A PAC, or Political Action Committee, is a group in U.S. politics that raises money to help support or oppose candidates, laws, or political causes during elections.

Here's how it works:

1. Raising Money: People, companies, or organizations give money to the PAC. The PAC then uses this money to support candidates they like or to oppose candidates they don't agree with.

2. Helping Candidates or Causes: The PAC can spend money on things like TV ads, flyers, or events to help certain candidates get elected or to promote laws or ideas that they believe in.

3. Rules: PACs have to follow certain rules about how much money they can raise and how they can spend it.

All donations are going to support candidates who will:

• Stop the sell-outs and back room deals at City Hall.

• Give us transparent, honest government.

• Deliver protections for our trees, parks, and water - not green washing.

• Create affordability for residents, not speculators.

• Some examples include:  

Austin Chronicle paper ad for our full slate of candidates (look here on page 17)

Community Impact ad (look here) for Carmen Llanes Pulido 

Billboard/large median signs for Carmen Llanes Pulido

And many others!

Yes, PAC donations are public.  You can look here to see all city of Austin PAC donations.  Austin United PAC will be making it’s first filings on Oct. 7.  

https://www.austintexas.gov/cityclerk/elections/2024_campaign_finance_reporting.htm

Yes, you can look here and see who donates to all PACs https://www.austintexas.gov/cityclerk/elections/2024_campaign_finance_reporting.htm.  Austin United’s first filing will be on Oct. 7 so look there to see who has donated. 

Yes, you can see where every dollar goes here https://www.austintexas.gov/cityclerk/elections/2024_campaign_finance_reporting.htm.  Austin United PAC will do it’s first filing on Oct. 7.

We support candidates who will:

• Fund real climate, water, heat island, flooding, and biodiversity solutions.

• Implement affordability policies that don’t accelerate displacement and gentrification. 

• Maintain parks for residents, rather than giving them away to private interests.  

• Support the unhoused with what they need, rather than overspending on consultants.

• Fully fund and compensate emergency first responders and disaster preparation recovery. 

• Champion government transparency and honest public engagement.

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  The 5 candidates we support today have all met these criteria and have been grassroots activists in Austin we know well and trust.  

Yes!  You can make a difference!  Did you know Kirk Watson won the mayoral race in 2022 with just 900 votes?  And it was even less for individual council member races.  Think about that.  We potentially just need to make 900 people aware of what the Austin City Council does and what is at stake in this election.  United, we can do that!