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Frank Lara
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Running in 2026: Superintendent of Public Instruction (June 2) “Teacher/Union VP”
Form 700 statements
| Statement | Filed | What it lists |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 Candidate Superintendent of Public Instruction | 2026-03-05 | 1 income |
Findings
None.
Campaign money: Superintendent of Public Instruction
IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsTribal governmentsPolitical partiesOther candidates and officeholders
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How it was spent: $31,453
Largest payees: - Meghann Adams for State Controller 2026 $4,500 Independent expenditures · United Airlines $3,103 Staff travel and meals · CA Secretary of State $2,475 Campaign paraphernalia, misc. · Maggie Furey $1,908 Staff travel and meals · Open My Tab LLC (Teeth Bar SF) $1,904 Fundraising events · - Liberation NEws, Inc. $1,848 Internet and email · Copyworld $1,629 Campaign paraphernalia, misc. · eFundraising Connections $1,488 Internet and email
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 |
|---|---|---|
| United Educators of San Franisco San Francisco | RCP | $5,000 |
| D&J Singh Farm D&J Singh Farm Porterville, | Business/other | $2,500 |
| Eisa Al Shamma Community Engagement Organizer · Liberation News · Oakland | Person | $1,433.42 |
| Jennifer Morgan Secondary Teacher · Oceanside Unified School District · Escondido | Person | $1,070.05 |
| N/A Peace & Freedom Party N/A · Riverside | Party | $1,000 |
| Aidan Kelley Teaching Assistant · University of California · Berkeley | Person | $733 |
| Copyworld Berkeley | $545.13 | |
| Shaikat Chakrabarti Congressional Policy Director · New Consensus · San Francisco | Person | $535.29 |
| Leslie Hu Social Worker · San Francisco Unified School District · San Francisco | Person | $535.29 |
| Pilar Mejia Retired · N/A · San Francisco | Person | $500 |
| Jazmin Richardson Teacher · Oakland Unified School District · Oakland | Person | $458.28 |
| Jodie Sheffels Teacher · San Francisco Unified School District · San Francisco | Person | $454.01 |
| Fern Ebeling Retired · Retired · San Francisco | Person | $440.59 |
| - Meghann Adams for State Controller 2026 Oakland | RCP | $407.06 |
| Ever Flores School Counselor · Healsdburg Unified School District · Santa rosa | Person | $400 |
Committees: LARA FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION 2026; FRANK. From the Secretary of State's Cal-Access export; reports covering 2025–2026.
Outside spending for and against them
| Spender | Amount | |
|---|---|---|
| GrowSF Voter Guide primary · latest report | against | $2,708 |
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 | By party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eisa Al-Shamma Tutor, Aspire Tutoring · Oakland | $1,433 | 4 | |
| Peace & Freedom Party Party committee · Riverside | $1,000 | 4 | |
| Jazmin Richardson Teacher, Oakland Unified School District · Oakland | $458 | 2 | |
| Fern Ebeling Retired, Retired · San Francisco | $441 | 4 | |
| Ever Flores School Counselor, Healdsburg Unified School District · Santa Rosa | $400 | 4 | |
| Ramsey Robinson for Governor 2026 Candidate or officeholder committee · Oakland | $331 | 4 | |
| Maria Al-Shamma Social Worker, Oceanside Unified School District · Encinitas | $293 | 4 | |
| Parveen Gill Therapist, Kaiser · Bakersfield | $268 | 3 | |
| Gary Doran Data Scientist, CalTech · Pasadena | $268 | 3 | |
| Erik Hamann Peer Mentor, TRiO SSS · San Andreas | $250 | 4 | |
| Emily Gu Engineer, City of Oakland · Oakland | $250 | 4 | |
| Farrah Khan Consultant,, Farrah N. Khan · Irvine | $250 | 2 | |
| Squarespace Business · New York | $246 | 3 | |
| Noor Sidhu School Psychologist, San Francisco Unified School District · San Francisco | $233 | 2 | |
| Emma Jackson Program Manager, Google · San Francisco | $200 | 2 |