By Josh Richman
Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011 at 6:07 pm in Assembly, California State Senate, campaign finance.
Reacting to today’s Los Angeles Times story about how “developer Philip Anschutz‘s plan to build an NFL stadium in Los Angeles may now hinge on whether state lawmakers will allow him to bypass some environmental rules so the 64,000-seat project can quickly get underway,” Berkeley-based bloodhounds MAPLight.org quickly uncorked a long list of lawmakers to whom the Denver-based billionaire businessman has made contributions.
Among Anschutz’s many holdings is the Clarity Media Group, which owns the San Francisco Examiner and other Examiner newspapers across the country. You’ll notice that very little of Anschutz’s political generosity has reached Bay Area lawmakers.
See where Anschutz has been spreading his money around, after the jump…
Below is a list of the $92,582 in contributions from 2003-2009 from companies and employees tied to Anschutz to state lawmakers serving in the 2009-2010 and 2011-2012 sessions of the California State Legislature:
State Sen. Tony Strickland, R-Moorpark — $10,500
State Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Pacoima — $10,100
State Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento – $8,100
Assemblyman Gil Cedillo, D-Los Angeles — $8,100
Former Assemblywoman Audra Strickland, R-Moorpark — $7,300
State Sen. Kevin De Leon, D-Los Angeles — $5,300
State Sen. Ron Calderon, D-Montebello — $4,300
Assemblyman Bob Blumenfield, D-Woodland Hills — $4,000
Assembly Speaker John Perez, D-Los Angeles — $3,600
Assemblyman Isadore Hall III, D-Compton — $3,500
State Sen. Alan Lowenthal, D-Long Beach — $3,000
Former Assemblyman Juan Arambula, I-Fresno — $3,000
Former State Sen. Abel Maldonado, R-Santa Maria — $2,000
Assemblywoman Cathleen Galgiani, D-Livingston — $2,000
Former state Sen. Dave Cogdill, R-Modesto – $2,000
Former Assemblyman Mike Villines, R-Clovis — $2,000
Former Assemblyman Joe Coto, D-San Jose — $1,682
Assemblyman Anthony Portantino, D-La Canada Flintridge — $1,100
State Sen. Curren Price, D-Inglewood — $1,000
Former state Sen. Dean Florez, D-Shafter — $1,000
State Sen. Ed Hernandez, D-West Covina — $1,000
Former state Sen. Jenny Oropeza, D-Long Beach — $1,000
State Sen. Lou Correa, D-Santa Ana — $1,000
Assemblyman Mike Eng, D-Monterey Park — $1,000
Assemblyman Sandre Swanson, D-Alameda — $1,000
Assemblyman Steven Bradford, D-Gardena — $1,000
Former Assemblyman Ted Lieu, D-Torrance — $1,000
Former Assemblyman Tom Torlakson, D-Antioch — $1,000
Former Assemblywoman Lori Saldana, D-San Diego — $500
Assemblyman Tony Mendoza, D-Artesia — $500
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February 2nd, 2011 at 7:18 pm
Amid all the huffing and puffing from tree-huggers, there is no mention of the environmental impact on the proposed stadium site. I guess the Sierra clubbers think L.A.’s mayor is a sellout, oblivious to the “natural beauty” of urban Los Angeles. The Predatory Rich aren’t entitled to fast-track their plans. No, L.A. should look to the Sierra Club for help landing an NFL franchise.
February 6th, 2011 at 4:14 pm
Speaking of pro-football stadiums, the SUPER BOWL on FOX TV would have made Joseph Goebbels envious. That’s why I stopped watching.