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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There has been a huge issue in CA in regards to "behested payments" which are payments made by a donor to a charitable organization or government agency at the direct request, suggestion, or "behest" of an elected official. While they look like charitable donations, they are distinct because a politician acts as the intermediary to direct where the money goes.

This is largely unique to the CA. In almost all other states and at the federal level, an elected official explicitly asking corporations, special interest groups, or wealthy donors to funnel millions of dollars into specific non-profit entities—especially ones tied to the official's family members—is strictly prohibited, highly restricted, or considered a severe conflict of interest.

Newsome has taken it to a whole other level. Here is how money in behested payments: 
Gavin Newsom (2019–Present): ~$300 Million
Jerry Brown (2011–2019): ~$10 Million – $15 Million
Arnold Schwarzenegger (2003–2011): ~$10 Million
Gray Davis (1999–2003): ~$3 Million

This is how it works: 
Newsom's wife Jennifer Siebel is co-founder of the California Partners Project, which advocates for “gender equity across the state. "Newsom solicited at least $1.9 million in charitable payments known as ‘behested payments’ in 2024 and 2025 for Siebel Newsom’s California Partners Project, which champions gender equity, including $1 million from the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, according to disclosure reports filed with the Fair Political Practices Commission." This is from Cal Matters which is a nonpartisan and nonprofit news organization that is very reliable.  https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/06/gavin-newsom-trump-investigation/

And why did the Granton Rancheria tribe donate. Well, at the same time a rival Native American tribe was allowed by the Biden administration to open a 1 billion dollar competing casino just 15 miles away from Graton Rancheria's gambling compound. Shortly after the behested payments were secured, Governor Newsom and the State of California stepped in to file a lawsuit against the federal government, attempting to aggressively block and overturn the federal approval of the rival tribe’s casino project.

There is a nonpolitical organization in CA called The Fair Political Practices Commission (FPCC). It was created in 1974 when California voters approved Proposition 9. In the wake of the Watergate scandal, Californians wanted to reign in the potential corruptive influence of special interests by creating an agency to enforce the most rigorous restrictions on fundraising and lobbying in the country.

It is  a five-member independent, non-partisan Commission's objectives are to ensure that public officials act in a fair and unbiased manner in the governmental decision-making process, to promote transparency in government, and to foster public trust in the political system.

They are issuing another complaint against Newsom for violating the Political Reform Act (the “Act”)
by failing to timely file certain behested payment reports in both 2024 and 2025.

https://www.fppc.ca.gov/siteassets/documents/enforcement_div/stipulations/2026/june/gavin-newsom-fppc-no.-2025-01196---stipulation.pdf

This report states, "Payments made at the behest of elected officials, including charitable donations, are a means by which donors may seek to gain favor with elected officials. When behested payments are made, the requirements of the Act ensure timely, transparent reporting of such activity, which increases public awareness regarding potential attempts to influence in this manner...Once the $5,000 aggregate threshold from a single source has been reached for a calendar year, all payments for the calendar year made by that source must be disclosed within 30 days after the date the threshold was reached or the payment was made. [/quote]

Newsom is corrup just like Trump. No surprise to us folks who pay attention.[/quote]

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