Updates
to past columns:
--Two
new records have been set for a Yorba Linda City Council election –
spending by a candidate-controlled campaign committee and combined
spending by a candidate and an “independent expenditure”
committee, based on newly filed, state-required reports for 2016.
Craig
Young reported spending $77,290 in his losing race for a second term
in the Nov. 4 election. He placed fourth out of seven candidates for
three positions.
Gene
Hernandez reported spending $42,382 from his committee and benefiting
from $75,000 in spending by the Moving Orange County Forward
political action committee to win a second term.
Young's
record expenses earned him 11,662 votes, or $6.63 for each vote. His
expenditure for his winning 2012 campaign was $32,085, or $2.17 per
vote for a second-place finish out of seven candidates. A vendor
forgave $5,235 in billings before Young closed his committee Feb. 14.
Spending
for Hernandez won him 13,331 votes, or $8.81 for each vote in his
second-place finish. He spent $48,995 in his 2012 win, or $3.53 per
vote for a third-place finish.
Expenses
reported by the other two winners were $33,188 for Tara Campbell, or
$2.18 for each of her 15,253 votes; and $44,927 for Beth Haney, or
$3.75 for each of her 11,981 votes.
Campbell
reported 84 and Hernandez 111 local and out-of-town contributions,
while Haney was largely self-financed with $36,170 in loans from her
business, Luxe Aesthetic & Wellness Center. Haney reported 35
local and out-of-town contributions, and Campbell noted a $5,000
self-made loan.
Spending
reported by the other candidates: $22,088 for Cristy Parker, or $2.23
for each of her 9,913 votes; $2,279 for Ryan Smith, or 26 cents for
each of his 8,782 votes; and less than the $1,000 reporting threshold
for Paul Dippolito, or under 15 cents for each of his 6,472 votes.
--Residents
who pay for water and sewer service from the Yorba Linda Water
District are no longer footing bills for medical insurance for the
agency's five elected directors, saving some $45,000 this year alone.
None
of the new directors are taking medical insurance payments, and just
one, Andrew Hall, is taking dental and vision benefits, totaling
$42.25 per month. All four – Hall, Brooke Jones, Wayne Miller and
Al Nederhood – receive life and accident insurance, at $4.42
monthly for the group.
Holdover
director Phil Hawkins had dropped his medical insurance benefit but
continues to receive dental and vision insurance for himself and
family. With life and accident insurance, his monthly benefit total
is $102.34.
The
updated figures were provided by Gina Knight, the district's Human
Resources and Risk Manager. The life and accident insurance coverage
is $10,000, which drops to 65 percent at age 60 and 50 percent at age
70, trimming payments for three directors.
Annual
benefit cost for the four directors who left office in December
totaled $47,470.