Since California speaker rose to power, corporate money flowed to nonprofits tied to his wife
Sacramento Bee 2/19/2021 Hannah Wiley and Lance Williams, The Sacramento Bee
Feb. 19 This article was reported in partnership with Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting.
In the years since Anthony Rendon rose to power as speaker of the California Assembly, nonprofits associated with his wife, Annie Lam, received more than $500,000 in donations and event sponsorships from dozens of companies with business before the Legislature.
Nonprofits are not required to publicly disclose their donors. But since 2016, when Rendon ascended to the speakership, five nonprofits where Lam is employed have received donations or sponsorships from more than 50 entities, according to public records, promotional flyers and interviews.
March 12, 2021
Anthony Rendon, D-Paramount, stands with his wife, Annie Lam, while he is acknowledged by fellow members of the Assembly before he is sworn in as the new Assembly speaker on Monday, March 7, 2016 in Sacramento, Calif. Credit: Randy Pench/The Sacramento Bee
This article was reported in partnership with The Sacramento Bee.
In the years since Anthony Rendon rose to power as speaker of the California Assembly, nonprofits associated with his wife, Annie Lam, have received more than $500,000 in donations and event sponsorships from dozens of companies with business before the Legislature.
Nonprofits are not required to publicly disclose their donors. But since 2016, when Rendon ascended to the speakership, five nonprofits where Lam is employed have received donations or sponsorships from more than 50 entities, according to public records, promotional flyers and interviews.
Press release content from Globe Newswire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation.
Millions of American Indian College Fund Scholarship Dollars Available for California’s Native .
American Indian College FundFebruary 1, 2021 GMT
Denver, Colo., Feb. 01, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Native American college students from qualified California tribes have millions of dollars of scholarship funds available to them through the American Indian College Fund’s Wi’aasal (Great Oak) Future Leaders Scholarship, sponsored by the Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians.
Funds are available to most California tribal members seeking higher education, including technical and vocational certifications and associate, bachelor’s, and graduate degrees. Students earning a technical or vocational certification can get up to $5,000 per year. Students attending a state or private community college or university can get up to $20,000 per year.
California Might Not Need To Wait Until 2022 To Welcome New Casinos
The global pandemic has caused some major economic damage to many countries and many industries. It also changed our natural habitat and the perception of the global industry state. The businesses have changed their directions of the operation and have set new goals as well as initiatives. The biggest changes and challenges include transferring from the offline to the online industries.
Due to the fact that most of the gathering spots and the venues have been closed, the businesses that wanted to survive had to take certain steps. The ones which managed to stay afloat had to turn faces in the direction of the online businesses. The example of traditional casinos turning into online gambling platforms is one of the vivid examples of how businesses not only managed to survive the crisis but also found a profit in it.
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