Campaigns for and towards three San Diego poll measures proceed to safe massive marketing campaign contributions to pay for mailers and promoting throughout the last stretch earlier than the Nov. 8 election.
Within the metropolis’s hottest council race, Democrat Tommy Hough is loaning cash to his marketing campaign in an effort to maintain tempo with fellow Democrat Kent Lee of their battle for the north central District 6 seat.
New disclosures posted this week present the marketing campaign supporting Measure D, a controversial proposal to elevate town’s ban on union-friendly challenge labor agreements, raised $932,000 between Sept. 25 and Oct. 22.
That’s greater than triple the $296,000 raised by opponents. And the pro-D marketing campaign spent twice as a lot as opponents throughout the interval lined by the brand new disclosures, $1.75 million versus $825,000.
Help for Measure C, a proposal to elevate the 30-foot constructing peak restrict close to the sports activities enviornment, received a jolt of assist throughout the contribution interval when Halfway Rising donated $460,000.
Halfway Rising is the event workforce chosen by Mayor Todd Gloria and the Metropolis Council to switch town’s getting old sports activities enviornment with high-rise housing and a brand new enviornment. Greater than $300,000 has already been spent, totally on mailers.
Reform Native Authorities, a statewide political motion committee led by former Metropolis Councilmember Carl DeMaio, has spent $32,500 to date to defeat Measure C.
Extra assist for Measure C comes from a committee that raised $203,000 throughout the disclosure interval to collectively assist Measure C together with Measure B, which might repeal a century-old legislation guaranteeing free trash pickup for single-family properties.
The committee supporting each measures spent $170,000 throughout the disclosure interval. Of the $272,000 it has raised in whole, $193,000 got here from the Municipal Workers Affiliation, a metropolis labor union strongly in favor of Measure B.
Reform California, a separate statewide political motion committee led by DeMaio, has spent $50,000 on efforts to defeat Measure B. These efforts have included slate mailers, digital adverts, cellphone calls and texts.
Neither supporters nor opponents of Measure H, which might amend town constitution to permit childcare facilities to function in metropolis parks, have reported elevating or spending any cash.
Within the council runoff between Lee and Hough, Lee outraised Hough $34,000 to $7,000 throughout the disclosure interval. However Hough loaned his marketing campaign $19,000, carry the fundraising totals nearer collectively.
Hough has loaned his marketing campaign $57,000 to date this yr, whereas Lee has relied solely on contributions from donors.
Lee outspent Hough $76,000 to $71,000 throughout the disclosure interval. District 6 contains Mira Mesa and College Metropolis.
Lee has additionally benefitted from contributions to committees supporting his candidacy. The MEA gave $50,000 to a committee supporting his candidacy throughout the summer season, and the law enforcement officials’ union has given him $16,000.
Contributions to committees are usually not topic to town’s $650 most for people who contribute on to candidates.
In different council races, incumbent Democrat Jennifer Campbell and Republican Linda Lukacs every raised $13,000 throughout the interval. However Campbell was capable of outspend Lukacs $66,000 to $6,000 as a result of she got here into the interval with a big fundraising lead.
Campbell and Lukacs are in a runoff for District 2, which incorporates Level Loma and Clairemont.
In District 4, which incorporates a lot of southeastern San Diego, Democratic incumbent Monica Montgomery Steppe raised $16,000 throughout the interval and spent $23,000. Her opponent, Republican Gloria Evangelista, has not reported elevating or spending any cash.
In District 8, incumbent Democrat Vivian Moreno and her opponent, fellow Democrat Antonio Martinez, each raised and spent comparatively little throughout the disclosure interval. Moreno raised $1,250 and spent $11,000, whereas Martinez raised nothing and spent $2,000. District 8 contains Barrio Logan, San Ysidro and Otay Mesa.
