Content last updated Oct. 19, 2026

Janani Ramachandran

Janani Ramachandran
Public Interest Attorney | Janani Ramachandran for Oakland City Council, District 4
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Contributions: $187,888
Expenditures: $208,025
Loans: $5,000
Current balance: ($25,136)
Money coming in

Contributions

$187,888
Committee
$35K
$35K
Individual
$133K
$133K
Unitemized
$11K
$11K
Self Funding
$900
$900
Other (includes Businesses)
$2.5K
$2.5K

See all contributions

Money going out

Expenditures

$208,025
Not Stated
$10K
$10K
Phone Banks
$16K
$16K
Contribution
$100
$100
Office Expenses
$5.8K
$5.8K
Fundraising Events
$466
$466
Campaign Consultants
$20K
$20K
Meetings and Appearances
$5.0K
$5.0K
Campaign Workers' Salaries
$9.5K
$9.5K
Campaign Paraphernalia/Misc.
$19K
$19K
Candidate Filing/Ballot Fees
$1.4K
$1.4K
Campaign Literature and Mailings
$64K
$64K
Professional Services (Legal, Accounting)
$22K
$22K
Information Technology Costs (Internet, E-mail)
$33K
$33K
Transfer Between Committees of the Same Candidate/sponsor
$100
$100
Money coming in

Contributions

$187,888
Out of State
11%
11%
Within Oakland
29%
29%
Within California
49%
49%

Money coming in

Where individual contributors work A question mark in circle indicating additional information

Based on the employer and occupation that individual contributors report on itemized contributions. Different spellings of the same employer or occupation are grouped together. Some similar reported occupations are grouped together. E.g. Realtor, Real Estate Broker, etc. Contributions reporting neither an employer nor an occupation are not shown. Retired people often put Not Employed so we group those together.

Top employers
Self-Employed
$12K
$12K
Accenture
$1.7K
$1.7K
SDS
$1.6K
$1.6K
Cal State East Bay
$1.5K
$1.5K
CarePlus Chiropractic Health Center
$1.5K
$1.5K
NTEK Consulting Services LLC
$1.5K
$1.5K
Employer not reported
$1.4K
$1.4K
City of Berkeley
$1.0K
$1.0K
Walmart
$1.0K
$1.0K
ACLU
$900
$900
Top occupations
Retired/Not Employed
$34K
$34K
Attorney
$8.1K
$8.1K
Real Estate
$5.8K
$5.8K
Software Engineer
$5.5K
$5.5K
Consultant
$4.9K
$4.9K
Director
$4.1K
$4.1K
Chief Executive Officer/President
$3.9K
$3.9K
Engineer
$3.5K
$3.5K
Student
$1.6K
$1.6K
Owner
$1.6K
$1.6K
Independent expenditures supporting candidate $3,152 A question mark in circle indicating additional information

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Spending breakdown by committee

In support of the candidate
Bay Area Rising Committee sponsored by Center for Empowered Politics
$1,038
$1.0K
$1.0K
See all contributions to this committee
Oakland Rising Committee sponsored by Center for Empowered Politics
$2,114
$2.1K
$2.1K
See all contributions to this committee
In opposition of the candidate

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