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- Summary Analysis
- Total Contributions and Expenditures For & Against
- Top Ten Contributors For & Against
Prop. 85 backers collected a total of $4.4 million in contributions and spent $3.8 million. About half of these expenditures went toward qualifying the measure for the ballot. Opponents collected and spent $6.9 million. Much of this money paid for television air time, ad production, polling, and campaign consulting.
Of the $11.2 million contributed for and against Prop. 85, $6.9 million, or 62%, came from ten sources (see the top ten list below). All of the top ten contributors were from California. Fifty-six percent of all donations from the top ten contributors came from organizations, while the rest, 44 percent, came from only two people: San Diego publisher James Holman and winemaker and former California Assembly member Don Sebastiani.
Prop. 85 ads did not begin airing until just a few weeks before the election, when opponents launched their first ad. That ad aired 183 times in three of California’s top five media markets (Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego) for an estimated $630,144. No other TV ads aired for or against the initiative.
Note: Contributions under $100 are not required for reporting to the Secretary of State and therefore all contributions are not itemized.
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| Total Contributions (As of 12.30.2006) |
$4,390,208 | $6,850,391 |
Yes on 85, Major Funding Provided by Jim Holman, Don Sebastiani, and Others to Reform Parents' Right to Know and Child Protection Laws in California (a.k.a., "Life on the Ballot- Parents Right to Know") |
$4,390,208 |
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Campaign for Teen Safety - A Project of Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California |
- - - |
$6,339,26 |
No on 85, A Project of American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California |
- - - |
$481,624 |
Committee for California's Future |
- - - |
$29,500 |
Total Expenditures |
$3,797,275 | $6,920,686 |
Yes on 85, Major Funding Provided by Jim Holman, Don Sebastiani, and Others to Reform Parents' Right to Know and Child Protection Laws in California (a.k.a., "Life on the Ballot- Parents Right to Know") |
$3,797,275 |
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Campaign for Teen Safety - A Project of Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California |
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$6,410,908 |
No on 85, A Project of American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California |
- - - |
$481,634 |
Committee for California's Future |
- - - |
$28,144 |
(As of 12.30.2006)
| NAME | AMOUNT | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |
JAMES HOLMAN, San Diego Publisher | $2,566,270 |
| 2. |  |
PLANNED PARENTHOOD MAR MONTE, INC. | $904,744 |
| 3. | |
PLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES | $767,834 |
| 4. | |
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SHASTA DIABLO | $549,861 |
| 5. | |
PLANNED PARENTHOOD ORANGE AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES | $545,418 |
| 6. | |
DON SEBASTIANI, Sonoma winemaker & former CA Assemblymember | $475,000 |
| 7. | |
PLANNED PARENTHOOD GOLDEN GATE | $342,163 |
| 8. | |
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SAN DIEGO & RIVERSIDE COUNTIES | $281,128 |
| 9. | |
CALIFORNIA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION ISSUES PAC | $275,000 |
| 10. | |
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SANTA BARBARA, VENTURA AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES, INC | $234,696 |
| Total | $6,942,115 |
