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Tim Myers

Lieutenant Governor

Running in 2026: Lieutenant Governor (June 2) “Businessman/Musician/Producer”

Form 700 statements

StatementFiledWhat it lists
2026 Candidate
Lieutenant Governor		2026-03-062 businesses & trusts, 2 real property, 2 income, 2 gifts, 1 travel

Findings

Context Travel payments · the statement

Lists $22,879.24 in travel paid by others (1 payment)

Largest: Fort Worth, TX 76155 ($22,879.24, American Airlines REFUND). 0 of 1 are listed as gifts.

What to check
  • Who paid, and for what: speeches, conferences and nonprofit-paid travel are treated differently (Schedule E instructions).
  • Whether the paying organizations have business before the office.

Travel: American Airlines REFUND $22,879 p.6

Rule: Travel paid by others
“Travel payments from third parties (not your employer).”Form 700 (2025/2026), Types of reportable interests ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works

Context Campaign money · the statement

Put $138,000 of their own into the Lieutenant Governor campaign (95% of its money)

Itemized money to Tim Myers for Lieutenant Governor 2026 through Cal-Access reports in 2025-2026: $76,050 in contributions, of which $69,000 from the candidate, plus $69,000 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: Lieutenant Governor

$76,050itemized, 17 contributions
$138,000from the candidate (incl. loans)
Where their outside money comes from

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

Plus $69,000 of their own money and from their earlier campaigns' committees. Compare with all state candidates →

How it was spent: $76,532

Consultants$31,615
Fundraising events$15,470
Legal and accounting$15,260
Other (described)$6,527
Office expenses$5,937
Internet and email$1,282
Contributions to others$440

Largest payees: Deane & Company $15,260 Legal and accounting · Storytime, LLC $14,000 Consultants · Katharine Meyer Borst $12,000 Fundraising events · Spencer Young $11,701 Office expenses · Adam Cooper $5,551 Other (described) · NGP VAN dba EveryAction, Inc. $4,998 Office expenses · Felsing Public Relations, LLC $4,415 Consultants · Bergmann Zwerdling Direct, Inc. $2,491 Office expenses

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
Tim Myers
Producer · Palladium Music · Hidden Hills		Person$69,000
Zachary Lewis
Owner · Wilshire Precision Products, Inc. · Hidden Hills		Person$5,000
Mark Chipello
Music Executive · Position Music · Agoura Hills		Person$500
Ryan Gaines
Music Licensing · Mutiny Recordings · Woodland Hills		Person$500
Elizabeth Warnke
Not Employed · n/a · Woodland Hills		Person$250
Angie Jaree-Kreiling
Singer/Voice Actor · Angie Jaree-Kreiling · Westlake Village		Person$200
Jorge Barriere
Consultant · Jorge Barriere · Daly City		Person$100
Elizabeth Chang
Not Employed · n/a · West Hills		Person$100
Cami Freeman
Bookkeeper · Bedner Designs, LLC · Malibu		Person$100
Timothy Harrington
Founder · Family WellthCare Sery · Malibu		Person$100
Barbara Hosmer
Retired · n/a · Mission Viejo		Person$100
Elizabeth Rickman
Homemaker · n/a · Escondido		Person$100

Committees: Tim Myers for Lieutenant Governor 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
Cami Freeman
Bookkeeper, Bedner Designs LLC · Malibu		$1003
Barbara Hosmer
Not Employed, n/a · Mission Viejo		$1002