Payees

Businesses, consultants, organizations, and people reported as receiving campaign expenditure payments. Ranked by total reported payments received.

Who got paid

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2023–2026 · current and previous election cycles

#	Payee	Paid	Payments
51	California Field Campaigns	$21,126	19
52	Method Campaign Services	$20,836	2
53	Meta Platforms, Inc.	$20,724	11
54	FireFighters Print & Design	$20,515	1
55	Santa Monica Police Activities League	$20,466	1
56	Kaufman Legal Group	$20,205	8
57	Mailing Pros Inc.	$20,111	4
58	Blue Slate	$20,000	1
59	Celestial Strategies	$20,000	1
60	MAGPIE COMMUNICATION, LLC	$20,000	1
61	Michael Trujillo	$20,000	8
62	Michael's LLC	$19,500	3
63	Higher Wages Lower Rent Alliance	$19,404	1
64	Manatt, Phelps & Phillips	$18,225	1
65	Woodland Hills Printing	$17,763	14
66	McCandless Group Strategies LLC	$17,220	5
67	Mitchell Publishing & Mailers	$17,141	13
68	Mitchell Publishing	$17,061	4
69	Scale to Win	$16,304	7
70	Breakthrough Blue LLC	$16,174	4
71	Santa Monicans for Renters' Rights	$15,653	12
72	Santa Monica Democratic Club	$15,650	22
73	Political Data Inc.	$15,321	18
74	Mailings Pros Inc.	$15,202	7
75	Tiato Kitchen and Venue	$14,997	2
76	U.S. Postal Service	$14,920	3
77	Political Reporting Plus	$14,343	40
78	Raeyson Media	$13,600	4
79	Mailchimp	$13,047	73
80	RUMBLEUP	$12,922	2
81	Erick Lesley	$12,864	4
82	BUDGET WATCHDOGS NEWSLETTER	$12,510	1
83	Dom Bei for CALPERS Board 2025	$11,800	4
84	Surf Santa Monica	$11,700	3
85	Ericka Lesley G2024 (IE)	$10,529	5
86	Vivian Roknian G2024 (IE)	$10,529	5
87	Sarah Kate Levy Consulting LLC	$10,325	8
88	ELECTION DIGEST - A PROJECT OF THE COALITION FOR LITERACY	$10,280	1
89	S.E. Owens & Company	$10,206	22
90	DT CLIENT SERVICES, LLC	$10,028	8
91	THE FIDENS GROUP, INC.	$10,028	1
92	Streets for All	$10,000	2
93	Tim Defuria	$10,000	5
94	Mosaic Public Affairs & Campaigns	$9,856	7
95	Church in Ocean Park	$9,603	7
96	MitoPop	$9,600	2
97	Studio Jody Work	$9,600	3
98	Full Spectrum Strategic LLC	$9,264	5
99	Connolly Consulting	$9,000	3
100	Katrina V. Abrot	$9,000	3

Totals include every year on file. Older records stay because the public record does.

#	Payee	Paid	Payments
1	Barbara Grover Inc. record set in 2016	$1,402,809	403
2	Groundworks Campaigns Inc.	$574,880	15
3	The Gilpin Group last active 2018	$559,373	64
4	US Postmaster	$503,415	166
5	Higher Wages Lower Rent Alliance	$472,804	21
6	Bullseye Marketing record set in 2016	$419,018	192
7	California Field Campaigns record set in 2022	$415,786	61
8	PZ Associates last active 2016	$373,268	59
9	COSTIN PUBLIC OUTREACH GROUP, INC.	$345,000	9
10	T/O Printing, Mailing & Direct Solutions, Inc. last active 2022	$331,676	248
11	Santa Monica Daily Press record set in 2016	$325,483	171
12	Cornerstone Printing record set in 2022	$311,826	160
13	STREET LEVEL STRATEGY	$300,000	2
14	Aaron, Thomas & Associates, Inc. last active 2022	$268,012	38
15	Service Mailers & Fulfillment last active 2018	$256,483	61
16	TBW&B Public Finance Strategies last active 2010	$223,467	13
17	SG&A Campaigns last active 2022	$214,260	23
18	Service Mailers Inc last active 2018	$211,296	42
19	Political Data Inc. record set in 2008	$199,178	390
20	Union Graphics, Inc. record set in 2014	$194,818	35
21	302 Communications, LLC last active 2020	$194,789	103
22	SWING STRATEGIES	$193,252	9
23	Gilpin Group last active 2020	$192,877	55
24	302 Communications Group LLC last active 2022	$184,244	31
25	Continental Colorcraft last active 2018	$182,489	100
26	Gould & Orellana, LLC	$177,287	594
27	Oscar De La Torre	$170,541	62
28	U.S. Postal Service record set in 2016	$169,007	54
29	Vivian Roknian	$168,915	47
30	Phil Brock	$168,832	46
31	Olson Hagel & Fishburn LLP last active 2019	$163,244	303
32	All Direct Mail Services last active 2008	$162,208	3
33	Carolyn Ostic	$152,303	6
34	John Putnam	$152,281	40
35	Ugarte and Associates LLC last active 2022	$149,342	7
36	Cornerstone Printing, Inc.	$142,085	24
37	Debbie Mulvaney record set in 2016	$138,803	85
38	Jennifer Kennedy	$138,611	215
39	NM Marketing last active 2022	$135,317	10
40	803 Media	$133,764	39
41	Santa Monicans for a Real Positive Future Supporting Brock, De La Torre, Roknian, and Putnam for Council 2024	$131,900	4
42	Debbie J. Shirey last active 2022	$129,123	345
43	LANA NEGRETE record set in 2022	$127,306	29
44	TBWB last active 2016	$120,482	32
45	Direct Connections Campaign Services, Inc. last active 2013	$118,647	23
46	United States Postal Service record set in 2022	$116,658	23
47	The Stationery Place last active 2010	$115,121	63
48	DOUG TRUSSLER	$114,656	2
49	Don Pequignot last active 2019	$113,444	501
50	Progressive Data Service last active 2014	$109,697	228