Five of
the seven candidates seeking three Yorba Linda City Council positions
on the Nov. 8 ballot reported significant fundraising activity this
year on state-required financial disclosures filed with City Clerk
Marcia Brown by Sept. 12.
Incumbents
Gene Hernandez and Craig Young and first-time candidates Tara
Campbell, Beth Haney and Cristy Parker have raised $122,190 for the
campaign so far, based on semiannual filings and later supplementary
statements. Further reports are due Sept. 29 and Oct. 27.
Young
raised the most money, $39,986 in donations, with $34,594 on hand at
last reporting. His largest donor was the Lincoln Club with $9,000,
followed by $5,000 from Costa Mesa-based developer Khosro Khaloghi.
Of 74 contributors, 28 had Yorba Linda addresses.
Hernandez
raised $26,543, and, with previously reported cash, had $35,017 at
last reporting.
His
largest contribution was $5,000 from Prime Healthcare of Ontario. Of
76 contributors, 26 had Yorba Linda addresses.
Campbell
raised $23,662, the largest in donations and in-kind contributions of
$9,171 from parents Jim and Lynn Campbell, with $19,476 on hand at
last reporting. Of 44 contributors, 21 had Yorba Linda addresses.
Campbell is endorsed by Hernandez and Young, and she returns the
support.
Parker
has received $16,999 in contributions and loans from two local
residents who are active in the Yorba Linda Taxpayers Association,
Kay Dotson and Kent Ebinger. Parker is the taxpayers group's sole
endorsement in the council contest, coming after the endorsement of
four contenders in the regular and recall elections in the water
district.
Beth
Haney has reported $15,000 in loans from her business, Lux Aesthetic
and Wellness Center. Paul Dippolito and Ryan Smith hadn't reported
any donations or loans as of Monday.
Not
all well-moneyed candidates and causes are winners. Three candidates
who spent more than $40,000 each in past elections placed poorly, and
the all-time record of $174,150 raised to defeat the “right-to-vote”
Measure B in 2006 fell short as the measure edged a 299-vote win.
Among
political action committees active in past council races is the
taxpayers association, which reported $16,050 in all-local
contributions and $12,000 in loans, with $6,791 on hand at last
reporting, plus an unpaid $5,500 legal bill. The committee files with
the Registrar of Voters in Santa Ana rather than the City Clerk's
office.
Residents
for a Better Yorba Linda spent $15,000 of an $18,000 donation from
the Building Industry of Southern California to support Hernandez in
his winning campaign in June for one of six local seats on the county
Republican Central Committee – an all-time high for any local
candidate for that position. The group had $1,298 on hand at last
reporting.
Yorba
Linda Residents for Responsible Representation took in $3,505 from
two garage sales and had $794 left after paying expenses to three
local benefactors.