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As a candidate for mayor, Oliver King received the same review we gave every official on this site. His campaign filings show no money from James L. Previti or his companies. However, a political committee that had received Previti money spent $67,208.32 opposing him.
King's own campaign
King's committee is Oliver King for Mayor 2026 (FPPC ID 1491238). It reported $178,016.92 in contributions and loans through October 29, 2026.¹ [S-317, S-318, S-319, S-320]
| What he raised | Previti money received |
|---|---|
| Raised $178,016.92 [S-317, S-318, S-319, S-320] His own money $84,466.92 [S-317, S-320] From individuals $73,850.00 including $150 in small gifts under $100 with donors not named [S-317, S-318, S-319, S-320] From businesses $14,200.00 [S-318, S-319] From political committees $5,500.00 [S-318, S-319] | $0.00 |
$84,466.92 of that (47.4%) is King's own money: a $12,000 loan to his campaign on June 26, 2026, and $72,466.92 he gave in October 2026. [S-317, S-320]
Two other candidates' committees gave to King: Garcia for Assembly 2026, $3,000 on October 4, 2026 (King's filing lists this gift as “Roberto Garcia,” with “Robert Garcia for Assembly 2026” as the employer), and Eloise Reyes for Senate 2024, $2,500 on September 19, 2026. [S-318, S-319]
None of King's donors is James L. Previti or one of his companies. We also checked the reported donors of both committees that gave to King and found no Previti money. Both had earlier received money from builder and real estate groups.² [S-317, S-318, S-319, S-320, S-324]
Rancho Neighbors United reported $11,297.60 in independent spending supporting King (10/2–10/16/2026). Its money came from one giver, Michael Eaton. [S-328]
Spending against King
Committee for Effective Government (a political committee) (SBD-115395, FPPC ID 1455311) reported spending $67,208.32 opposing King from October 28 to 30, 2026: mailers, social media ads and mailer design. [S-321, S-322, S-323]
| Date | What it paid for | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 10/28/2026 | Mailer | $15,394.78 |
| 10/28/2026 | Social media | $10,500.00 |
| 10/29/2026 | Mailer | $23,937.36 |
| 10/30/2026 | Mailers | $16,826.18 |
| 10/30/2026 | Design | $550.00 |
| Total | $67,208.32 |
Earlier, this committee reported receiving $38,000 from FH II Homebuilders, Inc. (Previti's homebuilding company) on February 13, 2024, and $11,000 from James L. Previti on October 25, 2022. [S-047, S-048]
Committee for Effective Government (a political committee) is a different committee from Committee for Ethical Government, which has a similar name.
Political committees pool their money. Filings do not show which dollars a committee passed on to any candidate. Being listed next to other donors does not connect anyone to Previti.
¹ $92,550.00 in contributions on his three campaign statements (January 1 to October 17, 2026), the $12,000.00 loan, and $73,466.92 in later contributions reported on separate filings ($1,466.92 and $71,000.00 from King, $1,000.00 from one other donor). Each gift is counted once.
² Those gifts were made months to years before either committee gave to King.
Sources for this page include [S-047, S-048, S-317, S-318, S-319, S-320, S-321, S-322, S-323, S-324, S-325]. Figures are from public campaign filings as reported through October 30, 2026 (retrieved 10/31/2026).
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