{"schema":"page/1","id":"article:murray-local-people-advertising","layout":"item","kind":"article","title":"Four contributors, two committees, one $13,639.67 advertising package","summary":"The 2022 filings trace noncash newspaper advertising through Local People for Balanced Leadership to Pedroza’s campaign.","hero":"https://miscsubjects.com/library/media/5fc12478-dead-4bb2-9611-0d3f441adcd4","status":"published","listed":true,"body":["Four contributors supplied a reported **$13,639.67** in newspaper advertising for Alfredo Pedroza in 2022. The same amounts appear in two committees’ filings: Local People for Balanced Leadership and Friends of Alfredo Pedroza for Supervisor. Together, the reports describe one package passing through an intermediary.\n\n","Local People’s Schedule C lists Charles F. Wagner at **$4,900**, Matt Reilly Consulting at **$3,739.67**, Pearls Farm Labor at **$2,500**, and Herrera Vineyard Leasing Co. at **$2,500**. Those four amounts sum to $13,639.67. Its Schedule D identifies Pedroza as the supported candidate and describes the spending as newspaper advertising.\n\n",{"type":"source","id":"local-ad-report"},"## How the committees reported it\n\n","On the original Schedule D pages, the nonmonetary contribution boxes are checked. The independent expenditure boxes are unchecked. The accompanying notes identify Local People as the intermediary for each of the four amounts. Pedroza’s committee reports the matching nonmonetary receipts on Schedule C, identifying the same intermediary.\n\n",{"type":"source","id":"campaign-ad-report"},"Adding the two committees’ receipt totals would count the same reported benefit twice. The documented advertising package is $13,639.67. The later Pearls refund is a separate transaction that changes the disposition of one contribution; it does not create another advertising purchase.\n\n","## Murray’s two roles\n\n","Local People’s organizing form, filed June 22, 2022, names Michael A. Murray as both treasurer and principal officer. Murray was also treasurer of Pedroza’s campaign committee. Local People described itself as a county general-purpose committee supporting local government leaders; the reported advertising in these statements supported Pedroza.\n\n",{"type":"source","id":"local-organization"},"The forms establish the amounts, named contributors, shared treasurer and intermediary reporting. They do not identify the advertising vendor, allocate costs to particular placements or supply the underlying invoices. They also do not establish who requested the advertising or what communications occurred with the candidate. Those questions remain distinct from the contribution classifications the committees themselves reported.\n\n","The filings and their provenance are also included in the [Public investigation JSON](https://miscsubjects.com/exports/pedroza-canonical.json).\n\n"],"facts":{"hero_source":{"url":"https://miscsubjects.com/library/media/0c62ed81-053b-4f5b-93f2-bf0c2e4df5c2","locator":"Page 4"}},"sources":[{"id":"local-ad-report","title":"Local People for Balanced Leadership — Form 460 and Schedule D notes","publisher":"Napa County Elections","date":"2022-08-01","source_type":"government","url":"https://miscsubjects.com/library/media/0c62ed81-053b-4f5b-93f2-bf0c2e4df5c2","location":"Committee 1449337; first-half 2022 Form 460, Schedule C p. 3, Schedule D pp. 4–5 and notes p. 6","original_url":"https://www.southtechhosting.com/NapaCounty/CampaignDocsWebRetrieval/Search/SearchByFilerName.aspx","sha256":"b96164c4bb04955e8093d14561043c5e213ebe741f1f2cf266f4469233f4ad18"},{"id":"campaign-ad-report","title":"Friends of Alfredo Pedroza for Supervisor — Form 460 Schedule C","publisher":"Napa County Elections","date":"2022-08-01","source_type":"government","url":"https://miscsubjects.com/library/media/ad4eb6aa-c7f7-4f49-a3c0-e730f8800d84","location":"Committee 1374964; first-half 2022 Form 460, Schedule C pp. 5–7","original_url":"https://www.southtechhosting.com/NapaCounty/CampaignDocsWebRetrieval/Search/SearchByFilerName.aspx","sha256":"6323b430ad08270f1c64652fb4d429c2e669eafb0b7568f703eb1367c014d5f9"},{"id":"local-organization","title":"Local People for Balanced Leadership — Form 410","publisher":"Napa County Elections","date":"2022-06-22","source_type":"government","url":"https://miscsubjects.com/library/media/45ddf340-d000-4ec8-b818-de856e8c2109","location":"Committee 1449337; Form 410, pp. 1–3","original_url":"https://www.southtechhosting.com/NapaCounty/CampaignDocsWebRetrieval/Search/SearchByFilerName.aspx","sha256":"a584490319bcd74d167a0957bed848f592fa8e457382fb6fc3a1e84954433f6d"}],"widgets":[],"tags":["Napa","Michael Murray","Alfredo Pedroza"],"members":[],"relations":[],"query":{},"media":[{"url":"https://miscsubjects.com/library/media/0c62ed81-053b-4f5b-93f2-bf0c2e4df5c2","alt":"Local People for Balanced Leadership — Form 460 and Schedule D notes","caption":"Local People for Balanced Leadership — Form 460 and Schedule D notes","type":"document"},{"url":"https://miscsubjects.com/library/media/ad4eb6aa-c7f7-4f49-a3c0-e730f8800d84","alt":"Friends of Alfredo Pedroza for Supervisor — Form 460 Schedule C","caption":"Friends of Alfredo Pedroza for Supervisor — Form 460 Schedule C","type":"document"},{"url":"https://miscsubjects.com/library/media/45ddf340-d000-4ec8-b818-de856e8c2109","alt":"Local People for Balanced Leadership — Form 410","caption":"Local People for Balanced Leadership — Form 410","type":"document"}],"provenance":{"store":"jarticles","source_kind":"article","id":"murray-local-people-advertising","url":"/a/murray-local-people-advertising.json","hash":"7069b0ec74eb9677dddf7a21f8ff59751032dd78271be16015ae2ba23dd4751b"},"updated":"2026-11-14T02:00:44.726Z","created":"2026-11-14T01:53:39.795Z","version":"5f7ce50679c6ab2067163e6e74a6f3bb8b1c0dd1d0cfea397e169f2c37434702"}