Follow the Money: City Council Candidates - Fullerton Observer (2024)

•FRED JUNG (current Mayor Pro Tem)

(Jung for city council 2024 committee ID 1455417 (Jane Rands, treasurer) )

Total Raised: $264,237

Largest contributions from:

• $7,932: (transfer from his former campaign committee Jung for Fullerton City Council 2020 ID 1427666)
• $5500: John R. Saunders Manhattan Beach (owner Rancho La Paz Mobile Home Park. Ad Saunders Properties); Asian Pacific Islanders for Progress ID 1440706, Irvine; Fullerton Firefighters Association PAC #921657
• $5000: Katana Racing Inc, Pomona; Hyundai Ok Lee (owner of The Spring Highland Fields Corp)
• $4,900: Anthony Bushala; George Bushala; Commonwealth Fuel Inc; Irvine Company, Newport Beach; Jake Sejin Oh, CEO LinkOne; Luxurros Inc/J’s Korean Cuisine; Hyun Lee, Cerritos;
• $4000-$4500: Jennifer Hyekyoung Kim (CEO MetaBiz Inc, Buena Park; Ayeong Cho (Need Care GM), Buena Park; Hyun Lee, Cerritos;
• $3500: INNOARC (Hyung-joon Sim)
• $3000: Galaxy Oil; Min Sun Michelle Ju, LA, (owner JBS Investments);
• $2500: Angeles Contractor Inc, City of Industry; Be the best Corp, dba 8 Eighty-Eight Cigar Lounge; Newport Partners, Irvine;
• $2000: OC Employees Association PAC #801447;
• $1500: Falk Mobile Health Corp (dba Care Ambulance), Orange; Gary Du (owner DapperDu Inc), Fountain Valley; Jonathan Zee, Tustin; Sigma Petroleum Inc, dba Anthem Oil, Orange;
• $1000: CA Apartment Assoc. ID 745208, Sacramento; Tom Carpenter, Frontier Real Estate Investments, San Juan Capistrano; Oscar Valadez (JVC Inc Director); 10/40 Window Inc, Malibu; Townsend Public Affairs Inc (lobbyist); LE03-a Win Management Inc, Arizona; Shelly Eum; J&E Entertainment LLC, Lynwood; Ryan Farsai (FL Harbor) H&M. Inc, Newport Beach;
• $750: Daniel Brito, Orange (owner Kalaveras);
• $500: J&M California Inc., LA; Dong Monk (Gabriel) Yim, La Canada; Jay Hang Kim, Torrance; ); Nina Kim (CEO Admission Masters), Brea;
• $249: LA/OC Building & Construction Trades Council #822029;
• $28: in unitemized contributions of under $100 each

•MATTHEW TRUXAW

IT Manager/Director

Truxaw for City Council District One 2024 ID 1471808 (Audrey Eisner-Hoeller, treasurer))

Total Raised: $3,187

Largest contributions from:

• $957: Loan to self
• $500: Lauren Shultz, Managing Director EPIC, Philadelphia, PA;
• $200: Danny Truxaw, Reseda; Robert Bergstro
• $130: Margaret Truxaw
• $100 and under: from 8 individuals (5 from Fullerton)
• $500: in unitemized contributions of under $100 each

•NICK DUNLAP (current Mayor)

Incumbent, Senior Vice President, Property Management

(DUNLAP for City Council 2024 committee ID 1458610 (Jen Slater, treasurer)

Total Raised: $ 93,046

Largest contributions from:

