There is no limit on how much a company or individual can donate on behalf of an elected official. Newsom helped secure $226 million last year.
More than $43 million in behested payments was earmarked in 2020 for the governor’s office, including $500,000 from YouTube, $300,000 from TikTok and $227,000 from Netflix, with those donations used for public health ads. COVID-19 vaccine maker Pfizer Inc. gave $250,000 on behalf of the governor to a nonprofit providing trailers to house families in need of shelter during the pandemic.
Paramount Pictures, Amazon, T-Mobile and Bank of America Corp. were among the more than 100 donors that gave on behalf of Newsom last year.
Facebook, Google, other corporate giants flooded Newsom with record $226 million in charity donations in 2020
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