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Candidate-site endorsements, forum statements of support, and campaign-finance records—with each candidate’s portrait and links to the sources.
Campaign websites were reviewed October 28, 2026. The forum section uses the September 15 Advocates forum’s automatic-caption transcript. It records only statements found in that exchange; it is not a complete record of every candidate’s support or endorsements. “No list found” means the site reviewed did not publish one, not that the candidate has no endorsements.
Forum excerpts are brief and linked to their timestamps. Captioning can misrender names; summaries identify speakers and candidates from the exchange. A shared campaign or public-event photo alone is not treated as an endorsement unless the accompanying campaign material or caption identifies it as one. The reviewed public sources establish that Toni Iseman endorsed both Joy Berry and Alex Rounaghi; those are separate endorsements, not evidence of a shared slate. Financial contributions and outside spending are shown separately and are not treated as endorsements. None of this is a recommendation by Laguna Advocates. Candidate portraits are the existing images credited to Laguna Canyon Conservancy (LCC).
The forum record shows reciprocal support statements between Rounaghi and Orgill, and each named Kempf as someone he supported or would endorse. It does not establish a formal slate. Kempf was absent, so her own support for either colleague is not established by this exchange.
| Statement by | Named colleague | What was said | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Rounaghi | Mark Orgill | Rounaghi said he supported Orgill and wanted to continue working with him. | Forum · 37:49 ↗ |
| Alex Rounaghi | Sue Kempf | Rounaghi said he supported Kempf and wanted to continue working with her. | Forum · 37:49 ↗ |
| Mark Orgill | Alex Rounaghi | After saying he had no official endorsements yet, Orgill said he would endorse Rounaghi: “I would endorse Alex.” | Forum · 38:28 ↗ |
| Mark Orgill | Sue Kempf | After saying he had no official endorsements yet, Orgill said he would endorse Kempf: “and Sue.” | Forum · 38:28 ↗ |
| Sue Kempf | Orgill / Rounaghi | Not established in this forum exchange; Kempf was absent. | Transcript notes ↗ |
These are candidate-to-candidate statements from the forum, not endorsements inferred from a shared photo, common financial support, or colleagues serving together. Read the full exchange and transcript information ↗
No endorsement list was located on the campaign website reviewed. This does not mean that no one has endorsed her.
Sue Kempf campaign website ↗Kempf was absent from the September 15 forum, so the candidate-to-candidate support question was not answered by her in that exchange.
No candidate-to-candidate support statement was established for this candidate in the reviewed exchange. This does not establish whether other support exists.
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No candidate-controlled campaign website was identified in the guide’s reviewed source list, so a campaign-site endorsement list could not be checked.
City of Laguna Beach · 2026 election and candidate information ↗No candidate-to-candidate support statement was established for this candidate in the reviewed exchange. This does not establish whether other support exists.
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Orgill said he had not made official endorsements yet, then said he would endorse Alex Rounaghi and Sue Kempf.
“I would endorse Alex and Sue.”Advocates forum · 38:28–38:44 · automatic-caption transcript
No endorsement list was found in the campaign website pages reviewed. This does not mean that no one has endorsed him.
Nick Aronoff campaign website ↗No candidate-to-candidate support statement was established for this candidate in the reviewed exchange. This does not establish whether other support exists.
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A campaign website address, electedwardbayuk.com, appears in public candidate listings, but the site could not be retrieved during this review. Endorsements are unverified.
Edward Bayuk campaign website · unavailable to review ↗No candidate-to-candidate support statement was established for this candidate in the reviewed exchange. This does not establish whether other support exists.
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No candidate-to-candidate support statement was established for this candidate in the reviewed exchange. This does not establish whether other support exists.
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Rounaghi named Mayor Mark Orgill and Councilmember Sue Kempf as colleagues he was supporting, and said he wanted to continue working with them.
“I want to continue working with them.”Advocates forum · 37:49–38:21 · automatic-caption transcript
The campaign website includes a form option for visitors who would like to endorse Karen, but the public pages reviewed do not list endorser names.
Karen Martin campaign website ↗Martin said she supported all non-incumbents as a group; she did not name them individually in this statement.
“I’m actually supporting all of the non-incumbents.”Advocates forum · 36:50–37:03 · automatic-caption transcript
Campaign filings report money received by committees and spending made to support candidates. Those records show financial activity; they do not by themselves establish a candidate’s endorsement of a donor or the donor’s motives.
Regency Properties, L.P. and Affiliated Entities reported a $100,000 contribution received September 30 by the Laguna Beach Good Leadership Committee Supporting Kempf, Rounaghi and Orgill for City Council 2026 (FPPC ID 1497439). It went to the committee, not directly to the candidates, and the filing does not allocate the contribution among them.
The committee’s October 22 amended Form 460 reports $99,950 in independent candidate support through October 17—$33,316.68 for Kempf, $33,316.67 for Rounaghi, and $33,316.65 for Orgill—and $50 in unitemized payments. This committee spending is distinct from the original contribution.
October 2 Form 496 reports: Kempf ↗, Rounaghi ↗, Orgill ↗. October 13 Form 496 reports: Kempf ↗, Rounaghi ↗, Orgill ↗. October 1 Form 497 · $100,000 receipt ↗ · October 22 amended Form 460 ↗
October 15 Forms 496 reported $10,859.21 in independent support for the same three incumbents. For Kempf, the Firefighters PAC reported $1,990.85 and the Police Employees PAC $1,628.89; for Orgill, $1,990.86 and $1,628.88; for Rounaghi, $1,990.85 and $1,628.88, respectively. Separately, each PAC reported a $500 direct contribution to each incumbent, for $1,000 from these two PACs per candidate. Direct contributions and independent spending are different categories; the filings do not establish an endorsement by the recipients or donor motives.
Independent-expenditure Forms 496: Firefighters → Kempf ↗ · Police Employees → Kempf ↗ · Firefighters → Orgill ↗ · Police Employees → Orgill ↗ · Firefighters → Rounaghi ↗ · Police Employees → Rounaghi ↗
Direct-contribution Forms 460: Firefighters PAC · September filing ↗ · Police Employees PAC · October filing ↗
An additional Form 496 reported $2,710 in September 18 spending by Howard F. Ahmanson / Fieldstead & Company for a slate mailer supporting Rounaghi: official report ↗.
Across the outside-support filings reviewed through October 17, reported independent spending was $36,936.42 supporting Kempf, $39,646.40 supporting Rounaghi, and $36,936.39 supporting Orgill. Rounaghi’s total includes the separate $2,710 slate-mailer expenditure. These are dated, reviewed filings—not candidate-account receipts or a complete measure of every form of support. Filings can be amended. For candidate-account totals and additional records, use the City campaign-disclosure portal ↗.
Campaigns may send corrections or additional public source links to lagunaadvocates@duck.com.