• $10,000: in loans from self forgiven
• $5500: Columbus Pacific Properties (Rick Margolis); Fullerton Police Officers Association; Lincoln Club of OC PAC 970861
• $5000: CREPAC (California Real Estate Political Action Committee) ID 8901061
• $3000: Tony Bushala (Bushala Brothers Inc)
• $2500: Apartment Assoc of OC PAC ID 980470, Santa Ana;
• $2000: George Bushala (Bushala Brothers Inc); John R. Saunders (owner Rancho La Paz Mobile Home Park) ; Western Manufactured Housing Communities Assoc PAC 742422; Manufactured Housing Education Trust PAC ID 8201651; Charles Sargent (owner M Park Maintenance, Orange)
• $1500: McEB LLC (Greg McCafferty Anaheim)
• $1250: Play Coffee Inc, Santa Ana;
• $1000: NOC Chamber PAC ID 13996071, Irvine; Richard Jasminski, Long Beach; Intracorp SW – Brad Perozzi, Newport Beach, Tustin; Dunlap Real Estate Investments Inc; Rick Roshan (Pacific Coast Management), Newport Beach; John Tomlinson Property Management, Capistrano Beach; Balcom Park Apartments; Raymond P. Maggi. (Property manager MPMS Inc) Anaheim; Parkside Apartments; Adam Agathakis (consultant), San Clemente; Rick Roshan (Bona Fide Mortgage Inc), Irvine; Apartment Assoc of OC PAC ID 980470, Santa Ana; Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP, LA; 421-unit Uptown Fullerton Apartments; William R. Mitchell Inc, (attorney) Irvine; Contractor Julian Leonard of Dana Point; Care Ambulance Inc, Orange; Brijesh Patel (Alliance Funding Group); CA Apartment Assoc PAC ID 754208; Earl Vaughn Real Estate Investor, Manhattan Beach; Richard Price;
• $600: Michael Sugarman;
• $500: Ryan Farsai (owner H&M Inc), Newport Beach; Pacific Towing Inc, Anaheim,; Alan Gottlieb;
• $300: Lawrence A. Bennett (Bennet Financial & Insurance), Placentia;
• $200-$250: Frank Montez; Mark Rumfola; Intratek Computer Inc, Irvine; Meridian Moulding Inc, Corona; Smith Public Affairs, Orange; Fairley & Associates Inc dba Brian’s Beer & Billiards;
• $100 – $150: JD Property Management, Costa Mesa; Thomas Fuentes (owner Strategic Consulting), Newport Beach; ANSA Insurance Services; Joyce Nohavec, Corona; Cynthia Von Collin; Sharon Nelson; Miguel Pulido, Santa Ana;
• $198: in unitemized contributions of under $100 each
• Other./Non Monetary Contributions
• $4335: Lincoln Club of OC Slate PAC ID 970861 of Irvine paid for slate mailers
• $500: Roscoe’s Famous Deli reception costs
• $150: Republican Party of OC door hangers in support

•JAN FLORY

Retired Family Attorney & former Fullerton Councilmember & former Mayor

Jan Flory for City Council 2024 committee ID 1472358 (Joana Barcelona, treasurer))

Total Raised: $12,368

Largest contributions from:

• $5500: John Phelps
• $1168: loan to self
• $1000: Sharon Quirk-Silva (CA State Assemblymember, Fullerton)
• $500: Keith Magliulo, artist; Faisal Quazi, doctor
• $150 – $300: from 17 Fullerton residents, including librarians, teachers, former department heads, and attorneys – most retired.
• $200: in unitemized contributions of under $100 each

(•MARKOWITZ: Based on the fact no one has been able to contact Mr. Markowitz, he has not participated in any political forums or the Observer spread, and has made no financial fillings, we suspect that he may have dropped out of the race.)

•KITTY JARAMILLO

retired city employee and Commissioner

(Kitty Jaramillo for City Council 2024 ID 1468214 (Joana Barcelona, treasurer) )

Total Raised: $55,846

Largest contributions from:

