For an off-year election with no high-profile political candidates on the ballot, Equity Action has done an impressive job fundraising in support of Prop A, their preferred police oversight ordinance, and against Prop B, the one favored by the Austin Police Association. Equity Action's 30-day-out campaign finance report, which covers Jan. 1-March 27, 2023, shows the group raised $379,582 and spent $66,485, which left them with $413,909 cash on hand .
But they're spending more in the final month of the campaign. Expenditure reports filed last week show Equity Action put $88,000 into advertising, and several thousand more went to campaign staff. It's less clear how much Prop B supporters have spent on their campaign. The CFR filed April 6 by Voters for Oversight and Police Accountability shows the group raised $4,755 and had only spent $191.