Ellen Beraud leads fundraising in 5th district county supervisorial race
Ellen Beraud, left, and Debbie Arnold
Former Atascadero Mayor Ellen Beraud raised $283,937 in a bid for San Luis Obispo County’s 5th District supervisor’s seat. Incumbent Debbie Arnold reported $240,630. New campaign financial disclosure reports released Jan. 23 show contributions spanning last July to Jan. 18 this year.
Beraud’s top donors included: Kathleen Aragon of Atascadero, Atascadero Democratic Club, Linda Baker of Atascadero, Johanna Bakker of San Jose, Wate Bakker of San Jose, Bruce Gibson for Supervisor, Vlene Bustos Mathews of Atascadero, Castoro Cellars, Central Coast Labor Council PAC, Daniel Cook of Templeton, Savanna Cooper of Grover Beach, Democrats of San Luis Obispo, Franklin Frank of Atascadero, Robin Guittard of Atascadero, Kenneth Haggard of Santa Margarita, Karla Haynie of Nipomo, Elizabeth Helgerson of Atascadero, IBEW Local Union and PAC, International Union of Operating Engineers, Laborers Local 220 PAC of Sacramento, Jerome Lohr of Saratoga, Carl Meissner of San Luis Obispo, Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union, Southern California Pipe Trades District, Ron Tindall of Atascadero, United Domestic Workers of America Action, Vino Farms of Lodi, Richard Wishner of Nipomo,
Arnold’s top donors included: Ken DuVall of Atascadero, Margarita Valley Ranch, Yvonne Rouleau of San Luis Obispo, V & H Holdings of San Simeon, Gary Nemmers of Atascadero, Nancy J. Duvall of Atascadero, David Crabtree of Templeton, Barbara A. Kastner of Atascadero, Michael Mullen of Paso Robles, Robert Schiebelhut of San Luis Obispo, Karen Willer of Creston, Aguiar For Assessor of Irvine, Tim Winsor of Cambria, Greengate Ranch and Vineyard of San Luis Obispo, Stephen M. Taylor of San Luis Obispo, Connie G. Thompson of Atascadero, Mark Switzer Excavating of Paso Robles, Lorraine Cagliero of San Miguel, Shea Homes of Arizona, Cindy Wittstrom of Paso Robles, Woodlands Self Storage of Nipomo, Daniel Busby of Atascadero, CA Independent Petroleum Assn PAC, John Avina of Santa Margarita, Thomas Green of San Luis Obispo, Bigfoot Valley of Santa Margarita, Aaron F. Mills of Atascadero, Jerry D. Diefenderfer of Santa Margarita, Robert M. Jones of Atascadero, San Luis Obispo Cattlemen’s PAC, Robert K. Morrison of Santa Margarita, Plains Marketing of Houston, Tex., Greg Grewal of Creston
The 5th District encompasses Atascadero, Santa Margarita, Garden Farms, Creston, California Valley, East Templeton and the north side of the city of San Luis Obispo. Voting by mail begins Feb. 3 for the winner-take-all election on Tuesday, March 3.
