City Council candidates submit financial disclosure reports

DOWNEY - City Council candidates have submitted their final financial contribution report before next month’s election.

The following is a breakdown of who funded each campaign (entries that were illegible or unclear are noted as such).

District 1

Despite running unopposed, Councilman Horacio Ortiz reported contributions of $40,901.75 and $28,936.39 in expenditures. He loaned himself $5,100, however has already reimbursed himself.

Ortiz notably received a fair amount of support from local restaurants and their employees, especially from the El Pescador chain of which he and his family are owners. He also received $1,000 each from his council colleagues Mario Trujillo and Dorothy Pemberton, both of whom are also running for reelection.

Donors include:

$1,000

Manuel Ortiz

El Pescador Restaurants (Los Angeles)

El Pescador Restaurants (South Gate)

El Pescador Restaurants (Montebello)

David M Perez

Jaime Santos

Gustavo Ortiz

Mario Trujillo

David Valadez

Brudda Group LLC

Manuel M Perez

Alejandro Santos

Christina Perez

Esco Builders Industry

Jama Transport Inc.

Drip Spin LLC

Christina Concha

Sara Elena Ortiz

Biz Fed Pac

Tapia Enterpirses, Inc.

Job Source Downey

Mambo Grill Restaurant & Bar

One Twelve Caffe, Inc.

Dorothy Pemberton

Gilman Road Recycling

Laborer’s International Union

Citizens for Safer Cities

California Families for Progressive Leadership

Family Protection Alliance

CREPAC

$800

Luis Montano

$750

MG Property Enterprises LLC

$700

Mario Munoz Realty

$600

SHV Properties LLC

$500

Clementina Casillas

Alejandro Ortiz Jr.

Alejandro Ortiz Sr.

Tacos Don Chente Downey

Melendez for Montebello

Ed and Rose Schneeberger Trust

$350

Wagner Segura

$300

Stephen Chu

Bill Adrian

$250

Helen Claros

Freddy Rodriguez

Art Montoya

Guadalupe Diaz

Prime Time Pro Services

Dolores Bacus

Matthew Johnson

Salvador Cabrera

$249

Alexis Suarez

Downey Dolan He LLC

Building a Stronger California

$200

Evelyn Aguilar

Anthony Aguilar

$150

Norma Aguilera

Norma Monzon

$100

Jesus Laurean

Juan Machuca

Kathy Ledesma

Maria Barajas

Gabriela Garduno

Marisol Ochoa

Gail Raabe

Gustavo Pena

Rene Brito

Howard Friedman

Mark and Dania Janezak

Chris Aziz

Rafael Santoya

Brian Tello

District 3

Councilwoman Dorothy Pemberton reported raising $41,498 including a $2,500 loan to herself. She spent $34,164.92.

She received most of her support from retired residents and the real estate community, though also was given funding from Downey Nissan and her council colleagues Claudia Frometa, Hector Sosa, and Horacio Ortiz (whom she also supported).

$1,000

Senior 1477 LLC

The Olive Restobar

BizFed Pac

Horacio Ortiz

Azar Event Center Inc.

RMI International

Davey McLeod Family Trust

David S McLeod

Richard Raabe

Gail Raabe

Shelby Pemberton

Ron Kolar

Arlene Lopez

L’Abri Manegement

John J. Lacey

Downey Nissan

Jeremy Fitzl

Kathleen Kolar

Donald Brabant

Greg Welch

Luos Alvarado

California Families for Progressive Leadership

Family Protection Alliance

$750

Western States Regional

$600

Bonnie Travers

$500

Fox Chiropractic

Vicki Spearman

Law Offices of Alexis Saab

Carrie Uva

Monica Gross

The Travieso Family Trust

Deborah Massaglia

Theresa Ford

Stephen C Roberson Inc.

