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Baru A Sanchez

Board Member, Equalization Board

Running in 2026: Board of Equalization Member District 3 (June 2) “CPA/Internal Auditor”

Form 700 statements

StatementFiledWhat it lists
2026 Candidate
Board Member, Equalization Board
2026-03-051 real property, 2 income

Findings

Context Campaign money · the statement

Put $25,000 of their own into the Board of Equalization Member District 3 campaign (73% of its money)

Itemized money to SANCHEZ FOR BOARD OF EQUALIZATION 2026 through Cal-Access reports in 2025-2026: $9,325 in contributions, of which $0 from the candidate, plus $25,000 in loans from the candidate.

What to check
  • Context, not a problem: candidates may fund their own campaigns.
  • Loans can be repaid from later contributions (Cal-Access Schedule B).
Rule: Candidate's own money in the campaign

How this rule works

Campaign money: Board of Equalization Member District 3

$9,325itemized, 33 contributions
$25,000from the candidate (incl. loans)
Where their outside money comes from

IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsTribal governmentsPolitical partiesOther candidates and officeholders

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How it was spent: $7,551

Print ads$5,305
Literature and mailings$1,796
Fundraising events$450

Largest payees: Meta $5,305 Print ads · PrintBanner $967 Literature and mailings · Benitez Productionz $500 Literature and mailings · Tacos Gavilan $246 Fundraising events · Costco $204 Fundraising events · PrintBAnner $195 Literature and mailings · Walgreens $135 Literature and mailings

Payments on their full reports (Form 460 Schedule E) covering 2025–2026, by the FPPC's expense codes; a consultant's payments to others (ads, mail) show under the consultant.

Top contributorsTypeTotal
Christopher Otero
Account Manager · Revelyst · La Puente
Person$900
Glendy Sanchez
Eligibility Worker II · Los Angeles County Social Services · Whittier
Person$900
US Bank
Whittier
$900
Alejandra Alanis
Consulting · ALPFA · Los Angeles
Person$750
Elizabeth Duran
Lead Systems Analyst · Epson · Whittier
Person$500
Alain Mendez
Retired · Retired · Sandy
Person$500
Ollivarez Madruga Law Organization, LLP
Los Angeles
Business/other$500
Veronica Ponce
IT Specialist · Epson · Lakewood
Person$500
Michael Becerra
Finance · Bank · Downey
Person$350
Ernesto Morales
Consulting · North Star Alliances · La Crescenta
Person$300
Ligia Sanchez
Liz Inc. · Buena Park
Person$275
Angela Amenero
CPA · Murphy3 · Santa Fe Springs
Person$250
Julian Garcia
Civil engineer · LA County · Whittier
Person$250
Antonio Lopez
Architect · AGL Architects · Covina
Person$250
Real Ricardo
Management Analyst · LACDA · Bellflower
Person$250

Committees: #1396077, SANCHEZ FOR BOARD OF EQUALIZATION 2026. From the Secretary of State's Cal-Access export; reports covering 2025–2026.

Their donors also gave to

Their largest donors who also funded other 2026 state candidates.

DonorTo themCandidates fundedBy party
US Bank
Business · Saint Paul
$9002
Ernesto Morales
Consultant, North Star Alliance · La Crescenta
$3003
Antonio Lopez
Owner, AGL Group, Inc. · Covina
$2502
Monica Vargas
HR Professional, Mlkch · Lynwood
$1002