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Juan Camacho

Senator, State Senate

Running in 2026: State Senate District 26 (June 2) “Civil Rights Advocate”

Form 700 statements

Statement	Filed	What it lists
2026 Candidate (amendment) Senator, State Senate	2026-03-06	2 income
2026 Candidate Senator, State Senate	2026-03-04	1 businesses & trusts, 2 income

Findings

Context Campaign money · the statement

Put $213,600 of their own into the State Senate District 26 campaign (35% of its money)

Itemized money to Juan Camacho for State Senate 2026 through Cal-Access reports in 2025-2026: $501,994 in contributions, of which $103,600 from the candidate, plus $110,000 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

Context Amendments · the statement

Amends an earlier statement

This is an amendment. The original stays on file; what changed is in the amendment itself.

What to check

Compare with the original statement for the same year.

Rule: An amended statement

How this rule works

Context Campaign money · the statement

Put $213,600 of their own into the State Senate District 26 campaign (35% of its money)

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 26

$501,994itemized, 551 contributions

$213,600from the candidate (incl. loans)

Where their outside money comes from

55%24%11%11%

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

Plus $103,600 of their own money and from their earlier campaigns' committees. Compare with all state candidates →

How it was spent: $502,658

Other (described)$128,738

Fundraising events$114,450

Consultants$70,700

Literature and mailings$47,350

Polling$45,015

Postage and delivery$31,069

Legal and accounting$29,669

Filing and ballot fees$15,147

Office expenses$11,170

Staff salaries$7,226

Largest payees: Jacobson & Zilber Strategies, LLC $222,451 Postage and delivery · JG Impact, LLC $47,052 Staff travel and meals · Tulchin Research, LLC $45,015 Polling · Daniel C. Weitzman, LLC $44,639 Fundraising events · Deane & Company $28,734 Legal and accounting · The Ward Group, LLC $20,500 Fundraising events · SBS International, Inc. $15,000 Other (described) · Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk $13,800 Filing and ballot fees

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
Juan E. Camacho President · Equality California Institute · Los Angeles	Person	$103,599.98
BG Law, LLP Woodland Hills	Business/other	$11,800
Comcast Financial Agency Corporation Philadelphia	Business/other	$11,800
Fox Corporation Washington	Business/other	$11,800
LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender) Caucus Leadership Fund Sacramento	Committee	$11,800
George Krokondelas Business Owner · Event Aces, LLC · Hartford County	Person	$8,500
Scott Dressler Legal Administrator · Brutzkus, Gubner, Rozansky, Seror & Weber, LLP · Los Angeles	Person	$6,150
Mary Allag Marketing Director · Stage Right Marketing · Los Angeles	Person	$5,900
Building Bridges PAC Rancho Mirage	Committee	$5,900
Lizeth Camacho Not Employed · n/a · Rancho Cucamonga	Person	$5,900
Tommy Donnelly Engineer · Anduril Industries · Los Angeles	Person	$5,900
Karla Embry-Camacho Project Manager · Cordoba Corporation · Arcadia	Person	$5,900
Equality California PAC Los Angeles	Committee	$5,900
Adrian Farley Executive · Fox Corporation · Reno	Person	$5,900
Fiesta Taxi Co-Op, Inc. Torrance	Business/other	$5,900

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

Outside spending for and against them

$129,635spent supporting them

$0spent opposing them

Spender		Amount
COMMUNITIES UNITED FOR JUAN CAMACHO FOR SENATE 2026, SPONSORED BY EQUALITY CALIFORNIA & LGBT (LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL & TRANSGENDER) CAUCUS LEADERSHIP FUND primary · latest report	for	$101,000
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY ENERGY PAC, SPONSORED BY SIGNAL HILL PETROLEUM primary · latest report	for	$19,028
Statewide California Coalition Political Action Committee, sponsored by nonprofits, business leaders, innovation companies, and civic organizations primary · latest report	for	$8,607
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
FOX Corporation Business · Washington · registered lobbyist employer	$11,800	32
LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender) Caucus Leadership Fund Candidate or officeholder committee · Sacramento	$11,800	5
Comcast Financial Agency Corporation Business · Philadelphia	$11,800	53
George Krokondelas Business Owner, Event Aces, LLC · Hartford County	$8,500	2
Scott Dressler Legal Administrator, Brutzkus Gubner Rozansky Seror Weber, LLP · Los Angeles	$6,150	3
Re-Elect Rick Chavez Zbur for Assembly 2026 Candidate or officeholder committee · Sacramento	$5,900	29
Equality California PAC Group or PAC · Los Angeles	$5,900	8
Fiesta Taxi Co-Op, Inc. Business · Torrance	$5,900	7
L.A. Taxi Cooperative, Inc. dba Yellow Cab Business · Gardena	$5,900	10
Marc Berman for Assembly 2026 Candidate or officeholder committee · Sacramento	$5,900	9
Mark Gonzalez for Assembly 2026 Candidate or officeholder committee · Norwalk	$5,900	15
SA Recycling Business · Orange · registered lobbyist employer	$5,900	24
Stonewall Young Democrats Group or PAC · Inglewood	$5,900	5
Michael Kilroy Investor, Michael Kilroy · Palm Springs	$5,900	3
The Doctors Company PAC AKA DOCPAC Group or PAC · Napa	$5,900	62