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Bo Chang

Bo Chang
Candidate for Seat 5

Sunnyvale City Council

SpecialInterestWatch notices that Bo Chang, in addition to fundraising, has lent himself a considerable amount of money for his campaign. We also see that he has taken huge amounts of contributions from developers, unions and PACs and a good portion of the money he has raised during his fundraising ventures is from residents outside of Sunnyvale. Is he running for a seat in Sunnyvale or San Francisco??  It’s hard to tell.  Oh, and it looks like the Sunnyvale Public Safety Officers Union sent out several flyers bearing Bo Chang’s name, at least two slamming a candidate not even running against Bo for a total contribution of over $14,000!  Perhaps if Bo gets elected, more raises are in store for our public safety officers.

What is really interesting is that one of Sunnyvale’s biggest lobbyists, known for spreading large contributions to pro-development candidates, is a paid campaign advisor to Mr. Chang.  It looks like this lobbyist has gotten Mr. Chang a substantial number of very large contributions from builders and developers.  With all this money from outside Sunnyvale and from builders and developers, will he really act for the benefit of the residents of Sunnyvale?  It is also interesting that Mr. Chang switched political parties just before running for this elected office.  SpecialInterestWatch does not want to jump to conclusions as to why this transpired, but the public can decide that issue for themselves. And don't forget to get your cute little Bo Chang pen when he appears at your door. We wonder if any of his overly generous developers and unions have used one of his pens to write out checks to him!

LAST MINUTE UPDATE – Bo Chang just received approximately $1,500 in last minute in-kind contributions from the South Bay Labor Council AFL-CIO PAC. This includes money to pay people to help Bo in his campaign!

Largest Contributors to Bo Chang

Name

City

Amount

Bo Chang

Sunnyvale

$15,450

PSOA (Police Union)

Sunnyvale

$14,302

California Real Estate PAC

Los Angeles

$4,000

SUNPAC

Sunnyvale

$2,500

South Bay Labor Council AFL-CIO

San Jose

$1,511

Committee to Elect Ron Swegles

Sunnyvale

$1,000

De Anza Building & Maintenance

Sunnyvale

$1,000

MT SPE LLC

San Francisco

$1,000

Myoung Kim

San Jose

$1,000

James Griffith

Sunnyvale

$700

Silicon Valley Association of Realtors

Cupertino

$500

Spieker Companies

Palo Alto

$500

CAAPAC (Union)

Sacramento

$500

County Employee Management Association (Union)

San Jose

$500

Anthony Spitaleri

Sunnyvale

$500

Sook Choi

San Francisco

$500

Se Kon Moon

San Jose

$500

Fran Hirsch

San Jose

$350

Vivian Kang

San Francisco

$300

Tedd Lee

Vallejo

$300

Yong Choi

Sunnyvale

$300

Trumark Companies

Danville

$300

Stanley Lee

Sunnyvale

$275

South Bay Labor Council

San Jose

$275

Chelina Hwang

Sunnyvale

$275

SummerHill Homes

Palo Alto

$250

Wendy Han

San Francisco

$250

Patricia Castillo

Sunnyvale

$250

Community Systems Corporation

Santa Clara

$250

Glen Hendricks

Sunnyvale

$200

Myoungsu Jeoung

Santa Clara

$200

Margaret Choun

Richmond

$200

Soon-Kyung Hong

Piedmont

$200

Inja Wang

San Francisco

$200

Jackie Kim

Mill Valley

$200

Michael Lee

San Ramon

$200

Gustav Larson

Sunnyvale

$200

Ok Lim

San Francisco

$200

Youngja Ryu

El Sobrante

$200

Yong Lee

Orinda

$200

Howard Chuck

Sunnyvale

$200

Sang Kim

San Francisco

$200

Sandra Chan

San Jose

$100

Justin Duren

Sunnyvale

$100

Katherine Lee

San Francisco

$100

Nancy Smith

Sunnyvale

$100

Elaine Chang

Sunnyvale

$100

Jong Soo Lee

Sunnyvale

$100

Howard Kim

Morgan Hill

$100

Jeana Kim

Milpitas

$100

David Kim

Mill Valley

$100

Chunsoon Lee

San Francisco

$100

Minja Lee

Sunnyvale

$100

Sungsoo Yoon

Santa Clara

$100

James Kim

Santa Clara

$100

Woo Chang

San Ramon

$100

Margaret Abe-Koga

Mountain View

$100

Angela Chung

San Francisco

$100

Melinda Hamilton

Sunnyvale

$100

Gilbert Wong

Cupertino

$100

Kang Taek Lee

Palo Alto

$100

Michael Yang

Los Altos Hills

$100

David Poulsen

Santa Rosa

$100

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

$54,038

 

State Form 460: Recipient Committee Campaign Statement

 

-2011-

January 1, 2011 through June 30, 2011

July 1, 2011 through September 24, 2011

September 25, 2011 through October 22, 2011

 

State Form 700 – Statement of Economic Interests

 

-2011-

Candidate 2011 Election

 



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Updated February 16, 2012 9:58 PM