Vernice Carnevale

Julie Garcia

Connie Kirkwood

Lindsay and Nesbit AN ACT Corp

Sheranne Jaegar

Wendy McKinsey

Margery Lewis

Alejandra Gamez

$450

Patricia Ann Morris

$400

Claudia Frometa

$350

Trish Morris

Patricia D. Rohrer

$300

Eleanor K. Eck Trust

Kenneth B Lavigne

Benjamin Arguello

$250

Jeffery Allensworth

Betty Spiloro

(What appears to be) Benjamin J. Arayello

Hector Sosa

Robert Ciatti

Edwin Huber

Penelope Watson

$249

Downey Dolan HE LLC

$200

Betty N. Ferrari

Terry Gimenez

Jose Luis Pina

Nancy Swenson

Lenora Perri

Charles D. Shirley

Stephanie Miller

Bonnie Travers

$150

Julie Infante

$100

Elaine Krupp

Debbie Bell

M.D. Morrison

Jim Derry

James Leslie Travers

Martha Morrissy

Rose Sapia

Dania Janczak

Byron Dennis Beeson

Melissa Murray

Carol Rowland

Paige Fuenmayor

Darrell Jackson

Barbara Nat

The Miller Family Revocable

Grenda Gafin

Sheranne Jaegar

Ronald Davis

Michael Murray

Sandra Lynn Rehberg Living Trust

Terry Irish

Diana Borzi

Virginia Rivas

Joyce Ellen Doyle

Richard and Patty Tattle

Aaron Mejia

Kathleen O’Neill

Mary Skill

Pemberton’s opponent, current Planning Commissioner Louis Morales, has reported a single monetary contribution: a $12,000 loan to himself. He is reported to have spent $3,470.80.

District 5

Mayor Mario Trujillo was once again the big raiser and spender of the election season, raising $78,968 and spending $77,798.26. He currently has $10,000 in loans to himself outstanding.

Trujillo received hefty support from the legal community. He was also given funds from Athens Services - which handles Downey’s solid waste disposal – and Southern California Edison.

Councilman Horacio Ortiz – which whom Trujillo contributed to his reelection campaign – also supported the Mayor.

$2,000

Urban Lifestyle Group

Turn 2 AG LLC

Jessica Nava

Del Records Inc.

Laborers International Union

La Carniceria Downey, Inc.

Athens Services

Family Protection Alliance

California Families for Progressives

Horacio Ortiz

Jimenez Consulting

Law Offices of Marc Grismer

Matt Mora

Steve Carlos Escobar

Meeting All Needs staffing

Ravi Malhotra

Rakesh Malhotra

La Barca Grill and Cantina

XPO Auto Sales

Robert Jacobs

Maria G Diaz

$1,500

Le Coco

Leticia Rivas

$1,000

Mario Jewelers of Beverly Hills Inc.

BizFed PAC

Kaitlyn Trujillo

Synergy Strategies

Jason Guerra

Synergy Strategies

Bizfed

Supreme Holdings, Inc.

West Coast Deck Waterproofing

Gurith T. Milian

Akshay Malhotra

Eber Bayona

Alejandra Kazarian

Armando Villegas

$950

Building a Stronger California

$875

The Most Program, Inc.

Law Offices of Gerri D. Marshall

Kathy Ultreras

$850

Miguel Duarte

$800

Kalaveras

$500

Joseph Iniguez

Carlos N. Iriarte, APC

Honor PAC

Stephen C Roberson, Inc.

Matias Flores Law Firm

Law Offices of Steve Cortez

Yolanda Plascencua

Jorge Mancillas

Sandra Gonzalez

Ron Ruiz

ADV West Coast

(What appears to be) Novac Law

Jesse Arana

Norma Vega

Fiesta Taxi Co-op, Inc.

$300

Francisco Real

Saleh for City Council 2024

$250

Javier Angulo

Roy Jimenez

Margarita Carona

Patricia Aguayo

David Vela Board 2020

Jesus Alcada

Epic Lounge

Ali Mendiola

Agustine Canales

AGM Solutions LLC.

Abitd Aldama

Xenia Rodriguez

Southern California Edison

$249

Jose Gonzalez

Downey Dolan HE LLC

$200

Bamby Salcedo

Blue Lights Associates

George Alva

Leonard Mata

Louis Reyes

$150

Jose Ontiveros

Violet Dawi

$112

Andrew Rodriguez

$100

Jessica Ancona

Jennifer Lumsdaine

Judy Roldan

Howard Friedman

Isaias Martinez

KMR Gourmet Entertainment

Alfred Graham

Oscar Cisco

Joaw Oliva

Lupita Infante

Randy Parraz

Terrence Abad

The Mayor’s contributions received included two nonmonetary donations in the form of entertainment and hospitality from Beso Restaurant ($1,800 value) and Google ads and labor from (what appears to be) Braven Agency, Inc ($1,500 value).

Trujillo’s opponents Rudy Sandoval and Joaquin Beltran both submitted 470 forms, indicating that they had raised and spent less than $2,000 on their campaigns in the calendar year.