Behested payments – California Globe

Newsom Fined by State Campaign Finance Watchdog Just Ahead of DOJ Investigation

June 17, 2026 1:00 pmJune 17, 2026 3:52 pm

Last week, the California Fair Political Practices Commission fined Governor Gavin Newsom $31,500 for failing to timely report more than $5.6 million in behested payments. Newsom solicited these “behest” payments from private sector companies, and then failed to timely report...

Gavin Newsom’s Pay-to-Play Politics: Is California FOR SALE?

June 16, 2026 6:27 amJune 16, 2026 9:01 am

In August 2025, the California Globe reported, “California is FOR SALE: Gavin Newsom’s Pay-to-Play Politics …and using his wife’s non-profits as a political slush fund.” On Monday, Newsom announced on X that the U.S. Department of Justice under President Trump...

Newsom’s Wife Rakes In $3.7 MILLION From Her Own ‘Gender Justice’ Charity

March 9, 2026 3:01 pmMarch 9, 2026 3:01 pm

Newly released IRS filings reveal that First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom and her production company, Girls Club LLC, have collectively received more than $3.7 million over the past decade from The Representation Project—the nonprofit she founded in 2011 to combat...

Secretary Bessent Slams Governor Newsom as ‘Patrick Bateman Meets Sparkle Beach Ken’ in Davos Smackdown

January 21, 2026 5:32 pmJanuary 22, 2026 11:56 am

In Davos at the 2026 World Economic Forum, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent took direct aim at California Governor Gavin Newsom, mocking his economic leadership and labeling him “Patrick Bateman meets Sparkle Beach Ken” – a reference to the superficial,...

Biden Admin DOJ and FBI Investigated Gavin Newsom Dana Williamson’s Lawyer Alleges

November 14, 2025 8:00 amNovember 15, 2025 10:23 pm

Remember when in 2022 in the middle of the Covid lockdowns California Governor Gavin Newsom traveled to Washington D.C. to accept an Education Commission award “in recognition of California’s transformative improvements to education?” The worst governor in the nation who closed...

California is FOR SALE: Gavin Newsom’s Pay-to-Play Politics

August 3, 2025 2:55 amAugust 4, 2025 7:37 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom “used his office to try to block a small tribe from opening a casino in Northern California, after taking nearly $2 million from the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, a major California political donor which operates its...

Frequently Asked Questions about Behested Payments under the Political Reform Act

February 18, 2024 2:45 amFebruary 18, 2024 2:46 am

What is a “behested payment”? California Government Code Section 82004.5 defines “behested payment” to mean a payment that is made at the behest of a committee, an elected officer, a member of the Public Utilities Commission, or an agent thereof,...