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Ellen Evans

Senator, State Senate

Running in 2026: State Senate District 24 (June 2) “Community Organizer”

Form 700 statements

Statement	Filed	What it lists
2026 Candidate Senator, State Senate	2026-02-27	11 investments, 1 businesses & trusts, 11 income

Findings

Context Campaign money · the statement

Put $320,000 of their own into the State Senate District 24 campaign (55% of its money)

Itemized money to Ellen Evans for State Senate 2026 through Cal-Access reports in 2025-2026: $271,684 in contributions, of which $10,000 from the candidate, plus $310,000 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

$271,684itemized, 532 contributions

$320,000from the candidate (incl. loans)

Where their outside money comes from

94%

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

Plus $10,000 of their own money and from their earlier campaigns' committees. Compare with all state candidates →

How it was spent: $581,036

Other (described)$317,613

Fundraising events$88,769

Consultants$60,000

Polling$32,500

Legal and accounting$32,358

Filing and ballot fees$20,747

Literature and mailings$15,801

Office expenses$9,038

Candidate travel and meals$1,694

Campaign paraphernalia, misc.$1,600

Largest payees: Jacobson & Zilber Strategies, LLC $378,363 Internet and email · Westgate Consulting Group, LLC $53,750 Fundraising events · David Binder Research, Inc. $32,500 Polling · Deane & Company $32,358 Legal and accounting · Susan M. LaVaccare $25,874 Fundraising events · Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk $19,400 Filing and ballot fees · ActBlue Technical Services $8,584 Office expenses · Julie Sandino dba Sandino Consulting $8,000 Fundraising events

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
Michael Powell Consultant · MSP Strategies · Los Angeles	Person	$11,800
Ellen Evans Community Organizer · Ellen Evans · Los Angeles	Person	$10,000
Sarah Kilpatrick Physician · Cedars-Sinai Medical Center · Santa Monica	Person	$7,900
California Jewish PAC Los Angeles	Committee	$5,900
Dinah Jacobs Not Employed · n/a · Glenview	Person	$5,900
Carla Kimball Chairman · Vitu · Malibu	Person	$5,900
Kelly Kimball Not Employed · n/a · Malibu	Person	$5,900
Paul Watford Attorney · King & Spalding, LLP · Los Angeles	Person	$5,900
Women in Power (WIP PAC) Sacramento	Committee	$5,900
Harry E. Turner Attorney · PricewaterhouseCoopers · San Francisco	Person	$5,500
Susan Carroll Retired · n/a · Boca Raton	Person	$5,000
Bert Deixler Attorney · Kendall Brill & Klieger, LLP · Los Angeles	Person	$5,000
Ellen Hauptman Not Employed · n/a · Beverly Hills	Person	$5,000
Nicole Lafferty Not Employed · n/a · Los Angeles	Person	$5,000
Roberta Conroy Not Employed · n/a · Santa Monica	Person	$3,500

Committees: Ellen Evans for State Senate 2026. From the Secretary of State's Cal-Access export; reports covering 2025–2026.

Outside spending for and against them

$1,000spent supporting them

$0spent opposing them

Spender		Amount
ACLU California Action Votes primary · latest report	for	$1,000

Independent expenditures reported within 24 hours (Form 496), from 2025. The candidate doesn't control them.

Their donors also gave to

Their largest donors who also funded other 2026 state candidates.

Donor	To them	Candidates funded
Ellen Evans Not Employed, Ellen Evans · Los Angeles	$10,000	4
Sarah Kilpatrick Physician, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center · Santa Monica	$7,900	2
California Jewish PAC Group or PAC · Los Angeles	$5,900	17
Carla Kimball Retired, Retired · Malibu	$5,900	2
Kelly Kimball Chairman, Vitu · Malibu	$5,900	7
Women in Power (WIP PAC) Group or PAC · Sacramento	$5,900	28
Roberta Conroy Not Employed, n/a · Santa Monica	$3,500	2
Sandra Tansman Director of Marketing, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center · Los Angeles	$2,750	3
Linda May Real Estate Broker, Linda May · Los Angeles	$2,500	3
David Tsai Attorney, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP · San Francisco	$2,500	2
First Foundation Bank Business · Irvine	$2,309	57
Laurie Hasencamp Not Employed, n/a · Santa Monica	$2,100	11
Jerry Bloom Not Employed, n/a · Los Angeles	$2,000	3
Lyn Lear Producer, Lyn Lear, Producer · Los Angeles	$1,500	4
Women's Political Committee Group or PAC · Los Angeles	$1,500	3