Candidates for Scotts Valley City Council report campaign finances

SCOTTS VALLEY – With the second and final round of election campaign finance forms filed by candidates for Scotts Valley City Council, the campaign in support of Steve Clark reported more contributions than the six other candidates running for three open seats in the governing body.

According to the campaign statement reportsthe campaign supporting Clark received approximately $4,007 in the first reporting period, which ran from July 1 to September 21, and approximately $738 in the second reporting period, ranging from September 22 to October 19, for a total of approximately $4,745 in revenue. contributions. Clark is a retired Santa Cruz deputy police chief.

Clark’s campaign has spent about $2,425 on printing and advertising, with a closing box office of about $2,320, and has outstanding debts of about $2,005.

The campaign supporting Scotts Valley City Council candidate and food vendor representative Corky Roberson received about $1,340 in contributions for the first round of reporting and spent about $800 during that time. Roberson’s campaign received about $820 in contributions during the second reporting period, for a total of about $2,160.

In the second round, Roberson’s campaign spent about $940 on mailers and ads, resulting in a cash balance of about $425.

According to the reports, the campaign supporting startup founder Mercedes Molloy received $750 in contributions during the first reporting period and $400, mostly on yard signs, with a $50 payment from campaign strategist Jasmine Montgomery. During the second reporting period, Molloy’s campaign received a $400 loan and spent about $1,120 on collecting literature and yard signs, among other things. The form does not contain a closing cash balance.

The campaign supporting UC Santa Cruz student and Cabrillo College Local Government Fellow Dustin Lopez received approximately $3,500 in the first reporting period, with a $3,000 loan. The campaign supporting Lopez paid about $2,750 to himself, the Lopez for Scotts Valley City Council 2024, for “campaign paraphernalia or sundries” during that time, according to the form.

In the second reporting period, the campaign supporting Lopez reported receiving approximately $120 in contributions with no reported expenditures during the runoff.

The campaign supporting incumbent candidate Donna Lind had a cash balance of approximately $1,272 after the first reporting period and received $1,125 in contributions during the second period. With nearly $2,000 spent on print ads in the second reporting period, the campaign has a year-end box office of approximately $416.

Engineer John Lewis told the Sentinel earlier in the campaign that he would not receive any contributions and would run his campaign out of his own pocket. Lewis has not filed any campaign statement reports.

The registered nurse at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital and candidate Krista Jett did not file campaign finance disclosure reports for either period.

The City of Scotts Valley has a law on the books that limits contributions to any municipal campaign by any individual or group to $100.

Go to to read the reports scottsvalley.gov.