Melinda Hamilton

Councilmember Seat 7

Sunnyvale City Council

Melinda Hamilton set our record for the most money collected from unions, almost $30,000 alone (contributions plus independent expenditures) from the Sunnyvale Public Safety Officers Association. She certainly returned the favor while in office by granting the city employees some of the largest raises ever, more than twice the rate that private industry was giving. Melinda also willingly accepted over $9,000 in non-monetary donations from the AFL-CIO Labor Council for supplies for “volunteers,” mailer, phone banking and salaries to pay the “volunteers.” During her last campaign, Melinda railed on the City’s Downtown plan, which in her words “Would allow Mozart Style buildings all along Mathilda.” (For those who are not aware, the Mozart Buildings are the four and five story high-rise office buildings at the corner of Washington and Mathilda). Well, Mel sure seems to be singing a different tune now after taking thousands of dollars from numerous multi-story developers, including the developer who would benefit greatly from the Mary Avenue bridge. It’s impressive to see how much she can change in less than four years. While in office she voted for several multi-story development projects, some even adjacent to residential neighborhoods (well, it wasn’t her neighborhood!). We will see, but it would certainly seem odd to take money from high-rise developers and then not want to return the favor during the next four years.

Largest Special Interest Contributors to Melinda Hamilton

Source	Description	Amount
PSOA	Union	$16,008
AFL-CIO	Union	$9,069
SUNPAC	Business PAC	$3,500
Menlo Equities	Developer	$5,000
DeAnza Properties	Developer	$2,500
CREPAC	Real Estate PAC	$1,900
Riding Group	Developer	$1,000
Morley Bros	Developer	$1,000
Taylor Woodrow	Developer	$1,000
Jay Paul	Developer	$1,000
Santa Clara Bldg. & Trade Council	Union	$1,100
Classic Communities	Developer	$600
SEIU	Union	$550
PORAC	Police Officer PAC	$500
Plumbers, Steamfitters & Refrigerator Fitters	Union	$500
Community Systems Corp.		$500
IUPAT		$500
No. Calif. Carpenters Council	Union	$500
Laborers Local Union 270		$500
IBEW Educ. Comm.	Union	$500
Sprinkler Fitter & Apprentices Loc 483	Union	$500
Sheet Metal Workers Union 104	Union	$400
Trumark	Developer	$350
Castillo	Lobbyist	$350
Lawrence Station LLC	Developer	$300
Green Team Zanker	City Recycling Contractor	$250
Western Mfg. PAC	Mobile Home PAC	$250
Bay Area Union Labor Party	Union	$250
Essex Portfolio	Developer	$250
Tri-County Apartment Association	Rental Housing PAC	$250
FMA	?	$250
BRE Builders	Developer	$250
Woodmont Real Estate Services	Real Estate	$250
DAWN		$250
Bay Area Municipal Election Committee	PAC	$250
PG&E	Utility	$200
Cement Masons Local 400 PAC	PAC	$200
Bricklayers Local 3	Union	$150
Total		$52,677