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Registration & Reporting

Are you involved in a campaign or lobbying? Or, are you an elected or appointed official? You’re in the right place to register and report required disclosures.

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Candidates & Committees

Learn how to register your candidacy or committee and report campaign financial activity, including contributions and expenses.

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Personal Financial Affairs Disclosure

Report required personal financial data at the start of a campaign and annually if you’re elected or appointed to office. 

  • Who Files the F-1
  • Reporting Modifications
  • Step-by-Step Instructions 
  • Financial Affairs Filing System

Incidental Committees

Learn if you qualify as an incidental committee and how to register and start reporting.

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Lobbying 

Learn how and when to report lobbying expenses and which activities must be reported. 

  • Lobbyists
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  • Grassroots Lobbying
  • Public Agency Lobbying

Independent Expenditures 

Learn when to report independent expenditures made in support of or opposition to a candidate or ballot measure as well as electioneering communications that identify a candidate. 

  • What Is Reportable 
  • How to Report 

Forms & Reports Directory

Know what you’re looking for? View a list of all PDC reports, with links to online filing tools. 

Candidate Registration (C-1) 

Last Minute Contributions (LMC)

Independent Expenditures (C-6)

Incidental Committee Registration (C-1ic)

 

Reporting Tips

Check out the latest updates on reporting tools and resources — as well as timely reporting tips.

New contribution limits and reporting thresholds take effect April 1, 2023

03/13/2023

At its February meeting, the Commission voted to make inflationary adjustments to campaign finance reporting thresholds and contribution limits. The new, higher limits take effect April 1, 2023.

The change in the reporting thresholds and contribution limits reflect changes in economic…

ORCA goes web-based on March 1

02/02/2023

Following two years of delivering enhancements and new features in our ORCA system, we’re about to unveil the biggest upgrade of them all.

Starting March 1, 2023, ORCA (Online Reporting of Campaign Activity) will operate as a fully web-based system, without a desktop application.

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Import contacts in ORCA

01/30/2023

ORCA has a new import contact function that is easier and more straightforward for campaigns to use. 

To import contacts to a new year or campaign, open the previous year's campaign and select search contacts. Scroll to the bottom of the contact list and select the export to CSV…

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