cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/43627802
The 16 donors, whose ranks included Bay Area investor John Doerr and Stripe CEO Patrick Collison, gave a total of $44.5 million to the group, Building a Better California, between Sept. 29 and Oct. 2, according to the committee’s filings.
Spearheaded by Google co-founder Sergey Brin, the PAC [worth $248 million] has almost single-handedly financed the opposition to California Proposition 40, which would levy a one-time wealth tax of 5% on billionaires to cover federal cuts to healthcare funding
Which as described here by Gabriel Zucman, would bring it back to where it was 31 days ago
The support side raised $31 million while the opposition side raised $259 million as of Oct. 2, 2026.
Also relevant: https://cabillionairetracker.org/
I work with kids and they will often do more work to get out of doing something than the original task would have required. Assuming these guys are brighter than a 4-year-old, imagine how much they think they'll save by donating a quarter billion dollars!!! Then think of all the things that money could have been used for that would have been better than buying a politician.
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