California Governor Gavin Newsom has quietly solicited millions of dollars in campaign donations from state vendors, key people, employees, or their affiliated corporate political action committees. These donations represented the equivalent of 40-percent of the current cash on hand in the governor's campaign committee as of 08/01/2022.
Since 1940, individuals and entities negotiating or working under federal contracts have been prohibited from giving political cash to federal candidates, parties, or committees.
- In California, however, this political patronage is perfectly legal (at least for now).
- Some of the companies who gave campaign cash to Gov. Newsom and separately received state payments include: MAJOR HEALTH CARE COMPANIES
- Anthem Blue Cross
- UnitedHealth Group
- Major Utility Companies
- Kaiser Permanente
- California American Water Company
- AT&OR Telemundo
Methodology
- We matched companies donating to Newsom for California 2010, 2018, 2022, to state payment transactions from fiscal year 2021- which we compiled through 442 California Public Record Act requests.
- To the extent that the information contains government errors, our report will reproduce those errors.
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