• $5500: John Phelps; Sharon Quirk-Silva (CA Assemblymember, Fullerton);
• $3000: Loan to self; UFCW Local 324 PAC #1306048; Anjani Thakur, MD Danville;
• $2500: Kevin Shenkman, attorney Malibu;
• $2215: Aaruni Thakur;
• $2000: OC Employees Association PAC #801447;
• $1814: Keiko Beatie;
• $1500: Women in Leadership C00790790;
• $1000: Ruby Thakur (Terra Bella Property Management Inc); Building a Stronger CA Western States Council of Carpenters #870169; Josh Newman for Senate #1435010;
• $900: Mesa Verde Group, #1467745, Sacramento;
• $750: Teresa Juarez, Orange;
• $670 – $600: Roberto Melendez; Christopher Sanchez (Mesa Verde Group, Sacramento;
• $500 – $550: Ahmad Zahra; Helen Higgins; John Quijano, retired Mission Viejo; Carolyn Miller; Planned Parenthood of Orange & San Bernardino Counties PAC 1282464, Sacramento; Doug Chaffee; John Quijano, Mission Viejo;
• $300 – $350: Susan Luevano; Joey Hernandez, Tustin; Alexanda Quijao, Mission Viejo; Sammy Perales, Yorba Linda;
• $275 – $125: Greta Nagel; Miguel Alvarez; Cecilia Flores; John Bruschke; Vince Buck; George Mankiewicz; Anne Mankewicz; Carmen Melendez; Lesley Mahaffey; Jim Ranii; Kathleen Disney; Matt Hanchett; Ruthi Hanchett; Patti Tutor; Shana Charles; Rosamaria Gomez-Amaro
• $100: from 14 individuals (9 from Fullerton)
• $1194: in unitemized contributions of under $100 each

•JAMIE VALENCIA

Registered Nurse

(Valencia 4 Fullerton City Council ID 1471578 (Shawna Pettigrew, treasurer) )

Total Raised: $37,777

Largest contributions from:

• $5500: The John Saunders Trust, Newport Beach (Real Estate investor & owner of Rancho La Paz Mobilehome Park); Fullerton Police Officers Association PAC; Fullerton Firefighters Union 3241
• $2500: Anthony Bushala (Bushala Bros Inc); Mario Valdez, JVC Inc; Gilberto Vargas, Vargas Tree Service;
• $2100: Gloria Reyes, Anaheim; Veronica Moraga
• $2100: Gloria Reyes, Anaheim; Veronica Moraga
• $1000: Fred Jung; Daniel Se Young Choi. (LinkOne Inc); Hwa M Roh. (NGL Transportation); Adel Hagekhali (Metropolitan Water District (MWD); Western Carpenters Union;
• $900: Pricilla Orozco, Anaheim
• $500: Mohsin Mortada (MWD); TC Hoag (UD Tech Group); Be the Best Corp dba 8 Eighty Cigar Lounge; Oscar Valadez;
• $250-$300: Perter Whittingham Public Advisors, Rancho Santa Margarita; James Cheon MD; Jung Suk Lee
• $200 or less: from 4 individuals (1 from Fullerton)
• $343: in unitemized contributions of under $100 each

•LINDA WHITAKER

Linda Whitaker for Fullerton City Council District 4, 2024 #1468571

Total raised: $29,908

Largest contributions from:

• $5500: Lincoln Club OC PAC #970861, Irvine
• $5000: Alaeddin Fawzi Hassan, Newport Coast (owner of Chevron Service Station Fullerton)
• $4900: David Jerome Properties;
• $4500: Freydeel Bushala
• $2500: Piccadilly Square LP, Newport Beach
• $900: Elect Bruce Whitaker #1330388 transfer
• $800: Henry Xie/Grand Inn;
• $750: MHET PAC, Irvine #820165;
• $500: Fullerton Liquor; Norkat Financial Inc, Corona; H&M Inc; FI-Harbor LLC, Laguna Hills;
• $300: Pacific Towing, Anaheim; Mona Swihart, Montrose; Sean Paden;
• $250 – $200: Cathy Green, Huntington Beach; Whittingham Public Affairs Advisors, Racho Margarita; Dan Wosab; Gregory Sebourn; James Fissler, Costa Mesa; Community Legacy Local PAC #, Sacramento; Thomas & Barbara Babcock Trust; Sueling Hsu Chen; Stan Chen; Damion Planchon;
• $150: Sharon Nelson; Erik Wehn; Tony T. Liu, Anaheim; Faubel Public Affairs, Mission Viejo; James Stewart, Fountain Valley; James Pollock;
• $100: in Fullerton 6 / out of town 2
• $308: in contributions less than $100 each

Non-Monetary:

• $2065:Lagos Mexican Cuisine
  

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