The big money for both sides in the California recall election is coming from the same wealthy enclaves, and not so much from out of state. Story from @CalMatters.
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The well-heeled megadonors spending the most to defend Gov. Gavin Newsom in a near-certain
California recall election hail from monied coastal enclaves, mansion-studded Silicon Valley and the toniest and most solidly Democratic parts of Los Angeles.
As for those big donors spending the most to
boost the recall and kick Newsom out of the governor’s office actually, that’s pretty much where they live, too.
A newly-launched
CalMatters live tracker of the $15.3 million and counting that has poured into either side of the recall shows that, while California s voters may be divided by geography and class, its major political donors are not.
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