Summer Stephan

San Diegans Against Crime (SDDDAA PAC, Cal-Access filer 951998) had spent MORE THAN $227,000 on commercials, mailers and signs supporting Summer Stephan as of 5/7/2018 in the 2018 SD County DA primary. This is the spring 2018 SDDDAA IE spend; separate from the late-cycle $10,000 F497 6/4/2018 IE already captured in R5 (connection 200326). SDDDAA was the LARGEST pro-Stephan IE vehicle by spend volume. Funded that cycle by Moores $300K (5/21, ev 25507), Sycuan $48K (5/8, ev 202323), Carpenters PAC $15K (4/23, ev 203055). Source: inewsource 5/7/2018.

California Justice & Public Safety PAC (Soros-funded) spent $223,749.05 in TV/cable independent expenditures OPPOSING Stephan in the final two weeks before the June 5, 2018 primary. Three line items from filing 2277374 Schedule D (transactions D-465 $111,968.05 + D-467 $5,341.84 + D-469 $111,781.00). Net SUP_OPP_CD=O = $223,749.05 opposing (with the $5,341.84 line tagged S likely a production-cost reallocation).

Republican Party of San Diego County (filer 741949) made $85,704.80 in Schedule D independent expenditures pro-Stephan across 17 line items Feb-Jun 2018. Largest single item: $40,000 monetary 5/24/2018.

RPSDC made $40,000 MON contribution to Stephan for DA 2018 cmte on 5/24/2018 — 14 days after Broidy Capital Management $50K + Deputy Sheriffs Assn SD County PAC $50K = $100K inflow to RPSDC on 5/10/2018. RPSDC F460 filing 2253985 (period 4/22-5/19/2018, amended through 7/12/2018). One day after CA Justice & PS PAC's first $111,968 anti-Stephan TV buy (5/23) — RPSDC's biggest pro-Stephan move was REACTIVE to anti-Stephan IE, traced upstream to Broidy + DSA inflows.

SD Police Officers Assn PAC made $16,635.49 in local Schedule D IE pro-Stephan: 4 slate mailers (5/4), $3K polling (5/4), $3.9K robocalls (5/25). SDPOA is the rank-and-file SD city police union, politically distinct from SDDDAA.

RPSDC made $10,000 MON contribution to Stephan for District Attorney 2018 candidate committee on 4/20/2018 — same day Sycuan PAC dropped $5K into RPSDC. RPSDC F460 filing 2235872 (period 3/18-4/21/2018), Schedule E (MON), line CTB to Stephan for District Attorney 2018.

The San Diego Deputy District Attorney's Association PAC (filer 951998), dba "San Diegans Against Crime" — the union for the deputy DAs Summer Stephan supervises — spent $10,000 on a June 4, 2018 independent expenditure SUPPORTING Stephan and Sheriff Gore and OPPOSING Stephan's opponent Geneviève Jones-Wright. The PAC was funded that cycle in part by a $300,000 contribution from Jennifer Moores (5/21/2018). Structural conflict: Nancy Haley serves as treasurer of BOTH the SDDDAA PAC AND Stephan's own 2022 candidate committee.

Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters PAC ran a $2,749.09 independent mailer directly supporting Stephan on 5/15/2018 (filing 2252901 line item).

Jennifer Moores filed $449.50 individual independent expenditure ($224.75 x 2) on 6/1/2018 for eReleases.com "News Release Supporting Summer Stephan Opposing Genevieve Jones-Wright" — Moores's personal Major Donor F461 (filing 2272480) tagged IND. This is a DIRECT INDIVIDUAL IE by Moores in addition to her channel-1 SDDDAA $300K and channel-2 FJAIA-PAC $50K contributions.

Thomas Lieberman (President, Innovare Medical Media LLC, San Diego 92101) contributed $100 to Stephan for District Attorney 2028 during H2 2024 — the only itemized $100+ individual donor in the committee's H2 2024 filing and one of only TWO named individual donors across all 6 F460 filings 2023-2025.

