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CANDIDATE INTENTION AND BANK ACCOUNT STATEMENTS
All state candidates are required to file the Candidate Intention Statement (Form 501) with the Secretary of State's Political Reform Division before the solicitation or receipt of any campaign contribution (including loans and in-kind contributions). All candidates for an elective city or county office are required to file the Candidate Intention Statement (Form 501) with their respective local filing officer. (Government Code section 85200)

STATEMENT OF ORGANIZATION (RECIPIENT COMMITTEES)
A Statement of Organization (Form 410) must be filed with the Secretary of State's Political Reform Division by all recipient committees that raise $1,000 or more in a calendar year to influence California's state and/or local elections. In the case of a local committee, a copy of the Statement of Organization must be filed with the local filing officer with whom original campaign statements are filed. (Government Code section 84101) An amended Statement of Organization must be filed at the same locations within 10 days of a change in any of the information contained in the most recently filed Statement of Organization. (Government Code section 84103)

TERMINATION FORM
A Statement of Organization (Form 410) with the "Termination" box checked must be filed by recipient committees in order to terminate ongoing filing obligations. The original and one copy of the terminating Statement of Organization must be filed with the Secretary of State's Political Reform Division. In the case of a local committee, a copy of the terminating Statement of Organization must be filed with the local filing officer with whom original campaign statements are filed. (2 CCR section 18404)

CAMPAIGN STATEMENTS
Statewide officers, supreme court justices, and candidates for such offices and their controlled committees must file: the original and one copy with the Secretary of State's Political Reform Division; one copy with the Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk of Los Angeles County; one copy with the Department of Elections - City and County of San Francisco; and one copy with the filer's county of domicile.*

Committees primarily formed to support or oppose the above officers or candidates or state ballot measures, proponents of state ballot measures and state general purpose committees, including state major donor and independent expenditure committees, must file: the original and one copy with the Secretary of State's Political Reform Division; one copy with the Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk of Los Angeles County; and one copy with the Department of Elections - City and County of San Francisco.

Secretary of State (original and one copy)
Political Reform Division
1500 11th Street, Room 495
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone (916) 653-6224
Fax (916) 653-5045
www.sos.ca.gov

Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk of Los Angeles County (one copy)
Campaign Finance Disclosure
12400 Imperial Highway, Room 2003
Norwalk, CA 90650
Phone (562) 462-2339
Fax (562) 651-2548
www.lavote.net

Department of Elections-City and County of San Francisco (one copy)
Campaign Statements
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, City Hall - Rm 48
San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone (415) 554-4375
Fax (415) 554-7344
www.sfgov.org

Members of the Legislature and Board of Equalization, Court of Appeal justices and Superior Court judges, candidates for such offices and their controlled committees must file: the original and one copy with the Secretary of State's Political Reform Division; one copy with the clerk of the county with the largest number of registered voters in the district affected; and one copy with the filer's county of domicile.*

Committees primarily formed to support or oppose the above candidates or officers must file: the original and one copy with the Political Reform Division; and one copy with the clerk of the county with the largest number of registered voters in the district affected. (Government Code section 84215)

* A committee is domiciled at the address listed on its campaign statement. If the committee is domiciled outside of California, then Los Angeles shall be considered the county of domicile. If your county of domicile is one of the filing officers with whom you are already filing your statement, no additional copy is needed. (Government Code section 84215)


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