Team, let's walk this back:

Rick Caruso spent $41 million during the primary. $39 million was his own money. Most people can’t fathom having that amount of money in their lifetime. Rick Caruso spends it like pocket change on things like yachts, malls, and anti-abortion candidates.

And he just keeps on spending! Last week, news broke Caruso shoveled another $3.5 million into his campaign. We can't match that kind of outrageous spending dollar-to-dollar, and we don't have to. Instead, we need to build a grassroots campaign strong enough to defeat Caruso in November.

Tomorrow is our team’s end-of-month fundraising deadline, and we’re not quite where we wanted to be this month. Luckily, there’s still time. Here’s the situation: