This week the political pundits in California will be pouring over the recently filed campaign finance committee reports (period ending June 30, 2005) to see if there are any surprising signs of strength or weakness to be found.
For those inclined to see what information is available on line visit the Secretary of State’s website – CalAccess . The search box in the upper-right corner is very useful. While the site lists all committees, it only provides on-line information for those committees that are large enough to fall under the on-line filing requirement. Also note – today is the filing deadline so some committees that should have on-line information available don’t, as of yet.
What’s interesting so far? Well, Contra Costa County Supervisor Mark DeSaulnier’s Assembly 2006 committee has reported raising $67,780 and spending $13,625 in the first half of 2005 leaving a balance of about $246,000. His only announced opponent, Dr. Laura Canciamilla, entered the race recently and probably hasn’t raised enough ($50,000+) to trigger the on-line filing requirement. On the other hand her husband Assemblyman Joe Canciamilla has two committees with a combined balance of just over $544,000.
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