Context Campaign money · the statement
Put $1,850,000 of their own into the State Senate District 24 campaign (39% of its money)
Itemized money to Brian Goldsmith for State Senate 2026 through Cal-Access reports in 2025-2026: $4,454,935 in contributions, of which $1,500,000 from the candidate, plus $350,000 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: State Senate District 24
$4,454,935itemized, 1,675 contributions
$1,861,800from the candidate (incl. loans)
Plus $1,309,650 in 73 contributions reported within 24 hours since their latest full report, which ends 2026-09-19: not yet in the totals above (they'll move into them, not be added twice, when the next full report comes in).
Brian Goldsmith $1,100,000 2026-09-29 · California Real Estate PAC (CREPAC) Small Contributor Committee $11,800 2026-09-21 · Richard LeFrak $11,000 2026-09-30 · American Pistachio Growers California PAC $5,900 2026-10-02 · Dustin Seth Blank $5,900 2026-10-08 · Richard Foos $5,900 2026-09-24 · Laurie Hasencamp $5,900 2026-10-06 · Kevin Huvane $5,900 2026-10-07 · Jesse Gabriel for Assembly 2026 $5,900 2026-09-20 · Laura Lauder $5,900 2026-09-24
Where their outside money comes from
91%
IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsTribal governmentsPolitical partiesOther candidates and officeholders
Plus $1,511,800 of their own money and from their earlier campaigns' committees. Compare with all state candidates →
How it was spent: $4,613,145
Other (described)$3,582,748
Polling$297,458
Fundraising events$189,793
Consultants$155,459
Literature and mailings$135,467
Office expenses$120,907
Legal and accounting$92,429
Internet and email$16,305
Print ads$10,074
Staff travel and meals$6,378
Largest payees: Thematic Campaigns, LLC $2,248,116 Staff travel and meals · Collaboration Campaigns, LLC $866,792 Other (described) · Imprenta Communications Group $223,394 Office expenses · Impact Research, Inc. $186,877 Staff travel and meals · Adam Jeffrey Schiff $178,591 Staff travel and meals · Daily Consulting, LLC $120,000 Fundraising events · Springfield Strategies, LLC $79,105 Staff travel and meals · ActBlue Technical Services $78,975 Office expenses
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 contributors | Type | Total |
|---|
Brian Goldsmith
Principal · Kona Media, LLC · Sacramento | Person | $1,500,000 |
First Foundation Bank
Irvine | Business/other | $27,400.41 |
COPS Voter Guide, Inc.
Sacramento | Business/other | $15,934 |
Cal Fire Local 2881 Small Contributor PAC
Sacramento | Small contributor cmte | $12,500 |
21st Century Alliance Good Government PAC
Oakland | Committee | $11,800 |
Mia E. Alpert
Writer · n/a · Los Angeles | Person | $11,800 |
Antonieta Arango
President · Monar Charitable Foundation · Los Angeles | Person | $11,800 |
Irving Azoff
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer · The Azoff Company · Los Angeles | Person | $11,800 |
Eric Baker
Entrepreneur · StubHub · Beverly Hills | Person | $11,800 |
Kelly Bavor
Retired · n/a · Atherton | Person | $11,800 |
Leslie Bider
Not Employed · n/a · Beverly Hills | Person | $11,800 |
Lynn Bider
Not Employed · n/a · Beverly Hills | Person | $11,800 |
Bill Bloomfield
Not Employed · n/a · Park City | Person | $11,800 |
Jason Blum
Chief Executive Officer · Blumhouse Productions · Los Angeles | Person | $11,800 |
Lauren Schuker Blum
Screenwriter · Writer's Guild of America · Los Angeles | Person | $11,800 |
Committees: Brian Goldsmith for State Senate 2026. From the Secretary of State's Cal-Access export; reports covering 2025–2026.