Steve Mims (Electrical Engineer, BAE Systems, San Diego 92109) contributed $100 to Stephan for District Attorney 2028 on 8/12/2023 — the only itemized $100+ individual donor in the committee's H2 2023 filing and one of only TWO named individual donors across all 6 F460 filings 2023-2025.

CA J&PS PAC → Summer Stephan anti-Stephan IE May 2018 = $223,749.05 oppose (Schedule D D-records, $111,968 + $111,781 TV buys 5/23 + 5/29). NEGATIVE AMOUNT indicates opposing IE.

San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce PAC co-sponsored the Stephan/Dumanis 2018 joint IE committee (filer 1405771). The Chamber represents major SD employers and is consistently the largest business-PAC voice in local elections.

San Diego Jobs PAC (sponsored by Downtown San Diego Partnership) co-sponsored the Stephan/Dumanis 2018 joint IE committee (filer 1405771).

DA Summer Stephan is married to US District Judge Dana Sabraw (Chief Judge SD-CA 2021-2025, appointed by Bush 2003). The marriage creates a permanent federal-court recusal perimeter for DA cases brought before SD federal court. Confirmed by Stephan's own campaign About page (https://www.summerstephan.com/about-summer-stephan) and Sabraw's Wikipedia entry. Three children.

Rachel Solov serves as Assistant District Attorney under DA Summer Stephan (per official 2026-01-12 org chart). #2 position in the office. Effective start date assumed = Stephan tenure start; actual start may differ.

David Grapilon serves as Chief Deputy DA under Stephan (per 2026 org chart). Oversees North/South/East/Juvenile branches.

Patrick Espinoza serves as Chief Deputy DA under Stephan (per 2026 org chart). Oversees Family Protection and Sex Crimes / Human Trafficking (the division Stephan herself founded).

Tracy Prior serves as Chief Deputy DA under Stephan (per 2026 org chart). Oversees Economic Crimes / Consumer Protection — the unit responsible for cases like the HRCSD opioid-funds prosecution.

Frank Jackson serves as Chief Deputy DA under Stephan (per 2026 org chart). Oversees Special Operations: Public Corruption, Hate Crimes, Conviction & Sentence Review.

Jorge Duran serves as Chief of the Bureau of Investigation under DA Stephan (per 2026 org chart). DA Investigators (sworn law enforcement) report through Duran.

Michelle Bush serves as Chief of Administrative Services under DA Stephan (per 2026 org chart).

Karl Halbritter serves as Chief Administrative Officer under DA Stephan (per 2026 org chart).

Jerrilyn Malana serves as Chief of HR & Special Counsel under DA Stephan (per 2026 org chart). Handles employee separations and any non-disparagement / NDA arrangements (relevant given DA Stephan's own Feb 2026 statement about employees leaving the county "with agreements to be silent").

Stephen Marquardt serves as Chief of Special Operations under DA Stephan (per 2026 org chart). Runs Public Corruption unit, Hate Crimes, and Conviction & Sentence Review — the units that would handle politically sensitive cases against electeds, peers, or wrongful-conviction reviews.

Tanya Sierra serves as Asst Director of Communications under DA Stephan (per 2026 org chart). Public-facing DA spokesperson.

Steve Walker serves as Director of Communications under DA Stephan (per 2026 org chart).

Yolanda Apalategui Lugo serves as Director of Government & Community Affairs under DA Stephan (per 2026 org chart). Government-relations liaison for the DA's office.

Robert Hickey serves as Chief of the Gangs Division under DA Stephan (per 2026 org chart). Hickey is the former Deputy DA who unsuccessfully ran for SD City Attorney in 2016 with substantial Lincoln Club / Chamber IE support; he returned to the DA office as Gangs chief. Revolving-door indicator within the Republican-aligned legal network.

Amplify Campaigns (Dan Rottenstreich) worked for campaigns of DA Summer Stephan per documentation in research lead 673 (sourced from prior Lawson-Remer investigation context). Specific cycle (2018 special / 2018 general / 2022) and dollar amount not yet confirmed — gap for R2. Significance: Amplify is best-known as a labor-aligned Democratic IE consultant (Laborers 89, Gloria 2020, Lawson-Remer 2024); their work for Republican-aligned DA Stephan is unusual and merits separate confirmation via Form 460 schedule E. Also notable: Amplify is now subcontractor on the $320K county sales-tax measure contract under Lawson-Remer's subcommittee.

