 18y ago |
| Software & Tech | $294 | 11 | $27 | 0.1% | LINDERMAN, HANK 60% | 5y ago |
Client retention
Sticky-relationship signal: how many clients keep coming back across cycles vs one-time buyers.
0
Anchor clients 3+ cycles
$0 · 0% of revenue
4
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$2,907 · 1% of revenue
28
One-time clients 1 cycle
$331,129 · 99% of revenue
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 | $331,201 | 99.2% | 28 | |
| Unknown | $2,520 | 0.8% | 2 | |
| KY | $200 | 0.1% | 1 | |
| TX | $116 | 0.0% | 1 |
Notable disbursements
5 largest all-time · 5 largest in the current cycle · 5 most recent. Each row earns its place.