At least $3.8 million in donations to Mayor Eric Garcetti’s charity fund came from contributors who masked their identity. The Times identified $3.8 million given to the Mayor’s Fund on behalf of Garcetti from donor-advised funds where the identity of the person or company was withheld. Asked to comment for the story, Mayor’s Fund Chief Executive Deidre Lind said, “The …
Facebook, Google and Blue Shield of California are among the companies that contributed $226 million to government causes on Gov. State records reviewed by The Times show that so-called “behested payments” surged in 2020 compared with the year prior, when companies gifted $12.1 million on Newsom’s behalf. ‘Innovative public-private partnerships’ In January, Google gave $13,225, and in February the Chan …
