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Tech billionaires pour millions into California legislative races
Original: Opinion | Tech billionaires are spending millions to reshape California’s Legislature
A CalMatters opinion column argues that tech billionaires are spending millions of dollars to reshape the composition of the California Legislature. The piece raises concerns about the influence of extreme wealth on state politics and lawmaking in the nation's largest tech hub, where policy decisions on issues like AI, housing and taxation directly affect the industry.
Why now: Concerns about wealthy tech figures' political influence in California are a persistent and contentious topic in state politics.
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