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Patrick Wolff

Insurance Commissioner

Running in 2026: Insurance Commissioner (June 2) “Financial Analyst”

Form 700 statements

StatementFiledWhat it lists
2026 Candidate
Insurance Commissioner
2026-04-0314 investments, 1 businesses & trusts, 1 income

Findings

Context Late or missing · the statement

Filed 28 days after its due date (2026-03-06)

This candidate statement for Insurance Commissioner was due 2026-03-06 and filed 2026-04-03.

What to check
  • Whether the due date shown was extended, or the statement was filed on paper first.
  • The filing officer decides whether a late fine applies.
Rule: Filed after the due date
“The filing officer who retains originally-signed or electronically filed statements of economic interests may impose on an individual a fine for any statement that is filed late. The fine is $10 per”Form 700 (2025/2026), Late Filing ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works

Context Campaign money · the statement

Put $615,000 of their own into the Insurance Commissioner campaign (53% of its money)

Itemized money to Patrick Wolff for Insurance Commissioner 2026 through Cal-Access reports in 2025-2026: $1,052,431 in contributions, of which $515,000 from the candidate, plus $100,000 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: Insurance Commissioner

$1,052,431itemized, 398 contributions
$615,000from the candidate (incl. loans)
Where their outside money comes from

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

Plus $515,000 of their own money and from their earlier campaigns' committees. Compare with all state candidates →

How it was spent: $1,148,341

Other (described)$580,541
Consultants$210,353
Polling$108,500
Staff salaries$90,929
Literature and mailings$31,862
Internet and email$26,903
Legal and accounting$22,407
Office expenses$19,141
Staff travel and meals$10,991
Candidate travel and meals$10,537

Largest payees: Powers Interactive Digital LLC $351,000 Other (described) · Putnam Partners, LLC $103,548 Campaign paraphernalia, misc. · RMS Associates $91,250 Consultants · Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin, Metz, & Associates $82,500 Polling · Powell Sheagren $74,686 Internet and email · Buying Time $51,000 Other (described) · Kelsey Myers $49,576 Staff travel and meals · Jesse Cheng $40,000 Consultants

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
Patrick Wolff
Financial Analyst · Patrick Wolff · San Francisco
Person$515,000
California Real Estate Political Action Committee
Los Angeles
Small contributor cmte$19,600
Kenneth Broad
Retired · Retired · Mill Valley
Person$10,000
Kurt Billick
Investor · Hartree Partners · San Francisco
Person$9,800
California Apartment Association PAC
Sacramento
Committee$9,800
Sheila Duignan
Not Employed · Not Employed · Berkeley
Person$9,800
Malcolm Fairbairn
Not Employed · Not Employed · Lafayette
Person$9,800
Jason Fish
Investor · Sebastes Capital Management, Inc. · San Francisco
Person$9,800
Richard Fullerton
Investor · RBF Capital LLC · San Francisco
Person$9,800
Francis Michael Heffernan
President & CEO · HIB · Walnut Creek
Person$9,800
John Jersin
Investor · John Jersin · San Francisco
Person$9,800
James Kwak
Senior Fellow · College Board · Amherst
Person$9,800
Eugene Lee
Executive · Guidewire Software · Albany
Person$9,800
Noelle Moseley
Not Employed · Not Employed · San Francisco
Person$9,800
Susan Obendorf
Philanthropist · N/A · San Francisco
Person$9,800

Committees: Patrick Wolff for Insurance Commissioner 2026. From the Secretary of State's Cal-Access export; reports covering 2025–2026.

Outside spending for and against them

$1,054,166spent supporting them
$0spent opposing them
SpenderAmount
Housing Providers for Responsible Solutions, sponsored by housing providers
primary · latest report
for$1,047,124
GrowSF Voter Guide
primary · latest report
for$7,042

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.

DonorTo themCandidates fundedBy party
Patrick Wolff
Financial Analyst, Patrick Wolff · San Francisco
$515,0005
California Real Estate PAC
Group or PAC · Los Angeles
$19,60013
Kenneth Broad
Retired, Retired · Mill Valley
$10,0004
Jason Fish
Investor, Sebastes Capital Management, Inc. · San Francisco
$9,8003
Jerald Weintraub
Not Employed, Not Employed · Lafayette
$9,8002
California Apartment Association PAC
Group or PAC · Sacramento
$9,80054
Noelle Moseley
Not Employed, Noelle Moseley · San Francisco
$9,8003
Brian Singerman
Managing Partner, Quiet Capital · San Francisco
$9,8002
Garry Tan
Chief Executive Officer, Y Combinator · San Francisco
$9,8003
Tom Lockard
Not Employed, Not Employed · San Francisco
$7,0002
Gregory Flynn
President, Flynn Properties Inc. · San Francisco
$5,5003
Tom Chavez
CEO, SuperSet · San Francisco
$5,0002
Michael Eisler
Real Estate Investor, Baco Properties · San Francisco
$5,0007
GFC Courage Committee - San Francisco Chapter
Group or PAC · San Rafael
$5,0003
Rich Gill
Founder, WPCG · San Francisco
$5,0002