Working Californians
Working Californians is a political services vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle Working Californians was paid $4.86M across 37 client committees, of which $303K 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
| Schedule B direct committee payments |
$4,558,976 | 112 rows | 93.8% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$302,500 | 7 rows | 6.2% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Aug 22, 2006 → Apr 17, 2026
- spans 19.7 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 112
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 37
- 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.
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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Top buyers last 6 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| 743959 743959 |
$10,000 | 1 |
Top buyers last 12 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| 743959 743959 |
$10,000 | 1 |
Top buyers last 18 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| 743959 743959 |
$10,000 | 1 |
Top buyers last 24 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| 743959 743959 |
$10,000 | 1 |
By party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $0 | 0.00% |
| Republican | $0 | 0.00% |
| Non-partisan | $4,861,476 | 100.00% |
Part III Reference tables
Full all-time and cycle-to-date data.
Working Californians is also a registered federal committee
Cycle-over-cycle trajectory
current cycle earlier election cycle off-cycle year quarterly · 6 years
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Q3 | 2016 | $27K | 4 | RENDON FOR ASSEMBLY 2018 38% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $27K | — |
| 2019 | Q2 | 2018 | $2K | 1 | WORKING CALIFORNIANS 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $2K | — |
| 2019 | Q3 | 2018 | $1K | 1 | WORKING CALIFORNIANS 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $3K | -96% |
| 2020 | Q1 | 2020 | $30K | 1 | WORKING CALIFORNIANS 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $30K | — |
| 2020 | Q3 | 2020 | $25K | 1 | WORKING CALIFORNIANS 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $55K | — |
| 2022 | Q2 | 2022 | $50K | 2 | WORKING CALIFORNIANS 50% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $50K | — |
| 2023 | Q2 | 2022 | $100K | 2 | UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL … 50% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $150K | — |
| 2026 | Q2 | 2026 | $10K | 1 | 743959 100% | Contributions & Trans… 100% | $10K | — |
Revenue by service category
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| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other / Unclassified | $4,318,786 | 103 | $42K | 94.7% | WORKING CALIFORNIANS 93% | 3y ago |
| Contributions & Transfers | $231,000 | 5 | $46K | 5.1% | WORKING CALIFORNIANS 87% | 4mo ago |
| Print & Mail | $8,053 | 3 | $3K | 0.2% | INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAIN… 100% | 15y ago |
| Travel & Events | $1,138 | 1 | $1K | 0.0% | NAZARIAN FOR ASSEMBLY 2016 100% | 10y ago |
Client retention
Sticky-relationship signal: how many clients keep coming back across cycles vs one-time buyers.
| Client | Cycles | All-time spend | Txns | First paid | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WORKING CALIFORNIANS | 9 | $4,208,125 | 66 | 2006-08-22 | 2023-05-22 |
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 | $4,558,976 | 100.0% | 37 |
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 | 2010-04-01 | WORKING CALIFORNIANS | Other / Unclassified | — | $500,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2010-05-24 | WORKING CALIFORNIANS | Other / Unclassified | — | $500,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2006-10-25 | WORKING CALIFORNIANS | Other / Unclassified | — | $400,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2007-01-29 | WORKING CALIFORNIANS | Other / Unclassified | — | $400,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2007-02-20 | WORKING CALIFORNIANS | Other / Unclassified | — | $300,000 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-04-17 | 743959 | Contributions & Transfers | Federal Contribution | $10,000 |
| Recent | 2023-05-22 | WORKING CALIFORNIANS | Other / Unclassified | — | $50,000 |
| Recent | 2023-05-22 | UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS ACTIVE BALLOT CLUB (CALIFORNIA ) (FED PAC ID# C00002766) | Other / Unclassified | — | $50,000 |
| Recent | 2022-06-02 | UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS ACTIVE BALLOT CLUB (CALIFORNIA ) (FED PAC ID# C00002766) | Other / Unclassified | — | $25,000 |
| Recent | 2022-06-02 | WORKING CALIFORNIANS | Other / Unclassified | — | $25,000 |