June 8, 2021Updated: June 8, 2021 4:47p.m.<\/p>\n
California Gov. Gavin Newsom listens to questions during a news conference outside a restaurant in San Francisco.<\/p>\n
California Gov. Gavin Newsom can raise an unlimited amount of money as he attempts to survive a recall election later this year, and he is pulling in massive sums of money from technology executives.<\/p>\n
At the end of May, he pulled in $3 million by far the largest sum of money spent on the recall on either side from Netflix founder Reed Hastings. On Tuesday, a new filing from the California Secretary of State's office showed that he received an additional $300,000 from tech titans.<\/p>\n
The governor received $200,000 from Laurene Powell Jobs the widow of Apple CEO Steve Jobs and founder of the Emerson Collective as well as $100,000 from former Google CEO Eric Schmidt.<\/p>\n
Powell Jobs has long been a Democratic Party mega-donor, giving $500,000 to President Joe Biden in 2020. She also has donated thousands of dollars to congressional Democrats over the years.<\/p>\n
Schmidt has also been active in aiding the Democratic Party, as he once funded a startup that became a major technology vendor for Hillary Clintons presidential campaign in 2016.<\/p>\n
Powell Jobs and Schmidt were just two of 75 signatories on a letter from tech executives announcing their opposition to the recall, so more big money contributions could be coming.<\/p>\n
The donations were made to Newsom's \"Stop the Republican Recall of Governor Newsom\" committee. According to CalMatters, the governor's side has raised about $13.5 million to date, while recall supporters have raised $4.7 million.<\/p>\n
Eric Ting is the editor of California Issues, SFGATE's politics section. He is an East Bay native who has a Master's degree in journalism from Stanford University. Eric did his undergrad at Pomona College, where he majored in politics and minored in economics. Email: eric.ting@sfgate.com<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Follow this link:<\/p>\n Gavin Newsom is getting huge donations from big tech as he fights recall - SFGate<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" June 8, 2021Updated: June 8, 2021 4:47p.m. Continue reading