Charity And Politics: California Elected Officials Would Have To Disclose Their Connections Under Proposed Rule
Tuesday, July 13, 2021 | Sacramento, CA
In the months before California lawmakers in June granted prison guards a $5,000 bonus and an 8% raise over the next two years, the guards’ union made a few charitable donations. The recipients included two nonprofits run by the very legislators who were preparing to vote on the pay hikes.
State senators who lead the Legislature’s Black and Latino caucuses asked the correctional officers’ union to donate to the foundations they run and the union complied, state records show, giving $15,000 in March to the foundation run by the Latino caucus and $60,000 over February and March to the Black caucus’ foundation.