Since making his pledge, the Windsor Square resident says he has returned $2,200 in developer donations. For the challengers, swearing off developer donations is a way of turning the advantages held by incumbents against them. Most of the candidates who have promised not to accept developer donations have raised only a small fraction of the money that the incumbents have garnered. In an Echo Park-to-Hollywood district, at least two candidates trying to unseat City Councilman Mitch O’Farrell, Sylvie Shain and Jessica Salans, have pledged not to accept developer donations. Both Creed and Ryavec have promised not to take donations from developers with projects pending at City Hall.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 17, 2017 11:15 UTC