Southwest Strategies (Chris & Jennifer Wahl) raised funds for Stephan campaigns per UT Dealmaker coverage referenced in research lead 89 ("SW raised $150K+ for council members + Campbell recall committee + DA Summer Stephan"). The specific Stephan-attributable share is not isolated in that source — Lane A is working the $-totals; this connection records the fundraising-network relationship. Wahls are central San Diego political fundraisers also tied to Gloria, Whitburn, Faulconer.

San Diego Police Officers Association (SDPOA) endorses Stephan for 2028 re-election (campaign site endorsements page). SDPOA is the largest local police union; endorsement is structurally expected given DA-police partnership.

Deputy Sheriffs Association of San Diego (DSA) endorses Stephan for 2028 re-election. Sheriff's deputies work cases the DA prosecutes; endorsement consistent with structural alignment.

Chula Vista Police Officers Association endorses Stephan for 2028.

San Diego County Probation Officers PAC endorses Stephan for 2028.

San Diegans Against Crime (sponsored by SD County Deputy District Attorneys Association PAC — SDCDDAA) endorses Stephan for 2028. Critical: this is the union representing the very prosecutors Stephan supervises — an endorsement from one's own subordinates' union is a structural conflict of interest standard in elected-prosecutor races but worth noting.

San Diego City Firefighters Local 145 endorses Stephan for 2028.

CAL FIRE Local 2881 endorses Stephan for 2028.

Downtown San Diego Partnership endorses Stephan for 2028. Downtown business interest endorsement consistent with Chamber/Lincoln Club Republican-aligned business network.

Rincon Band of Luiseño Mission Indians: endorsement reflected through tribal chair Bo Mazzetti naming on Stephan endorsement page.

Jamul Indian Village: endorsement reflected through chair Erica Pinto naming on Stephan endorsement page.

Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation: endorsement reflected through chair Cody Martinez naming on Stephan endorsement page.

Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters endorses Stephan for 2028. Notable: Carpenters PAC is one of the most active SD political donors across both parties.

San Diego La Raza Lawyers Association endorses Stephan for 2028.

Bo Mazzetti (Chairman, Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians) individually endorses Stephan for 2028 — listed on campaign endorsement page.

Erica Pinto (Chairwoman, Jamul Indian Village) individually endorses Stephan for 2028 — listed on campaign endorsement page. Note: Pinto is documented donor to Issa, Sara Jacobs campaigns; cross-cast with Republican-aligned candidates.

Cody Martinez (Chairman, Sycuan Band of Kumeyaay Nation) individually endorses Stephan for 2028 — listed on campaign endorsement page.

Robert S. Brewer (former US Attorney for Southern District of California 2018-2021) individually endorses Stephan for 2028 — listed on campaign endorsement page. Brewer is a Republican federal-prosecutor peer.

Carol Lam (former US Attorney for Southern District of California 2002-2007) individually endorses Stephan for 2028 — listed on campaign endorsement page. Lam is a Democratic appointee (Bush II era, fired in controversial 2007 USA firings); cross-party endorsement.

Jerry Sanders (President & CEO, SD Regional Chamber of Commerce; former SD Mayor) is quoted on Stephan endorsement page, indicating Chamber endorsement and/or personal endorsement of Stephan for 2028. Sanders is the central Chamber/business-establishment figure.

Dr. John Warren (Publisher, San Diego Voice & Viewpoint) individually endorses Stephan for 2028 — listed on campaign endorsement page. SD's historic Black newspaper publisher.

Pastor Robert L. Pope (Encanto Southern Baptist Church) individually endorses Stephan for 2028 — listed on campaign endorsement page.

Summer Stephan served on SANDAG Policy Advisory Committee / Board of Directors / Policy-Advisory / Decision-Making Group throughout 2018-2023 per her Form 700 cover-page attachments. Role dropped from her 2024 filing. Regional MPO governance — same body whose transportation sales-tax measures are now central to the Lawson-Remer charter-reform fight Stephan publicly opposed (May 15, 2026).

