Where Is Your CTA Money Going?

 A recently obtained a list of CTA contributions from its Association for Better Citizenship political action committee shows that a proportionally great deal of it  is going to San Bernadino and San Fransisco. 

For November 2011 local elections, CTA donated $14,432 to county party committees, ranging from $80 to the Tehama County Democratic Central Committee to $3,500 to the Orange County Democratic Central Committee. 

In addition, the union PAC contributed $226,542 to at least 63 local elections. These ranged from $350 to the Chualar Teachers Association to support the school board candidacy of Rosalba Moreno  to $20,000 contributions each to the United Educators of San Francisco PAC and the San Bernardino Teachers Association PAC (three of four school board winners).

Here’s the full list of PAC contributions to local affiliates and their ultimate destination, if available:

Alvord – $3,000

Baldwin Park – $3,234 ($1,078 each to Jack White, Natalie Ybarra, and Mary Ferrer, school board candidates)

Banning – $2,000

Beverly Hills – $2,000

Brawley – $1,500

Burlingame – $600 (Measure E – education parcel tax)

Chaffey – $4,250

Charter Oaks – $1,800

Chualar – $350 (Rosalba Moreno, school board candidate)

Citrus – $2,000

College of the Canyons – $10,000

Compton – $5,000

Culver City – $3,000 (Nancy Goldberg, school board candidate)

Dixon – $1,400

Eastside – $2,000

El Centro – $500 (Patricia Dunnam, school board candidate)

El Monte Union – $1,500

El Segundo – $2,000

Empire – $1,000

Eureka – $2,500

Fairfield-Suisun – $9,466

Garvey – $1,450

Hacienda La Puente – $4,200

Hart – $8,000 ($4,000 each to Gloria Mercado-Fortine and Steve Sturgeon, school board candidates)

La Canada – $1,000

Laguna Salada – $830 (Yes on L – parcel tax increase)

Las Virgenes – $9,000 (Measure K – parcel tax)

Lynwood – $5,000

Modesto –  $9,000

Mountain View – $1,890

Newark – $575 (Measure G – school bond)

Newhall – $4,536 (Measure E – school bond)

Norwalk-La Mirada – $6,300

Oakdale – $4,000 (Synthia Jones – $3,000, Tina Shatswell – $1,000, both school board candidates)

Pacific Grove – $2,000 (Measure V – parcel tax)

Palmdale – $13,500

Perris – $1,000

Pomona – $6,000

Potter Valley – $1,000 ($500 each to school board candidates Tammie Smith and Diane Johnson)

Rio Hondo – $10,000

Riverbank – $2,000

Riverside – $4,000

Rosemead – $500 (Qui Nguyen, school board candidate)

Salinas – $1,600

San Bernardino – $20,000

San Francisco – $20,000

Sequoia – $5,000

South Tahoe – $1,400

Sulphur Springs – $2,200 ($1,100 each to Denis De Figueiredo and Rochelle Weinstein, school board candidates)

Sylvan – $3,436 (Steve Miller – $2,000, Chuck Rivera – $1,436, both school board candidates)

Temple City – $1,925

Ukiah – $3,500

Vacaville – $5,000

Visalia – $3,000 googletest

Westside Union – $1,400

Wilsona – $1,200

In each instance, the above money is in addition to whatever money may be raised and spent by the local affiliate. In large cities, this may be substantial. In smaller towns, this may be non-existent, giving the local teachers’ union power over local elections far beyond its numbers.