Before CA lawmakers granted prison guards a $5k bonus & an 8% raise over the next 2 years, the guards’ union made a few charitable donations.

Recipients included two nonprofits run by the very legislators who were preparing to vote on the pay hikes.
calmatters.org/politics/2021/…
This week, political watchdog @CA_FPPC is considering new rules that would require more disclosure in certain cases when officials ask interest groups to give $$ to nonprofits. fppc.ca.gov/about-fppc/hea…
It comes after this investigation I did last year:
calmatters.org/projects/calif…
Since then my talented press corps colleagues have also dug into the rise of donations to politically-connected nonprofits by interest groups that lobby at the Capitol.

@hannahcwiley looked at donations to nonprofits tied to the Speaker's wife
sacbee.com/news/politics-…
@SophiaBollag examined donations to nonprofits run by Gov. Newsom's wife:
sacbee.com/news/politics-…
@MelodyGutierrez documented the explosion of nonprofit donations Newsom sought during the pandemic
latimes.com/california/sto…

And uncovered a $1 mil donation whose original source was hidden by use of a "donor advised fund"
latimes.com/california/sto…
Charitable donations flowing through donor advised funds is another topic @CA_FPPC is discussing on Thursday
fppc.ca.gov/about-fppc/hea…
A couple updates since my investigation last year:

AG Rob Bonta has stepped down from the board of his foundation, and it made new rules banning donations to groups that employ his wife Mia Bonta, an Assembly candidate.

Backstory: calmatters.org/projects/calif… Image
Political watchdog @CA_FPPC still has not completed its investigation of Assemblyman Evan Low's fundraising practices, launched after I reported that donations to the tech caucus foundation were being kept secret.

Backstory: calmatters.org/projects/state…

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Not running: a prominent Democrat or a superstar a la @Schwarzenegger

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The National @NAACP has released its 2020 policy positions to guide voters' decisions in state and local races.

It does not endorse specific ballot measures, but the positions contrast with some endorsements made by the California @NAACP

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National NAACP urges "each state and municipality to reject monetary bail requirements."

California NAACP opposes #Prop25, which would outlaw the use of monetary bail.
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