Summer Stephan served as Board Member of the Leon L Williams San Diego County Human Relations Commission from 2020-07-17 through 2023-12-31 per her Form 700 cover-page attachments. County advisory commission promoting inter-group relations and hate-crime reporting; partners with the DA's office. Role dropped from her 2024 filing.

Documented public political alliance: Stephan + Anderson + Sheriff Martinez + Assessor Marks coalition opposing Lawson-Remer's 2026 county charter-reform package. Three documented joint adversarial events vs. Lawson-Remer in 2026: (1) Feb 18 HRCSD presser context; (2) March 24 CFPP unit vote (Anderson sole no-vote, Stephan publicly opposed); (3) May 15 charter-reform coalition statement. Anderson concurrently running for Treasurer-Tax Collector — one of the offices the charter package would term-limit.

Stephan for District Attorney 2028 — candidate-controlled committee filed 2023-02-27, treasurer Nancy Haley, currently ACTIVE per Cal-Access. Made $20K in 2024 contributions to Yes on Prop 36.

Rebecca Church, Assistant U.S. Attorney at U.S. Atty's Office Southern District of CA, donated to Summer Stephan's 2022 DA campaign in the H1 2022 pre-primary cycle. Per Stephan's F460 covering 1/1/2022-6/30/2022 (filer 1436174, filed 7/27/2022). During this period US Attorney for SDCA was Randy S. Grossman.

Rebecca Kanter, Attorney at US Department of Justice (San Diego address — almost certainly USAO-SDCA AUSA), donated to Summer Stephan's 2022 DA campaign in the H1 2022 pre-primary cycle. Per Stephan's F460 covering 1/1/2022-6/30/2022.

Howard Wayne, Deputy Attorney General at State of California (CA AG's office), donated to Summer Stephan's 2022 DA campaign H1 2022. Per Stephan's F460.

Charles Stimson, Senior Legal Fellow at The Heritage Foundation (Falls Church VA), donated to Summer Stephan's 2022 DA campaign H1 2022. Stimson is a former Deputy Asst Sec of Defense for Detainee Affairs (G.W. Bush administration) — connects Stephan's donor base to the national conservative legal establishment.

Taryn Gillison, Portfolio Manager at United States Navy (La Jolla CA), donated to Summer Stephan's 2022 DA campaign H1 2022.

Lin Reynolds, Engineer at United States Navy, donated to Summer Stephan's 2022 DA campaign H1 2022.

Lincoln Club of SD County — co-sponsor of joint Stephan/Dumanis 2018 IE committee (ev 25506, ev 26464). Coalition membership documented through institutional co-sponsorship.

SD Regional Chamber of Commerce — co-sponsor of joint Stephan/Dumanis 2018 IE committee (ev 25506, ev 26464).

SD Jobs PAC — co-sponsor of joint Stephan/Dumanis 2018 IE committee (ev 25506, ev 26464). Carries Downtown SD Partnership institutional money.

Summer Stephan has been District Attorney of San Diego County since July 8, 2017 (appointed interim by Board of Supervisors 6/20/2017; elected 6/2018, reelected 2022 unopposed).

SAN DIEGO WORKS! received a $30,000 in-kind canvassing IE from Real Justice PAC on 5/4/2018 (RJ-PAC F460 filing 2259455) to deploy peer-to-peer text + phone canvassing in opposition to Summer Stephan / in support of Geneviéve Jones-Wright in the 6/5/2018 SD-DA primary. SDW did not disclose the $30K wire on any state-level filing (no F460 in 2018, no F496 targeting the SD-DA race — only 6 F496s targeting Eduardo Garcia for AD-56). See evidence 26924 + 26926 + 26929 and R6 connection 203165.

California Womens Leadership Association PAC (filer 1237224) filed Cal-Access F496 IE filing 2258806 pro-Stephan on same day as F496 2258810 pro-Dumanis. Dollar amounts BLOCKED — S496_CD.TSV not in local Cal-Access bulk dump.

