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Randall R Putz

Assembly Member, State Assembly

Running in 2026: State Assembly Member District 34 (June 2) “Mayor/Business Owner” · State Assembly Member District 34 (November 3) “Mayor/Business Owner”

Form 700 statements

StatementFiledWhat it lists
2026 Candidate
Assembly Member, State Assembly
2026-03-066 investments, 1 businesses & trusts, 2 income, 6 travel

Findings

Context Campaign money · the statement

Put $74,500 of their own into the State Assembly Member District 34 campaign (35% of its money)

Itemized money to Putz for Assembly 2026 through Cal-Access reports in 2025-2026: $139,922 in contributions, of which $1,500 from the candidate, plus $73,000 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 Assembly Member District 34

$139,922itemized, 223 contributions
$74,500from the candidate (incl. loans)

Plus $2,500 in 1 contribution 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).

UAW Region 6 Western States PAC $2,500 2026-09-24

Where their outside money comes from

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

Plus $1,500 of their own money and from their earlier campaigns' committees. Compare with all state candidates →

How it was spent: $204,268

Consultants$66,013
Legal and accounting$28,780
Other (described)$20,361
Campaign paraphernalia, misc.$20,098
Internet and email$14,393
Filing and ballot fees$11,826
Meetings and appearances$11,668
Literature and mailings$9,919
Radio$7,262
Fundraising events$5,772

Largest payees: S.E. Owens & Company $30,680 Internet and email · Stephanie Albrycht $24,841 Staff travel and meals · Sustainable Change Strategies LLC $18,500 Polling · Mohamad Almouazzen $14,500 Consultants · Universal Mailworks $11,970 Literature and mailings · Resa Barillas $9,250 Consultants · Numero, Inc. $6,665 Internet and email · BLR Fundraising, Inc. $6,000 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
Service Employees International Union California State Council
Sacramento
Small contributor cmte$11,800
Paul Zamoyta
Real Estate Agent · Paul Zamota · Big Bear Lake
Person$7,400
United Food and Commercial Workers Intl Union Active Ballot Club (FEC ID #C00002766)
Washington
Business/other$7,000
Newton Bass
Retired · N/A · Santa Fe
Person$6,900
Frances Bass
Retired · N/A · Santa Fe
Person$5,900
James Ramos
Assembly Member · California Forty Fifth District · Highland
Person$5,900
California Teachers Association - Association for Better Citizenship
Burlingame
Small contributor cmte$5,000
Holloway's Marina, Inc.
Big Bear Lake
Business/other$5,000
Patricia J. Scriven
Restaurant Owner · B.G. Finito, LLC · Big Bear Lake
Person$5,000
Gregory Putz
Retired · N/A · Bountiful
Person$3,642.92
Timothy Putz
Retired · N/A · Santa Barbara
Person$3,547.64
Bear Valley Electric Service, Inc.
San Dimas
Business/other$3,000
California Federation of Teachers COPE
Sacramento
Committee$3,000
Service Employees International Union Local 99 Candidate PAC
Los Angeles
Small contributor cmte$2,900
Phil Hamilton
Retired · N/A · Big Bear Lake
Person$2,109.30

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

Their donors also gave to

Their largest donors who also funded other 2026 state candidates.

DonorTo themCandidates fundedBy party
Service Employees International Union California State Council
Labor union · Sacramento
$11,8002
United Food and Commercial Workers Intl Union Active Ballot Club (FEC ID #C00002766)
Labor union · Washington
$7,0002
James Ramos
Assemblymember, State of California · Highland
$5,90014
California Teachers Association/Association for Better Citizenship
Labor union · Burlingame
$5,00043
California Federation of Teachers COPE
Labor union · Sacramento
$3,00052
Service Employees International Union Local 99 Candidate PAC
Labor union · Los Angeles
$2,90020
PACE of California School Employees Association
Labor union · Sacramento
$2,00031
David Waterfall
HR Manager, Applied Materials · Eugene
$1,0002
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 40 PAC
Labor union · North Hollywood
$1,0008
William Resnick
Not Employed, n/a · Los Angeles
$1,0002
San Bernardino County Professional Firefighters Local 935 State PAC Fund
Labor union · Fontana
$1,0003
John Harabedian for Assembly 2026
Candidate or officeholder committee · Encino
$1,00019
Friends of Solache for Assembly 2026
Candidate or officeholder committee · Norwalk
$1,00012
Los Angeles County Registrar/Recorder
Business · Norwalk
$8573
Robert Garcia for Assembly 2026
Candidate or officeholder committee · Rancho Cucamonga
$50010