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2018 Save the Factory Referendum Campaign Spending

2018-06-302018Historical reported expenditure

WEHOonline, citing campaign-finance documents filed with the West Hollywood City Clerk, reported that the “Save the Factory” committee established by Faring Property Group spent $150,515 through June 30, 2018 to counter a referendum effort seeking to revoke City Council approval of the Robertson Lane project.

Project-related campaign expenditureLocal reporting explicitly based on filed West Hollywood campaign-finance documents

Record Details

Reporting Cutoff

2018-06-30

Source Characterization

filing-based local reporting

People

Jason Illoulian

Organizations

FaringFaring Property Group, Inc.Save the FactoryUNITE HERE Local 11Citizens for a Better West Hollywood

Properties

Robertson Lane

Projects

Robertson Lane

Relationships

Save the Factory — committee established by Faring Property Group according to filing-based reportingCitizens for a Better West Hollywood — opposing referendum committee established by UNITE HERE Local 11

Money Relationships

Faring-established Save the Factory committee — $150,515 reported spending through 2018-06-30

Developers

Faring

Categories

Campaign financeLand-use politicsReferendum

Themes

Campaign financeLand-use approvalReferendumWest Hollywood development

Addresses

645-681 N. Robertson Boulevard

Address

645-681 N. Robertson Boulevard, West Hollywood, California 90069

Financial Relationship

Reported political spending related to the Robertson Lane entitlement referendum effort; not a contribution to a Culver City candidate.

Amount

$150,515 reported spending through June 30, 2018

Amounts

$150,515 reported Save the Factory spending$35,950 reported union funding to Citizens for a Better West Hollywood$18,738 reported Citizens for a Better West Hollywood spending

Record Notes

Amounts are preserved as reported by WEHOonline from campaign-finance documents filed with the West Hollywood City Clerk. This record documents project-related political spending and does not infer illegality, coordination with any candidate, or a quid pro quo.

Source URLs

01 · wehoonline.com https://wehoonline.com/unsuccessful-campaign-robertson-lane-project-expensive/

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