SD County Deputy DA Association (SDDDAA, Cal-Access filer 951998/1066505) ran joint IE cmte "JONES-WRIGHT, SUPPORTING STEPHAN FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY & GORE FOR SHERIFF 2018; SAN DIEGANS AGAINST CRIME ... OPPOSING" — explicit anti-JW + pro-Stephan IE structure with Nancy Haley (Haley & Co LLC) as treasurer. Same treasurer continuity across Stephan 2018, 2022, 2028 cmtes.

Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters PAC — IE-channel support for Stephan 2018 ($2,749 mailer, ev 26812). Part of cross-partisan incumbency-protection pattern (ev 26851).

Stephan succeeded Bonnie Dumanis as SD County DA. Dumanis's timed retirement allowed Board of Supervisors to appoint Stephan (then Chief Deputy) — same orchestrated-succession mechanism that put Dumanis in the seat. Critical context for "anointing" critique (VOSD, Apr 2017).

Stephan joined Republican Supervisor Joel Anderson at May 15, 2026 press conference opposing Board Chair Lawson-Remer's charter reform package (which would impose term limits on the DA seat itself). Stephan endorsed Anderson's amendments. This is direct political alliance with a sitting supervisor of the body she may need to prosecute (HRCSD oversight). Same Anderson the DA's office in theory could investigate per harassment complaints (handled by Senate Rules in 2018, not DA).

Stephan publicly criticized Board Chair Lawson-Remer (D, Dist 3) at Feb 18, 2026 HRCSD press conference — "checks and balances failed or were overruled," county had "culture of fear," employees signed "agreements to be silent." Then May 15, 2026 publicly opposed Lawson-Remer's charter reform package. Pattern: DA using press platform to attack one specific Democratic supervisor while NOT actually charging any county official 3 months into "ongoing investigation." [R2 UPDATE 2026-05-17] May 1-15, 2026 SDDA newsroom snapshot confirms: in the run-up to and including Stephan's May 15, 2026 charter-reform attack on Lawson-Remer, SDDA published zero HRCSD/Knox/county-officials press releases. The bully-pulpit attack on Lawson-Remer was not paired with any charging action that would substantiate the implicit county-corruption framing.

Stephan + Sheriff Martinez + Assessor Marks coordinated public opposition to Lawson-Remer charter reform (May 15, 2026). All three are county-wide elected officials whose seats would be capped by the reform. Forms a "3 amigos" bloc (per OB Rag terminology) of GOP-leaning law-enforcement-adjacent officials operating across party labels — Stephan NPP, Martinez D (re-registered from R), Marks R.

Stephan joined Assessor-Recorder-Clerk Jordan Marks (R) + Sheriff Martinez + Supervisor Anderson at May 15, 2026 press conference. All currently face no term limits; reform would impose them. Coordinated 3-officials-against-board bloc.

Knox is the defendant in Stephan's most-publicized 2026 prosecution. Reverse edge of C5 to make her name show in Stephan-as-target graph queries.

Summer Stephan was the candidate of and controlled the Stephan for District Attorney 2018 candidate committee (Cal-Access filer 1393714), terminated 12/29/2020. Treasurer: C. April Boling.

Summer Stephan was the candidate of and controlled the Stephan for District Attorney 2022 reelection committee (Cal-Access filer 1436174), terminated 2023-02-23. Treasurer: Nancy Haley (same treasurer as the SDDDAA PAC that ran the 2018 IE supporting her).

Beneficiary of the joint Stephan/Dumanis 2018 committee (Cal-Access filer 1405771) sponsored by SD Regional Chamber of Commerce PAC, Lincoln Club of San Diego County, and San Diego Jobs PAC. Shared treasurer C. April Boling.

Republican Party of San Diego County backed Summer Stephan in 2018 — providing $97,133.61 in late-window (S497) transfers to her candidate committee and a shared treasurer (April Boling) across party + candidate committees + co-sponsored IE committee.

Lincoln Club of San Diego County was a co-sponsor of the joint Stephan/Dumanis 2018 IE committee "Keep San Diego Safe" (Cal-Access filer 1405771, treasurer C. April Boling). The Lincoln Club is one of San Diego's most powerful conservative business-donor groups; its endorsement of Stephan committed institutional resources to her 2018 campaign.