You have probably noticed that your social media feed and television commercials are featuring a heavy rotation of ads for political candidates, each giving you millions of reasons why you should vote for them in the election coming up on June 2.
Local elections are increasingly drawing attention from national political organizations, and voters are asking more questions about where candidates receive financial support and political endorsements. Organizations connected to atrocities and genocide abroad, such as the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and J Street, have become part of political discussions in congressional, state, and municipal races across the United States.
This article is intended to provide L.A. voters with publicly available information on campaign donations, endorsements, and affiliations with pro-Israel PACs. The information in this report is available online for anyone to search; we have simply centralized everything we could find here.
We found financial contributions by AIPAC and J Street to politicians through the Federal Election Commission (FEC) website for candidates that these two lobbying groups endorsed.