Davis school board candidates Alan Fernandes, Susan Lovenburg and Nancy Peterson raised the most money during the Oct. 1-20 filing period, according to reports filed with the Yolo County Elections Office. And the Yes for Our Students committee, which supports local school parcel tax Measure E, outraised the No School Board Taxes political action committee, which opposes the measure, by a wide margin.
Donors listed are from Davis, unless otherwise noted.
The Peterson campaign reported $1,365 in contributions for the October filing period, bringing her total to $19,073.
Donors to the Peterson campaign included: $450 — Victor Bucher; $250 — Miriam Fisk; $100 — Liz Malinoff, Deborah Glazer, Bill Ritter, Al Inouye, Erin Ochoa.
Fernandes raised $5,187 in cash, and also lent his campaign $3,000. This brings his total fundraising to date to $19,049, a figure that includes $333 in nonmonetary contributions made during a previous filing period.
Donors to the Fernandes campaign during the October reporting period included: $500 — Sloat Higgins Jensen & Associates of Sacramento, Northern California Carpenters Regional Council of Oakland, Harry S. Truman Club of Sacramento; $300 — Afrack Vargas of West Sacramento; $250 — Dennis Loper of Capital Strategies Group in Sacramento, Helen Chew, Star-Crossed Group; $200 — John Palacek of San Diego, Stacey Garcia of Costa Mesa, Geoffrey Wandesford-Smith; $150 — Dennis Fernandes; $105 — Matthew Dulcich; $100 — Ashley Pierce of Elk Grove, Grace DeMasi, Amy Brown of Clarksburg, Geoff Kleven of Sacramento, Ron Unger, Donna Freeman of Sacramento, Anthony Costello, John Hooper of Sacramento, Manuel Rivas of Montebello, Christopher Ochoa, Chris Espinosa of Woodland, Modern Classic Automotive of Woodland, Jay Rapozo of Sacramento, Ying Fang.
The Lovenburg campaign raised $4,365 during the October reporting period, and also received $1,820 in nonmonetary contributions. Lovenburg has raised a total of $15,054 in cash and nonmonetary contributions.
Donors to the Lovenburg campaign during the current reporting period included: $500 — MP Whelan-Miile; $250 — Tom Cross, Nancy Stephenson; $200 — Ed and Jacqueline Clemens, Tracy Fauver, Jean Kridl and David Dohn, Rick and Linda Troy; $150 — Carri Ziegler; $100 — Amy Abramson, Barbara Archer, Stephan Cohen and Laura Hogan, Virginia Davis, Lucas Frerichs, Laora Gershenzon, James Herrington of Woodland, Al Inouye, Susan Lovenburg, Marilyn Mansfield, David and Robbie Murphy, Susan Osfeld, Kari Peterson, Deena Stanley, Kirk Trost, John Whitcombe, Naomi Williams and Daniel Fuchs.
The nonmonetary contributions to the Lovenburg campaign were not detailed.
Donors to the Granda campaign included $1,385 from the candidate, and several donations of less than $100 from others. Nonmonetary contributions included the fair market value of volunteer time at a Granda campaign booth by three individuals.
School board candidate Claire Sherman did not file a report because her fundraising did not reach the threshold at which a report is mandatory.
The Yes for Our Students campaign raised $7,080 in contributions, plus $250 in nonmonetary contributions during the October filing period. Total campaign fundraising to date is $23,654.
Donors this filing period included: $1,200 — The Lexington Apartments; $1,000 — Marilyn Mansfield; $930 — The Drake Apartments. John Mott-Smith, Mike and Judy Davis, Rachel Beck, Kevin Wolf, Susan Mann, Mariko Yamada, Janet Berry, Rob Schneider, Patrick Leathers, Dirk Brazil, Jim Provenza, Susan Lovenburg.
The $250 in nonmonetary contributions came from Nugget Market, in the form of groceries for a fundraising event.
The No on School Board Taxes political action committee reported contributions of $1,100 for the October filing period bringing its total to date to $2,453 in cash, plus $1,046 in nonmonetary contributions during a previous filing period.
Donors include Jose Granda ($500 for the October filing period, $1,578 total for the campaign) and P. Kumar Sah ($600).
— Reach Jeff Hudson at [email protected] or 530-747-8055.